May 18, 2012
- If you're looking for a medal winner you hadn't seen coming at the London Olympics, try Fiona Paterson and Anna Reymer.The women, who set off for Europe yesterday with the bulk of the powerful New Zealand rowing squad, have both...
May 11, 2012
- New Zealand are one of three contenders to take the final spot in rowing's most celebrated race at this year's Olympic Games.The entries are in for the final Olympic qualifying regatta at Lucerne, starting on May 20, and New Zealand,...
April 24, 2012
- One race, no second chance. That's the nerve-rattling scenario facing two New Zealand rowing crews as they eye a trip to this year's Olympic Games.New Zealand have 11 crews heading for London and the Games, running from July 27-August...
April 3, 2012
- Triathlon, rowing and tennis, three hugely popular sports in New Zealand but with differing impacts on the international stage, rolled out their stars of tomorrow with high-profile events during the New Zealand SS summer tournament...
March 3, 2012
- A bare-footed Dick Tonks watched from stage right on Friday as the New Zealand Olympic Committee juggernaut rolled into Lake Karapiro to announce the rowers who will represent the country at the London Games.There are few airs and...
March 2, 2012
- There is an Olympic gold medal-sized hole in Mahe Drysdale's CV that needs filling.The five-time single scull champion had his name rubber-stamped by the New Zealand Olympic committee yesterday and is now counting down the days...
- A men's eight and men's lightweight four will chase Olympic selection at the last chance regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, in May in the hope of adding to what is already the largest Olympic rowing squad in New Zealand history.The...