High-performance sport has received an unprecedented cash injection, re-energising a sector in danger of "slipping off track".

New Zealand's world champion men's pair Hamish Bond and Eric Murray made a strong start to 2010's first World Cup rowing regatta.

I have to keep remembering the sea doesn't have a personal agenda to kill me or ruin my day and it's just a matter of time.

After rowing nearly 4000km across the Tasman, all Shaun Quincey needed was some Kiwi tucker to make him feel good.

Shaun Quincey says he's feeling remarkably good after finishing his 53-day trans-Tasman rowing ordeal today.

Trans-Tasman rower Shaun Quincey was last night closing in on 90 Mile Beach - with supporters waiting at Ahipara to greet him today.

Rower Shaun Quincey is expected to land on 90 Mile Beach tomorrow morning, ending his epic 2200km journey across the Tasman.

Transtasman rower Shaun Quincey is expected to complete his epic journey tomorrow, after fears that he might be swept past the top of the North Island abated overnight.

A strong current is threatening to sweep Shaun Quincey past the top of the North Island.