Success for rowers at NZ Secondary School’s Maadi Cup

A group of 31 talented rowers from MGC travelled to Lake Karapiro to compete in the prestigious New Zealand Secondary Schools Maadi Cup regatta, which took place from Monday 24 – Saturday 30th March.

The event kicked off with heats on Monday and Tuesday. Our team had an impressive start to the regatta, with three of our boats, the Girls Under 17 Four, the Under 15 Four, and the Under 17 Pair, securing direct qualification to the A Finals. 

On Wednesday we had the Girls Under 15 Octuple Sculls, Under 15 eight, Under 18 four and another Under 17 pair row repechages and all qualified for A finals. The Under 17 quad and another Under 15 four both qualified for B finals in their events. 

Finals over Friday and Saturday were exciting and intense. We had 7 A final crews and 2 B finals. The results and students involved are listed below. 

A final results:

Girls Under 17 four – placed 5th – Eliza Glover, Anna Hurren, Celia Spencer, Georgette Herkt and coxed by Molly Hoban

Girls Under 15 four – placed 1st – Charlie Bennett, Maisie Shenfield, Poppy Fernandez, Emma Eyles and coxed by Hayley Sutherland

Girls Under 15 Octuple sculls – place 7th – Charlie Bennett, Emma Eyles, Poppy Fernandez, Maisie Shenfield, Izzy McLauchaln, Maggie Clark, Georgie Fissenden, Hannah Kole and coxed by Hayley Sutherland

Girls Under 18 four – placed 4th – Elza Glover, Anna Hurren, Lilly Smith, Iris Vavasour and coxed by Molly Hoban

Girls Under 17 pair – placed 1st – Eliza Glover and Anna Hurren

Girls Under 17 pair – placed 6th – Georgette Herkt and Paige Wentworth

Girls Under 15 eight – placed 5th – Charlie Bennett, Maisie Shenfield, Poppy Fernandez and Emma Eyles, Ruby Lindstrom, Daisy Lindstrom, Liv Horsenail, Casey Twidle and coxed by Hayley Sutherland.

B Final Results:

Girls Under 17 quad – placed 7th – Paige Wentworth, Georgette Herkt, Lucy Thompson, Trinity Rose Locke and coxed by Molly Hoban

Girls Under 15 four – placed 2nd – Ruby Lindstrom, Daisy Lindstrom, Liv Horsenail, Casey Twidle and coxed by Maysie Ferguson

Following the regatta, Eliza Glover and Anna Hurren have been invited to the Under 18 South Island team rowing trials held over the coming school holidays. If selected they will go on to compete against the North Island Under 18 teams. We wish them the best of luck!

Our girls have put in a massive amount of effort over the past six months and should be extremely proud of their results. None of this would have been possible without our amazing coaches and team of hardworking parents who give up a significant amount of their time and effort to coach and support our students. We would like to give a massive thank you to our coaches Joe Bennion, Marion Horwell, Richard Shenfield, Mike McManaway, Jessica Bennett, Ella Barnes, Molly Glover and Hazel Glover.

Thank you to the parents who travelled and looked after our girls: Philippa Bennett, Susie Glover, Angela Wentworth, Kylie Hurren, Vicky Hawes, Amy Eyles, Becky Twidle, Simon Hoban and Kate Vavasour.