Whangarei Rowing Club

🚣‍♀️ Junior Girls Learn to Row Programme

Whangārei Rowing Club is running a six-week Learn to Row programme for junior girls who are new to rowing and keen to give it a go.

Participants will learn the foundations of rowing in a supportive crew environment, including rowing technique, boat handling, water confidence, safety and crew awareness.

📅 Monday 27 July – Sunday 6 September 2026
🕔 Mondays and Thursdays, 5–6pm, plus Sundays
depending on the tide
💰 Cost: $100
✅ Minimum attendance: one weekday session plus Sunday each week

Spaces are limited, so register here:
https://forms.gle/UePwusL7sFHu6zkK8

Please share with any junior girls who may be interested in discovering rowing and joining the Whangārei Rowing Club community.

A fantastic day for our club as we came together to celebrate the achievements of the season.

We kicked things off on the water with a fun mixed knock-out sprints session, before coming together for our season awards, a shared meal, and words of encouragement and wisdom from our honourable Mayor, Ken Couper — an ex-rower himself.

A big thank you to Ken for joining us, and to everyone who helped make the day happen.

We’re ready to build on the momentum.
Bring on the 2026/2027 season! 🚣‍♀️🚣‍♂️

🚣‍♀️ Club Update – Save the Dates! 🚣‍♂️

We’ve got a couple of events coming up at the club – all welcome to join in.

🏆 Sunday 24 May | 10:00am
Prize Giving & President’s Shield Racing
• Racing will take place prior to the BBQ and prize giving
• Come along for a fun morning on and off the water
• Please bring a plate to share

📅 Wednesday 17 June | 6:00pm
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
• Held at the club
• Open to all members

It would be great to see as many of you there as possible – whether you’re racing, supporting, or just coming along to connect.

Pretty awesome to make the New Zealand Herald.

'A huge success': Whangārei rowing builds on Maadi breakthrough Whangārei schools reached four A Finals at this year's Maadi Regatta.

Whangārei Rowing’s Best Maadi Regatta Yet!!
What a week in Twizel! Whangārei crews have delivered their most successful Maadi Regatta campaign to date, competing against 127 schools and over 2,200 rowers from across New Zealand.
Across the board, our rowers came back with amazing results.
✨ 4 x A Finals
✨ 8 x B Finals
✨ 2 x C Finals

Huge congratulations to our standout crews:
🥈 Dovey Mabey & Anna Barradel (Huanui College) – Silver, U17 Girls Double Sculls
🥇 Camryn Collison & Tiia Cooke – Gold, U16 Girls Double Sculls

Travelling all the way to Twizel as the furthest team is no small feat, and we couldn’t have done it without the incredible support of our sponsors 🙌

A massive thank you to:
👉 Window Systems
👉 Blast
👉 Transport
👉 Bay Four Square
👉 Bay Cement
👉 Doctors
👉 Real Estate
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👉 Kensington
👉 Bay Cement
👉

Come and get your car washed to help raise funds to send our rowers to the next 2 regattas.

$10 - Express Car Wash
$20 Deluxe Car Wash

A huge thank you to the team at Classic Builders for rolling up their sleeves this week and putting in the mahi behind the scenes. 🪵🪓

They’ve been chopping, prepping and delivering firewood — and it’s all in support of our boys’ rowing squad as they prepare for the North Island and NZ Secondary Schools Championships (Maadi Cup). 🏆

We’re especially grateful to Chris, Classic Builders’ Construction Manager, who many of you know as one of our dedicated coaches. He’s there at the crack of dawn most mornings helping our athletes grow — and it means a lot to see that same commitment reflected by his wider team.

All proceeds from the firewood sales are going directly towards supporting the boys’ campaign.

This is what community looks like. Teamwork on land and on the water.

Thank you, Classic Builders — and good luck to our boys as they train hard and represent our club with pride. 💙

Thats a wrap on NZ CHAMPS 2026! Well done to all of our Whangarei athletes. Special shout out to Camryn Collison and Tiia Cooke for their amazing performance in the inti double 🥇. Other highlights for the regatta include 7 boats in the inti double and 7 in the inti single making for some very blue races 🫐🦋. In total we had 27 races out of those there were 19 finals 9 A’s and 10 B’’s!!

Our very own Ashlee