This year’s annual Inter-House indoor rowing competition took place in Term 4 in October. Last year’s competition was won by Toroa by 6 points, and the competition was expected to be as fierce as it was last year.
As with last year, there were teams for junior and senior, male and female from each House. Each team of 4 rowers having to row 500m each. The aim, other than to win for their House was to also try and beat Mahé Drysdale’s Olympic Gold winning time of 6:57.82 for 2000m for the males, and Emmas Twigg's 4th place time at the 2102 Olympics of 08:01.76 for the girls teams.
This year’s competition once again used top of the range technology to link our concept rowers together so a virtual boat could be viewed by everyone on a huge screen in the auditorium. Also, like last year, every student put their bodies to the test and gave it everything for their House and glory. In some cases, walking away was not an option as simply standing was often too much to ask these athletes. Each event was a great race and some were not decided until the last few metres. In the end however, there can be only one winner, or can there? The final results saw Aoraki and Omimi share the highest number of points but on count back, Omimi snatched victory, and therefore the House trophy from Aoraki due to winning two races more.
Final results were:
1st Omimi 30pts
2nd Aoraki 30pts
3rd Toroa 26pts
4th Clayton 18pts
Junior Boys
1st Omimi 07:14.8 New Record!
2nd Aoraki 07:27.14
3rd Toroa 08:02.6
4th Clayton 08:32.4
Junior Girls
1st Omimi 08:09.6 New Record!
2nd Aoraki 08:29.0
3rd Clayton 09:36.4
4th Toroa DNS
Senior Girls
1st Toroa 07:55.5
2nd Aoraki 08:46.0
3rd Omimi 09:36.0
4th Clayton DNS
Senior Boys
1st Toroa 06:40.3
2nd Clayton 06.48.1
3rd Aoraki 06:57.8
4th Omimi 07:15.9
