Author: lthompson

Congratulations to all our rowers competing at this years regattas.

With two regattas running alongside each Cambridge Town Cup and North Island Club Champs – Our young rowing crews did an amazing job!!

Cambridge Town Cup

We had some stand out crews, with Neo making the U16 Boys 1X A final and the Donny, Kurt, Neo, Brennan and Bella making the U18 4X+ A Final. As well as some awesome B Final wins and placings from our other crews… Full results here.

North Island Club Champs

Well done to Kurt and Donny placing 3rd in the Mens Club 4X-, winning a bronze medal in a composite boat with Jonty Thomson and Levi Carroll from Aramoho Rowing Club.

Finals Day videos are now available online.

Thank you to our coaches, supporters that helped made this regatta a great success.

Check out more photos in our gallery.

Congratulations to the young crew that made the cut in the latest Suzuki motorcycle brochure. Looking good!

Check out full brochure here GSX150 BROCHURE

Pontoon Fixed!!

Thank you to the team who repaired our pontoon (again!)

Your time and effort are very much appreciated.

We recently had a group of young German rowers on holiday, take our a boat out onto the Whanganui River. Checkout what the had to say.

Hi Bob,

thank you for making it possible. We have had a wonderful time and it was really nice to go for a row on the other side of the globe!!
We are having a great time in your country and enjoy every minute. We would be very pleased if you post our rowing on Facebook. Please choose one of the photos attached.

Soon the posting on our club-website will be online.
http://www.hrc1880.de/aktuelles/index.php 

I’m afraid it’s in German

The guy in the white shirt is Ralf, white with the red and grey stripe is me (Fabian), the girl in yellow is Luise and pink is Franziska.

Sorry for the late response, but we do not have an internet connection every day …Thank you very much on behalf of Luise, Franziska and Ralf.

With kind regards
Fabian Demuth

Thanks you very much for your donation. We wish you all have a great time for the rest of your holiday in nz.

Yours in rowing, UBC Committee

The Jury Cup held was held this year in superb conditions.  Thank you to all our helper volunteers that made this regatta a success.

Union came away with some awesome results.

See full results here.

Congratulations to Pat and Martin for winning the Any sex masters double sculls (1000m) and Pat again for placing 1st in the M/W masters single sculls (1000m)

Check out more images in our Gallery.

Well done to the single scullers that participated in this years event – Pat, Martin, Phillipa, Jay Jay and Siena for racing in the 5.7km race.

And congratulations to the UBC rowers winning the Relay Sprint Race.

See more images in our gallery

New Season Racing

We have a number of regattas the club would like to attend during the season. Please see below a list below. We will send out emails regarding each regatta with more details as each one approaches.
NOTE: Costs are approximate.

UPCOMING REGATTAS

• Whanganui 10,000km – Whanganui 12 November 2017  |  Costs: $5
• Jury Cup – Whanganui 25 November 2017  |  Costs: $25
• Billy Webb Challenge – Whanganui 26 November 2017  |  Costs: $40
• John Sprint Trophy – Waitara 2 December 2017  |  Costs: $30
• Xmas Regatta – Karapiro 14 December 2017  |  Costs: $180
• Hawkes’ Bay Cup – Clive 6 January 2018  |  Costs: $125
• Cambridge Town Cup – Karapiro 26 January 2018  |  Costs: $250
• Whanganui Club Champs – Whanganui 10 February 2018  |  Costs: $35
• NZ Club Champs – Karapiro 14 February 2018  |  Costs: $250
• North Island Secondary School – Karapiro 1 March 2018  |  Costs: $250
• Whanganui School Champs – Whanganui 10 March  |  Costs: $35
• NZ Secondary School – Twizel 19 March 2018  |  Costs: $450 + flights

Are you available for these regattas??
We don’t expect entries from everyone into each regatta but an indication early is good for planning purposes. If you are unavailable to participate in any of the regattas please advise us as soon as possible.

This years Tonks boat race was another hard fought race.

The race began at the Aramoho finish line, down river to the National Library then back up to the Aramoho finish line. The young Union double crew of Donovan Thompson & Kurt Browning crossed the line first followed by the young ladies in the Aramoho U17/16 Quad.

However, being a prognostics timed race, the winners of the Tonks Boat Race trophy goes to Trevor Rush and Richard Brock in their Master 2x Boat.

Today’s Results
1st Place : Aramoho Club – Club MGM2X – Trevor Rush and Hamish Brock
2nd Place : Union Boat Club – Club M1X – Phillipa Baker-Hogan
3rd Place : Union Boat Club – MMxd2X – Bob Evans and Jennie Evans

FULL RESULTS HERE

Thank you to everyone you helped hosting today’s event.
If you would like to share some of your photos please email us.