Rowing: Kiwis win four golds at Henley

New Zealand rowers had a field day with four finals victories at the Henley regatta in England today.

Victories fell the way of champion singles sculler Mahe Drysdale, the doubles combination of Nathan Cohen and Matthew Trott, the pair of Hamish Bond and Eric Murray plus women's singles sculler Emma Twigg.

It was rich reward for New Zealand's elite squad, who interrupted their World Cup series programme to take in the Henley regatta.

They will resume their World Cup programme for the third regatta of the series at Lucerne in Switzerland on Friday (NZT) in good heart following a dominant showing at Henley.

Drysdale, a multiple world champion and Olympic Games medallist, was too strong for English hope Alan Campbell.

Drysdale won their contest by three lengths, posting a time of eight minute 28 seconds.

It was a much tighter affair for Trott and Cohen, who snuck home by one length in 7min 42sec ahead of British Olympic bronze medallists Steve Rowbotham and Matthew Wells.

Murray and Bond won their going away, with Shaun Keeling and Ramon di Clemente, of South Africa, not in the picture at the finish.

Twigg saw off American Gevvie Stone for New Zealand's fourth success, getting home by 2-1/2 lengths in 8min 46sec after a tough battle.

Two other New Zealand crews contested finals, with the men's lightweight four and the women's quadruple scull both bowing to superior opposition from Britain.

- NZPA