The Kiwi Four

30/05/2016

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realise this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grievances we endure help us in our marching onward.
Henry Ford

Unfortunatly New Zealand will not have a Four racing at the 2016 Olympic Games. Each and everyone of us chased that dream right to the last stroke. Thank you to everyone that has supported us right from the start. It was hugely appreciated and helped us down the course. We have learnt from this, which will allow us to reset our goals for the future.

We will be backing the rest of the team at Rio and wish them all the best.

Cheers The Kiwi Four

21/05/2016

The time has come! Heats start tomorrow at the "Regatta Of Death" where we hope to qualify for Rio. We have drawn the supposed harder heat which were excited about. First goes through to the final with the rest to contest the rep the following day. If you want to watch some flags moving across the screen with the GPS trace then as always go to the live tracker on www.worldrowing.com at 10:27pm today NZT. Pumped and ready to lay it down 😁

08/05/2016

Goodbye New Zealand! We plan on making this a long trip abroad. Switzerland here we come 😊 Racing starts on the 22nd

08/05/2016

Packing our bags and departing tomorrow for Lucerne! Our time in NZ has come to a close. Happy with our progress and how the boat is going, eager to get to Europe and cement the finishing touches ahead of the "Regatta of Death" 😜 we have 5 crews looking to qualify, all with fantastic chances. Keep an eye out, the kiwis are coming!

The first group of the team embarks on their European campaign tomorrow. This particular group of exceptional kids plan on giving us a full deck of boats at the Olympics via the last chance regatta. A High pressure regatta is just another day for these guys that are top line athletes, and we look to seeing them earn their Olympic spots.

28/04/2016

Less than 2 weeks to go until we head to Lucerne, Switzerland!
Excited to see the snowy mountains and settle in to a climate we're sure to warm up to! 🏡 ☀ 🗻 ⛄

18/03/2016

Absolutely stoked to have Pure Nutrition backing us through our campaign on the road to Switzerland and hopefully beyond. Got our product last night and this morning was our best session of the campaign....coincidence? I think not 😉 getting some healthy supplements in our systems will do us the world of good in pursuit of our goals. All is going well, finding our footing, learning about what makes us tick and continuing to make solid strides in this new combination. Excited to keep making gains!

07/03/2016

New season and a new four. Anthony is the only surviving member from the last campaign. Joined by newcomers Paddy McInnes, Drikus Conradie and Axel Dickinson, we are aiming towards Olympic Qualification in Lucerne 11 weeks from now. We're stoked to have this opportunity and are embracing the challenge ahead. We will keep you updated on the campaign as we roll on to Lucerne and hopefully Rio 😉 Week 1, back to the grind, building a strong foundation technically, physically and mentally.

05/09/2015

Onwards and upwards! Tough week here at World Champs for us. About to race our final race in the C final, planning on giving it a good nudge!
Awesome photos thanks to Rowing Celebration

24/08/2015

Took a team photo the other day, Ant was M.I.A so we called up lookalike and arguably the better looking half of The Kiwi Pair to fill in.

On a side note, we're finally making our way to Aiguebelette tomorrow as we count down the final days before the world championships.
We're excited to compete in the most important rowing regatta of 2015 with olympic qualification on the line it's going to be one hell of an event.

02/08/2015

Currently in the middle of our last training block here in Sursee, Switzerland. With less than one month until World Champs, we are making some good steps forward, fine tuning the boat ready for racing.

10/07/2015

Our heat kicked off this morning for World cup III, we didn't pull off the race we would have liked and got a second chance in the repecharge this afternoon.
We're pleased with the outcome and stepped up from our race in the heat. Onto the semi-final tomorrow at 12:26am NZ time for any of you nocturnal supporters.
Photo credit- Rowing Celebration

08/07/2015

With our training at Varese complete, the team has arrived in Lucerne ready for World Cup III. After weeks of training in a heatwave, today brought cooler weather and some much appreciated rain to The Rotsee. Two days out from heats, the team is gearing up for what promises to be another awesome weekend.