Cashmere High SChool
Rowing
WELCOME TO CASHMERE HIGH SCHOOL ROWING
THE LATEST NEWS
SOUTH ISLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS
2024
With the continued improvements by all crew members and their collective results across the weekend, Cashmere High School Rowing is the 6th best School in the Mainland! An incredible achievement and one of the best results in school history!
From the 10 A finals, Cashmere High School Rowing squad won the GU18 Quad and Double titles for the first time in school history, and also retained the GU16 Quad for a second year in a row, making a total of 3 South Island Sec School titles, plus a further 4 medals!
🏆🥇 GOLD GU18 Quad
Poppy Wyndham, Abbie Higgins, Eleri Clare, Thea Murdie + Hazel Bown
🏆🥇 GOLD GU18 Double
Poppy Wyndham & Abbie Higgins
🏆🥇 GOLD GU16 Quad
Thea Murdie, Charlotte Clatworthy, Eleri Clare, Reagan Kelly + Hazel Bown
🥈 SILVER BU18 Single
Jimmy Middleditch
🥈 SILVER GU17 Quad
Poppy Wyndham, Thea Murdie, Abbie Higgins, Eliza O'Meagher + Hazel Bown
🥈 SILVER GU15 Octuple
Charlotte Clatworthy, Mali Lloyd, Annabel Wood, Abbey Pincus, Lucy O'Connor, Micah Whitley, Abby Graham, Zoe Perrin + Eliza O'Meagher
🥉 BRONZE BU18 Pair
Jimmy Middleditch & Angus McKenzie
A massive thank you to our team of coaches for being such awesome, passionate people!
SOUTH ISLAND CLUB CHAMPS
Lake Ruataniwha 2024
With the continued improvements by all crew members, it was a brilliant South Island Clubs Champs on Lake Ruataniwha. True to form the wind was strong on Saturday which meant there were no A or B finals, however, medals were awarded on a time trial basis. Sunday brought with it the first full day of undisturbed racing for the season and some impressive results.
The Cashmere High School Rowing squad retained its GU16 Quad title for the third year in a row and for the first time in our history the GU19 Quad South Island Club title!
🏆🥇 GOLD
Girls U19 Quad
- Poppy Wyndham, Abbie Higgins, Eliza O'Meagher, Thea Murdie + Lucy O'Connor
Girls U16 Quad
- Thea Murdie, Charlotte Clatworthy, Eleri Clare, Reagan Kelly + Micah Whitley
🥈 SILVER
Girls U19 Pair
- Poppy Wyndham & Abbie Higgins
Girls U17 Quad
- Eliza O'Meagher, Eleri Clare, Millie Brooks, Reagan Kelly + Oliver O'Neill
4th
Girls U16 Double
- Thea Murdie & Reagan Kelly
Girls U16 Eight
- Thea Murdie, Charlotte Clatworthy, Millie Brooks, Eleri Clare, Reagan Kelly, Zoe Clarke, Rose Swinburn, Annabel Wood + Abbie Higgins
5th
Boys U19 Pair
- Jimmy Middleditch & Angus McKenzie
CANTERBURY CLUB CHAMPS
Lake Ruataniwha 2024
Another tricky and windy regatta on Lake Ruataniwha over the weekend, saw the rowing squad needing to be adaptable to the weather conditions and race distance.
There were no finals raced, however, some impressive racing from the heats saw the following results:
1st - M Snr Single
Jimmy Middleditch
1st - G U17 Quad
Thea Murdie, Charlotte Clatworthy, Eleri Clare, Reagan Kelly + Lucy O'Connor
1st - G U17 Double
Eliza O'Meagher, Eleri Clare
2nd - W Int Four
Rose Swinburn, Millie Brooks, Annabel Wood, Karishma Baichoo + Jack McDonald
2nd - W Snr Pair
Poppy Wyndham & Abbie Higgins
4th - B U15 Four
Cooper Laird, Jack McDonald, Jacob Haley, Matthew Stewart + Charlotte Clatworthy
4th - G U17 Single
Thea Murdie
4th - G U17 Eight
Charlotte Clatworthy, Eleri Clare, Millie Brooks, Zoe Clarke, Reagan Kelly, Annabel Wood, Rose Swinburn, Karishma Baichoo + M Lloyd
5th - W Prm Quad
Poppy Wyndham, Thea Murdie, Abbie Higgins, Eliza O'Meagher
5th B Nov Double
Matthew Stewart, Jack McDonald
5th - G U15 Quad
Micah Whitley, Niamh Greggains, Abbey Graham, Lucy O'Connor + Jack McDonald
A massive thank you to our amazing coaching team, and the awesome parent support! A special shout out to the volunteers and South Island Rowing for running such a great regatta!
ROWING CAMP
LAKE RUATANIWHA 2024
THAT'S A WARP FOR TRAINING CAMP!
It has been an incredible week on the Lake Ruataniwha clocking up the km’s, and making great improvement in the boat.
All crew members had a memorable experience and have all newfound blasters. True to the Twziel weather it was sunny and warm all week with a bit of wind.
A big mihi to Joe and the coaching team for all the effort and dedication to bring together the training camp. The crew members certainly appreciate it!
To the parent help, thank you for being superstars! The time and energy you poured into the week is greatly appreciated. A seamless execution of all the many roles you did made for a fabulous week!
Cheers, Meridian Rowing Complex & South Island Rowing! It has been a great privilege to row at your place. See you next year.
A highlight for crew members was the mini whānau squad's challenges set by this year's rowing captains. Challenges were a quiz, the tallest spaghetti marshmallow tower and mixed quad racing.
Coach Boat - CASH 01
During training camp, Cashmere High School Rowing was able to make great use of its maiden coach boat.
This boat was generously donated by Ron Smith. Cashmere High School Rowing will be forever grateful to Ron, as a coach boat is an invaluable resource for any rowing squad. It enables the coaching team with ease to give feedback to crew members on their rowing technique while on the water.
Ron Smith is a Cashmere High School alumni and a proud old boy. In recent years when he gets the chance he attends regattas in Twizel to support his granddaughter and Cashmere High School.
OTAGO CHAMPS REGATTA
LAKE RUATANIWHA 2023
A tricky and windy start to the regatta season on Lake Ruataniwha over the weekend, saw the rowing squad needing to be adaptable to the weather conditions and race distance.
There were no finals raced, however, some impressive racing from the heats saw the following results
1st - G U18 Pair
Poppy Wyndham & Abbie Higgins
1st - W Open Double
Poppy Wyndham & Abbie Higgins
2nd - B Open Single
Jimmy Middleditch
2nd - W Intermate Eight
Charlotte Clatworthy, Eleri Clare, Millie Brooks, Zoe Clarke, Reagan Kelly, Annabel Wood, Rose Swinburn, Karishma Baichoo + Eliza O'Meagher
3rd - W Novice Four
Mali Lloyd, Kaitlin Moore, Zoe Clarke, Micah Whitley + Jimmy Middleditch
Congratulations to our novice rowers who all raced successfully over the weekend! You all were awesome out there on the lake!
R2K SINGLES REGATTA
LAKE RUATANIWHA 2023
An impressive start to the season at Lake Ruataniwha with all Cashmere High School Senior Crew Members performing to a high standard. For many, it was their first time racing singles and in doing so did a fantastic job!
Cashmere High School made 6 A finals and won two titles
A Final
🏆 GOLD GU16 Single
- Thea Murdie
🏆 GOLD GU15 Single
- Charlotte Clatworthy
2nd BU19 Single
- Jimmy Middleditch
4th GU16 Single
- Eleri Clare
5th GU17 Single
- Abbie Higgins
10th GU16 Single
- Regan Kelly
All the winter training has certainly paid off!
INTER-PROVINCIAL SUCCESS
In snowy winter conditions, seven current and former Cashmere High School crew members featured heavily in both the Canterbury and Otago Interprovincial squads.
Both squads achieved some impressive provincial success.
Rowing for Canterbury, current crew members Poppy Wyndham and Abbie Higgins finished 1st in the Women's U20 Quad! Also, Hazel Bown coxed the Women's Open Eight to 3rd.
Oscar Clathworthy was 1st in the Mixed U20 Eight, 2nd Mens U20 Quad, 3rd Mens U20 Double and 3rd Mens Open Eight. Sam Clelland and Sam Evans (2019-22) teamed up to finish 3rd in the Mens U20 Four.
Will Anderson (2019-22) who is studying at the University of Otago was representing Otago and had a strong performance, finishing 2nd in the Mixed U20 Eight and 2nd Men's Open Eight.
Canterbury pipped Otago to retain the trophy for another year!
Well done to Poppy Wyndham, Abbie Higgins, Hazel Bown, Oscar Clatworthy, Sam Clelland & alumni Will Anderson (2019-22) and Sam Evans (2019-22).
4TH FOR OSCAR
Congratulations to Oscar Clatworthy and the Men's Eight who finished 4th in the final at the World Rowing U19 Championship.
In tricky conditions, the New Zealand crew were caught in a tight tussle for the podium with Germany and Romania over the first 1500m, with the Kiwis crossing the line in 4th place.
Cashmere High School Rowing is incredibly proud of your effort and we cannot wait to see what the future holds Oscar!
SOUTH ISLAND U18 RESULTS
Congratulations to Poppy Wyndham and Hazel Bown for a successful South U18 campaign.
The squad recently travelled North to compete against the North Island U18 team on Lake Karāpiro. After some great racing the South team returns to the mainland with the overall points trophy!
Poppy and Hazel rowed fanatically across the two days for the South and represent Cashmere High School Rowing with pride.
Poppy rowed in the following three races.
GU18 Quad - race 1
GU18 Double
GU18 Quad - race 2
Hazel coxed in the following three races.
BU18 Eight - race 1
BU18 Four
BU18 Eight - race 2
Well done girls!
NEW ZEALAND U19 TEAM
Congratulations to Oscar Clatworthy for his selection into the New Zealand U19 Rowing Team!
Oscar will be racing in the Boys Eight.
The 2023 New Zealand U19 team race at the World Rowing U19 Championship in August.
This will take place at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium in Paris, France, the same venue where Rowing for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will take place.
All the best for the campaign Oscar!
MAADI REGATTA
NEW ZEALAND SECONDARY SCHOOL ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS
LAKE KARAPRIO 2023
MAADI CUP - FINAL RESULTS
An incredibly special week on the water at Lake Karāpiro with all Cashmere High School Crew Members performing to a high standard and rowing fantastically across the week.
Of the 18 Crew Members, each featured in an A final and 13 returned as national champs!
Cashmere High School finished as the 7th best Rowing School in New Zealand and 2nd in sculling!
The 76th Aon Maadi Regatta will go down in history for Cashmere High School as one that holds many highlights and first time achievements. One of which was our first ever national title!
With 2,100 students from 113 schools attending the championship regatta, it saw fierce and tough racing. Cashmere High School made a recording setting 9 A finals. A list of results follows:
🏆🥇 GOLD Girls U16 Double
- Poppy Wyndham, Abbie Higgins
🏆🥇 GOLD Girls U16 Quad
- Poppy Wyndham, Abbie Higgins, Eliza O'Meagher, Thea Murdie + Meg Macdonald
*Maadi Regatta record - best time 7:15.14
🏆🥇 GOLD Girls U15 Octuple
- Thea Murdie, Charlotte Clatworthy, Eleri Clare, Reagan Kelly, Pippa Maze, Millie Brooks, Rose Swinburn, Karishma Baichoo + Hazel Bown
🥈 SILVER BU18 Quad
- Oscar Clatworthy, Sam Clelland, James Martin, Jimmy Middleditch + Hazel Bown
🥉 BRONZE BU18 Pair
- Oscar Clatworthy & Sam Clelland
4th BU17 Double
- Jimmy Middleditch & James Martin
4th BU18 Double
- Oscar Clatworthy & Sam Clelland
5th GU15 Quad
- Thea Murdie, Charlotte Clatworthy, Eleri Clare, Reagan Kelly + Meg Macdonald
8th BU17 Pair
- Jimmy Middleditch & Angus McKenzie
TRIALIST
NEW ZEALAND U19
• Oscar Clatworthy
• Sam Clelland
NORTH VS SOUTH U18
• Poppy Wyndham
• Abbie Higgins
• Hazel Bown
• Jimmy Middleditch
• James Martin
A massive thank you to Head Coach Matt Allen, Joe Young, Arlia O'Sullivan and Molly Judson for being such awesome, passionate coaches.
To Oscar Clatworthy (Captain), Sam Clelland (Captain), & James Martin (Vice Captain) who all rowed their final race for Cashmere High School. Thank you for all your years of rowing and the memories. All the best for what comes next!
SCHOOL HISTORY
Girls U15 Octuple
The crew of Thea Murdie, Charlotte Clatworthy, Eleri Clare, Reagan Kelly, Pippa Maze, Millie Brooks, Rose Swinburn, Karishma Baichoo + Hazel Bown made history as the first ever Cashmere High School crew to win a national title at the National Secondary School Rowing Championships at the Maadi Regatta.
NORTH VS SOUTH U18 TRIALIST
NEW ZEALAND U19 TRIALIST
The boys from the U18 Four have been acknowledged with a trial for their receptive teams.
NEW ZEALAND U19
• Oscar Clatworthy
• Sam Clelland
NORTH VS SOUTH U18
• Poppy Wyndham
• Abbie Higgins
• Hazel Bown
• Jimmy Middleditch
• James Martin
BLESSING OF THE FLEET
We welcomed four boats and a new trailer to our ever growing fleet. The names unveiled and blessed were:
ANDERSON - Girls Eight & Octi
Founding Rowing Coordinator, Mrs Ruth Anderson introduced the sport into the co-curricular program back in 2012. Mrs Anderson was the Rowing Coordinator for 5 seasons.
McCOMBS - Boys Eight
Founding Headmaster of Cashmere High School. Under his leadership, he laid the foundations for Cashmere High School to be a premier New Zealand Secondary School.
AORAKITAKA (Excellence) - Boys Four & Quad
One of four core values. This waka is a wero (challenge) to students to continue to strive to attain their personal best in all that they do including students work ethic and achievements. A team focus, values and of course winning the race.
HIAMO (Vibrancy) - Girls Four & Quad
One of four core values. This waka is a wero (challenge) to students to keep expressing creativity in rowing, developing higher levels of thinking, and appreciating and respecting our human diversity as we row to achieve.
Ronnie - Rowing Trailer
Ron Smith is a Cashmere High School alumni and a proud old boy. Ron is an avid fan of Rowing and still regularly attends regattas to support his granddaughter.
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