23 February 2012

Mighty Mahe on track to win the golden prize (Click Here)
OPINION: It was heartening to see Mahe Drysdale look so strong in regaining his national single sculls rowing crown at Lake Karapiro over the weekend.
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14 November 2010

Mahe Drysdale retains Bill Webb Challenge (Manawatu Evening Standard)
Southland rower Louise Ayling will race the Billy Webb Challenge singles regatta on Saturday less than a week after winning silver at the World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro. Click Here

11 November 2010

No time for rest; Ayling straight back into racing  (Southland Times On Line.)
New Zealand great Mahe Drysdale has defended his Billy Webb Challenge title on the Whanganui river, holding off a close challenge from Great Britain rival Alan Campbell. Click Here

10 November 2010

Rowing champs get me hooked (Southland Times On Line.)
How good was last week's World Rowing Championships, asks Brendon Egan in this week's Nothing But Net. Click Here

09 November 2010

Ond ej Synek, photo: CTK (Radio Prague)
Synek crowned world champion in men's single sculls at world rowing championships in New Zealand Click Here

08 November 2010

Rowing: Classic final lived up to pre-race billing (The New Zealand Herald)
Eric Murray and Hamish Bond pulled out the stops in the last couple of strokes to beat their British rivals. Click Here

Rowing: Success keeps Tonks happy (The Otago Daily Times)
New Zealand rowing maestro Richard Tonks is a hard man to please, but when the world rowing championships ended at Lake Karapiro near Cambridge yesterday, there was more than the ghost of a smile hovering around his weather-beaten face. Click Here

7 November 2010

Banter before serious stuff at rowing champs (Manawatu Evening Standard)
Mahe Drysdale played the straight man while Olaf Tufte and Alan Campbell provided the jokes.
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Four more for Kiwis  (Stuff)
Hamish Bond and Eric Murray receive their gold medals on the dais. The gold medal hangs from the neck of Eric Murray, who won the men's coxless pair with Hamish Bond.
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6 November 2010

Rowing: Favourites head finals fields (The Otago Daily Times)
Mahe Drysdale and Ekaterina Karsten are the favourites for the men's and women's single sculls that will be the glamour events in today's world championship finals.
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4 November 2010

First world rowing medal for New Zealand (Manawatu Evening Standard)
New Zealand has today won its first medal in the World Rowing Championships. Danny McBride, New Zealand's only adaptive rower at the Lake Karapiro regatta, won the bronze medal in the men's arms and shoulders single sculls race.
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Mahe Drysdale nearly unstuck, makes rowing final  (Manawatu Evening Standard)
After a mystery technical fault caused Mahe Drysdale to ask for the men's single sculls semifinal to be restarted, he then qualified for Saturday's final at the Rowing World Championships at Lake Karapiro.
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2 November 2010

Rowing: Kiwis are all smiles on 'our water'  (The New Zealand Herald)
New Zealand's Louise Ayling races to victory in the second heat of the women's lightweight single sculls yesterday on Lake Karapiro.
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1 November 2010

Kiwi rowing crews quick on day two (Manawatu Evening Standard)
Mahe Drysdale in the men's singles sculls. Ondrej Synek in the men's singles sculls.
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30 October 2010

ROWING: Sculler set to renew battle with old enemies (Bay of Plenty Times)
Mahe Drysdale knows exactly where his opposition will come from at the world rowing championships on Lake Karapiro.
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Rowing: Five finals you don't want to miss (The New Zealand Herald)
As the World Rowing Championship unfolds on Lake Karapiro this week, our sports writers have highlighted five finals that are must-sees: Men's lightweight double scull Friday, 2.48pm World champions vs Olympic champions.
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29 October 2010

Rowing: NZ rowers look to raise medal tally (The New Zealand Herald)
New Zealand men's pair Eric Murray and Hamish Bond will look to defend their title this week.
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28 October 2010

Rowing: Drysdale zeros in on fifth world title (The New Zealand Herald)
Champion New Zealand sculler Mahe Drysdale has few worries about being ambushed as he zeros in on his fifth title at the world rowing championships starting on Lake Karapiro near Cambridge on Sunday.
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27 October 2010

Back injury hampers Mahe Drysdale's build-up (Manawatu Evening Standard)
A subdued Mahe Drysdale says he will need the perfect race to win his fifth successive world rowing championship title.
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24 October 2010

Rowing: World champ rivalries  (The New Zealand Herald)
Mahe Drysdale and Alan Cambell. Photos / Getty Images. Single sculls: Mahe Drysdale v Alan Campbell This final shapes as one of the highlights of the regatta.
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21 October 2010

Rowing: British team confident for world champs (The New Zealand Herald)
Silver medalist Great Britain's Alan Campbell and gold medalist New Zealand's Mahe Drysdale at last year's world championships.
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25 September 2010

Wild water a challenge (Waikato Times)
The current stormy weather may be disrupting Mahe Drysdale's training but the world's premier men's single sculler wouldn't flinch at rough conditions in just over a month Click Here

19 September 2010

Commonwealth Games: Drysdale advises Kiwi team to keep it clean  (The New Zealand Herald)
Rower Mahe Drysdale has warned New Zealand athletes heading to the Commonwealth Games to pay meticulous attention to their hygiene. Click Here

Rowing: Aussie now a no row  (The New Zealand Herald)
The New Zealand rowing squad will bypass training in Sydney, opting to stay at home in the lead-up to the world championships on Lake Karapiro. Click Here

18 September 2010

Homework looming for bookmakers and punters (Waikato Times)
What price Mahe Drysdale to win his fifth successive world rowing championship gold medal at Lake Karapiro? That's the task facing leading bookmaker Mark Stafford, with the TAB confirming they'll be taking bets on the champs from October 31-November 7 for the first time. Click Here

11 September 2010

World rowing entries top half century (Manawatu Evening Standard)
Mahe Drysdale is definitely a better than 50/50 proposition to win gold at the world rowing championships later this year. Click Here

22 August 2010

Mahe: I'll be peaking at the right time (Sunday Star Times)
Mahe Drysdale had considered "sacrificing" this year's world championships to ensure he was fully prepared for next year's Olympics. Click Here

7 August 2010

Rowing: Selectors push boat out for worlds (The New Zealand Herald)
There will be high expectations for women's coxless pair Juliette Haigh and Rebecca Scown. Click Here

2 August 2010

Back injury dashes Kiwi rower's world champ hopes (Manawatu Evening Standard)
Anna Reymer's world championship dreams are over. The crew-mate of Fiona Paterson in the women's double sculls was named among those competing in this week's trials as Rowing New Zealand finalise their squad for the world championships starting at Lake Karapiro on October 31.  Click Here

28 July 2010

Mahe Drysdale's biggest rival pulls out (Manawatu Evening Standard)
SHOW: Marcel Hacker, pictured during racing at Lake Karapiro earlier this year, won't be back for the world championships.  Click Here

27 July 2010

Rowing: No soft entry for Kiwis at world champs (The New Zealand Herald)
Rowing New Zealand won't be tempted to load the world championships at Lake Karapiro with black-singleted crews just to capitalise on hosting the event. Click Here

14 July 2010

Ex-lifesaver dips oar into rowing after UK shift  (Bay of Plenty Times)
Former Tauranga sportsman Justin Scholes , pictured top and right, competing with his Poplar, Blackwall and District Rowing Club coxed four at the prestigious Henley Rowing Regatta this month. Click Here

12 July 2010

Rowing: Medal haul for NZ at Lucerne   (The New Zealand Herald)
New Zealand have come away with a rich haul of six medals, including three golds, at the rowing World Cup event in Switzerland this morning (NZ time). Click Here

Rowing: Kiwis pick up three World Cup (The New Zealand Herald)
New Zealand picked up three golds from as many races early on the final day of the World Cup rowing regatta at Lucerne, Switzerland. Click Here

Three golds for NZ crews (Newstalk ZB)
New Zealand crews have won three golds at the final World Cup rowing regatta in Lucerne before November's rowing world championship at Lake Karapiro. Click Here

Great Britain win 11 Olympic class medals at World Cup rowing regatta in Lucerne (Telegraph.co.uk)
World Cup success came for Britain at race after race on Sunday, the rowing team returning from the Lucerne regatta with 11 Olympic-class medals. Click Here

10 July 2010

Drysdale powers into semi-finals (Manawatu Evening Standard)
Multiple world champion single sculler Mahe Drysdale laid down his marker as the fastest heats qualifier at the World Cup rowing regatta at Lucerne, Switzerland, today.
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08 July 2010

Mahe Drysdale still short of full fitness (Manawatu Evening Standard)
New Zealand team officials have moved to temper the expectations on multiple rowing world champion Mahe Drysdale heading into the last World Cup regatta of the season. Click Here

06 July 2010

Rowing: Drysdale keeps title (The New Zealand Herald)
Mahe Drysdale retained his single sculls title while New Zealand men's pair Eric Murray and Hamish Bond continued their dominance of their British rivals Click Here

Gutsy Kiwis go down to Germans (Southland Times On Line.)
Southland rower Jade Uru was part of a New Zealand eight that may not have won the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta title yesterday morning but boy, did they raise some eyebrows with their performance. Click Here

05 July 2010

Rowing: Drysdale powers through to Henley final (The New Zealand Herald)
New Zealand rower Mahe Drysdale has overcome a back injury to reach the finals of the Henley Regatta. Click Here

Rowing: Murray and Bond extend run (The New Zealand Herald)
Eric Murray and Hamish Bond's rivals could only sit and watch as the New Zealand pair continued their remarkable dominance at the prestigious Henley Regatta in London today. Click Here

04 July 2010

Harvard Heavyweight Eight to Row for Henley Title (Ivy League Sports)
The Course Courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications HENLEY-ON-THAMES , England -- The Harvard heavyweight varsity eight won for the second straight day Saturday to advance to the Ladies' Challenge Plate final at the Henley Royal Regatta. Click Here

Rowing: Drysdale, three NZ teams through to Henley finals (The Otago Daily Times)
New Zealand rower Mahe Drysdale has overcome a back injury to reach the finals of the prestigious Henley Regatta in England. Click Here

Henley Royal Regatta 2010: records fall as crew excel  (Telegraph.co.uk)
The British women's quad lowered the Princess Grace Barrier record by a second during their comfortable victory over Canada, and look on course to defend the trophy stroke Katherine Grainger won last year. Click Here

03 July 2010

Kiwi rowing eight in upset win (Manawatu Evening Standard)
The New Zealand rowing eight scored an upset at the prestigious Henley rowing regatta in England, knocking over the Boat Race winning crew from Cambridge this morning . Click Here

Canada's men's 8 through to semis at Henley Regatta (CBC)
Canada's men's eight defeated an American crew in the Grand Challenge Cup as several Canadian boats advanced at the Henley Royal Regatta on Friday. Click Here

02 July 2010

Rowing: Drysdale starts well at Henley (The New Zealand Herald)
New Zealand rower Mahe Drysdale made a winning start to his title defence at the prestigious Henley Regatta in England this morning. Click Here

29 June 2010

Rowing: Drysdale back in action at Henley (The Otago Daily Times)
World champion single sculler Mahe Drysdale will return to competition at this week's Henley Royal Regatta in England after recovering from a back injury. Click Here

21 June 2010

Rowing: Golden day for coxless pair's first row together (The New Zealand Herald)
Coxless pair Juliette Haigh and Rebecca Scown made their first international row together something to remember in Munich last night. Click Here

Kiwis strike rowing gold in Munich (NZPA)
New Zealand have struck men's and women's pairs gold medals in round two of the rowing World Cup at Munich Click Here

20 June 2010

Rowing: Men's eight not ruled out  (The New Zealand Herald)
Rowing New Zealand may yet field a men's eight at the world championships at Lake Karapiro starting in October. Click Here

19 June 2010

NZ rowers impress in Munich (Manawatu Evening Standard)
New Zealand crews performed more than creditably well on the first day of the World Cup rowing regatta in Germany overnight, with six boats progressing directly.Click Here

18 June 2010

Mahe Drysdale to sit out World Cup regatta (NZPA)
Four time world single sculls champion Mahe Drysdale has decided not to contest the World Cup regatta in Munich this weekend Click Here


17 June 2010

Rowing: Drysdale looking strong after injury setback (The New Zealand Herald)
Four-time world rowing champion Mahe Drysdale is back on the water and looking stronger with every outing Click Here

30 May 2010

Rowing: Back injury strains world title preparation  (The New Zealand Herald)
Mahe Drysdale will miss the Munich World Cup and possibly the Henley Royal Regatta because of his back complaint - leaving him little time to prepare for his world championship title defence in November.
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