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Eleven hours rowing opens the 2006 AON Maadi Cup

by Rowing-World on 27 Mar 2006
Fraser High, St Kentigerns and St Peters race past the 500 metre mark in the BU168+, Heat 2. Rob Bristow www.rowinginfo.info
Racing has concluded for the first day of the 2006 AON New Zealand Rowing Championships.

Officials were able to get through a very ambitious 132 event program today with racing beginning soon after the scheduled start of 0730hrs this morning.

Today’s racing was the first day under the new Progression system designed to eliminate some of the bulk from the regatta.

With the number of events run today and the increased entry level, the rule preventing crews who finish in seventh and eight position from Repechaging has been invoked. And by one count, 219 crews were eliminated from the regatta today.

Many of those will have a second event, but for crews that are struggling at this level it is quite possible that some will have been eliminated completely after just one day’s racing.

Organisers believe that the new repechage system of the bottom crews from the heats not getting a second chance has seen more intensive racing. ‘Tail enders do not get a second life and this has seen the end of tactical racing,’ said Canterbury Regional Manager John Wylie.

The GU16 Double Sculls event had a staggering 67 starters which required eight heats with the first three being nine boat heats. With sixth to ninth place being dropped without the chance for a repechage. An even spread of wins between North and South Island crews included Twizel Area School (with a total of four rowers) winning their heat. Zoe Evans and Caitlin Feasey of Twizel will now advance to the semi-final with the fourth fastest time.

St Kentigerns row for a place in the repecharge in the heats of the BU168+ © Rob Bristow www.rowinginfo.info
St Kentigerns row for a place in the repecharge in the heats of the BU168+ © Rob Bristow www.rowinginfo.info

The penultimate event this evening, the first heat of the Boys U-168+ saw the race of the regatta, so far, with four crews finishing within two and a half seconds. At around four seconds a boatlength at Eight’s pace – the four crews finished within half a boatlength.

It was the Westlake Boys crew, coached by ex-pupil and former Olympian oarsman, Mike Stanley, eventually scored a very narrow win of half a second over Hamilton Boys, with new school, St Thomas of Canterbury in third and Rotorua Boys fourth.

However in spite of the close battle on the water, the second heat winner, Christchurch Boys High shot down the 2000metre course 12 seconds faster. The event was another turnaround of form from the North Islands where Westlake had finished in third place in the Final, and second placed Hamilton Boys had been fourth, with Rotorua Boys taking the silver medal at Karapiro.

Wanganui Collegiate who took the Gold medal at the NISS, did not compete as the school only takes Senior crews to Maadi.

Results forBOYS U16 8+

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Heat 1 Results
Progression. First to Final. Rest to Repechage.

 
Club Finish 1500 1000 500 Crew
1st WESTLAKE BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 1 6:34:26 - - - Nik Blackburn Danny Keene Eoin Reilly Bobby Kells Mark Haldane Ignus Ferreira Conor Connolly Michael Alfauasev Cox Mitchell Bate
2nd HAMILTON BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 1 6:35:02 - - - Andrew Healey Brodie Ditchburn Tamihana Coxhead Matt Hickford Jason Mills Andrew Peckham Vaughn Bruce Cory Mckinnon Cox Scott Harmsworth
3rd ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY 1 6:36:01 - - - Lance Smith Thomas Parlane Thomas Judd Sam Gillman Cole Gillman Jordan Farrow Sean Leckie Paddy Kluts Cox Simon Breen
4th ROTORUA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 1 6:36:56 - - - Trent Ebermayer Brent van der Burg Shane Hyde Taikata Kingi Andrew Oliver Daniel Hulton Geoff Howes Alex Jansen Cox Henry Genefaas
5th ST BEDES COLLEGE 1 6:41:78 - - - Sean Spencer Bradley Winder William Meates Scott Connolly Josh Doherty Ben Lilley Hemi Bedggood Nick Morris Cox Matthew Leonard
6th ST PAULS COLLEGIATE SCHOOL 1 6:43:04 - - - Bradley OSullivan Hamish McMichael James Howie Timothy De Beer Luke Mulligan Duncan Hall Robinson Blake Jonathon Murtagh Cox James Griffin
7th SACRED HEART COLLEGE (AUCK) 1 6:51:61 - - - James Murray Adam Brown Matthew Kirrane Mark Woolley Joshua Fisiiahi Anthony Hos Keith Marr Christopher Bryant Cox Leo Archer


Heat 2 Results
Club Finish 1500 1000 500 Crew
1st CH-CH BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 1 6:22:83 - - - James Bonisch Edward Droomgool Levi Dwan George Enersen Nick Grant Ryan Camp James Whitmore Victor Richardson Cox Tom Coull
2nd CHRISTS COLLEGE SCHOOL 1 6:28:38 - - - Harry Tompkins Henry McLennan William Rutherford Jordan McLeod Angus Wilson Sam Harrison Liam Burgess Winstone Cosgrove Cox William Wilding
3rd ST PETERS SCHOOL 1 6:39:31 - - - James Leigh Robert Currie Mitchell Graham David Brennan Mark Ernest Kane O'Donnell Scott Evans Tom Stannard Cox Joshua Snodgrass
4th ST KENTIGERN COLLEGE SCHOOL 1 6:41:62 - - - Peter Findlay Xandy McKenzie Nicholas Hill James Hindle Michael Colville Robb Wilson Craig Paddison Thomas Farmer Cox Sam Carter
5th HAMILTONS FRASER HIGH SCHOOL 1 6:44:03 - - - Wilson Stead Wade Smith Cody Ryan-Bates Kyle Harvey Sean Collins Michael Dyer Regan Chinnery Blair Wild Cox Hayden Perry
6th MARLBOROUGH BOYS COLLEGE 1 6:55:35 - - - Tim Richards Daniel Beavis Angus Speedy Josh Young James Pigou Kurt Williamson Johnny Andrews Josh Roach Cox Keegan Rodley
7th AUCKLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL 1 7:08:20 - - - Jacob Choi Kirk Jacinto Adnan Siamwala Nick Goddard Stephen Kennedy Frano Staub Sam Milne Alex Brooks Cox Philip Spector

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