| hours of work maintaining the boats and the clubrooms. |
| Terry Brown’s daughter also rowed for three years and he too has continued to put in countless hours helping with maintenance and driving boats to regattas. |
| The four was purchased thanks to a grant from the Perry Foundation while the cost of purchasing the eight was met by parental fundraising over an 18 month period. “If a student rower makes it into one of these boats, they will know they have done the work to be at the top,” said Head Coach Keith Hibberd. |
| The new boats will see their first official launching at the upcoming North Island Championships and then the Maadi Cup in Twizel the following week. |
