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Emma Twigg and Tamsin Gilbert won the women's double sculls as a national rowing championships dynasty ended on Lake Ruataniwha near Twizel yesterday.
Waikato twins Georgina and Carolina Evers-Swindells have dominated the category since 2000 but their recent retirement left the title up for grabs.
The Auckland crew of Twigg and Gilbert won in six minutes 56.53 seconds, more than five seconds clear of the Central crew of Anna Reymer and Simone Hudson.
World lightweight men's champion Duncan Grant of Wairau reclaimed the national title with a six-second victory in the men's lightweight single sculls final.
Racing for Central, Grant repelled a strong challenge from Graham Oberlin-Brown, of
Te Awamutu, the under-23 lightweight world champion. Grant finished in a time of seven minutes four seconds - six seconds ahead.
Hamish Bond and Jade Uru of Southern won the men's premier pairs final ahead of Waikato rivals Eric Murray and Simon Watson.
Bond and Uru had to withstand a strong challenge and it was only in the final 250m that they established a comfortable lead.
It was Uru's first red coat win while Bond retained the title he won last year paired with Carl Meyer.
The clear highlight on the final day of racing today will be the men's single sculls final, where three-time world champion Mahe Drysdale locks horns with former Olympic champion Rob Waddell.
The two rowing giants last locked horns in a three-race trial for the Olympics a year ago, won 2-1 by Drysdale on Lake Karapiro.
- NZPA
