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…
REGATTA DELAYED DUE TO COVID-19 POSTPONEMENT – Neilson Kellerman North Island Masters Regatta The Legion of Rowers wish to advise that our Regatta can only be run under Level-1 conditions and as a consequence of the current outbreak of Covid-Delta…
MASTERS PEER-TO-PEER COACHING CLINIC The Legion of Rowers, in conjunction with Rowing NZ, are now inviting registrations for the first Peer-to-Peer Coaching Clinic to be held at the Auckland Rowing Club from Friday 18th June–Sunday 20th June. Registrations must be…
Last weekend ARC hosted a race between Oxford and Cambridge alumni on the Tamaki. Boat Race Auckland offered some consolation for Oxford on the Tāmaki, after a run of losses on the Tideway and Great Ouse. Around 60 people turned…
Thanks to everyone for helping (or offering to help) with the Lower NI Masters regatta on 19 September. We had 65 rowers representing Horowhenua, Hawkes Bay, Porirua, Petone, Clifton, Aramaho Whanganui, Wellington, and Star (eight clubs in total). Being flexible…