1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: Ashburton College rowers have been down in twice all the 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: past week as part of the Mardy Regetta, so too 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:12,039 Speaker 1: justin Wall Morning morning. What have we got to celebrate? 4 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 2: Well lot? I mean well, first thing is that all 5 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 2: of the college kids behaved and equipped themselves doing well 6 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 2: and supported each other brilliant and at the end of 7 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 2: the day that's all you can ask for. But on 8 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 2: top of that, of course we did have quite a 9 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 2: bit of success, particularly for a small squad, so it 10 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 2: was great. 11 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: Well, let's celebrate one in particular the under seventeen quads. 12 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 1: Do I see that after one heck of a race 13 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 1: in the South Islands a couple of weeks back, they 14 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: backed it up with a gold medal here? 15 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 2: Oh absolutely, it was the race of the regatta that 16 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 2: was just absolutely fantastic. The Wangan girls poked it into 17 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 2: them at about one thousand meters or halfway through the 18 00:00:55,800 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 2: two k race and then in the final five hundred 19 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:06,040 Speaker 2: meters stream just came rolling through, so as absolutely fantastic. 20 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 2: I was down the start and I was watching it 21 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 2: on the live stream, but the live stream has a 22 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 2: YouTube has a twenty second delay on Telecus, so we 23 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 2: didn't see the finish, but then this noise coming down 24 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 2: the lake two kilometers away. Noise. 25 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: Oh, how brilliance is that. 26 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,199 Speaker 2: So he had a fair idea that something was happening. 27 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 2: So it was fantastic. 28 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: Keeping with under seventeen Alam moffat she also did pretty well. 29 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 1: It was a solo effort. 30 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, she did so two and a half hours later 31 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 2: I love backed it up with the bronze medal and 32 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 2: the girls under seventeenth single and three hours before they 33 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 2: went out in the quad they also rowed a four, 34 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 2: so a sweep boat and you know almost universally you 35 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 2: don't have sweepers sculling and you don't have skullers sweeping. 36 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 2: But the girls wanted to row the four. They hadn't 37 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 2: been in the boat for a year. They got on 38 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 2: the boat three times before the secondary schools and got 39 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 2: and got a bronze, so that was versatile. 40 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: Any other notable plays, Oh, the boys. 41 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 2: Did extremely well. George Lash and Lucky Oldham got fourth 42 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 2: in the boys under eighteen of as double was absolutely 43 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 2: fantastic race. So they did well. And then at last 44 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 2: skill and in her partner a big week mate at 45 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 2: least and Gretchen got fourth in the b file and 46 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 2: there the under fifteen double, so they did absolutely fantastically 47 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 2: and all the other kids that didn't go through they 48 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 2: all supported them. And in fact, one of the boys, 49 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 2: here's a photo on the South Island Growing website of 50 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 2: him catching a trout at the boat launch area Tanifa, 51 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 2: So oh. 52 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: Wow, what a way to put a cherry on the 53 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: top of things. So where are we in the terms 54 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: of like the rowing season now? Does this cap it off? 55 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 2: Well, the season rolls on. We've still got the University 56 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 2: Champs coming up next weekend. But as far as the 57 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 2: fresh Burton people are concerned, the three of the girls 58 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 2: in the seventeen quad put their name forward for nomination, 59 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 2: nominated themselves for the North South Under eighteen competition and 60 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 2: they were successful with trials, so in a fortnite they 61 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 2: will be going down to Urtanafa to trial for that, 62 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 2: and so successful they immediately jump in the van and 63 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 2: they go up to Carapira and race the North Islanders. 64 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 2: So we've got three weeks of representative age grade at 65 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 2: that level. Stuff still to be done, and then we 66 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 2: roll into winter and carry on with a bit of 67 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 2: winter training. So it's never ending, but it's great it's 68 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:54,839 Speaker 2: good fun.