ABOUT
Cashmere High School Rowing started in the 2012/13 rowing season after Physical Education and Health Teacher Mrs Ruth Anderson introduced the sport into the co-curricular program at Cashmere High School.
Inaugural crew members: Sarah Heath, Becky Tuke, Te-Arahori Potaka-Osbourne, Charlotte Holland, Danica Gwynne.
Over this time rowing at Cashmere High School Rowing has grown remarkably. Our squad number sits at around 30+ dedicated rowers and coxswains. We have an active parent committee and a fantastic coaching team who meet regularly to ensure our rowing programme continues to grow and run effectively.
Rowing at Cashmere High School prides itself on the spirit of achievement by participation, and we welcome all students who wish to participate. With an athlete-centered and coach-driven structure, we are able to provide a positive environment, where rowers are able to further develop their skills, build lifelong friendships, and have fun.
Rowing takes place from the start of Term 4 until the end of Term 1 the following year. This will also include some training at the beginning and end of the summer school holidays, with a break over the Christmas and New Year period. There will be a number of training sessions each week, mostly hosted at the Canterbury Rowing Club on Kerrs Reach.
At the 2024 Maadi Regatta, we were the 4th overall school in New Zealand, 1st overall Co-ed school and 1st overal in Sculling!
Furthermore, Cashmere High School won its first ever national title when Thea Murdie, Charlotte Clatworthy, Eleri Clare, Reagan Kelly, Pippa Maze, Millie Brooks, Rose Swinburn, Karishma Baichoo + Hazel Bown in the GU15 Octpule crossed the finish line racing in lane 1.
At the 2022 Maadi Regatta, Cashmere High School won its first ever girls medal when Poppy Wyndham, Em Poulsen, Nina Oliver, Abbie Higgins + Meg Macdonald in the GU16 Quad crossed for second place. Later that day Poppy Wyndham & Abbie Higgins backed it up with another silver in the GU16 Double.
Futhermore, in the BU18 Eight the crew of Oscar Clatworthy, Sam Clelland, George Higgins, Will Anderson, Pablo Fitzgerald, Sam Evans, Jack MacDonald, Archie MacDonald + Hazel Bown finished a historic 4th place.
At the 2021 Maadi Regatta, the BU18 Eight qualified for the A final. This was the first time in the school's history. Cashmere High School won its first ever boy's medal when Oscar Clatworthy, Sam Clelland, George Higgins, Will Anderson + Eva Pepperell in the BU17 Four crossed for second place.
The school affiliates with the Canterbury Rowing Club and benefits from that club’s equipment, facilities and administration.
Through this association the school is also affiliated with the Canterbury Rowing Association, and Rowing New Zealand. The school is also directly affiliated with the Canterbury Secondary Schools Rowing Association and the NZ Secondary School Rowing Association.
HONOUR ROLE
HONOUR ROLE
National Representatives
National Representatives
MATTHEW MESMAN
Cashmere High School 2009 - 2014
2017 - New Zealand U23 Rowing Team
Men's Under 23 Double Sculls
2016 - New Zealand U21 Rowing Team
2015 - New Zealand U19 Rowing Team
U19 Men's Coxless Quad Sculls
NICOLE CAMPBELL
Cashmere High School 2017 - 2020
2024 - New Zealand U23 Rowing Team
Women's Under 23 Coxed Four
2022 - New Zealand U21 Rowing Team
2021 - New Zealand U19 Rowing Team
U19 Women's Coxless Quad Sculls
OSCAR CLATHWORTHY
Cashmere High School 2019 - 2023
2023 - New Zealand U19 Rowing Team
U19 Men's Eight
POPPY WYNDHAM
Cashmere High School 2020 - 2024
2024 - New Zealand U19 Rowing Team
Travelling Reserve
JIMMY MIDDLEDITCH
Cashmere High School 2020 - 2024
2024 - New Zealand U19 Rowing Team
Travelling Reserve
ELIZA O'MEAGHER
Cashmere High School 2021 - 2025
2025 - New Zealand U19 Rowing Team
U19 Men's Eight
ELERI CLARE
Cashmere High School 2022 - 2026
2025 - New Zealand U19 Rowing Team
U19 Women's Coxless Quad Sculls
Sports Team of The Year
Sports Team of The Year
Achievers Evening
Achievers Evening
2021
Senior Boys U18 Eight
George Higgins, Oscar Clatworthy, Sam Clelland, Henry Clatworthy, Will Anderson, James Martin, Pablo Fitzgerald, Sam Evans + Eva Pepperell
2022
Senior Boys U18 Eight
Oscar Clatworthy, Sam Clelland, George Higgins, Will Anderson, Pablo Fitzgerald, Sam Evans, Jack MacDonald, Archie MacDonald + Hazel Bown
2023
Junior Girls U15 Octuple
Thea Murdie, Charlotte Clatworthy, Eleri Clare, Reagan Kelly, Pippa Maze, Millie Brooks, Rose Swinburn, Karishma Baichoo + Hazel Bown
2024
Senior Girls U18 Quad
Poppy Wyndham, Abbie Higgins, Eleri Clare, Thea Murdie + Hazel Bown
2025
Senior Girls U18 Quad
Thea Murdie, Millie Brooks, Zoe Clarke, Eleri Clare + Eliza O'Meagher
South Island U18 Rowing Team
2014 - Matthew Mesman
2019 - Nicole Campbell
2021 - Oscar Clatworthy, Sam Clelland, Will Anderson & George Higgins
2022 - Oscar Clatworthy & Sam Clelland
2023 - Poppy Wyndham & Hazel Bown
2024 - Eleri Clare
2025 - Thea Murdie
Maadi Regatta MEDALIST
Maadi Regatta MEDALIST
GOLD
2025
Girls U17 Single - Eleri Clare
Girls U18 Quad - Thea Murdie, Millie Brooks, Zoe Clarke, Eleri Clare + Eliza O'Meagher
*Maadi Regatta record Best Time 7:03.92
2024
Girls U18 Quad - Poppy Wyndham, Abbie Higgins, Eleri Clare, Thea Murdie + Hazel Bown
Girls U17 Quad - Poppy Wyndham, Abbie Higgins, Eleri Clare, Thea Murdie + Hazel Bown
*Maadi Regatta Best Time 7:09.46
Girls U16 Quad - Thea Murdie, Charlotte Clatworthy, Eleri Clare, Reagan Kelly + Hazel Bown
Girls U15 Octuple - Charlotte Clatworthy, Mali Lloyd, Annabel Wood, Abbey Pincus, Lucy O'Connor, Micah Whitley, Abby Graham, Zoe Perrin + Eliza O'Meagher
2023
Girls U16 Quad - Poppy Wyndham, Abbie Higgins, Eliza O'Meagher, Thea Murdie + Meg Macdonald
*Maadi Regatta record Best Time 7:15.14
Girls U16 Double - Poppy Wyndham & Abbie Higgins
Girls U15 Octuple - Thea Murdie, Charlotte Clatworthy, Eleri Clare, Reagan Kelly, Pippa Maze, Millie Brooks, Rose Swinburn, Karishma Baichoo + Hazel Bown
*Cashmere High School's first national title
SILVER
2023
Girls U17 Quad - Thea Murdie, Millie Brooks, Zoe Clarke, Charlotte Clatworthy + Eliza O'Meagher
2023
Boys U18 Quad - Oscar Clatworthy, Sam Clelland, James Martin, Jimmy Middleditch + Hazel Bown
2022
Girls U16 Quad - Poppy Wyndham, Em Poulsen, Nina Oliver, Abbie Higgins + Meg Macdonald
Girls U16 Double - Poppy Wyndham & Abbie Higgins
2021
Boys U17 Four - Oscar Clatworthy, Sam Clelland, Will Anderson, George Higgins + Eva Pepperell
2019
Boys U18 Novice Quad - Joe Young, Fraser Westphall, Travis Cleine, Henry Clatworthy + Luke Spencer
BRONZE
2023
Boys U18 Pair - Oscar Clatworthy & Sam Clelland
SOUTH ISLAND Secondary School MEDALIST
SOUTH ISLAND Secondary School MEDALIST
GOLD
2026
Girls U18 Quad - Eleri Clare, Zoe Clarke, Millie Brooks, Reagan Kelly + Ivy O'Meagher
Girls U18 Double - Eleri Clare, Charlotte Clatworthy
Boys U16 Quad - Lucas Sutherland, Thomas Clare, Sammy Lines, Charlie Pfahlert + Matthew Stewart
Girls U16 Double - Zoe Perrin & Aurelia Lind
Boys U16 Single - Lucas Sutherland
2025
Girls U17 Quad - Thea Murdie, Millie Brooks, Zoe Clarke, Charlotte Clatworthy + Eliza O'Meagher
Girls U17 Single - Eleri Clare
Girls U15 Double - Zoe Perrin & Aurelia Lind
Girls U18 Quad - Thea Murdie, Millie Brooks, Zoe Clarke, Eleri Clare + Eliza O'Meagher
2024
Girls U16 Quad - Thea Murdie, Charlotte Clatworthy, Eleri Clare, Reagan Kelly + Hazel Bown
Girls U18 Quad - Poppy Wyndham, Abbie Higgins, Eleri Clare, Thea Murdie + Hazel Bown
Girls U18 Double - Poppy Wyndham & Abbie Higgins
2023
Girls U16 Double - Poppy Wyndham & Abbie Higgins
Girls U16 Quad- Poppy Wyndham, Abbie Higgins, Eliza O'Meagher, Eleri Clare + Hazel Bown
2022
Girls U15 Double - Poppy Wyndham & Abbie Higgins
Girls U15 Quad - Poppy Wyndham, Abbie Higgins, Gemma York, Thea Murdie + Meg MacDonald
2021
Boys U18 Novice Double - Archie MacDonald & Jack MacDonald
Boys U18 Novice Quad - Archie MacDonald, Jack MacDonald, Zinzan Bondarenko-Leatua, Jimmy Middleditch + Hazel Bown
Boys U17 Four - Oscar Clatworthy, Sam Clelland, Will Anderson, George Higgins + Eva Pepperell
2020
Boys U18 Novice Four - Oscar Clatworthy, Sam Clelland, Will Anderson, George Higgins + Laura Dyson
Boys U18 Novice Eight - Pablo Fitzgerald, George Higgins, Will Anderson, Sam Clelland, Oscar Clatworthy, James Martin, Ben Hay, Sam Evans + Jimmy Middleditch
2019
Girls U16 Single - Nicole Campbell
2018
Boys Exhibition U18 Novice Quad - Joe Young, Travis Cleine, Fraser Westphall, Henry Clatworthy + Luke Spencer
2014
Boys U18 Novice Double - Matthew Mesman & Sam McArthur
*Cashmere High School's first South Island title
SILVER
2026
Girls U18 Four - Millie Brooks, Zoe Clarke, Charlotte Clatworthy, Eleri Clare + Ivy O'Meagher
Girls U16 Quad - Zoe Perrin, Holly Gundry, Aurelia Lind, Evie O'Driscoll + Catalina Meharry
2025
Girls U18 Double - Thea Murdie & Eleri Clare
Boys U18 Novice Eight - Charlie Pfahlert, James Gebbie, Cameron Taylor, Daniel O'Keefe, James Ogg, Sammy Lines, Lucas Sutherland, Thomas Clare + Jacob Haley
2024
Girls U15 Octuple - Charlotte Clatworthy, Mali Lloyd, Annabel Wood, Abbey Pincus, Lucy O'Connor, Micah Whitley, Abby Graham, Zoe Perrin + Eliza O'Meagher
Girls U17 Quad - Poppy Wyndham, Thea Murdie, Abbie Higgins, Eliza O'Meagher + Hazel Bown
BU18 Single -Jimmy Middleditch
2023
Boys U18 Pair - Oscar Clatworthy & Sam Clelland
Boys U18 Double - Oscar Clatworthy & Sam Clelland
Boys U18 Quad - Oscar Clatworthy, Sam Clelland, James Martin, Jimmy Middleditch + Meg Macdonald
2022
Girls U16 Single - Nina Oliver
Girls U16 Quad - Poppy Wyndham, Em Poulsen, Nina Oliver, Abbie Higgins + Meg Macdonald
Boys U18 Quad - Archie MacDonald, Jack MacDonald, Sam Evans, Pablo Fitzgerald + Charlotte Clatworthy
2019
Girls U16 Double Sculls - Murren Halcrow & Nicole Campbell
2018
Boys U18 Novice Four - Jake Borden, Fraser Westphall, Ben Stockman, Joe Young + Luke Spencer
2017
Boys U18 Novice Double - Michael Avis & Max Keene
Boys U18 Novice Four - Michael Avis, Jacob Mayer, Josh Miller, Max Keene + Minnie Robson-Cabout
2014
Girls U15 Double - Livvi Kemp, Gina Damerow-Stephen
BRONZE
2026
Girls U17 Pair - Mali Lloyd, Lucy O'Connor
Boys U16 Single - Thomas Clare
Girls Novice U18 Quad - Evie O'Driscoll, Jessica Hill, Annabel Duder, Emily Muller + Catalina Meharry
2025
Girls U16 Quad - Charlotte Clatworthy, Mali Lloyd, Abby Graham, Zoe Perrin + Ivy O'Meagher
Boys U15 Four - Cameron Taylor, James Gebbie, Lucas Sutherland, Thomas Clare + Jacob Haley
2024
Boys U18 Pair - Jimmy Middleditch & Angus McKenzie
2023
Boys U17 Pair - Jimmy Middleditch & Angus McKenzie
Girls U18 Double- Poppy Wyndham & Abbie Higgins
2022
Boys U17 Pair - Sam Clelland & Oscar Clatworthy
Boys U18 Pair - Will Anderson & George Higgins
Boys U18 Four - Sam Clelland, Will Anderson, Oscar Clatworthy, George Higgins + Hazel Bown
Boys U18 Eight - Sam Clelland, Oscar Clatworthy, George Higgins, Will Anderson, Pablo Fitzgerald, Jack MacDonald, Archie MacDonald, Sam Evans + Hazel Bown
2021
Boys U17 Eight - Oscar Clatworthy, Sam Clelland, Will Anderson, James Martin, George Higgins, Zinzan Bondarenko-Leatua, Pablo Fitzgerald, Sam Evans + Hazel Bown
2020
Girls U17 Single - Nicole Campbell
Boys U18 Double - Joe Young & Henry Clatworthy
Girls U18 Quad - Murren Halcrow, Nicole Campbell, Molly Judson, Issy Young + Annika Houde
2018
Girls U18 Novice Four - Murren Halcrow, Nicole Campbell, Florence Nathan, Martha Allan + Josh Law
2015
Girls U15 Quad - Gina Damerow-Stephen, Livvi Kemp, Anna Loverfors, Greer Halcrow + Minnie Robson-Cabout
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