Wentworth Rowers Impress at Maadi Cup

Rowing is a popular sport at Wentworth, with crews training 5 times a week – both on and off the water – during the summer season. After a full summer of training, a week-long training camp during the January school holidays and a number of local and regional regattas, the 2015/2016 rowing season finished last week with the national inter-school regatta, the Maadi Cup, held on beautiful Lake Ruataniwha in the South Island. Wentworth students were impressive; making it through to 2 ‘A’ Finals (the top 8 teams in the country) and 3 ‘B’ Finals (the top 16).

School Principal Bruce Tong comes from a family with a strong rowing tradition; with both his father and brother being past Olympic rowers. Whilst the current rowing season may be finished, Tong is already planning a ‘Learn to Row’ programme over winter for students in Years 7, 8 and 9, with the aim of giving them a sense of what the sport of rowing is all about. Tong says “We are actively seeking 13- and 14-yearold students to reinforce our existing rowing crews. The sport of rowing demands a high level of dedication, yet is also incredibly rewarding.”

Wentworth College has some sports scholarships available for top sporting students.

100% Scholarships available!

Many parents are unaware that the Ministry of Education runs an exciting scholarship programme, aimed at providing an opportunity for students from families with a low household income and net worth to attend a New Zealand private secondary school – such as Wentworth College in Gulf Harbour.

Aspire Scholarships contribute up to $15,000 per year towards the student’s tuition fees and up to $1,500 per year for course-related costs. Once awarded, the Ministry of Education will continue to pay these fees for the remainder of the student’s secondary schooling! This means that a student could have a free education at Wentworth College.

This is an incredible opportunity and applications are open now for students who will be entering Year 9 in 2017. Interested families can find further details on the Ministry of Education website, or by contacting the Wentworth College office. Applications close at 5pm on Friday 13th May.

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