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 17, 2012
- Single sculls rower Mahe Drysdale believes in some ways he's leaving for London worse off than his preparation for the last Olympics - and that's a good thing.The elite crews will leave today for Europe, headed for Lucerne where...
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,...
May 6, 2012
- New Zealand's lightweight coxless four crew, making a late run for an Olympic spot in London, ended their opening World Cup regatta on a winning note.The four of Duncan Grant, Graham Oberlin-Brown, James Lassche and stroke Curtis...
May 5, 2012
- New Zealand's two last-gasp rowing crews had only mixed fortunes in their first foray in their World Cup regatta in Belgrade - but they are not done yet.Both the lightweight men's four and the senior men's eight have clearly defined...
- New Zealand's international rowing season got underway at the first world cup regatta in Belgrade overnight, with mixed results in the absence of the country's world champion crews.The lightweight four - featuring James Lassche,...
May 4, 2012
- A key cog in the success of New Zealand's rowers over the last decade has been enticed to leave his post in Australia and return home.Former Rowing NZ high performance manager Andrew Matheson will link up with High Performance Sport...
April 29, 2012
- Sport has some brutal mechanisms to tell contestants: "you are the weakest link; goodbye".Football has the penalty shootout, NRL league has the golden point, most tennis tournaments have the tie-break.However, rowing takes some...
April 27, 2012
- Three years ago Eve Macfarlane had given most sports a crack at high school, and invariably with plenty of success.At 16, she got a tap on the shoulder. Did she fancy having a crack at rowing?"They said, 'You should come and give...
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...