Coach Will Maling sees the addition of the boat as another step in rowing's resurgence at the school.
"It's huge for us. The MAGS rowing parents have put a lot of work into refurbishing that boat. We struggle a bit for resources so this will really help us to get out on the water and train hard," said Maling.
"It's a tough battle against the more established schools but this boat shows our rowers that we truly believe in them.
"The rowers are learning that we can create our own success with hard work. There will be some very happy old boys seeing that boat coming down the race track.
"We had 13 rowers last season and no coxswains. We now have roughly 25 [with new novices floating around], plus two coxswains. Four of the rowers are in a fledgling girls' squad - the first girls in the squad as MAGS was a boys' only school when rowing was last at the school.
"The squad is shaping up very well," said Maling. "We are very lucky to have some great leaders now and the impact they are having on the younger rowers is massive.
"The most important thing is the character the kids are all starting to show. They are learning to be responsible for their own success."
At the unveiling ceremony, headmaster Dale Burden christened the boat Magsrow III.
The four rowers with the top ergometer scores, Grayson Dauphin, Liam Ferguson, Jed Bradley and Henry Lockett, with coxswain Bertie Carnell, performed the ceremonial inaugural row-past.
A return to the glory days when the school enjoyed Maadi Cup success may still be some way off but who would count against a school which through its various academy programmes and drive has emerged as one of the top sporting schools in the country. s.
SoccerSoccer's continued popularity and the fear of "missing the bus" has led to a bold move by some schools to push for an increase in the number of teams in the Auckland Secondary Schools Football Association premier grade.
But the concern remains that any increase in the number of teams will weaken what is an always keenly contested competition.
Not surprisingly, the top teams in the grade will push for the status quo while those threatened by relegation or on the "outside looking in" are expected to back the push for an increase.
In remits to next Wednesday's annual meeting there are proposals to accommodate 10 or 12 teams in the top competition - up from the present eight in next year's competition.
In the just-completed season, 42 schools played in the "A" competition - eight in the premiers, senior A1, A2 and A3 grades and 10 in A4.
The top four grades played home and away over 14 weeks with the winners declared after that round-robin championship.
In A4 the competition was split to top five-bottom five at the midway point.
At the end of the season, or at least before the start of next season, the bottom team in each will be relegated and replaced by the winner of the grade below. The second-to-bottom team plays the runner-up of the grade below in a sudden-death play-off.
Should remits to the meeting - which will be held at Bill McKinlay Park - succeed, there is the prospect of every grade increasing to 12 teams which would spell the end of the customary double round robin (played home and away), something many will be unhappy with.
One remit certain to gain full support, however, will see an increase in suspensions for referee abuse from one match to two. Parents and players come under scrutiny with parents also facing dismissal.
In two instances this winter, two parents were banned for the rest of the season following such incidents..
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