The team's success means Wakatipu High School will have six crews racing in A finals and three crews in B finals over the coming two days, with today's programme providing plenty of opportunity.
The two under-15 boys double scull crews - Dylan O'Connor and James Ramsay, along with Jacob Flanagan and Casey Strachan - will both line up in the A final after convincingly winning their respective heats.
The under-18 boys novice double combination of George Bellamy and Willem van der Kaag will also race in the A final after winning their heat to earn direct entry.
Also racing today is the under-16 boys quadruple sculls crew - Alex Hall, Michael Foley, Matt Nicolson, Josh Speight and cox Nick Foley - who line up in the B final.
Tomorrow's racing rounds out the Maadi week for Wakatipu crews, with Hall and Michael Foley racing the A final of the under-16 boys' double sculls after their win in the semifinal yesterday.
Small but determined, the under-15 boys' quadruple sculls crew of Ramsay, O'Connor, Strachan, Flanagan and cox Richard McLaughlan will give it everything in their A final, as will the boys under-18 novice four crew of Bellamy, van der Kaag, Dan Halligan, Flanagan and cox Nick Foley in their A final.
Wakatipu girls also get their shot tomorrow, with the girls' under-18 novice four - Monique Lynes, Jordan Murphy, Georgia Bewley, Millie Aitken and cox McLaughlan - in the A final. The same crew will also race the B final in the girls under-16 quadruple sculls.
Also racing in a B final is the girls under-18 lightweight combination of Kelby Buchanan and Alex Jamieson.
Other results from the Maadi regatta were Halligan and Cam Williams in 18th place overall in the under-18 double sculls; Halligan and Josh Speight fifth in the semifinal of the under-16 double sculls; and Jamieson seventh in the semifinal of the under-18 single scull.
The 2012 Aon Maadi Cup Regatta - with about 1800 rowers representing 120 schools in more than 400 races over 48 events - is the largest secondary schools sports event in the southern hemisphere.
Coaches Annabel Ritchie, Shane Muir, Maurice Maxwell and Allan Ruffell anticipated some big efforts from their rowers today and tomorrow, hoping for calm, flat conditions to enable crews to get the most from their boats.
- Written by Kirsty Jamieson-Gough.
