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Event guide: What s on in Marlborough
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Outstanding strike rate for Marlborough rowers at national trials
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Marlborough club itching to compete
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The victorious MBC rowing crew, who won a national title. (L-R) Coxswain Walter Wickham (14), Stroke Fred Vavasour (17), Sam Feltham (17), Dylan Burton (17), Leon Poswillo (16), and Ashley-James Fitzgerald (16). Vavasour and Burton won a second gold in Pairs. Absent; Rhys Salvador.
A group of Marlborough schoolboys, rowing in an eight together for the very first time, squeezed out older and more experienced competition to snatch a national title and gold medal in Twizel. Despite never having trained together the chemistry of the composite crew “just clicked” the triumphant Marlborough Boys College rowing team said about their gold medal win at the rowing nationals.
Mass gatherings were capped at 100 people under level 2 restrictions. Rowing NZ was continuing to evaluate options for a possible reduced regatta programme to begin on Thursday should restrictions be lifted. James said the rest period was actually good for energy levels, as training typically tapered off prior to a big event. “We ve just been handed an extra two to three days of taper ,” he said, adding that Twizel was “a lovely place to be at this time of the year”.
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Lake Ruataniwha near Twizel is a premier location for rowing championships. This aerial view captured during the Maadi cup in 2016.