The Diocesan rowing squad travelled away to their first overnight regatta of the season last weekend 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.

We are extremely proud of how our team performed given the circumstances and look forward to attending the Maadi Cup next week!

The squad also competed at the Head of Harbour regatta which had been split across two days due to gathering restrictions.  While the second day of the regatta was delayed twice due to a tropical cyclone on one day and the regatta being classed as a location of interest the second time, we finally completed racing in the regatta and came away with the Top Girls’ School points trophy for the second year in a row!

Our medal winning crews are listed below:

Division 1 gold medallists:

U-15 coxed quadruple sculls: Edith Li, Sophie Jamison, Ruby Hulme, Millie Struthers and coxswain Paige Rose

U-15 coxed octuple sculls: Edith Li, Millie Struthers, Sophie Jamison, Emma Maxwell, Ruby Hulme, Aimee Herrod, Susie Finlayson, Yasmin Phillips and coxswain Sophie Ryan

U-16 coxed quadruple sculls: Rosie Wiseman, Alexandra Fletcher, Georgia Haskell, Imogen Worrall and coxswain Paige Rose

U-16 coxed four: Emily Cosham, Lucy Irwin, Xanthe Williams, Georgia Haskell and coxswain Sophie Coombes

U-15 coxed eight: Edith Li, Sophie Jamison, Millie Struthers, Ruby Hulme, Emma Maxwell, Daisy Wrapson, Susie Finlayson, Yasmin Phillips and coxswain Sophie Coombes

U-16 double sculls: Rosie Wiseman and Imogen Worrall

Division 1 silver medallists:

U-18 novice coxed eight: Emma Maxwell, Emma Wilson, Sophie Yan, Yasmin Phillips, Susie Finlayson, Aimee Herrod, Isabelle Dunlop, Emma Young and coxswain Sophie Coombes

U-17 coxed quadruple sculls: Rosie Wiseman, Isobel Fletcher, Lucy Irwin, Imogen Worrall and coxswain Sophie Ryan

U-16 coxed eight: Rosie Wiseman, Eva Cope, Alexandra Fletcher, Lucy Irwin, Xanthe Williams, Georgia Haskell, Emily Cosham, Imogen Worrall and coxswain Bo Alpe

U-18 novice coxed quadruple sculls: Emma Wilson, Emma Maxwell, Susie Finlayson Daisy Wrapson and coxswain Stella Brawn

Division 1 bronze medallists:

U-17 coxed eight: Rosie Wiseman, Lucy Irwin, Sofia Phillimore, Sophie Collins, Jessica Barclay, Isobel Fletcher, Xanthe Williams, Georgia Haskell and coxswain Bo Alpe

U-16 coxed four: Eva Pritchard, Eva Cope, Isabella Clayton, Harriet Hope and coxswain Paige Rose

U-18 coxed quadruple sculls: Sofia Phillimore, Natalie Spillane, Sophie Collins, Georgia Haskell and coxswain Sophie Coombes

U-15 coxed eight: Nina Wilson, Molly O’Connor, Danica Nali, Isabel Simpson, Gemma Kidd, Lucy Jacobson, Sybilla Thompson, Chloe Holt and coxswain Stella Brawn

U-18 novice coxed four: Emma Wilson, Daisy Wrapson, Aimee Herrod, Emma Young and coxswain Gray Samuels

We also had a number of crews place in Division 2.  These crews were:

Division 2 first place:

U-15 coxed quadruple sculls: Gemma Kidd, Lucy Jacobson, Chloe Holt, Sybilla Thompson and coxswain Sophie Coombes

U-16 coxed quadruple sculls: Emily Cosham, Lucy Irwin, Xanthe Williams, Eva Cope and coxswain Bo Alpe

U-18 novice quadruple sculls: Issie Masterson, Nina Wilson, Lucy Jacobson, Isabel Simpson and coxswain Gray Samuels

U-16 double sculls: Ruby Lowe and Ava Dixon

Division 2 second place:

U-17 coxed quadruple sculls: Jessica Barclay, Sophie Collins, Nina Fisher, Grace Allan and coxswain Bo Alpe

U-16 coxed quadruple sculls: Holly Barker, Ava Leach, Ruby Lowe, Ava Dixon and coxswain Sophie Coombes

Division 2 third place: 

U-16 coxed quadruple sculls: Eva Pritchard, Samantha Barclay, Isabella Clayton, Harriet Hope and coxswain Sophie Ryan