Rowing New Zealand
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New Zealand rowers grabbed their second gold medal of the Under 23 Rowing World Championships in Trakai, Lithuania on Sunday, with men's double Nathan Flannery and Hayden Cohen coming out on top in a gripping battle with the Germans in their A final.
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New Zealand crews made a good start to the Under-23 World Rowing Championships in Trakai, Lithuania last night - with the women's pair of Kayla Pratt and Kelsey Bevan blitzing their race to qualify for the A final and the men's coxed four coming a close second to also qualify for the final.
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New Zealand came away with an impressive three gold and three silver medals in the final World Cup regatta in Munich on Sunday, the final test before the London Olympic Games.
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In the absence of world champion Mahé Drysdale, on the side lines after the training accident on his bike yesterday, the rest of the New Zealand elite rowing team made their first appearances at the third World Cup Regatta in Munich today.
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Five time world single sculling champion Mahé Drysdale is not expected to race at the final World Cup regatta in Munich this weekend after a cycling accident.
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Triple world champions Eric Murray and Hamish Bond made it four wins in four years at the World Cup regatta in Lucerne on a day when New Zealand's rowing team won one gold, three silver and one bronze medals.
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New Zealand's lightweight four is still in the hunt for a place in London after taking one of the two vital top two finishing positions in the repechage to progress to the main A Final in the Last Chance Regatta at Lucerne, Switzerland.
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Tirau adaptive rower Danny McBride will represent New Zealand in the adaptive single sculls at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London – the Paralympic Committee announced today.
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New Zealand's new lightweight four failed to make the A final in Belgrade last night after a brave effort on its debut - leading until the final sprint where it was demoted to third and consigned to the B Final.
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New Zealand's rowers took some consolation from a challenging weekend in Belgrade, Serbia, with a dominant win in the B Final for the new Lightweight Four on their international debut at the first World Cup regatta of 2012.
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Junior rowing's top two prizes - the Aon Maadi Cup for boys and the Levin Jubilee Cup for girls - are heading to Christchurch after major wins for Christ's College boys and St Margaret's girls.
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The New Zealand Olympic Committee announced a rowing team today that is set to create New Zealand rowing history.
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The prospects for a big final in Friday's men's pair took a big step forward today when Eric Murray and Tyson Williams made note of their intentions with a winning performance in their semi final.
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Reigning national sculling champion Nathan Cohen kept a feisty Peter Taylor at bay to take the single scull repecharge and move with the former lightweight world champion to a hot looking final on Saturday morning which already boasts five time world champion Mahe Drysdale and multiple pairs champ Eric Murray.
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The 2012 BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships got underway today at Lake Karapiro, and there were no major surprises amongst the big guns from the squad looking to start the week well as a springboard towards national squad trials at the end of the month.
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NORTHLAND — Together they have been invincible in the men’s pair on the international rowing scene for three years, but world champions Hamish Bond and Eric Murray will square off against each other when they race for their regions at the BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championship at Lake Karapiro this week.
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The Christmas Regatta at Lake Karapiro over the weekend of December 16-18 will pitch the cream of New Zealand's rowers against each other in some fascinating encounters ahead of the New Year and the start of the build up to the Olympic Games.
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A silver medal for the men's lightweight double scull and a bronze for Emma Twigg brought New Zealand's final medal count at the 2011 Rowing World Championships in Bled, Slovenia to nine - with 12 boats through to the London Olympic regatta.
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World champions Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan retained their double sculling title in dramatic style with a last stroke victory over Germany at the Rowing World Championships in Bled, Slovenia today and the good results kept coming elsewhere in the team - with four more Olympic qualifiers confirmed.
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New Zealand has its first rowing world champions of 2011 after Rebecca Scown and Juliette Haigh won a nail biting finish to beat the British by the narrowest of margins.
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Six New Zealand boats made strong progress in today's racing at the Rowing World Championships in Bled, Slovenia, with the women's pair of Rebecca Scown and Juliette Haigh also securing Olympic qualification.
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New Zealand's rowers continued to excel overnight at the World Rowing championships in Bled, Slovenia, with the men's quadruple scull charging home to win their race and qualify for the main semi finals.
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Adaptive sculler Danny McBride continued the Kiwi rowing team's winning ways with a great win in his heat in the Rowing World Championships at Bled in Slovenia overnight.
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The first heats of the 2011 World Rowing Championships brought six heat wins before lunch - and the country's first Olympic qualifier.
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The end of August will be the pinnacle of the 2011 World Rowing season with the world's best getting together in Bled, Slovenia, for the 2011 World Rowing Championships.
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Kiwi crews added two medals to the Under 23 trophy cabinet at Amsterdam overnight, with the women's eight taking a silver medal and the women's lightweight double scull winning a bronze in the world championship finals.
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New Zealand’s top elite rowers are looking forward to their first international appearance of the 2011 rowing season this weekend at the second FISA Rowing World Cup in Hamburg, Germany.
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CAMBRIDGE — The 2011 Aon Maadi Cup at Lake Karapiro next week will boast the biggest entry of any rowing regatta ever held in New Zealand – and that is despite the two Canterbury earthquakes which threatened to stop the sport in its tracks in the region just a few weeks ago.
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CAMBRIDGE — One of the huge and positive spin-offs of the 2010 rowing world championships has been oversubscribed junior regattas this season as youngsters strive to become the next Murray, Bond, Drysdale, Haigh or Scown inspired by the efforts on the water of their heroes.
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TWIZEL — The final afternoon at the 2011 BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships produced some fantastic racing - with the main events of the afternoon, the Premier eights for men and women - being won by Southern RPC.
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TWIZEL — Southern RPC showed real class in straight fours at the 2011 BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships at Lake Ruataniwha today - taking the two top titles.
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TWIZEL — New Zealand's finest rowers produced some great racing today on the first finals day of the 2011 BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships at Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel.
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TWIZEL — Rowing's lightweight women stole the limelight today at the 2011 BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships with all of the top athletes making it through to what should be an exceptional final on Friday morning.
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WAIKATO — Entries have today (Friday) been confirmed from 50 countries for the 2010 World Rowing Championships, affirming its status as the biggest international sporting event to be held in New Zealand since the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
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WAIKATO — Work starts tomorrow (Saturday 28 August) on the construction of the main grandstand for the 2010 World Rowing Championships.
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University of Canterbury students Andrew O’Connor and Armin Svoboda have overcome challenging conditions to win bronze in the men’s lightweight double scull at the World Universities Rowing Championships in Szeged, Hungry.
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After a week of intensive trials in wet conditions at Lake Karapiro, Rowing New Zealand has announced a large team of 18 boats and 55 athletes – including both a men’s eight and women’s eight – for its attack on the medals at the forthcoming World Rowing Championships, which will, of course, be held on the team’s home water between October 31st and November 7th.
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New Zealand's up and coming Under 23 girls rowed their way to two silver medals in Brest, Belarusia today, with the women's lightweight double scull of Julia Edward and Lucy Strack taking the runner up spot along with the women's eight on a solid day for New Zealand’s up and coming rowers.
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With the women's eight in a straight A final on Sunday, New Zealand has a further five chances for its to get themselves onto the dais at the Under 23 World Rowing Championship regatta - but there was disappointment for the coxed four, which just missed out on a medal today in Belarusia.
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Participation is still on the rise for the world's Under-23 rowers as over 880 athletes have confirmed participation in this month's World Rowing Under 23 Championships to take place in Brest, Belarus from 22 to 25 July.
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Opening Ceremony added to Championships programme OPSHOP, Gin Wigmore and Autozamm head NZ bands line-up Weekend tickets and single day grandstand tickets now available New Zealand’s plans for the 2010 World Rowing Championships will make the event unique in rowing history.
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An amazing day on the Rotsee saw New Zealand take three gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the final World Cup regatta in Lucerne before the rowing world championships head to Lake Karapiro in October.
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New Zealand's rowing team took the stifling heat of the Rotsee in their stride no fewer than eight Kiwi crews secured places in A finals today.
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New Zealand elite rowers set tongues wagging in international rowing today with the men's eight comfortably beating the British crew that won the first World Cup regatta in Bled and setting up a clash in Sunday's final with the world champions in the men's eight from Germany.
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The New Zealand men’s eight rowing in the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta knocked out the Cambridge Boat Race winning crew today - watched by an enthusiastic Princess Anne.
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New Zealand's domination of pairs rowing continued at the Munich World Cup regatta, with Juliette Haigh sealing a fairytale comeback to the sport with a win alongside Rebecca Scown in the women's pair and world champions Eric Murray and Hamish Bond taking out an absolute thriller against the British pair to extend their winning streak over their main rivals to eight races.
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Six New Zealand boats made the A finals at the World Cup regatta in Munich on Saturday, but there was disappointment for Bled star Emma Twigg and the new look double scull of Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan with both producing disappointing rows and missing out on the A finals.
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New Zealand's elite rowing crews performed well again on the first day of the second World Cup regatta in Munich with six boats progressing directly and some very promising performances for the new combinations.
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New Zealand's rowers are back in action this weekend in the second FISA World Cup regatta in Munich, Germany, and it should be an exciting weekend with many new young blades cutting their international teeth for the first time alongside the established winners in the team.
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Hamish Bond and Eric Murray continued where they left off with a win against the British at the World Cup Regatta in Bled.
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A top New Zealand rowing eight will race at the Henley Royal Regatta for the first time in 30 years in 2010 – coincidentally the year the Rowing World Championships returns to New Zealand.
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Daily General Admission tickets for the 2010 World Rowing Championships go on sale today (3 May) via Ticketek.
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TWIZEL — With the weather having dominated and decimated racing at the Aon Maadi Cup during the week, there was some relief when the A finals got underway on Saturday morning on calm waters - though under a very ominous sky.
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An innovative new talent identification scheme – Rowers2Rio - is all set to be pioneered by Rowing New Zealand in the Canterbury region – and the hope is that it will unearth some of the Olympic rowing champions of 2016 and beyond.
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WAIKATO — Mahe Drysdale took a field of world champions apart today as he strode majestically away to win his sixth national sculling title at the 2010 BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro.
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WAIKATO — No fewer than five sculling world champions including 2002 world champion Marcel Hacker, and 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009 champ Mahe Drysdale will line up for the Premier Single Scull final at the BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro on Saturday.
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It’s a massive weekend in rowing – and there are World Champions from the national team in action at both the Cambridge Town Cup and at the Canterbury Championships.
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New Zealand rowing has been recognised in the annual FISA awards with legends of the past and present scooping two of the sport’s top global honours.
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CAMBRIDGE — The countdown to the 2010 Rowing World Championships begins today (October 30th) and the first batch of Grandstand seats for the general public have been made available via Ticketek.
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CAMBRIDGE — Cambridge will come out in force to celebrate its unique relationship with its rowers next week when the ultra-successful 2009 rowing team takes part in a parade to celebrate the start of the one year countdown to the 2010 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro.
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New Zealand is set to field its strongest rowing eight for years this weekend when a crew brimming with world champions takes on a selected Australian eight as a one off fixture at the Paradise Regatta this Saturday (October 10th).
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HAMILTON — Waikato University's men triumphed in the Gallagher Great Race today in a stunning performance against favourites Oxford University - but there was disappointment for the Waikato women as they were rowed down by Sydney University in the dying moments of their race after leading all the way.
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Rowing New Zealand and Principal Partner BankLink have announced an extension to their current agreement guaranteeing sponsorship until the end of the Olympic Games in London 2012.
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Please see below the list of athletes who have today been invited to be part of Rowing New Zealand’s summer squad for the 2009-2010 season.
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HAMILTON — The Old Loaded Hog pub and restaurant in Hamilton is flexing its muscles for this year’s Gallagher Great race on September 27th by renaming itself The Rowers Arms for the week before the big race.
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WAIKATO — Organisers of this year's Gallagher Great Race are on the lookout for a rowing coxswain to steer the Boat Race winning Oxford crew when they take on Waikato University in the Gallagher Great Race on September 27th.
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WAIKATO — Olympic bronze medallist George Bridgewater is itching to get back on New Zealand water with his Boat Race winning Oxford crew in the Gallagher Great Race – and relishing the possibility that long time pairs partner Nathan Twaddle might yet be in the Waikato crew he will race.
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Waikato University looks set to field two of its strongest ever boats in the Gallagher Great Race on September 27th – and there is a healthy content of some of the country’s successful elite, under-23 and junior rowing athletes.
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Two stunning gold medals from Duncan Grant and the lightweight double scull of Storm Uru and Peter Taylor brought New Zealand's gold tally at the World Championships in Poznan to a remarkable four.
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There were two gold medals and a bronze on another great day for New Zealand with Mahé Drysdale's fourth title winning row shattering the world's best time.
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Both New Zealand boats in action at the Rowing World Championships made it to the A finals on Friday, but it wasn’t plain sailing.
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Five of the seven boats racing in semi finals at the World Rowing Championships in Poznan progressed to the A finals after solid performances today.
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New Zealand's men's coxless four was the only boat in action today at the Rowing World Championships in Poznan, and made the most of the limelight with a great repechage win securing them a place in the semi finals.
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After a very solid start to the New Zealand campaign at the 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poznan, the remaining crews in the Kiwi team made their first appearances at the regatta today.
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The 2009 World Rowing Championships blasted off in Poznan, Poland tonight and Day 1 provided a great start for the eight New Zealand crews making their first appearance of the championships.
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The 2009 Rowing World Championships begins on Sunday in Poznan, Poland and after a phenomenal season, there are cautious expectations of a good performance - particularly in the small boats.
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Rowing New Zealand has welcomed the announcement by SPARC that the country’s top athletes will receive increased payments as part of a revised Performance Enhancement Grants (PEGs) programme.
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A third world title for Joseph Sullivan highlighted another golden day on the water for New Zealand's rowers - with other wins for the men's coxed and straight fours.
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Despite losing a racing boat to a freak storm, New Zealand made a superb start to the Under 23 Rowing World Championships in the Racice in the Czech Republic with heat wins for four out of six crews – and qualification straight to the A final for the men’s coxed four and the women's straight four.
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New Zealand has again confirmed itself as the world's top nation in small boat rowing in the build up to the World Championship in Poland next month with another haul of medals at the final World Cup regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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Duncan Grant became the first New Zealand winner at the third World Cup regatta in Lucerne today (Saturday) with a start to finsih win in the Men's Lightweight single sculls.
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New Zealand's rowers made their customary strong start to the third World Cup regatta at Lucerne today.
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New Zealand athletes reached an unprecedented six finals today at the Henley Royal Regatta, dominating the results and the headlines.
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Lightweight world champion Duncan Grant was the star on the first day at the Henley Royal Regatta for the New Zealand team, defeating reigning Diamond Sculls champion - and world class heavyweight single sculler - Ian Lawson to book a second round race against Belgian star Tim Maeyens.
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An excellent entry peppered with plenty of international standard crews will give the large New Zealand contingent racing at Henley Royal Regatta a strong test next week.
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Wins for Mahé Drysdale (single scull), Duncan Grant (lightweight single), Rebecca Scown and Emma Feathery (women's pair) and Eric Murray and Hamish Bond (men's pair), Storm Uru and Peter Taylor (lightweight double scull), second place finishes for Nathan Cohen and Matthew Trott and Emma Twigg and a third for the new women's quad scull capped a stunning start to the 2009 international rowing season for New Zealand's elite team at the World Cup regatta in Munich.
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Another tremendous performance by New Zealand's elite rowing team assured starts for nine out of eleven crews in A finals at the World Cup regatta in Munich - with Duncan Grant going on to take a win in his A final and adaptive athlete Robin Tinga finishing a creditable fourth in his first international regatta.
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Strong performances on the first day of the Munich World Cup regatta with seven wins from nine races indicating that New Zealand's top blades have lost none of their skill in small boats - with both the experienced athletes and the new combinations making a winning start to their 2009 international seasons.
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The 2009 New Zealand elite rowing team makes its first international appearance of the season this coming weekend in Munich, and hopes are high for a strong performance at the second of FISA's three round World Cup series that leads up to the World Championships in Poznan.
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Rowing New Zealand has announced four key coaching appointments for its Regional Performance Centres.
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HAMILTON — Organisers of the 2010 World Rowing Championships are set to go on the international road with a unique ‘RowBox’ that will promote New Zealand, Hamilton and the Karapiro Championships in a way no other rowing event or major sporting event in New Zealand has done before.
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The inaugural winners of the International Olympic Committee’s new Award for Sport and the Environment have been announced on the first day of the World Conference on Sport and Environment in Vancouver – and New Zealand has taken centre stage with the Karapiro 2010 World Rowing Championships winning one of just five global awards.
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Scullers unite to win in greatest ever eight? Triple world single scull champion Mahé Drysdale joined an international all-star crew to beat a GB line-up with five Beijing medals in the London Head of the River Race - one of the sport's biggest races with more than 400 eights competing.
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WAIKATO — Environmental strategies and plans for the 2010 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro have caught the eye of the International Olympic Committee and secured the event a nomination for a new global Olympic environmental award.
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Mahé Drysdale regained his single sculling title and put himself in pole position for the spot at the world championships this season with a fine win in a world class field in the Premier Single Scull final at the BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships at Lake Ruataniwha.
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Southern RPC continued their dominance of the men's Premier event, and Central RPC the women's events this morning at the 2009 BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships at Lake Ruataniwha.
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Wairau’s Duncan Grant – the current Lightweight World Champion – reclaimed the national title with a fine victory in the Men’s Lightweight Single Sculls race this morning at Lake Ruantaniwha.
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TWIZEL — Mahé Drysdale made his clearest statement yet that he intends to be New Zealand's single sculler this year on the international regatta circuit with an emphatic win in a time nearly six seconds faster than Rob Waddell in today's Premier Single Sculls semi finals at the BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships.
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TWIZEL — Repechages in the Premier events brought no surprises this afternoon at the BankLink New Zealand Rowing Championships at Lake Ruantaniwha.
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