The club claimed 19 medals, including 13 golds, and an additional five fourth placings at the Canterbury championships.
That had it on the podium twice as often as the next-best club.
It notably impressed in the eight and octuple events, winning several medals in the big boat races.
In doing that, the club’s rowers showed their versatility to excel in both sweeping and sculling.
In the smaller boats, the duo of Sophie Smith and Malia Banks impressed once again and claimed the under-16 double sculls title.
They combined with Mackenzie Ealson and Paige Furrie to win the club coxless quadruple sculls.
Ealson and Furrie then went on to win the under-17 double sculls.
They were among several to impress for the club.
The Wanaka club also had a strong regatta.
It claimed several medals, including golds in two girls age-grade races.
Pipi Horan and Ruby Boyd combined to win the under-15 double sculls, beating Otago Girls’ High School’s Abbey Mason and Emily Esplin.
Horan then joined Neve Faed, Lyla Chamberlain, Emily Findlay and cox Patrick Hartley to win the under-16 quadruple sculls ahead of the Dunstan Arm crew.
The Otago Rowing Club had plenty of success and bagged four golds among several other medals.
Jack Pearson claimed gold in the under-17 boys single sculls in a convincing win.
He combined with Mark Smith, Miro Williams, Xavier Bachop and cox Cameron Leydon to win the under-16 boys quadruple sculls.
Taine Dyson and Lachlan Moir won the under-15 double sculls, while Freddy Wright and Ben Dyson won the same race in the under-17 grade.
Cromwell had success in the masters grades, predominantly through Maude O’Connell and Natalie Wilson.
Both Columba College and Otago Girls’ High School returned with several medals each.
Otago rowers at the Southern RPC also claimed medals. Ben Mason finished third in the premier men’s single sculls, while Eva Hofmans and Mark Taylor were both in winning crews.
