New Zealand Rowing Record set

Congratulations to Parekura Kellow (Year 10) who has broken the 13/14 year old girls' rowing record for New Zealand! Parekura (PK) rowed 2km in a time of 7 minutes 30 seconds - shaving 5 seconds off the previous New Zealand record.  PK has been rowing for 3 years and her coach, Mr Ansell, attributes her success to a natural ability combined with a well designed and consistent training regime.  

Wentworth Rowing Squad at the Maadi Cup

Wentworth Rowers have had a great week at Lake Ruataniwha.  3 squads have made into the B Finals, and 2 have made it through to the A Finals.  We wish them all the best for their races, finishing tomorrow (Saturay).

First Win for Junior Girl Rowers

Our junior girls' rowing squad (made up of Rebecca Faletanoai, Mia Cunningham-South, Alicia McColl, Shena Donald and cox Alana Pribicevich) had their first win at the recent WTMC-TAKA Regatta at Lake Pupuke in the Girls' U15 Coxed Quad Sculls.  The girls had a brilliant start and led the race the entire way. It was an amazing race to watch as the distance between them and the second boat just got bigger and bigger, with Wentworth rowers winning by at least 6 boat lengths!  The best part of the race was listening to the commentator who said, "This Wentworth crew look very polished for this stage in the season. A big compliment must go to whomever is coaching them."  We look forward to more of this from this crew.

Wentworth Head Boy to Row in Australia

Congratulations to Chris Everitt for making the squad to compete in the Queensland Schools' Rowing Regatta in Australia next month.  Many hours of training over winter went into achieving his place on the squad.  Well done Chris!

Wentworth Rowing Club Inc Raffle Winner

Raffle:   Rorotongan Holiday

Drawn:  30^th May 2014    1pm   Wentworth College

Winner:  Ticket Number 33, Steve White

Congratulations Steve!

Rowing Results from Maadi Cup

Fantastic results by our Rowers at the Maadi Cup last weekend.  The Maadi Cup draws the best rowers from Secondary Schools across the whole country and Wentworth Rowers achieved some excellent results.

Final Results:
4th in New Zealand - Boys’ Under 18 Lightweight Double - Jacob Langridge, Chris Everitt
8th in New Zealand - Girls’ Under 18 Coxed Four - Lucy Murden, Greer Donovan, Anna Riksen, Emma Ryder, Alana Pribicevich
13th in New Zealand - Girls’ Under 18 Pair - Greer Donovan, Anna Riksen
15th in New Zealand - Boys’ Under 18 Single - Chris Everitt
16th in New Zealand - Boys’ Under 17 Coxed Quad - Samuel Clarke, Jacob Langridge, James Banyard, Rhodes Jensen, Conrad Morley

Wentworth Rowers make College History!

After five seasons of hard work by current and previous squad members, Wentworth College took its rightful place on the North Island Championships podium this past weekend with Jacob Langridge and Chris Everitt winning a Silver Medal in the Boys' Under 18 Lightweight Pair.  Whilst this was the best result of the weekend, all squad members raced hard to obtain placings in a total of eight finals - a fantastic effort!

ex-Student wins GOLD at NZ Rowing Champs!

Congratulations to alumni, Jake Guy (pictured, 2nd from right) and his team for taking Gold in the Men's Senior Quad at the NZ Rowing Championships in February.  Jake was a talented member of the Rowing Squad during his time at Wentworth, and we hold high hopes for his future in the sport.  Well done Jake!

Rowers

It was great to see our rowers working together so well in the sun and wind at Lake Pupuke last Saturday. It was a pleasure to watch their high level of skills and their camaraderie.  Mr Lee, Deputy Principal

Rowing Regatta Cambridge Town Cup 2014

Our rowing squad have just enjoyed anniversary weekend at Karapiro.

Cant wait to get the results of how everyone went.