Timaru Rowing Club rowers shone on the water at the Canterbury Championships held over the weekend on Lake Ruataniwha.

Aside from a delayed start on the Saturday due to fog, the conditions remained excellent throughout the weekend and ensured the full programme was run.

Rowers from Timaru Boys’ High School performed exceptionally well with (18) A finals achieved out of (22) heats. That translated into an impressive finish line up of six first places, five second places and three third places.

Head Coach at TBHS Rowing, Brian Smith, was impressed with how his squad members were able to perform after a week- long camp leading into the regatta.

“The boys left everything they had out there, and that shows in our results” said Mr Smith. “Rowing is tough at the regional and National levels, and the squad needs to focus on their fitness from here on into our Aon Maadi Cup campaign. At this year’s camp we decided to bring in some expert sweeping coaching, some targeted land-based training and look at training smarter, not necessarily harder. The squad should be proud of all their results, they got out what they put in”.

The next regatta is the South Island Club Championships, to be held on 1-2 February at Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel.