January 26, 2012
- New Zealand won its first Olympic medal in London in 1908 and the New Zealand Olympic Committee believe it would be appropriate and realistic to expect the country to win its 100th medal at this year's London Games.Today the NZOC...
January 20, 2012
- The first New Zealand rowing team to cross the Tasman has made it home.Team Gallagher, which has Nigel Cherrie, James Blake and Andrew McCowan on board, had been at sea for 55 days.The fourth member, Martin Berka was dropped off...
January 15, 2012
- They've endured chronic blisters, a broken rudder and heavy seas - but land is finally in sight for a team of Kiwi rowers.The four members of Team Gallagher set off for Auckland from Sydney 50 days ago aiming to row from harbour...
January 7, 2012
- Rowing veteran Carl Meyer's dream of attending a third and final Olympic Games is in the balance as he attempts to overcome a back injury in time for the national trials late next month.Known as "Bootcamp" because of his phenomenal...
December 31, 2011
- Yachting legend Sir Peter Blake's son James spent his 25th birthday yesterday in a boat drifting round in circles as he attempts to row across the Tasman Sea.He is with a team of Kiwi rowers who left in their boat Moana from the...
December 15, 2011
- A team of Kiwi rowers has endured chronic blisters, a broken rudder and heavy seas to reach the halfway point on their trip across the Tasman Sea.Inspired by ocean-rower Rob Hamill, the four members of Team Gallagher are rowing...
December 12, 2011
- The cream of New Zealand's rowing crop will do battle in the Christmas Regatta on Lake Karapiro this weekend, with some fascinating encounters as the build-up begins to the Olympic Games.World Champion Mahe Drysdale faces one of...
December 10, 2011
- It will soon be decision time on whether New Zealand rowing fields that most romantic of all crews at the London Olympics - the men's eight.Provision has been made for the men's eight to train with the summer high performance squad...
December 7, 2011
- They don't finish each other's sentences and when one's had a rough day the other won't have left a vase of fresh-cut flowers on the bench, but in other ways Hamish Bond and Eric Murray are the perfect couple.The men's rowing pair...