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Westlake Boys Rowing Team

What a race in the Boys U15 Coxed Eight final this weekend as the Westlake Boys Rowing Club team pushed Hamilton Boys and St Bedes all the way! In the end it was just half a canvas in it for second & third, with Westlake taking the bronze medal!

Westlake Boys' High School began rowing in 1966. Predominantly a sweep oar school, Westlake has won the Maadi Cup three times, in 1976, 1983 and 1984.

Mens Eight at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo

Did you watch the men’s eight win at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo?

It’s always fantastic to watch our very own WBRC Boys go on to win on the world stage, and nothing gets bigger than the Olympics.

In rowing circles the men’s eight is seen as a premier event and something that has eluded us since Munich in 1972.

So to see the crew of Tom Mackintosh, Hamish Bond, Tom Murray, Michael Brake, Dan Williamson, Phillip Wilson, Shaun Kirkham, Matt Macdonald and coxswain Sam Bosworth win gold in the men’s eight rowing final at the Tokyo Olympics was fantastic.

Look closely and you may see a couple of familiar faces too … that is if you are ever down at the Landing early enough to see the rowers training in our stretch of water off Hobsonville Point.