Karapiro, New Zealand 2007

Last weekend (27 and 28 January) a team organised by SRC competed at Lake Karapiro, New Zealand accompianied by Mosman Rowing Club’s very own Luke Freeman and Newcastle’s Hugh McLeod. The crews performed extremely well, every crew gaining a place in their final. MRC Representation was in the following events
Men’s Senior Four: 3rd Place

  • Simon Nola (lwt)
  • Jeremy Anderson (lwt)
  • Luke Woods (lwt)
  • Luke Freeman (lwt, MRC)

Men’s U21 Four: 2nd Place

  • Luke Woods (lwt)
  • Dom Grimm
  • Phil Matthews
  • Luke Freeman (lwt, MRC)

Men’s Club Double: 3rd Place

  • Luke Woods (lwt)
  • Luke Freeman (lwt, MRC)

The the 2010 FISA World Championship hosts, Karapiro Rowing Inc, are trying to raise their profile with the KRI regatta series, hoping to attract a high standard of international competition over the next few years. The NZ national team competes in these regattas as a part of their selection process, providing a great spectacle, with the likes of Mahé Drysdale and the Evers-Swindell sisters competing against the countless other world medallist New Zealand has been able to produce in the last few years for a spot in the 2007 national team to compete in Munich.


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