Rowers win medal swag at South Island champs

Proudly displaying their medals with coach Andrew Jolly are the Wakatipu Rowing Club under-18...
Proudly displaying their medals with coach Andrew Jolly are the Wakatipu Rowing Club under-18 eight, (back from left) Ben Luke (15), Josh Tell (15), Latham Jones (17), Reid Long (17), Logan Boyd (17), George Dennison (16), (front from left) Oliver Jolly (17), coxswain Henry Matthews (13) and Will Saxon (17). Photo by Olivia Caldwell.
The Wakatipu Rowing Club cleaned up at the South Island Club Rowing Championships over the weekend.

The club won three gold medals, five silvers and a bronze at the competition at Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel.

The men's novice eight has had an unbeaten season and will look to continue that form at the New Zealand National Club Championships in Twizel from February 19 to 23. George Dennison (16), Latham Jones (17), Reid Long (17), Logan Boyd (17) and coxswain Henry Matthews (13) had success in the men's novice four and will also compete in Twizel this month.

Jacqui Bell (15), Georgia Bewley (16), Jordan Murphy (16), Monique Lynes (16) and cox Lucy Dickson (13) won gold in the under-18 girls' quad and silver in the under-17 girls' quad. James Ramsay (15), Dylan O'Connor (15), Hayden Bewley (14) Jacob Flanagan (14) and cox Ben Wales (15) won silver in under-16 boys' quad, after which James and Dylan won bronze in the under-16 boys' double. Jacob, Hayden, Joseph Swale (13), Nick Foley (14) and Ben won a silver medal in the under-15 boys' quad.

In other results, Nick and Richard McLaughlan (15) won a silver medal in the men's novice quad; Joseph and Jack Swale were seventh in the men's novice double; Michael Foley and Willem van der Kaag were fourth in the under-18 boys' double; and Nina Champion won the B final of the under-16 girls' single.

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