Malta 2025 Beach Sprint Team NZ

Great to see we got a mention from New Zealand Honorary Consulate in Malta

What an amazing ANZAC Day to mark the culmination of our 10 days on Malta. A moving and memorable ANZAC service followed by a function at the Australian High Commissioners residence. Then onto the Beach Sprint Regatta and finally the farewell dinner. I think everyone will collapse onto the plane for the 30 hours of travelling ahead of us. Very hard to represent in a few photos. A video will follow - at some point...
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A video wrap of a typical training day here in Malta...
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Typical training day for the ANZAC Beachsprinters The crews from Australia, New Zealand and Malta are training out of a beach in the quaint fishing village of Marsaxlokk. After training we usually have a loo...

Yesterday, the Mt Albert Mount Albert Grammar School Rowing - Magsrow students and coach Holly, honoured the memory of a MAGS Old Boy, killed during WWII.
Flt Sgt Herbert Earney was 22 and on his 17th operational mission of the war when his Wellington Bomber crashed on Malta, shortly after takeoff. All members of the RAF Bomber crew were killed including two other New Zealanders, Sgt Craig of Hunterville and Sgt Donald of Paekakariki. Sgt Earney was buried, with Service Honours, in the Royal Naval Cemetery, Kalkara, Malta. His, is amongst the many graves maintained overseas by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. , , , , , ,

Not such a nice day for training today... Practicing starts and finishes, but the beach shelves quite quickly. , , , , , ,

Training Day Two - Colder! Clearing the rust out and practicing starts and finishes. Unfortunately the beach drops away quite steeply making entry difficult. Hopefully better on the be...

A pretty significant day in the Catholic world yesterday with the passing of The Pope. On the same day we were in a very significant Catholic Cathedral - The Mosta Rotunda. With human occupation in the area dating back to 4000BC, and this buildings predecessor being built in 1575, this is a mere youngster at just under 200 years old. The students (and adults) learnt a lot! There is a National Day of Mourning in Malta today - not sure if it will impact on our plans to visit the Aviation Museum this afternoon.

The Kiwi's joined in with the Aussie's on a working bee at Australia Hall - a historically significant building that was gutted by fire 27 years ago. The aim was to raise the profile of the plight of the building by planting 58 Rosemary bushes - representing the 58,000 injured and sick Servicemen that came through Malta in WW1. Good luck with your fundraising!

Australia Hall Working Bee An entertainment hall, built in 1915 following a donation from the Australian Red Cross, Australia Hall provided some relief while recuperating in Malta. 58,...

Our first day of Training today. The Malta University has an enviable collection of Coastal Rowing Boats. We wheel or carry them across the road from their training shed in Masaxlokk. Beautiful day and conditions. , , , , , , ,

We were fortunate to have Good Friday as our first (recovery) day after 27 hours of flying. Check out what we got up to in Valetta.
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