The first Wairarapa secondary schools indoor rowing competition, which will run over six weeks, has kicked off at Cityfitness. Thirteen students were put through their paces across a number of different age groups.
Results (all times are Wairarapa records):
100m: Boys 13yrs and 14yrs: Jack Loader (Wairarapa College) 17.8secs 1. Girls 15yrs and 16yrs: Sam Meulenbroek (Wairarapa College) 21.2s 1, Zoe Robertson (Chanel) 2, Katie Craig (Chanel) 3. Girls 17yrs and 18yrs: Lori Cowan (Chanel) 22.4s 1, Mary Williams (Wairarapa College) 2, Amy Newmann (Chanel) and Erin O'Hara (Chanel) equal 3.
300m: Boys 13yrs and 14yrs: Jack Loader 55.4s 1, Finn Ryan-Sutherland (Wairarapa College) 2. Girls 15yrs and 16yrs: Sam Meulenbroek 1min 8s 1, Katie Craig (Chanel) 2, Zoe Robertson (Chanel) 3. Girls 17yrs and 18yrs: Rosalee Horne (Chanel) 1min 6.2s 1, Mary Williams 2, Amy Neumann 3. 500m: Girls 15yrs and 16yrs: Sam Meulenbroek 1min 50.9s 1, Katie Craig (Chanel) 2, Sophie Foote (Chanel) 3. Girls 17yrs and 18yrs: Mary Williams 2min 5.7s 1.