RONCALLI COLLEGE
TIMARU, NEW ZEALAND
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New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Championships - Maadi Cup 2012
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Event 1: |
Boys U17 Single Luke Cody – A Final: placed 5th (7:53.71) |
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Event 3: |
Boys U15 Double Justin Dovestone and Tim Coughlan – B Final: placed 7th (8:02.28) Caleb Stephenson and Jonathan Rush – A Final: placed 7th (7:40.31) |
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Event 4: |
Girls U15 Quad Libby Davenport, Kate Shaw, Kendra May, Brooke Wilkins, Sophie Chambers (cox) A Final: placed 6th (7:53.54) |
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Event 6: |
Girls U18 Double Sculls Caitlin Rowland and Heather Livesey – A Final: placed 4th (7:45.16) |
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Event 8: |
Girls U16 Single Amy Blackler – Repechage 2: placed 5th (7.27.96) |
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Event 20: |
Girls U17 Single Caitlin Rowland – B Final: placed 4th (8:33.53) |
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Event 26: |
Boys U16 Double Luke Cody and Justin Dovestone – A Final: Scratched |
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Event 27: |
Girls U18 Single Heather Livesey – A Final: placed 3rd (8:24.73) BRONZE MEDAL |
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Event 29: |
Girls U15 Double Libby Davenport and Kate Shaw – A Final: placed 1st (8:04.92) GOLD MEDAL |
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Event 30: |
Boys U15 Quad Justin Dovestone, Caleb Stephenson, Tim Coughlan, James Hamilton and Jacob Calvert (cox) A Final: placed 5th (7:09.70) |
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Event 37: |
Girls U18 Quad Caitlin Rowland, Kate Shaw, Heather Livesey, Amy Blackler and Sophie Chambers (cox) A Final: placed 4th (7:32.67) |
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Event 40: |
Boys U15 Coxed Four Tim Coughlan, Caleb Stephenson, Jonathan Rush, James Hamilton and Jacob Calvert (cox) |
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Event 41: |
Girls U17 Double Caitlin Rowland and Kate Shaw – A Final: placed 7th (8:02.68) |
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Event 45: |
Girls U16 Double Libby Davenport and Amy Blackler – Semi-final 3: placed 5th (8:14.14) |
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Event 46: |
Boys U16 Single Luke Cody – A Final: placed 4th (7:33.44) |
Follow the Rowers events and results - www.maadi.co.nz
GOOD LUCK to our Roncalli Rowers who are heading off to compete in the pretigious Maadi Cup: Heather Livesey, Amy Blackler, Brooke Wilkins, Caitlin Rowland, Kendra May, Libby Davenport, Kate Shaw, Sophie Chambers (cox), Luke Cody, Caleb Stephenson, Tim Coughlan, James Hamilton, Jonny Rush, Justin Dovestone, Jacob Calvert (cox).
Timaru Herald Article - Wednesday 21 March 2012
The well performing Roncalli Rowing Squad is set to tackle the best that New Zealand Schools has to offer at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Championships that begin at Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel next Monday 26 March. This regatta, more commonly known as the Maadi Cup, is the largest sporting event in the Southern Hemisphere with approximtely 2,000 athletes from over 120 schools competing.
Coach Geoff McCrostie, back for his 13th season, this year has a squad of 15 very committed rowers who head to twizel this weekend. His commitment along with some technicl assistance from Dan Kelly and targeted fitness training provided by Carly Halkett, has honed the performance of the Roncalli rowers to peak at next week's regatta, success at which is the ultimate prize for Secondary School Rowers.
Whilst under no illusions of the job in front of them, the dedicated and close-knit Roncalli Squad is up for the task and is very focussed on giving it their all. Their dedication cannot be questioned when you consider that included in their intensive training regime are up to 4 trips a week to Lake Opuha - a 180 kilometre round trip. Roncalli Rowing again thanks Stephen and Kerry Bennett for their continued support in allowing the use of their farm property for boat storage and lake access.
The huge hours put into training and racing throughout the season, which started back in October, has seen some impressive results come their way, including the most recent and very competitive South Island Secondary School Champs (SISS) where the squad won 3 Golds and 2 Silvers - with all rowers making at least one A final.
Thankfully this season has not been as interrupted as last year's when all regattas were adversely affected by bad weather. This has meant that the squad has been able to get the much needed "race-conditioning" required to achieve success at Maadi.
The Boys campaign is this year headed by Luke Cody who will be competing in both the Boys Under 16 and Under 17 Single, also teaming up with impressive first year rower Justin Dovestone for a tilt at the Boys Under 16 Double. In only his second year rowing Luke has matured immensly as a rower and heads into Maadi as the current SISS title holder in his key event the Under 16 Single.
The remaining boy rowers, whilst all new to rowing this season, have developed significantly as the season has pregressed and through sheer hard work have emerged as medal contenders in a number of their events. With a recent SISS Silver Medal the Boys Under 15 Coxed Quad of Justin Dovestone, Caleb Stephenson, Tim Coughlan and James Hamilton will be encouraged to go one better at Maadi by their experienced cox Jacob Calvert. Jonny Rush then replaces Justin Dovestone to make up the Boys Under 15 Coxed Four, which on their day will be a force to be reckoned with. Tim and James along with Caleb and Jonny will also compete in the Boys Under 15 Double, with both crews expected to also perform well.
The experienced Heather Livesey leads the girls' campaign and is a strong medal contender in her Girls Under 18 Single having recently won a SISS Silver Medal. Heather is then part of the SISS Gold Medal winning Girls Under 18 Coxed Quad along with Kate Shaw, Caitlin Rowland, Amy Blackler and cox Sophie Chambers. After this impressive win, this crew will be one of the crews to beat at Maadi. Heather and Caitlin will also row in the Girls Under 18 Double and should be up with the medal pace next week as Caitlin will be fully recovered from recent back problems. Caitlin is then joined by Kate Shaw in the Girls Under 17 Double to form a crew full of commitment that won't lack for competitiveness.
As the busiest rower next week Kate then teams up with Libby Davenport in the formidable Girls Under 15 Double Scull which has been the most dominant Roncalli crew this season. With powerful South Island Club, Canterbury and SISS Gold Medal winning performances under their belt, this experienced and cohesive crew will be one to watch with interest. Novice Girls pairing of Kendra May and Brooke Wilkins will also compete in the Girls Under 15 Double Scull and have formed a good partnership in their first year rowing.
These youngest four girls rowers along with their motivated cox Sophie Chambers make up the Girls Under 15 Coxed Quad. Despite some recent mixed results, this is clearly a crew that can do well and they will be keenly focussed on doing just that.
Finishing out the crews will be Libby and Amy in the Girls Under 16 Double Sculls and on recent showings have the ability to surprise with their never say die attitude.
Next week's premier Maadi regatta has the potential to be a good one for Roncalli Rowing, with any success being just reward for the unwavering commitment shown by all throughout the season.
The Roncalli crews are grateful for the invaluable guidance of their coach Geoff McCrostie, the support and assistance of their parents and family along with that of Principal Chris Comeau and the wider school community. They also wish to thank all who have supported their fundraising efforts.
South Island Secondary Schools Rowing Champs 2012
Roncalli performed well at the South Island Secondary Schools regatta on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th March, with all rowing squad members making at least one A Final. At a large and very competitive regatta Roncalli converted these performances into 3 Golds and 2 Silver medals.
LIbby Davenport and Kate Shaw continued their strangle-hold of the Girls Under 15 Double Sculls this season with a dominant 12 second win in their final. The experience and determination of these two young rowers showed as they were strong throughout.
With a busy regatta which saw her race 7 races on Saturday, Kate Shaw backed this earlier title up with a second Gold in the girls Under 18 Coxed Quad Sculls along with fellow crew members Heather Livesey, Amy Blackler, Caitlin Rowland and Sophie Chambers (cox). In a strong field this quad maintained control and composure rowing well together for a very polished performance.
Luke Cody completed the gold medal haul with his best row of the season to take the Boys Under 16 Single Sculls and make a timely statement to other rowers. Rowing his race plan to perfection Cody went out strong and maintained the pressure to head away from the opposition for a convincing win.
Roncalli's two silvers came from the Boys Under 15 Coxed Quad of Justin Dovestone, Caleb Stephenson, Tim Coughlan, James Hamilton and cox Jacob Calvert along with Girls Under 18 Single Sculler Heather Livesey.
Coach Geoff McCrostie was satisfied with the results which he says have set all crews up well for Maadi and with all eager to improve further, the Roncalli focus will be on refining their performances in the next two weeks.
Canterbury Secondary Schools Rowing Champs 2012
Congratulations to our Roncalli Rowers who achieved a great haul of medals at last weekend’s Canterbury Secondary Schools Rowing Champs – 5 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze.
| GOLD MEDALS | |
| Under 17 Boys Single Sculls | Luke Cody |
| Under 16 Boys Double Sculls | Luke Cody and Justin Dovestone |
| Under 18 Girls Single Sculls | Heather Livesey |
| Under 15 Girls Double Sculls | Libby Davenport and Kate Shaw |
| Under 15 Boys Coxed Four |
Tim Coughlan, Caleb Stephenson, Johnny Rush, James Hamilton and Jacob Calvert (cox) |
| Very dominant wins with all the above crews winning by 5 + length margins | |
| SILVER MEDALS | |
| Under 16 Girls Single Scull | Kate Shaw |
| Under 15 Boys Coxed Quad Sculls |
Justin Dovestone, Caleb Stephenson, Tim Coughlan, Johnny Rush and Jacob Calvert (cox) |
| Under 18 Girls Coxed Quad Sculls |
Kate Shaw, Heather Livesey, Kendra May, Amy Blackler and Sophie Chambers (cox) |
| Under 16 Boys Single Scull | Luke Cody |
| BRONZE MEDALS | |
| Under 15 Girls Coxed Quad Sculls |
Libby Davenport, Kate Shaw, Kendra May, Brooke Wilkins and Sophie Chambers (cox) |
| Under 16 Boys Coxed Quad Sculls |
Luke Cody, Tim Coughlan, Justin Dovestone, Caleb Stephenson and Jacob Calvert (cox) |
In a great team effort all rowers in the Roncalli Squad medalled. These results are very pleasing and the crew are in good spirits heading into the South Island Secondary Schools Champs 10th & 11th March and then National Secondary Schools Champs (Maadi) at the end of March.
Roncalli Rowers Success - Update 2012
The committed Roncalli Rowing Squad is now well through their season and has achieved some great results as a result of some intensive committed training and fitness regime. Having rowed as Timaru Club in the recently completed Club Regatta’s, our rowers have now donned the Roncalli singlets and look forward to doing us proud in coming weeks at forthcoming Secondary School Regatta’s.
The last regatta in late January saw our rowers compete in the South Island Club Championships where they came away with the an impressive 7 medal haul including 2 gold’s and 5 silver’s. South Island titles were achieved by the U/15 Men’s Novice Coxed Quad and the U/15 Women’s Double Scull with commendable, and in some cases very close, silvers achieved by 5 other crews. On average the large portion of our crew were in top 4 across the board.
The Men’s Novice Quad which included Justin Dovestone, Tim Coughlan, Caleb Stephenson, James Hamilton and cox Jacob Calvert comfortably won their title by nearly 10 seconds. The win was just-reward for these boys who, under the experienced guidance of Jacob Calvert at cox, showed what can be achieved with a never-say-die determination and focussed row.
In the U/15 Women’s Double Scull Libby Davenport and Kate Shaw blitzed their 26 crew opposition to with their title by an astonishing 22 seconds (which is a big margin over the weather-reduced 1000m distance rowed) – a result which saw this very slick crew emerge as a strong title prospect in forthcoming Secondary School Regatta’s.
Full results at the recent South Island Club Champs:
- U/15 Women’s Double Scull– Libby Davenport & Kate Shaw –GOLD medal
- U/15 Men’s Novice Coxed Quad - Justin Dovestone, Tim Couglan, Caleb Stephenson, James Hamilton and cox Jacob Calvert –GOLD Medal
- U19 Women’s Single Scull – Heather Livesey –SILVER Medal
- U/16 Men’s Single Scull – Luke Cody –SILVER Medal
- U19 Womens Double Scull – Heather Livesey & Caitlin Rowland –SILVER Medal
- U/15 Women’s Coxed Quad – Libby Davenport, Kate Shaw, Kendra May, Brooke Wilkins and cox Sophie Chambers –SILVER Medal
- Women’s Club Coxless Quad Scull – Caitlin Rowland Kate Shaw, Heather Livesey & Amy Blackler –SILVER Medal
Whilst the results to date are largely attributed to the determination and commitment of our rowers, they couldn’t have achieved what they have without the expert guidance of our longstanding coach Geoff McCrostie who continues to get the best from our rowers. They are also very thankful for the on-going support of their families and the school management & teachers.
All in all Geoff McCrostie has set up all rowers to perform very well in coming weeks and the school community should be very excited about what can potentially be achieved in forthcoming Canterbury, South Island and National Championship regatta’s by the Roncalli Rowing crews.
Forthcoming regatta dates:
· Canterbury Secondary Schools Champs Sat/Sun 25/26th February at Lake Hood, Ashburton
· South Island Secondary Schools Champs Sat/Sun 10/11th March at Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel
· National Secondary Schools Champs (MAADI) Mon 26 – Sat 31st March at Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel
Many thanks
Nigel Davenport
NEW ZEALAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS
LAKE KARAPIRO, CAMBRIDGE
28 March – 2 April 2011
The AON 2011 Maadi Cup Regatta (NZ National Secondary Schools rowing championships), was held at Lake Karapiro, Cambridge on 28 March – 2 April 2011. This event is the largest secondary schools sports tournament in Australasia and was this year attended by 122 Schools with 1989 rowers in 1423 crews over 48 events. Roncalli’s rowing squad for Maadi coached by Geoff McCrostie and Carly Halkett, who was assisted by Cam Fraser consisted of:
Ben Rush, Leon Pye, Brayden Dovestone, Chris Clapham, Jake O’Toole, Luke Cody, Sam Fraser, Jacob Calvert (cox), Heather Livesey, Caitlin Rowland, Trish Rush, Kate Shaw, Amy Blacker, Danika Grant, Libby Davenport, Alex Lynch & Sophie Chambers (cox).
Having gone into the week with a somewhat disrupted preparation due to all but one of the seasons scheduled regatta’s cut short or abandoned due to poor weather, Maadi week’s weather couldn’t have been better. Clear blue skies, light winds and hot days made for perfect racing conditions throughout the week. During the week and just prior to important semifinals racing the squad was lucky to benefit from a two hour visit by Mahe Drysdale to their accommodation. Mahe regaled the squad with stories of his rowing career, happily posed for photos and signed autographs. Most importantly though the squad was able to question Mahe on all aspects of his rowing from race plans through to diet, fitness and erg times etc… The latter, being an impressive 5.45mins left all amazed and his visit was truly motivational.
On the water where it matters, the obvious highlight for Roncalli saw all rowers and coxswains in the squad qualify for at least 1 A Final. This was a momentous first for Roncalli Rowing with the 12 A-Finals achieved ranking us 3rd= of 122 schools for the number of A-Finals achieved. Considering the size of the Roncalli school role and our Rowing Squad (17), this is an outstanding achievement when compared to the size of some of the traditionally strong rowing schools who attended Maadi. This alone is a testament to the commitment and dedication of the rowers and their coaches - great stuff!!!!
Having made these A-Finals with some great results earlier in the week, racing started in earnest from the first finals day on the Friday. Unfortunately in sport with the many highs comes the odd low and our squad was hit by some injury and sickness around finals time which was inopportune to say the least. These incidents clearly impacted 3 of our better medal chances in the Girls Under 15 Coxed Quad (7th), Girls Under 17 Single (scratched) and Girls Under 15 Double (8th) which were all considered clear top 3 prospects heading into their respective finals. That said the whole squad showed huge heart and determination to put these setbacks behind them and move on.
As one of the faster qualifiers for their final the Boys Under 16 Coxed Quad of Leon Pye, Brayden Dovestone, Chris Clapham, Jake O’Toole and Jacob Calvert (cox) featured prominently early on in their final and despite improving their heat time by an impressive 11 seconds finished 5th in a very strong field. First year rowers Luke Cody and Sam Fraser rowed well in their Boys Under 15 Doubles race but similarly found Finals racing a step up and finished 7th. Luke and Sam later performed admirably in the Novice Under 18 Double to finish 4th in their B Final. Having come 1st and 2nd respectively in their head to head semifinal clash to both qualify for the A Final. Caitlin Rowland (5th) and Trish Rush (8th) found the step up to Finals a big one. Brayden Dovestone and Leon Pye in the Boys Under 16 Double found the going tough and finished 8th in their final, whilst Ben Rush came in 7th in one of the blue ribbon events –the Boys Under 18 Single.
Roncalli got on the podium on the second day of finals on Saturday with our medal haul of 1 silver and 2 bronzes led by Caitlin Rowland who featured in all of these medal races in what was a busy days racing for her. The girls Under 16 Coxed Quad of Caitlin Rowland, Kate Shaw, Amy Blacker, Trish Rush and Jacob Calvert (cox) won bronze comfortably early on in the day to justify their top 3 ranking. This was followed by the Girls Under 17 Double pairing of Caitlin Rowland and Heather Livesey who stormed through the field to narrowly miss Gold and win Silver. Roncalli’s medal tally was completed in one of the last events of the regatta which saw us win Bronze in the Girls Under 16 Double (Caitlin Rowland and Trish Rush).
After a long and at times frustrating season the Roncalli Rowers can be well pleased with their achievements at Maadi. All can rightly claim they are “right up there” in their chosen events and clearly have some motivation to return and do even better next year.
The commitment and dedication shown by the Roncalli Rowing Squad this season has been fantastic. A massive and heartfelt thanks goes out to all coaches, committee, parents and family members who along with the school have supported the wider Rowing Squad so well during the year.