Good Afternoon Associations, Clubs, Schools and Universities, On Thursday 2 December at 11.59pm, all of New Zealand will move to the COVID-19 Protection Framework. Auckland will move to traffic light red, while settings for the rest of New Zealand are due…
Masters rowers fundamentally are no different from any other age group. However, regular competitors know that your strength and flexibility changes as you age and so it is helpful to re-assess rigging and boat set up regularly for masters training…
Breast Cancer Rowsuits now for sale. Click here to buy. Ben Mason rowed 1,000 km in his distinctive pink rowsuit, raising awareness and funds for Breast Cancer. Now the folks at Kapinua NZ are making these available to the rowing…
By Deb Hymers-Ross, The Union Rowing Club And the Gold Medal goes to…..South Island Rowing’s organisers and volunteers for the self sacrifice and organisation to pull the Masters Nationals and Aoraki 1000 off under level 2 restrictions. It was a…
Ruataniwha put on a great show for the New Zealand Masters Rowing Championships 2021. With a rain and cool first day on Friday followed by two stunning days with great flat water for the side by side racing and Sunday…
Greg Reid is a committee member for Legion of Rowers and a dedicated coastal rowing enthusiast. I am excited to see the sport finally gaining momentum here in New Zealand, each Legion newsletter the intention is to give you more…
Masters training and age-specific concerns From post-university rowers in their 20s to those in their 90s masters rowing encompasses a spectrum of ages, abilities, and events geared to each group. Just as there is no “cookbook” approach to an elite…
The Legion of Rowers hosted two coaching clinics during July 2021 for masters rowers who are not coaches. There are not enough coaches available for masters groups to get regular coaching. One way to get effective coaching for masters is…
Kua hinga te tōtara i te wao nui a Tane! Auckland Rowing Club records, with great sorrow, the death of Lionel Gray (1932-2021), a stalwart of our club for fifty years. He passed away on the morning of 26 October…