All our rowers and head coach Christina Blackford, in her first year with the squad, had an amazing season. After the disappointment of last year's cancellation, the highlight of the season was attending Maadi Cup at Lake Karapiro. Not only was this an amazing experience for our rowers, they achieved some outstanding results.

Golds at Maadi Cup!

The squad had an incredibly successful week at Lake Karapiro in March. They finished 12th overall out of 123 schools nationwide and at the end of Term 1 were ranked 5th on the nationwide sculling boat points table.

The squad won 3 medals - 2 gold, the first golds in 23 years for Burnside High School, and the first medals of any kind in 10 years:

Gold - Sam Rankin and Kate Ryall, U15 Girls Double Sculls
Gold - Sam Rankin, Kate Ryall, Katy Mitchell, Poppy Knight and Abbie Maye (cox), U15 Girls Coxed Quad Sculls
Silver - Sam Rankin, Kate Ryall, Olivia Dawson, Emily Ryall and Abbie Maye (cox), U16 Girls Coxed Quad Sculls

The videos of the finals and medal ceremonies are still available to view on https://maadi.co.nz/livestream. Viewing Times:
U15 Girls Coxed Quad Sculls - Friday, their race starts 1 hr and 8 mins into the coverage (9.10am on the event clock). The medal ceremony starts 1 hr and 33 mins (9.36am on the event clock).
U16 Girls Coxed Quad Sculls - Saturday, their race starts 21.37 mins into the coverage (8.10am on the event clock). The medal ceremony starts 51.32 mins into the coverage (8.39am on the event clock).
U15 Girls Double Sculls - Saturday, their race starts 1 hr and 42 mins into the coverage (9.30am on the event clock). The medal ceremony starts 2 hrs and 10 mins into the coverage (9.58am on the event clock).

SISS Regatta

The South Island Secondary Schools (SISS) Regatta was cancelled due to the Covid Alert Level change earlier in March. As a result of the cancellation the decision was made to award the SISS Champions Medals based on the rowers' results from Maadi Cup. This means that the crews are also SISS Champions in the following events:

Gold - Bryah Moriarty, U17 Girls Single Sculls
Gold - Sam Rankin and Kate Rankin, U15 Girls Double Sculls
Gold - Sam Rankin, Kate Rankin, Katy Mitchell, Poppy Knight and Abbie Maye (cox), U15 Girls Coxed Quad Sculls
Gold - Sam Rankin, Kate Ryall, Olivia Dawson, Emily Ryall and Abbie Maye (cox), U16 Girls Coxed Quad Sculls

South Island Club Championships

The South Island Club Championships were held at Lake Ruataniwha at the end of January. This was also a successful meet for the squad coming away with one gold, two silver, two bronze along with some excellent placings in the A finals.

Gold - Bryah Moriarty, U17 Girls Single Sculls.
Silver - Emily Ryall, Liv Dawson, Zeda Matau, Bryah Moriarty, and Sophie Rowland (cox), U17 Girls Coxed Quad Sculls.
Silver - Sam Rankin, Kate Rankin, Katy Mitchell, Poppy Knight and Abbie Maye (cox), U15 Girls Coxed Quad Sculls.
Bronze - Samantha Rankin and Kate Ryall, Girls U15 Double Sculls.
Bronze - Emily Ryall and Bryah Moriarty, Girls U17 Double Sculls.
5th - Jacob Wadley and Sam Lamont, Men’s Intermediate Double Sculls.