OURC Athletes make New Zealand Teams

March 9, 2015
        
Congratulations to all the OURC athletes who made the Elite and U23 New Zealand
Teams! 

The trialist’s spent a week at Lake Karapiro, Cambridge where they did a intense
series of seat racing as well as completing a 2km erg test. 

Elite Team 
Woman's Single Scull - Fiona Bourke 
Woman's Eight - Rebecca Scown, Genevieve Behrent and Ruby Tew
Men's Coxless Pair - Hamish Bond
Men's Lightweight Coxless Four - Alistair Bond 

U23 Team
Woman's Coxless Four - Holly Greenslade and Holly Fletcher
Woman's Quad - Hannah Bailey and Samantha Voss 
Men's Coxed Four - Corey McCaffery 
Men's Quad - Jordan Parry 
Men's Lightweight Double Scull - Bryce Abernethy

The Elite Team will compete at the second World Cup Rowing Regatta at Varese,
Italy from 19 to 21 June. The squad will then contest the third and final World
Cup event at Lucerne, Switzerland in July before focusing their attentions on
the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Aiguebelette, France which take place
from 30 August until 6 September.

The under-23 team selected will compete at Plovdiv, Bulgaria at their respective
World Championships from 22 to 26 July. The under-23 rowers selected are an
outstanding group of athletes and the depth in talent looks positive looking
ahead to Tokyo 2020.

Well done on all your achievements, we wish you all the best for the season
ahead!