It was a very exciting weekend for the rowing teams when they competed in the North Island Secondary Schools’ Regatta at Karapiro from 11-13 March 2011.Our Under 16 team, consisting of captain Brooke Donoghue, Holly Steger, Courtney White, SamanthaStevens andcoxswain Bryce Lewis, managed to get into a B final for their Coxed Quad. They gained a3rd placing in this event. Brooke Donoghue has just starting rowing a single and she also managed toplace 3rd in her B final. This was an awesome result.Our Under 15 team, consisting of captain Brittany Wallace, Toni-lee Stevens, Laura Baverstock, MaddyRowe and coxswain Jimmy Cleaver achieved an outstanding result. They proved that it doesn’t matterthat we come from a small rural school, if you are dedicated and committed to the sport, you canachieve success. This team competed in the Under 15 Coxed Quad and Under 15 Coxed Four. Theyplaced 2nd in both the heats and the semi-finals of the quad. This meant that they went on to the A finalson the Sunday where they were placed a close fourth. They also went through to the A final of theCoxed Four. This was an extremely exciting race and our team did us proud placing 2nd in the event. Itwas with great pride that the parents and supporter watched the team and their coach take the podiumto receive their silver medals.
The girls went to Maddi cup and these are the results:

 Under 15’s

Repechage 1

Repechage 2

Under 16’s

Repechage 2

Coxed Four Heats

Repechage 2

B Final to be raced on Saturday 2 April

Brooke Donoghue Single Scull Heats

Semi-final 4

I would like to say a big THANK YOU to Rob Holmes, their coach, who has spent hours training thegirls to a level where they can compete against top level teams from around New Zealand.