Rowing

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel)

Finals.-

Junior single sculls: C. Burton (Aramoho/Wanganui) 7m 55.99s 1, K. Clark (A/Wang) 8:00.66 2, A. Brider (A/Wanganui) 8:03.13 3.

Men's championship coxless pairs: Waikato (C. Harper/R. Hellstrom) 6:59.79 1, Avon (S. Earl/I. Smallman) 7:00.84 2, Auckland (M. Goodman/S. Westlake) 7:04:02 3.

Junior women's championship coxed four: Canterbury 7:36.60 1, Gisborne (F. Donaldson/R. McNamara/D. Timbs/B. Halley) 7:41.48 2, West End (J. Haigh/A. McKnight/G. Worsp/V. White) 7:46.15 3.

Women's championship coxless pair: Hamilton (K. Robinson/J. Abraham) 7:33.53 1, Cambridge (M.Kaati/R. Saunders) 7:38.08 2, Canterbury (R. Knight/F. Patterson) 8:12.25 3.

Men's lightweight singles: D. Grant (Union) 7:26.83 1, C. Ferguson (Union) 7:28.09 2, R. Provo (Mercer) 7:43.80 3.

Men's senior double sculls: Canterbury 7:00.13 1, Hawkes Bay 7:01.83 2, Aramoho/Wanganui 7:04.41 3.

Men's junior fours: Waikato (S. Stevenson/H. van den Engel/D. Fairclough/T. Shaw, cox V. Leeson) 6:39.52 1, Wairau (M. Patterson/J. Lane/T. Stallard/B. Bell, cox R. Wilson) 6:40.84 2, Mercer (G. Tilyard/D. Dwen/S. Cottle/J. Wright, cox R. Beaumont) 6:43.40 3.

Junior women's single sculls: S. Hudson (Otago) 8:22.19 1, M. MacKenzie (Union) 8:24.22 2, E. Feathery (Union) 8:25.43 3.

Men's championship double sculls: Waikato (G. Twining/B. Mael) 6:44.92 1, Union (N Terrey/D. Bristol) 6:48.49 2, Clifton (L. Montgomerie/S. Laurent) 6:49.70 3.

Men's intermediate coxed four: Avon 6:45.02 1, Wairau 6:48.20 2, Waikato (G. Lambert/A. McCowan/J. McElwee/C. Renner, cox A. Maxwell) 6:49.74 3.

Men's lightweight pair: Nelson (B. Cheetham/B. Erskine) 7:11.44 1, Canterbury (N. Jack/S. Rogers) 7:17.21 2, Otago University (B. Lowe/G. Sinclair) 7:18.69 3.

Women championship single sculls: C. Evers-Swindell (Hamilton) 7:37:59 1, S. Waddell (Cambridge) 7:40.77 2, G. Evers-Swindell (Hamilton) 7:47.97 3.

Women's senior coxless four: Avon (A. Forbes/A. Schaper/S. Woolley/S. Burgess) 7:06.44 1, West End (M. MacKenzie/M. Burke/K. Wilson/R. Brider) 7:14.35 2, Te Awamutu (B. Hambleton/A. Davies/A. O'Leary/L. Maxrath) 7:15.01 3.

Men's novice eight: Nelson 6:26.51 1, West End (M. Orr/A. Wright/P. Blackburn/B. Revell/S. Sutherland/D. Lazet/B. Scott-Wood/Gareth White, cox E Dwyer) 6:30.58 2, Te Awamutu (J. Hoskin/T. Avery/J. Dudson/C. Metcalfe/P. Johnson/L. Kerr/C. Young/D. Murtagh, cox J. Barugh) 6:32.44 3.

Men's intermediate single sculls: D. Grant (Union) 7:27.87 1, B. Magee (Waihopai) 7:29.02 2, T. Holden (Waihopai) 7:30.06 3.

Men's championship coxed four: Avon (I. Smallman/D. Schaper/S. Earl/B. Forrest, cox A. Earls) 6:31.15 1, Waikato (C. Harper/G. Roberts/R. Hellstrom/J. Williams, cox R Goudie) 6:39.64 2, Tauranga (A Crosland, D Ebbett/J. Fitzgerald/H. Herbert, cox C. Murphy) 6:48.10 3.

Women's novice eight: Union 7:18.53 1, Wellington 7:30.94 2, Avon 7:32.64 3.

Men's lightweight coxless four: Canterbury 6:43.97 1, Nelson 6:55.89 2, Christ's College 7:11.55 3.

Men's intermediate eight: West End (M. Buikema/G. Cassidy/T. Williams/G. Tremeer/P. Mitchell/M. Drysdale/N. Moody/H. Allison, cox A. McGeachie) 6:07.78 1, Canterbury 6:11.08 2, Avon 6:12.78 3.

Women's championship quad sculls: Hamilton (K. Robinson/J. Abraham/C. Evers-Swindell/G. Evers-Swindell) 6:36.34 1, Cambridge (R. Saunders/N. Coles/P. Twining/S. Waddell) 6:47.49 2, Union (P. Baker-Hogan/R. Brider/M. Burke/K. Wilson) 7:04.85 3.

Men's championship single sculls: S. Westlake (Auckland) 7:14.02 1, B. Mael (Waikato) 7:18.25 2, D. Blain (Waihopai) 7:20.50 3.

Men's senior coxless four: Canterbury 6:21.96 1, Otago University 6:24.65 2, Wairau 6:28.00 3.

Women's junior eight: Canterbury 7:03.86 1, West End (J. Murray/J. Clarke/G. Worsp/T. Cooke/J. Haigh/A. McKnight/M. Allott/V. White, cox E. Dwyer) 7:08.97 2, Timaru 7:13.91 3.

Men's junior eight: Christ's College 6:13.49 1, Avon 6:20.30 2, Canterbury 6:22.23 3.

Women's championship eight: Cambridge (R. Orr/N. Staite/E. Liddell/N. Coles/A. Rix-Trott/P. Twining/M. Kaati/R. Saunders, cox K. Paris) 6:38.54 1, Avon 6:46.72 2, Canterbury 6:52:87 3.

Women's intermediate coxed four: Gisborne (F. Donaldson/R. McNamara/D. Timbs/B. Halley, cox G. Halley) 7:35.88 1, Wairau (C. Crafar/H. Thorne/J. Thomas/M. Agnew, cox S. Berry) 7:40.44 2, Canterbury 7:45.60 3.

Men's championship eight: Avon 5:45.92 1, Waikato (G. Twining/B. Mael/D. Scott/S. Hoadley/G. Roberts/C. Harper/R. Hellstrom/J. Williams, cox R. Goudie) 5:51.42 2, Canterbury 3.

The national selectors have named the elite and under-23 squads to attend a trial at Lake Karapiro, Cambridge, from March 17-22.

Elite men: Daniel Blain (Waihopai), Sam Earl (Avon), Jamie Fitzgerald (Tauranga), Craig Harper (Waikato), Rob Hellstrom (Waikato), Ian Smallman (Avon), Nathan Twaddle (Auckland), Daniel Van Hoppe (Avon), Steve Westlake (Auckland).

U-23 men: Hamish Allison (West End), Chris Brown (Canterbury), Grant Carroll (Otago University), David Carr-Smith (Avon), Mahe Drysdale (West End), David Earl (Avon), David Fairclough (Waikato), Donald Leach (Canterbury), James Leuchars (Auckland), Cameron McLean (Canterbury), Carl Meyer (Dunstan), Peter Mitchell (West End), Nicholas Moody (West End), Eric Murray (Avon), Sean O Neil (Wairau), Michael Petherick (Canterbury), Todd Petherick (Canterbury), Michael Stuart (Avon), Matthew Trott (Canterbury), Glen Twining (Waikato), Hadleigh van den Engel (Waikato), Mark Veronese (Waikato).

Women's elite: Jackie Abraham (Hamilton), Nicola Coles (Cambridge), Georgina Evers-Swindell (Hamilton), Caroline Evers-Swindell (Hamilton), Angela Fife (Hamilton), Maree Kaati (Cambridge), Kate Robinson (Hamilton), Rochelle Saunders (Cambridge), Sonia Waddell (Cambridge).

Women's under-23: Felicity Bradley (Avon), Melanie Burke (Union Wanganui), Joanne Byrne (Hawkes Bay), Alicia Forbes (Avon), Emily Liddell (Cambridge), Kristy Marsden (Wairau), Kirsty Paterson (Canterbury), Andrea Rix-Trott (Cambridge), Paula Twining (Cambridge).