In a boost to the New Zealand rowing team's fortunes, the men's pair of Hamish Bond and Eric Murray have eased into the final at the world championships.

Since turning to the single sculls in 2005, Mahe Drysdale has always been a banker for Rowing New Zealand.

Rowing New Zealand's world championship campaign has taken on an uncharacteristic look of struggle.

Olympic champion Mahe Drysdale has been ousted from the single sculls at the rowing world championships.

Men's sweep oar head coach Noel Donaldson admits Rowing New Zealand will reassess its bigger boat selections for next season.

Mahe Drysdale's hotel room has been turned into a secret rowing lair as he campaigns to win an unprecedented sixth world championship single sculls crown.

None of the three New Zealand crews in action have progressed beyond the repechages at the rowing world championships today in South Korea.

Nathan Cohen is out of the rowing world championships with a heart problem.

Enjoy the spiced cabbage, the short beds and the searing humidity. That's the advice from Seoul Olympic Games bronze medallist Eric Verdonk as the New Zealand rowing team starts its world championship campaign in Chungju, South Korea, today.

Swiss rowing crowds tend to be a tough gig to entertain but Hamish Bond and Eric Murray had them clapping in the aisles at the Rotsee overnight.

Controversy erupted when Robbie Manson and Michael Arms were selected as the new men's double sculls combination for the World Cup rowing season.

At Napier Girls' High School, rower Emma Twigg used to enjoy belting out a bar or two of Jerusalem.

Mahe Drysdale now knows the training anguish he needs to endure to get within striking distance of a medal at the world rowing championships next month in S Korea.

Olympic champion Mahe Drysdale has been beaten in the quarter-finals of the men's single sculls at rowing's Henley Royal Regatta.

Memories will be prodded and tales may grow in the retelling when a notable anniversary is celebrated at the Auckland Rowing Club tomorrow.