Oamaru rowing coach Ivan Docherty with his rowers’ ‘‘lucky socks’’ which have his face on them. The Oamaru Rowing Club has once again punched above its weight on the national stage. The women’s novice crews led the way for the club accounting for four medals. Grace Webster, Matilda Isbister, Summer Brosnan, Hunter McLay and coxswain Isla Kappely won gold in the women’s novice coxed quad sculls. He was incredibly pleased to see the women’s novice coxed eight blitz the A final to win gold.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 01, 2026 03:03 UTC