Thank you to Marsden Head of Rowing, Ruby Leverington, for writing an in depth report for us about the absolutely amazing season our rowers have just had. Please see below for all of the amazing details.

Marsden rowing has just completed its most successful season yet making history for the school in the two championship regattas (NISS and Maadi). Marsden won its first ever medals at these regattas with the U15 octuple winning a bronze medal at NISS, and Ruby winning a silver at NISS as well as a bronze at Maadi in the U18 single. For our summer camp this year we traveled to Mangakino to train on the beautiful Lake Maraetai, a place we have never previously been. It was a very constructive week and we made huge progress as a squad. The camp involved 6 days of training, eating, sleeping (and heaps of fun of course). The weather conditions were perfect and we squeezed in over a month's work of water training over this short space of time. 

A summary of the stand out results from the season include

KR1: 

U15 8x+ A final 7th (Leila, Tori, Sophie, Caitlin, Georgia, Charlotte, Emily, Alex and Hannah)

U15 4x+ B final 5th (Madison, Georgia, Charlotte, Annabel and Evie)

W8x+ A final 1st (Madison, Frankie, Charlotte, Elise, Issie, Annabel, Maddie, Jill and Evie)

W8x+ A final 2nd  (Leila, Tori, Sophie, Georgia, Charlotte, Emily, Emilia, Caitlin OC and Victoria)

U18 1x A final 5th (Ruby)

W4x+ A final 7th (Ruby)

W8+ A final 2nd (Ruby)

W1x A final 4th (Ruby)

KR2/North Island Club Champs: 

U15 8x+ A final 2nd (Annabel, Leila, Georgia, Charlotte, Madison, Emily, Jill, Alex and Evie)

U15 4x+ B final 6th (Madison, Georgia, Charlotte, Annabel and Evie)

U15 4x+ B final 8th (Leila, Emily, Jill, Alex and Hannah)

U15 U15 2x B final 7th (Charlotte and Georgia)

U18 1x B final 2nd (Ruby)

W4x+ A final Gold medal (Rachel and Ruby)

W8+ A final 7th (Ruby)

W1x A final 5th (Ruby)

NZ Rowing Champs: Only Steph (who coxed the novice men), Rachel and Ruby traveled down to Twizel for this regatta and raced for the Wellington Rowing Club. Over the week they accumulated six A finals in the men's novice eight and four, senior quad, senior double, club eight and club single. Steph and her novice men crews won two silver medals. Ruby and Rachel raced in the senior quad and won a bronze medal. Ruby also raced in the club eight and the club single and Rachel won another bronze in the senior double.

North Island Secondary Schools (NISS): 

U16 4+ B final 1st place  (Issie, Charlotte, Elise, Annabel and Hannah)

U15 8x+ A final bronze medal (Annabel, Leila, Georgia, Charlotte, Madison, Emily, Jill Alex and Evie)

U18 1x A final silver medal (Ruby)

Maadi Cup: 

U16 4x+ D final (Issie, Charlotte, Elise, Frankie and Hannah)

U15 8x+ A final (Annabel, Leila, Georgia, Charlotte, Madison, Emily, Jill, Alex and Evie)

U15 4x+ C final (Madison, Georgia, Charlotte, Annabel and Evie)

U18 1x A final bronze medal (Ruby)

The camaraderie of our squad has been extremely special and goes to show that rowing is a sport that extends beyond just the training and racing. We are extremely grateful for all the support received over the season from the school, parents, volunteers, rowing committee and our fantastic coaches; Steph, Sheldon, Catherine and Rachel. Marsden rowing and its successes would never be possible without you all.