The Hebberley Shield is a trophy awarded to the winning boat of 8 in the men's rowing competition at the annual New Zealand University Games. [1] The award dates back to 1928. [2]
The shield was carved by Thomas Henry Hebberley of the Dominion Museum.[ citation needed ]
| Rank | University | Wins | First win | Last win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canterbury | 34 | 1930 | 2022 | |
| 2 | Otago | 32 | 1939 | 2024 | |
| 3 | Auckland | 10 | 1934 | 2012 | |
| 4 | Victoria | 8 | 1928 | 1968 | |
| 5 | Waikato | 3 | 2011 | 2018 | |
| 6 | Lincoln | 1 | 1972 | 1972 |
The Waikato Rugby Union (WRU) is the official governing body of rugby union in the Waikato area in the North Island of New Zealand. Headquartered in Hamilton, WRU was founded in 1921.
Mt. Baker Crew is a rowing club based out of Seattle, Washington, which offers rowing programs for high school students and for adult rowers. Rowing out of a recently upgraded boathouse on the southwest shore of Lake Washington, Mt. Baker's Junior Men's and Women's Varsity programs are especially competitive, often placing first or second at major races in the northwest region, and usually competing at a national level at the end of the spring season.
The following lists events that happened during 1898 in New Zealand.
The Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature is a reference work of ten volumes and two supplements published in the late 19th century, co-authored by John McClintock, academic and minister, and James Strong, professor of exegetical theology. The volumes were published by Harper and Brothers of New York.
In 1959, the British Lions rugby union team toured Australia and New Zealand. The Lions won the two test matches against Australia but lost the international series against the All Blacks by three matches to one. They also played two matches in Canada, on the return leg of the journey.
Early New Zealand Books (ENZB) is a project from the library of the University of Auckland, New Zealand, launched in 2005, that aims at providing keyword-searchable text of significant books published about New Zealand in the first two-thirds of the nineteenth century. It also includes the subsequently published memoirs, journals and correspondence of people active in this era. The project has been funded and managed by the University of Auckland Library and for many years was freely available on the internet.
The 1979 Argentina rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of nine matches played by the Argentina national rugby union team in August and September 1979.
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The 1999–2000 season is the fourth in the history of the Glasgow Warriors as a professional side. During this season the young professional side competed as Glasgow Caledonians.