The World Rowing Championships are taking place from 18-25 September in Racice, Czech Republic. Eleven squad members from the RMB National Squad are going over with three coaches to represent South Africa in what promises to be a thrilling event.Kirsten Macdonald will take up the oars in the lightweight women’s single scull. Kirsten is our most experienced squad member with many medals under her belt, most notably a gold medal in the lightweight single sculls at the 2017 World Rowing … [Read more...] about National Rowing Squad heading to World Championships
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USSA-R 24 Hour Indoor Rowing Fundraising Challenge
In order to compete in the prestigious annual South African Universities Boatrace being held in Port Alfred, rowers from NMMU have to provide or raise funds on their own behalf to meet the various costs. Boat Race is from the 9th to the 12th of September on the Kowie River where rowers compete on a 4.2km course for the Ladies and a 6.5km course for the Men. The cost of transport, accommodation and food leaves student athletes in a tight financial situation with many giving up training time … [Read more...] about USSA-R 24 Hour Indoor Rowing Fundraising Challenge
Madibaz up for the fight at Cape Town regatta
The NMMU Rowing Club’s men and women rowers are set to compete against seven other tertiary institutions at the University Sprints Regatta on the Misverstand Dam outside Cape Town on Friday and Saturday. The Madibaz rowers are hoping to improve their results at the event, hosted by the University of Cape Town this year, after both NMMU teams placed seventh in the 2014 tussle. “This regatta is generally the highlight of our sprints season and there will be a lot of strong competition this … [Read more...] about Madibaz up for the fight at Cape Town regatta
Shut up and Row
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's (NMMU) Madibaz Rowing Club is holding a 12-hour indoor rowing marathon, "Shut up Legs!", on Tuesday (29 October) to raise funds. The marathon, which runs from 7am to 7pm, at the Kraal on NMMU's South Campus, will be followed on Saturday by an Open Day where NMMU staff and students can try rowing for themselves. Tomorrow, however, two indoor rowing machines, known as ergos, will be set up for the marathon; pitting the Men's A double side against the … [Read more...] about Shut up and Row
Time for Pimms and Rowing at Redhouse
The Grey High School and Zwartkops Rowing Club are inviting you to join them in the beautiful village of Redhouse for a fun day out on the river bank, watching young local rowers give it their all in the annual ZRC/Grey Heads Regatta.. A heads racing regatta sees rowing crews crossing the start line in numerical order and individually timed over the course. There are no heats, and medals are awarded to the winners of each event. The races will be over 1km, 2km and 5.6km distances. The U15 … [Read more...] about Time for Pimms and Rowing at Redhouse
Just .85 of a second over 5.5 kilometres
On Saturday 17 August the NMMU Men's and Women's 1st Eight Rowing Teams squared up on the Swartkops river in the 2013 tri-varsity championships. A near gale in the city of Port Elizabeth failed to reach the village of Redhouse but the rowers were still presented with challenging conditions. The women's teams rowed over 4 kilometres and the men's over 5.5 kilometres with both races starting on the Uitenhage side of Redhouse and finishing just past the last jetty of the Redhouse … [Read more...] about Just .85 of a second over 5.5 kilometres
You Could Spot Our Next Olympic Rowers this Saturday
The peaceful hamlet of Redhouse will come alive this Saturday, 13 October, when hungry-for-gold rowing athletes push themselves and their boats to the limits whilst excited supporters cheer from the riverbank, urging them on in the annual Grey/Zwartkops Rowing Club (ZRC) Regatta. The first post-Olympic fever clash and the start of the new 2012/2013 rowing season, this regatta will see Eastern Cape high school teams battle it over thrilling sprint distances and up to 2000m on the Zwartkops … [Read more...] about You Could Spot Our Next Olympic Rowers this Saturday
Port Alfred Boat Race – So close and yet so far for local Crew
These past months in the Straton household have once again been assaulted with the annual preparations for the Universities Boat Race in Port Alfred - young Philip and his mates trained from early in the morning to late at night and made the supermarkets all over PE smile with delight as they ate one meal a day all day. As rowing parents we have observed how the NMMU First Eight rowing team have, without a dedicated coach and with parent and their own sponsorship, climbed steadily up the … [Read more...] about Port Alfred Boat Race – So close and yet so far for local Crew
Bugger I Miss those Rowing Regattas
The peaceful hamlet of Redhouse will come alive this Saturday, 28 January, when buffed rowing athletes push themselves and their boats to the limit and excited supporters crowd the riverbank, urging them to move even faster as they compete for top trophies at the annual Grey/Zwartkops Rowing Club (ZRC) Regatta. High school and university rowing crews from Port Elizabeth (Grey High, ZRC and NMMU), Grahamstown (St Andrew's College, DSG and Rhodes University) and Port Alfred (NEMATO) will battle … [Read more...] about Bugger I Miss those Rowing Regattas
NMMU Boat Race Success – Some Unashamed Self Promotion of my Son
For 6 months of this past year, we in the Famiglia Straton household have been subjected to; our son, Philip, leaving the house at 4:30 am for rowing training two, sometimes three times a week, irritable rowing crew syndrome as the running, rowing, gyming and ergoing took it's toll, the rapid disappearance of anything vaguely resembling a protein source out of the fridge - sometimes we even had to whisk the dogs and cats out of the sight of marauding hungry eyes. And then - the bloody haircut … [Read more...] about NMMU Boat Race Success – Some Unashamed Self Promotion of my Son
