Bay Harbour: March 06, 2024

Bay Harbour News Wednesday March 6 2024
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GOLD MEDAL: Poppy Wyndham (left) and Abbie Higgins won gold in the
girls’ U18 double sculls.
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Hard work pays off
for Cashmere rowers
• By Sam Coughlan
CASHMERE HIGH School are
celebrating their best ever medal haul at
the South Island secondary schools rowing
competition in Twizel at the weekend.
The school took home three gold
medals, two silvers and a bronze,
including their first ever gold medals in
the U18 age bracket, in the girls’ double
sculls and girls’ coxed quad at Lake
Ruataniwha.
Their other gold medal was in the U16
girls’ coxed quad.
The result was a good lead-in to
secondary school rowing’s premier regatta,
the Maadi Cup which will take place from
March 18-23 at the same venue.
Cashmere rowing coordinator Adrian
Riepen said the success was down to the
progress that had been made in recent
years.
“You can see season after season, just
that general improvement.
“I guess a lot of foundations have been
laid by the coaching team to get the
training programme right, and then the
buy-in by the rowers.”
He praised the work done by volunteers
behind the scenes.
“Not only the coaching team, but also
the amazing parents and the community
behind the rowers like that enable us to
put on a season and bring it to life.
“I think that’s what is the special factor
of Cashmere, like you go down to Twizel
and arguably all the parents are there,
lakeside cheering for each crew coming
through.
“That kind of community aspect has
enabled everyone to feel that kind of
support, just so that Cashmere kids can go
rowing.”
Cashmere’s rowing programme is only
10 years old, and Riepen has been in
charge for the last five of those.
He said they were now at a level to
STRONG
PAIR: Jacob
Haley
and Jack
McDonald
race in the
boys’ U15
double sculls.
be competing with private schools like
Rangi Ruru, St Margaret’s and St Bede’s –
historically rowing powerhouses.
“The last three or four years, it’s just
been phenomenal. Just the amount of new
boats and equipment and a trailer,” he
said.
“I think we’re definitely on an even
playing field now, which is quite humbling
considering, you know, we’re a co-ed
school.”
But he said this year’s medal haul wasn’t
unexpected.
“We’ve definitely got a good depth, and
those rowers have seen success previously.
“Last year’s Maadi (cup) was the best in
school history and we only had three boys
age out.”
Riepen said he backed the team to be
competitive again at this year’s Maadi Cup,
held in Twizel in two weeks time.
“I think when you get the best rowers in
the country, it’s extremely tough, even to
secure a medal.
“But I think, the South Island success does
show that we should be fighting it out.”
WINNERS
Cashmere High School gold
medals:
• Girls’ U18 double sculls: Poppy
Wyndham & Abbie Higgins
• Girls’ U18 coxed quad: Wyndham,
Higgins, Eleri Clare, Thea Murdie +
Hazel Bown
Girls’ U16 coxed quad: Thea
Murdie, Charlotte Clatworthy, Eleri
Clare, Reagan Kelly + Hazel Bown