Aquinas College Rowing

Registrations for Rowing will open in December and be open until Monday 4 February 2019.

If you would like to join the Aquinas College Rowing Club please fill in this form.

About the Sport

Rowing is a competitive and challenging sport, raced on some of the most picturesque lakes in New Zealand. Commitment and respect for a demanding sport is needed. Along with rowing technique, we teach you time management, self-discipline and sports nutrition.

Rowing is offered to students Year 8 and above. Year 8 students will be focusing on building up to racing in Year 9 with reduced trainings each week. Year 9 and above students train throughout the week in preparation for Regattas over summer.

We compete in both club and secondary school regattas with our goal being to be highly competitive at the North Island Secondary School and New Zealand Secondary Schools Regattas.

The Maadi Cup is the pinnacle event for college rowing and is the largest Secondary School sporting event in New Zealand. Aquinas College has had a proud history of students representing the college at this event. Television coverage of this event has made it one of the highlights on the New Zealand sporting calendar.

Have- a- Go Rowing

Any Y8-12 students wanting to give Rowing a go are more than welcome to attend the following sessions.

• Date: Saturdays
• Time: 9.00am – 11.00am
• Venue: Memorial Park- Tauranga Rowing Club
• Who: Y8-12 students
• Wear: Sports gear. No cost – it’s free
• Registration: Please contact Steven Finlayson in the week prior, (finlaysonjrs@vodafone.co.nz)

Selections

Boys’ and girls’ crews from U15 to U18.

Trainings

A combination of before school, after school and weekends. Students are able to make their own way to the Rowing Club by other means of transport such as biking.

For rowing, in term 4, students will be training and racing with students from ACG Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga Boys College and Aquinas College. In the New Year and term 1, students will be racing for Aquinas College in the lead up to Maadi Cup at the end of March at Lake Karapiro.

Competition

• Regular competion from October – March
• North Island Secondary Schools Rowing, Lake Karapiro, Cambridge
• New Zealand Secondary School Rowing (Maadi), Lake Karapiro, Cambridge

Uniform

• Club Regatta wear Tauranga Rowing Club rowsuits
• School Regatta wear Aquinas College rowsuits (supplied)
• Trainings wear casual sport apparel

Equipment

All equipment provided by Aquinas Rowing Club

Cost

Payment plans are available.

Fees for rowers is estimated at $1700; we are able to offer reduced fees to coxswains of $750. Once students have committed for the season then choose to withdraw, students will still be required to pay 80% of the fees.

The NZSS Rowing Championships (MAADI) is an additional cost for those crews that qualify.