2020 Rowing Performance Centre (RPC) Announcement
Rowing NZ hosted a Development Regatta 26 September - 2 October at Lake Karapiro. This event, combined with erg tests conducted throughout the Rowing Performance Centres (RPCs) winter programme, provided an opportunity for athletes to gain selection into RPCs and the Elite Development programme.
Rowing NZ are committed to providing pathway athletes with the support required to reach elite level rowing, and exposure to the training and competition required to perform internationally. Rowing NZ has four RPCs, tasked with developing athletes capable of representing New Zealand. Rowing NZ recently introduced an Elite Development programme based at Lake Karapiro to provide support to athletes who have demonstrated physical and mental performance capability, combined with the potential to thrive under a transition training programme in acknowledgement of the fact that 2020 is the first year of the Paris Olympic Cycle.
Rowing NZ are pleased to announce that Ella Cossill and Ollie Maclean have been invited to join the Elite Development programme, alongside Charlotte Spence and Dan Williamson who were selected in July.
Auckland RPC
Alana Sherman, Auckland Rowing Club
Ashlee Rowe, North Shore Rowing Club
Cameron Webster, North Shore Rowing Club
Charlotte Spence, Auckland Rowing Club
Cole Brann, Northeastern University*
Dan Williamson, Yale University
Harry Church, Brown University*
Isaac Grainger, Auckland Rowing Club
Jack Ready, Auckland Grammar Rowing Club
Jade Raby, North Shore Rowing Club*
Jostien Leota-Butler, West End Rowing Club*
Kelsey Bevan, Counties Manukau Rowing Club
Kelsi Walters, Counties Manukau Rowing Club
Luca Kirwan, Auckland Rowing Club
Lucas Clarke, Harvard University (added November 2020)
Lucy Burrell, West End Rowing Club
Mahé Drysdale, West End Rowing Club
Matt MacDonald, North Shore Rowing Club
Michael Brake, North Shore Rowing Club
Murphy Waters, Mercer Rowing Club
Ollie MacLean, University of California, Berkeley
Scarlet Billingham, Counties Manukau Rowing Club*
Sophie Egnot-Johnson, North Shore Rowing Club
Stephen Jones, West End Rowing Club
Thomas Barrell, North Shore Rowing Club*
*Selected subject to further testing in November
Waikato RPC
Alison Mills, St Pauls Collegiate Rowing Club
Briana Perry, Stanford University*
Brooke Donoghue, Waikato Rowing Club
Brooke Kilmister, Cambridge Rowing Club*
Caleb Shepherd, Waikato Rowing Club
Campbell Crouch, University of California, Berkeley
Ella Cossill, University of Washington
Elliott Jenkins, Boston University*
Emma Twigg, Hawkes Bay Rowing Club
Flynn Traeger, Stanford University*
Flynn Watson, Waikato Rowing Club
Grace Holland, Tauranga Rowing Club*
Grace Watson, Waikato Rowing Club*
Hannah Osborne, Te Awamutu Rowing Club
Holly Mills, Waikato Rowing Club
James Scott, Tauranga Rowing Club
Jonte Wright, Waikato Rowing Club
Jordan Parry, Tauranga Rowing Club
Kate Haines, Waikato Rowing Club*
Katie Lush, Waikato Rowing Club
Logan Ullrich, University of Washington
Luka Ellery, Te Awamutu Rowing Club*
Matthew Dunham, Cambridge Rowing Club
Nina Hearn, Waikato Rowing Club
Rebecca Leigh, Cambridge Rowing Club
Reuben Houghton, Northeastern University*
Sam Monkley, Harvard University
Samantha Voss, Cambridge Rowing Club
Seth Hope, Yale University
Shaun Kirkham, Waikato Rowing Club
Stella Clayton-Greene, Hauraki Plains Rowing Club
TK McLaren, Tauranga Rowing Club
*Selected subject to further testing in November
Central RPC
Alice Fahey, Star Boating Club
Angus McFarlane, Blenheim RC*
Arie Magasiva, Wellington Rowing Club
Beth Ross, Petone Rowing Club
Brook Robertson, Nelson Rowing Club
Chris Harris, Aramoho Whanganui Rowing Club
Ella Greenslade, Wairau Rowing Club
Georgia Nugent-O'Leary, Aramoho Whanganui Rowing Club
Ian Seymour, Wairau Rowing Club
Jackie Gowler, Aramoho Whanganui Rowing Club
Jackie Kiddle, Star Boating Club
Jamie Hindle-Daniels, Wellington Rowing Club
Josh Mallett, Star Boating Club*
Kerri Gowler, Aramoho Whanganui Rowing Club
Kirstyn Goodger, Wairau Rowing Club
Kobe Miller, Blenheim Rowing Club
Luke Brady, Boston University
Mollie Nicol, Star Boating Club
Oliver Fahey, Wellington Rowing Club*
Phillip Wilson, Petone Rowing Club
Phoebe Collier, Whanganui Collegiate School
Robbie Manson, Wairau Rowing Club
Ruby Tew, Star Boating Club
Sarah Wootton, Wellington Rowing Club
Tom Murray, Blenheim Rowing Club
Zoe McBride, Nelson Rowing Club
*Selected subject to further testing in November
Southern RPC
Angus Kenny, Otago Rowing Club*
Bella Carter, University of Washington*
Ben Mason, Otago Boys High School Rowing Club
Cameron Smith, University Of California, Berkeley
Charlotte Darry, Avon Rowing Club*
Davina Waddy, Canterbury Rowing Club
Emma Dyke, Timaru Rowing Club
Eva Hofmans, Otago Rowing Club
Eve Macfarlane, Canterbury Rowing Club
Grace Loveridge, Canterbury Rowing Club*
Grace Prendergast, Avon Rowing Club
Hamish Bond, North End Rowing Club
Helena Rikiti, Awarua Rowing Club*
Jack Lopas, Yale University (added November 2020)
John Storey, Avon Rowing Club
Kathryn Glen, Avon Rowing Club
Kristen Froude, Waihopai Rowing Club
Lucy Spoors, Canterbury Rowing Club
Maeve Power, Avon Rowing Club* (added November 2020)
Matthew White, Canterbury Rowing Club (added November 2020)
Nathan Flannery, Union Rowing Club
Oli Taylor, Canterbury Rowing Club*
Olivia Loe, Avon Rowing Club
Phoebe Spoors, Canterbury Rowing Club
Sally Wylaars, Canterbury Rowing Club*
Sam Bosworth, Avon Rowing Club
Thomas Russel, Avon Rowing Club
Tom Mackintosh, Avon Rowing Club
Veronica Wall, Yale University
Will Gilbert, Canterbury Rowing Club
Zack Rumble, Avon Rowing Club*
*Selected subject to further testing in November
Coaches
Ian Bright - Head Coach Auckland RPC
Bryce Abernethy - Assistant Coach Auckland RPC
Tom Stannard - Head Coach Waikato RPC
Nick Barton - Assistant Coach Waikato RPC
Fiona Bourke - Assistant Coach Waikato RPC
Marion Horwell - Head Coach Central RPC
John O'Connor - Head Coach Southern RPC
Josh Schmidt - Assistant Coach Southern RPC