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HALF-YEAR SPORTS ROUND-UP
Rowing The Diocesan Rowing squad travelled away to their first overnight regatta of the season to compete at the North Island Secondary Schools’ Championships at Lake Karapiro. Gale force winds affected the first day of racing, with the afternoon’s racing being called off, meaning that the finals day format was changed, and the competitors raced in time trials to determine final placings. Based on the time trials, we had 13 crews achieve top 10 placings and we also achieved a silver medal in the Girls’ U-16 coxed quadruple sculls with the crew of Rosie Wiseman, Alexandra Fletcher, Georgia Haskell, Imogen Worrall and coxswain Paige Rose.
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a tropical cyclone on one day and the regatta being classed as a location of interest the second time, we finally completed racing and came away with the Top Girls’ School points trophy for the second year in a row! Our medal winning tally was: 6 Division – one gold medal, 4 Division – one silver medal, 5 Division – one bronze medal. We also had a number of crews place in Division 2: 4 Division – two first places, 2 Division – two second places and 1 Division – two third places.
We are extremely proud of how our team performed given the circumstances!
The Maadi squad travelled down to Lake Ruataniwha in Twizel to compete in the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Championships, otherwise known as the Maadi Cup, over Summer Tournament Week. With the 2020 Maadi Cup being cancelled, this was the first time any of the rowing team had been down to Twizel to compete!
The squad also competed at the Head of Harbour regatta, which was split across two days due to gathering restrictions. While the second day of the regatta was delayed twice due to
The team raced hard against some strong competition, and with limited racing available this season it was great to get the U-16 and U-18 Coxed Quadruple Sculls to the A final, and
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several crews to the B finals. The U-16 Coxed Quadruple Sculls with Rosie Wiseman, Alexandra Fletcher, Georgia Haskell, Imogen Worrall and coxswain Paige Rose achieved 6th place, with the U-18 Coxed Quadruple Sculls with Rosie Wiseman, Isobel Fletcher, Natalie Spillane, Alexandra Fletcher and coxswain Sophie Ryan achieving 5th place. Our B finalists were: Natalie Spillane and Sofia Phillimore in the U-18 double (5th place) Rosie Wiseman, Isobel Fletcher, Alexandra Fletcher, Imogen Worrall and coxswain Sophie Ryan in the U-17 Quadruple Sculls (2nd place) Eva Pritchard, Eva Cope, Isabella Clayton, Harriet Hope and coxswain Paige Rose in the U-16 Coxed Four (5th place) Emily Cosham, Lucy Irwin, Xanthe Williams, Georgia Haskell and coxswain Sophie Coombes also in the U-16 Coxed Four (6th place) Sofia Phillimore and Sophie Collins in the U-17 Pair (2nd place) Jessica Barclay and Grace Allan also in the U-17 pair (4th place).
