As the lead up to the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Championship nears, St Paul's Rowing Club had some excellent results at the AON Junior Rowing Regatta on 24 February at Lake Karapiro.

Some stand out placings included:

• First place A Final: Boys' U16 coxed quad sculls - L Murphy, G Weir, G Benjamin, T Tretheway and J Verry (coxswain) 
• First place A Final: Girls' U16 coxed quad sculls - Z Brangwynne, G Roberts, Olivia Waddell, P Hunter and M Millar
• First place A Final: Boys' U18 novice double sculls: H Thompson and H Kilmister
• First place A Final: Boys' U15 coxed quad sculls - G Watson, L Peters, B Harper, Q McLean-Bluck and A Macleod (coxswain)
• Second place A Final: Girls' U17 coxed quad sculls: Z Brangwynne, S Dunn, A Church, F Savill and R Issac (coxswain)
• Second place A Final: Boys' U15 coxed octuple sculls: G Watson, C Hood, L Peters, Q McLean-Bluck, B Harper, W Smyth, J Cashin, C Barlow and A Macleod (coxswain)
• Second place A Final: Girls' U16 coxed eight - L Hadley, A McLeod, S Mason, O Carruthers, O Waddell, L Moon, M Wilson, P Hunter and M Millar (coxswain)
• Second place A Final: Boys' U17 double sculls - K Robinson and F Rayner
• Second place A Final: Girls' U17 single sculls - S Dunn
• Second place A Final: Boys' U18 single sculls - A Plimmer
• Second place A Final: Girls' U16 coxed four - L Hadley, A McLeod, S Mason, O Carruthers and R Isaac (coxswain)
• Second place A Final: Boys' U18 double sculls - A Plimmer and L Fairweather
• Second place A Final: Girls' U17 double sculls - Z Brangwynne and Sarah Dunn
• Second place A Final: Boys' U17 coxed quad sculls - William Peoples, F Rayner, K Robinson, S Schulze and F Rogers (coxswain)
• Second place A Final: Boys' U18 novice coxed quad sculls - H Thompson, B Harper, L Peters, H Kilmister and K Gault
• Third place A Final: Boys' U15 coxed quad sculls: A Plimmer, J King, L Fairweather, D Ellison and B Cropper (coxswain)
• Third place A Final: Boys' U17 coxless pair oars - William Peoples and S Schulze
• Fourth place A Final: Boys' U15 coxed octuple sculls - A Desbonnets, N Schulze, J Smith, K You, H Passey, T Smart, T Willson, A Thomas and Z Parker
• Fourth place A Final: Girls' U17 single sculls - A Church
• Fourth place A Final: Boys' U16 double sculls - G Weir and G Benjamin
• Fourth place A Final: Girls' U17 double sculls - A Church and O Montgomerie

After a generous amount of items were donated to the St Paul's Rowing Club auction, the final tally is in and the group have raised just under $41,000.

This money has gone towards purchasing a new boat for the team. The boat has been named 'Grey Ormsby' after the Kaumatua of Waitomo Group and father of Jimmy Ormsby (Williams 1986-1990). Grey was the first president of the St Paul's Rowing Club making it an extra special naming.

We look forward to seeing the boat hit the water soon!

📸 All imagery and video by the talented Picture Show.