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The New Zealand Rowing Championships is the club championship regatta for New Zealand.
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The New Zealand Rowing Championships is the club championship regatta for New Zealand.
The regatta is held alternatively between Lake Karapiro and Lake Ruataniwha in February over five days each year.
The New Zealand Rowing Championships were first held in 1888 where a four race was held in Wanganui and a single sculls race was held in Wellington.
The championships have been held every year since with the exception of two intervals during the World Wars.
Clubs race for the Centennial Oar, Centennial Scull and the top rowing association in eight boat events wins the Hallyburton Johnstone Rose Bowl.
Results as they are known are shown in the table below. 2007 & onwards results can be found on the RowitNZ website.
| Current events | Lightweight events | Discontinued | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Venue | 1X | 2- | 2X | 4X | 4- | 8+ | lw1X | lw2X | lw2- | 2+ | 4+ |
| 1888 | Wanganui [1] | J. Foster | Canterbury RC | |||||||||
| 1889 | Wanganui [1] | T. McKay | Wellington RC | Wellington RC | Wellington RC | |||||||
| 1890 | Wanganui [1] | T. Sullivan | Wellington RC | Wellington RC | Wellington RC | |||||||
| 1891 | Wanganui [1] | W. Bridson | Wellington RC | Star BC | Wellington RC | |||||||
| 1892 | Nelson [1] | M. Keefe | Star BC | Wellington RC | Canterbury RC | |||||||
| 1893 | Christchurch [1] | J. F. McGrath | Union RC (Chch) | Union RC (Chch) | Lyttelton RC | |||||||
| 1894 | Picton [1] | M. Keefe | Union RC (Chch) | Union RC (Chch) | Lyttelton RC | |||||||
| 1895 | Picton [1] | J. F. McGrath | Union RC (Chch) | Union RC (Chch) | Queens Drive RC | |||||||
| 1896 | Picton [1] | C. Chapman | Canterbury RC | Waiwera RC | Queens Drive RC | |||||||
| 1897 | Picton [1] | C. Chapman | Picton RC | Waiwera RC | Queens Drive RC | |||||||
| 1898 | Dunedin [1] | J. F. McGrath | Wellington RC | Otago RC | Picton RC | |||||||
| 1899 | Auckland [1] | P. Graham | Wellington RC | Star BC | Picton RC | |||||||
| 1900 | Picton [1] | T. Spencer | Wellington RC | Canterbury RC | Picton RC | |||||||
| 1901 | Christchurch [1] | J. F. McGrath | Wellington RC | Otago RC | Canterbury RC | |||||||
| 1902 | Wellington [1] | J. F. McGrath | Wellington RC | Otago RC | Kawatiri RC | |||||||
| 1903 | Wanganui [1] | W. Webb | Wellington RC | Otago RC | Kawatiri RC | |||||||
| 1904 | Lake Waihola [1] | J. F. McGrath | Pt Chalmers RC | Otago RC | Pt Chalmers RC | |||||||
| 1905 | Wellington [1] | G. Whelch | Canterbury RC | Union BC (Wang) | Star BC | |||||||
| 1906 | Picton [1] | W. Webb | Dunedin ABC | Union BC (Wang) | Blenheim RC | |||||||
| 1907 | Christchurch [1] | G. Whelch | Akaroa BC | Akaroa BC | Union BC (Wang) | |||||||
| 1908 | Napier [1] | G. Whelch | Picton BC | Akaroa BC | Blenheim RC | |||||||
| 1909 | Auckland [1] | C. E. Stone | Union RC (Chch) | Union RC (Chch) | Waitemata BC | |||||||
| 1910 | Picton [1] | C. E. Stone | Picton RC | Wanganui RC | Union BC (Wang) | |||||||
| 1911 | Wanganui [1] | C. E. Stone | Union RC (Chch) | Union BC (Wang) | Blenheim RC | |||||||
| 1912 | Dunedin [1] | C. E. Stone | Picton RC | Union BC (Wang) | Picton RC | |||||||
| 1913 | Wellington [1] | D. C. Hadfield | Union BC (Wang) | Akaroa BC | Union BC (Wang) | |||||||
| 1914 | Mercer [1] | D. C. Hadfield | Union BC (Wang) | Union BC (Wang) | Union BC (Wang) | |||||||
| 1915 | Picton [1] | D. C. Hadfield | Picton RC | Union BC (Wang) | Union BC (Wang) | |||||||
| 1916 | Not held due to WWI | |||||||||||
| 1917 | ||||||||||||
| 1918 | ||||||||||||
| 1919 | ||||||||||||
| 1920 | Wanganui [1] | D. C. Hadfield | Union BC (Wang) | Waitemata BC | Union BC (Wang) | |||||||
| 1921 | Picton | I. W. St Clair | Union RC (Chch) | Union BC (Wang) | Union BC (Wang) | |||||||
| 1922 | Wanganui [1] | A. Sharpe | Union BC (Wang) | Union BC (Wang) | Union BC (Wang) | |||||||
| 1923 | Bluff [1] | W. A. Stevenson | Avon RC | Hamilton RC | Union BC (Wang) | |||||||
| 1924 | Picton [1] | W. A. Stevenson | Union RC (Chch) | Hamilton RC | Blenheim RC | |||||||
| 1925 | Hamilton [1] | I. W. St Clair | Wairau RC | Waitemata BC | Hamilton RC | |||||||
| 1926 | Dunedin [1] | W. A. Stevenson | Hamilton RC | Waitemata BC | Otago RC | |||||||
| 1927 | Picton [1] | W. A. Stevenson | Wairau RC | Hamilton RC | Otago RC | |||||||
| 1928 | Wanganui [1] | A. K. G. Jackson | Avon RC | Union BC (Wang) | Union BC (Wang) | |||||||
| 1929 | Picton [1] | W. Turner | Star BC | Union BC (Wang) | Hamilton RC | |||||||
| 1930 | Picton [1] | W. Turner | Hamilton RC | Union BC (Wang) | Picton RC | |||||||
| 1931 | Wellington [1] | W. Turner | Avon RC | Tauranga RC | Hamilton RC | |||||||
| 1932 | Hamilton [1] | R. B. Smith | Avon RC | Union BC (Wang) | Hamilton RC | |||||||
| 1933 | Wanganui [1] | A. K. G. Jackson | Star BC | Union BC (Wang) | Auckland RC | |||||||
| 1934 | Picton [1] | W. Turner | Avon RC | Waitemata BC | Wairau RC | |||||||
| 1935 | Auckland [1] | A. K. G. Jackson | Star BC | Petone RC | Aramoho BC | |||||||
| 1936 | Wellington [1] | R. B. Smith | Hamilton RC | Petone RC | Picton RC | |||||||
| 1937 | Akaroa [1] | R. B. Smith | Avon RC | Auckland RC | Union BC (Wang) | Petone RC | ||||||
| 1938 | Wanganui [1] | R. B. Smith | Wanganui RC | Auckland RC | Union BC (Wang) | Clifton RC | ||||||
| 1939 | Picton [1] | R. B. Smith | Union RC (Chch) | Petone RC | Union BC (Wang) | Clifton RC | ||||||
| 1940 | Wellington [1] | R. B. Smith | Union RC (Chch) | Petone RC | Aramoho BC | Clifton RC | ||||||
| 1941 | Not held due to WWII | |||||||||||
| 1942 | ||||||||||||
| 1943 | ||||||||||||
| 1944 | ||||||||||||
| 1945 | ||||||||||||
| 1946 | Wanganui [1] | P. A. Abbott | Avon RC | Petone RC | Auckland RC | Pt Chalmers RC | ||||||
| 1947 | Picton [1] | P. A. Abbott | Avon RC | Petone RC | Aramoho BC | Petone RC | ||||||
| 1948 | Port Chalmers [1] | J. Schneider | Avon RC | Union BC (Wang) | Aramoho BC | Petone RC | ||||||
| 1949 | Lake Karapiro [1] | T. F. Hegglun | Blenheim RC | Aramoho BC | West End RC | Aramoho BC | ||||||
| 1950 | Wanganui [1] | J. Schneider | Avon RC | Aramoho BC | Aramoho BC | Napier RC | ||||||
| 1951 | Akaroa [1] | R. A. Douglas | Blenheim RC | Aramoho BC | West End RC | Napier RC | ||||||
| 1952 | Wellington [1] | J. K. Stevenson | Petone RC | Auckland RC | West End RC | Aramoho BC | ||||||
| 1953 | Queenstown [1] | D. D. Rowlands | Petone RC | Auckland RC | West End RC | West End RC | ||||||
| 1954 | Picton [1] | D. D. Rowlands | Mercer RC | Mercer RC | West End RC | Wairau RC | ||||||
| 1955 | Wairoa [1] | D. D. Rowlands | West End RC | Whakatane RC | West End RC | Aramoho BC | ||||||
| 1956 | Invercargill [1] | D. D. Rowlands | West End RC | West End RC | West End RC | Mercer RC | ||||||
| 1957 | Lake Karapiro [1] | D. D. Rowlands | Mercer RC | St Georges RC | West End RC | Clifton RC | ||||||
| 1958 | Wanganui [1] | J. R. Hill | Mercer RC | Hamilton RC | West End RC | Union BC (Wang) | ||||||
| 1959 | Lake Waihola [1] | J. R. Hill | Mercer RC | Hamilton RC | Union BC (Wang) | Otago RC | ||||||
| 1960 | Picton [1] | J. R. Hill | Mercer RC | Hamilton RC | Union BC (Wang) | North End RC | ||||||
| 1961 | Wellington [1] | J. R. Hill | Otago RC | Auckland RC | Union BC (Wang) | Oamaru RC | ||||||
| 1962 | Christchurch [1] | J. R. Hill | Otago RC | West End RC | Union BC (Wang) | Oamaru RC | ||||||
| 1963 | Lake Karapiro [1] | J. R. Hill | Whakatane RC | Whakatane RC | West End RC | Auckland RC | ||||||
| 1964 | Lake Waihola [1] | M. Watkinson | Whakatane RC | Whakatane RC | Waikato RC | Auckland RC | ||||||
| 1965 | Wanganui [1] | M. Watkinson | Union RC (Chch) | Whakatane RC | West End RC | Auckland RC | ||||||
| 1966 | Lake Karapiro [2] | M. Watkinson | Riverton RC | West End RC | Auckland RC | Whakatane RC [3] | Auckland RC [4] | |||||
| 1967 | Lake Waihola [5] | D. T. Molesworth | Wakatipu RC | Whakatane RC | Wellington RC | Whakatane RC | Hutt Valley RC | |||||
| 1968 | Lake Karapiro [6] | M. Watkinson | Whakatane RC | West End RC | Auckland RC | Whakatane RC | Hutt Valley RC | |||||
| 1969 | Wanganui [7] | M. Watkinson | Whakatane RC | West End RC | Wellington RC | Whakatane RC | Hutt Valley RC | |||||
| 1970 | Lake Waihola [8] | M. Watkinson | Whakatane RC | West End RC | Whakatane RC | Hutt Valley RC | Whakatane RC | |||||
| 1971 [9] | Lake Karapiro | M. Watkinson | Whakatane RC | West End RC | Whakatane RC | Hamilton RC | Whakatane RC | |||||
| 1972 | Wanganui | M. Watkinson | Whakatane RC | West End RC | West End RC | Whakatane RC | Wellington RC | |||||
| 1973 | Lake Waihola | W. J. White | Whakatane RC | West End RC | Waikato RC [10] | Avon RC | Whakatane RC | |||||
| 1974 | Lake Karapiro | W. J. White | Whakatane RC | West End RC | Whakatane RC | Cambridge RC | Avon RC | |||||
| 1975 | Lake Waihola | J. M. Alexander | Whakatane RC | West End RC | Whakatane RC | Whakatane RC | Avon RC | |||||
| 1976 | Lake Karapiro | G. W. Veldman | Petone RC | West End RC | West End RC | Petone RC | Avon RC | J. Walker | Petone RC | Avon RC | ||
| 1977 | Lake Horowhenua | G. R. F. McAuley | Waikato RC | West End RC | West End RC | Whakatane RC | Petone RC | D. Culpan | West End RC | Avon RC | ||
| 1978 | Lake Karapiro | J. M. Alexander | Waikato RC | West End RC | West End RC | Avon RC | Waikato RC | J. Walker | Petone RC | Waikato RC | ||
| 1979 | Lake Waihola | J. M. Alexander | North Shore RC | West End RC | Whakatane RC | Avon RC | Waikato RC | J. Walker | Awarua RC | Petone RC | Waikato RC | |
| 1980 | Lake Horowhenua | J. M. Alexander | Wairau RC | Auckland RC | Auckland RC | Petone RC | Avon RC | R. Michels | Waihopai RC | Wairau RC | Waikato RC | |
| 1981 | Lake Karapiro | J. M. Alexander | Waikato RC | Auckland RC | West End RC | Avon RC | Waikato RC | S. Ryan | Cambridge RC | Waikato RC | Petone RC | |
| 1982 | Lake Waihola | C. C. Robertson | North Shore RC | Whakatane RC | West End RC | Wairau RC | Waikato RC | A. G. Rowe | Waihopai RC | Waikato RC | North Shore RC | |
| 1983 | Lake Horowhenua | G. F. Reid | Wairau RC | Whakatane RC | West End RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | S. Ryan | Waihopai RC | Waikato RC | North Shore RC | |
| 1984 | Lake Karapiro | G. F. Reid | Avon RC | West End RC | Auckland RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | A. G. Rowe | Awarua RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | |
| 1985 | Lake Ruataniwha | G. A Keys | Waikato RC | West End RC | Auckland RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | G. Manson | North End RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | |
| 1986 | Lake Karapiro | G. F. Reid | North Shore RC | Whakatane RC | Nelson RC | Avon RC | Waikato RC | D. Maher [11] | Auckland RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC |
| 1987 | Lake Ruataniwha | E. F. M. Verdonk | Waikato RC | North Shore RC | Wairau RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | G. Manson | North End RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC |
| 1988 | Lake Karapiro | E. F. M. Verdonk | Waikato RC | North Shore RC | Wairau RC / Bay Scullers | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | D. P. Healy | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC |
| 1989 | Lake Ruataniwha | E. F. M. Verdonk | Waikato RC | North Shore RC | Auckland RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | D. P. Healy | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC |
| 1990 | Lake Karapiro | E. F. M. Verdonk | Waikato RC | North Shore RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | D. P. Healy | Auckland RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC |
| 1991 | Lake Ruataniwha | E. F. M. Verdonk | Waikato RC | Whakatane RC | North Shore RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | D. P. Healy | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC |
| 1992 | Lake Karapiro [12] | E. F. M. Verdonk | Waikato RC | North Shore RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | R. Hamill | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC |
| 1993 | Lake Ruataniwha [13] | E. F. M. Verdonk | Waikato RC | Auckland RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | M. Conway | Invercargill RC | Invercargill RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC |
| 1994 | Lake Karapiro | R. Newey [14] | Waikato RC [15] | North Shore RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | M. Conway | Eastern Bay SC | Waihopai RC | Waikato RC | |
| 1995 | Lake Ruataniwha | R. N. Waddell | Waikato RC | North Shore RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | C. Haughey | Canterbury RC | Canterbury RC | Waikato RC | |
| 1996 | Lake Karapiro | R. N. Waddell | Avon RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | D. P. Healy | Cambridge RC | Aramoho RC | Waikato RC | |
| 1997 | Lake Ruataniwha [16] | R. N. Waddell | Avon RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Avon RC | Avon RC | S. Bowers | Aramoho RC | Aramoho RC | Avon RC | |
| 1998 | Lake Karapiro | R. N. Waddell | Horowhenua RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Avon RC | Waikato RC | M. W. Gilbert | Avon RC | Aramoho RC | Waikato RC | |
| 1999 | Lake Ruataniwha | R. N. Waddell | Avon RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Avon RC | Avon RC [17] | C. P. Ferguson | Awarua RC | Invercargill RC | ||
| 2000 | Lake Karapiro | R. N. Waddell | Auckland RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Avon RC | C. P. Ferguson | Union BC | Otago University | ||
| 2001 | Lake Ruataniwha | S.G. Westlake | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Avon RC | Avon RC | D. Grant | Aramoho RC | Nelson RC | ||
| 2002 | Lake Karapiro | N. Twaddle | Wairau RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Avon RC | Avon RC | D. Grant | Aramoho RC | Avon RC | ||
| 2003 | Lake Ruataniwha | A. M. O. Drysdale | Wairau RC | Waikato RC | Auckland RC | Avon RC | Avon RC | D. Grant | Aramoho RC | Avon RC | ||
| 2004 | Lake Karapiro | N. Twaddle | Canaviron RC | Waikato RC | Canterbury RC | Auckland RC | Canterbury RC | S. Uru | Aramoho RC | Canaviron RC | ||
| 2005 | Lake Ruataniwha | A. M. O. Drysdale | Canaviron RC | Waikato RC | Canaviron RC | Canaviron RC | Canaviron RC | S. Uru | Aramoho RC | Canaviron RC | ||
| 2006 | Lake Karapiro | A. M. O. Drysdale | Central RPC | Auckland RPC | Auckland RPC | Auckland RC | Auckland RPC | D. Grant | Central RPC | Waikato RC | Canaviron RC | |
| 2007 [18] | Lake Ruataniwha | A. M. O. Drysdale | Auckland RPC | Southern RPC | Auckland RPC | Southern RPC | Waikato RPC | D. Grant | Southern RPC | Central RPC | Waikato RC | |
| 2008 [19] | Lake Karapiro | R. N. Waddell | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Waikato RPC | P. Taylor | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Waikato RC | |
| 2009 [20] | Lake Ruataniwha | A. M. O. Drysdale | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | D. Grant | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Waikato RC | |
| 2010 [21] | Lake Karapiro | A. M. O. Drysdale | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Waikato RPC | S. Uru | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Wairau RC | |
| 2011 [22] | Lake Ruataniwha | N. P. Cohen | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Central RPC | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | P. Taylor | Waikato RPC | Southern RPC | Wairau RC | |
| 2012 [23] | Lake Karapiro | A. M. O. Drysdale | Southern RPC | Central RPC | Central RPC | Central RPC | Central RPC | P. Taylor | Waikato RPC | Waikato RPC | Waikato RC | |
| 2013 [24] | Lake Ruataniwha | N. P. Cohen | Southern RPC | Central RPC | Southern RPC | Waikato RPC | Southern RPC | J. Schömann-Finck | Central RPC | Waikato RPC | Waikato RC | |
| 2014 [25] | Lake Karapiro | H. B. Bond | Southern RPC | Central RPC | Central RPC | Central RPC | Waikato RPC | P. Taylor | Waikato RPC | Waikato RC | ||
| 2015 [26] | Lake Ruataniwha | A. M. O. Drysdale | Southern RPC | Central RPC | Central RPC | Southern RPC | Waikato RPC | A. Ling | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | North Shore RC | |
| 2016 [27] | Lake Karapiro | A. M. O. Drysdale | Central RPC | Central RPC | Southern RPC | Waikato RPC | Waikato RPC | A. Ling | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | North Shore RC | |
| 2017 [28] | Lake Ruataniwha | R. Manson | Central RPC | Central RPC | Auckland RPC | Waikato RPC | Waikato RPC | M. Dunham | Central RPC | Southern RPC | Waikato RC | |
| 2018 [29] | Lake Karapiro | R. Manson | Central RPC | Central RPC | Central RPC | North Shore RC | Waikato RPC | M. Dunham | Auckland RPC | Waikato RC | ||
| 2019 [30] | Lake Ruataniwha | R. Manson | Central RPC | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | North Shore RC | Auckland RPC | M. Dunham | Auckland RPC | West End RC | ||
| 2020 [31] | Lake Karapiro | R. Manson | Southern RPC | Central RPC | Wairau RC | Waikato RC | Southern RPC | L. Docherty | Union BC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | |
| 2021 [32] | Lake Ruataniwha | J. Lopas | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Auckland RC | North Shore RC | North Shore RC | |||||
| 2022 [33] | Lake Ruataniwha | B. Mason | Avon RC | Avon RC | Wairau RC | Avon RC | West End RC | |||||
| 2023 [34] | Lake Ruataniwha | P. Wilson | North Shore RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Avon RC | Avon RC | |||||
| 2024 [35] | Lake Karapiro | T. Mackintosh | North Shore RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Avon RC | North Shore RC | |||||
Women first rowed in national championships in 1968, when both titles went to visiting Australian crews. [6] Results as they are known are shown in the table below.
2007 & onwards results can be found on the RowitNZ website
| Current events | Lightweight events | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Venue | 1X | 2- | 2X | 4X | 4- | 8+ | 1X | 2X |
| 1968 | Lake Karapiro [6] | New South Wales [36] | New South Wales [6] | ||||||
| 1969 | Wanganui [7] | Auckland University [7] | |||||||
| 1970 | Lake Waihola | Wairau RC | |||||||
| 1971 | Lake Karapiro | Wakatipu RC | |||||||
| 1972 | Wairau RC | ||||||||
| 1973 | Lake Waihola | L. J. Keys | Awarua RC | Auckland University | |||||
| 1974 | Lake Karapiro | E. H. Cato | Wairau RC | Auckland University | |||||
| 1975 | Lake Waihola | L. J. Keys | Not Completed | Not Completed | |||||
| 1976 | Lake Karapiro | E. H. Cato | Wairau RC | Hamilton RC | Porirua RC | Auckland RC | |||
| 1977 | Lake Horowhenua | E. H. Cato | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | |||
| 1978 | Lake Karapiro | Stephanie Foster | Hamilton RC | Auckland RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | |||
| 1979 | Lake Waihola | Stephanie Foster | Wairau RC | Auckland RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | |||
| 1980 | Lake Horowhenua | Stephanie Foster | Te Awamutu RC | North Shore RC | Hamilton RC | Te Awamutu RC | |||
| 1981 | Lake Karapiro | Stephanie Foster | Te Awamutu RC | Star BC | Wellington RC | Te Awamutu RC | |||
| 1982 | Lake Waihola | Stephanie Foster | Te Awamutu RC | Cambridge RC | Te Awamutu RC | Canterbury RC | |||
| 1983 | Lake Horowhenua | Stephanie Foster | Cambridge RC | North Shore RC | Cambridge RC | Cambridge RC | |||
| 1984 | Lake Karapiro | Stephanie Foster | Canterbury RC | Cambridge RC | Cambridge RC | Canterbury RC | |||
| 1985 | Lake Ruataniwha | Stephanie Foster | Canterbury RC | Cambridge RC | Wairau RC | Canterbury RC | |||
| 1986 | Lake Karapiro | Stephanie Foster | Hamilton RC | Cambridge RC | Cambridge RC | Hamilton RC | |||
| 1987 | Lake Ruataniwha | Phillippa Baker [12] | Hamilton RC | Cambridge RC | Cambridge RC | Cambridge RC | |||
| 1988 | Lake Karapiro | Phillippa Baker [12] | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Phillippa Baker | ||
| 1989 | Lake Ruataniwha | Brenda Lawson [12] | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Phillippa Baker | ||
| 1990 | Lake Karapiro | Brenda Lawson [12] | Hamilton RC | Marlborough RC | Cambridge RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Linda De Jong | |
| 1991 | Lake Ruataniwha | Phillippa Baker [12] | Hamilton RC | Cambridge RC | Cambridge RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | C. Miller | |
| 1992 | Lake Karapiro [12] | Brenda Lawson | Cambridge RC | Hamilton RC | Cambridge RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Linda De Jong | |
| 1993 | Lake Ruataniwha | Brenda Lawson | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | C. Winders | |
| 1994 | Lake Karapiro | Brenda Lawson | North Shore RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Canterbury RC | Cambridge RC | C. Winders | |
| 1995 | Lake Ruataniwha | Brenda Lawson | Union BC | Hamilton RC | Union BC (Wang) | Waihopai RC | Cambridge RC | C. Burgham | |
| 1996 | Lake Karapiro | Brenda Lawson | Cambridge RC | Union BC (Wang) | Union BC (Wang) | Cambridge RC | Union BC (Wang) | C. Forlong | |
| 1997 | Lake Ruataniwha | Sonia Scown | Star BC | Cambridge RC | North Shore RC | Star BC | Cambridge RC | J. Scoggins | |
| 1998 | Lake Karapiro | Sonia Scown | Canterbury RC | Canterbury RC | Cambridge RC | Cambridge RC | Cambridge RC | Melissa Bray | Star BC |
| 1999 | Lake Ruataniwha | Sonia Scown | Canterbury RC | Canterbury RC | Cambridge RC | Union BC (Wang) | Star BC | Alex Scott | Star BC |
| 2000 | Lake Karapiro | Sonia Waddell | Cambridge RC | Cambridge RC | Cambridge RC | Canterbury RC | Cambridge RC | Melissa Bray | Otago RC |
| 2001 | Lake Ruataniwha | Caroline Evers-Swindell | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Cambridge RC | Cambridge RC | R. M. Brider | Otago RC |
| 2002 | Lake Karapiro | Caroline Evers-Swindell | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Cambridge RC | C. Forlong | Otago RC |
| 2003 | Lake Ruataniwha | Caroline Evers-Swindell | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Wairau RC | C. Forlong | Otago RC |
| 2004 | Lake Karapiro | Georgina Evers-Swindell | West End RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | West End RC | Wairau RC | Carolyn Steele | Otago RC |
| 2005 | Lake Ruataniwha | Caroline Evers-Swindell | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Hamilton RC | Kate Ferguson | Canterbury RC |
| 2006 | Lake Karapiro | Caroline Evers-Swindell | Auckland RPC | Waikato RPC | Waikato RPC | Auckland RPC | Central RPC | Candice Hammond | Waihopai RC |
| 2007 [18] | Lake Ruataniwha | Caroline Evers-Swindell | Auckland RPC | Waikato RPC | Waikato RPC | Auckland RPC | Auckland RPC | Candice Hammond | Central RPC |
| 2008 [19] | Lake Karapiro | Caroline Evers-Swindell | Auckland RPC | Waikato RPC | Waikato RPC | Auckland RPC | Auckland RPC | Sarah Alexander | Central RPC |
| 2009 [20] | Lake Ruataniwha | Emma Twigg | Central RPC | Auckland RPC | Auckland RPC | Central RPC | Central RPC | Candice Hammond | Central RPC |
| 2010 [21] | Lake Karapiro | Emma Twigg | Auckland RPC | Central RPC | Central RPC | Waikato RPC | Central RPC | Lucy Strack | Waikato RPC |
| 2011 [22] | Lake Ruataniwha | Emma Twigg | Central RPC | Central RPC | Waikato RPC | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Lucy Strack | Waikato RPC |
| 2012 [23] | Lake Karapiro | Emma Twigg | Auckland RPC | Central RPC | Southern RPC | Auckland RPC | Southern RPC | Julia Edward | Waikato RPC |
| 2013 [24] | Lake Ruataniwha | Emma Twigg | Southern RPC | Waikato RPC | Waikato RPC | Auckland RPC | Southern RPC | Lucy Strack | Central RPC |
| 2014 [25] | Lake Karapiro | Emma Twigg | Central RPC | Southern RPC | Waikato RPC | Central RPC | Southern RPC | Lucy Strack | Central RPC |
| 2015 [26] | Lake Ruataniwha | Lucy Spoors | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Waikato RPC | Auckland RPC | Southern RPC | Zoe McBride | Central RPC |
| 2016 [27] | Lake Karapiro | Emma Twigg | Southern RPC | Waikato RPC | Waikato RPC | Central RPC | Central RPC | Zoe McBride | Swiss HPS |
| 2017 [28] | Lake Ruataniwha | Zoe McBride | Southern RPC | Waikato RPC | Waikato RPC | Southern RPC | Southern RPC | Zoe McBride | Auckland RPC |
| 2018 [29] | Lake Karapiro | Brooke Donoghue | Southern RPC | Waikato RPC | Not Contested | Southern RPC | Central RPC | Zoe McBride | North Shore RC |
| 2019 [30] | Lake Ruataniwha | Emma Twigg | Central RPC | Waikato RPC | Waikato RPC | Central RPC | Central RPC | Jackie Kiddle | Not Contested |
| 2020 [31] | Lake Karapiro | Emma Twigg | Southern RPC | Waikato RPC | Not Contested | Central RPC | Not Contested | Amy Robson | Not Contested |
| 2021 [32] | Lake Ruataniwha | Brooke Donoghue | Southern RPC | Waikato RPC | Cambridge RC | Aramoho RC | Avon RC | ||
| 2022 [33] | Lake Ruataniwha | Shannon Cox | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Not Contested | Waikato RC | Not Contested | ||
| 2023 [34] | Lake Ruataniwha | Emma Twigg | Aramoho RC | Star BC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | ||
| 2024 [35] | Lake Karapiro | Emma Twigg | Aramoho RC | Hawkes Bay RC | Waikato RC | Waikato RC | Hauraki Plains RC | ||
The Maadi Cup is the prize for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Boys' Under 18 Rowing Eights. More colloquially, it is the name given to the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Regatta, at which the Maadi Cup is raced. The regatta is the largest school sports event in the Southern Hemisphere, with over 2,087 rowers from 113 secondary schools participating in 2023 The regatta is held annually in late March, alternating between the country's two main rowing venues: Lake Karapiro near Cambridge, and Lake Ruataniwha near Twizel.
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