NZSSRA
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Articles

• Year 14 research: following a Special General Meeting being requisitioned in 2024 NZSSRA carried out research on the prevalence and abilities of Year 14 students at Maadi regattas. That data was made available for the SGM.
• "New" pupils - NZSSSC school team criteria: the NZSSSC school team eligibility criteria came into effect from Term 2 of 2007 and were revised by NZSSSC for 2011 and again for 2012. During the 2013 AGM NZSSRA added an exception to the criteria to our Rules (Rule 2.4). The criteria apply to our three Championships regattas, North/South Island and Maadi (New Zealand) Secondary School Championships, which are all NZSSSC sanctioned. An article about pupils new to a school is available to help members work out which, if any, of their pupils are affected by the NZSSSC school team criteria.
• Technical Essentials: RowingNZ has put out a large poster showing Mahe Drysdale demonstrating the technical essentials of sculling. This is an excellent resource to help members simplify their coaching and focus on the main points.(low res preview [.jpg 639kb])
• Gearing: Following on from robust discussion at the 2006 AGM about sweep oar rowing and our members' youngest pupils we have an excellent article on gearing. A properly geared boat reduces the stresses faced by rowers, and should also go faster!

If you have an article you think the school rowing community might find useful please let us know at [email protected]. We will be happy to consider your submission for inclusion on our website.

Newletters and Notices Occasional and irregular items

A couple of times each year the NZSSRA puts out a newsletter to our member schools. The most recent newsletter is always available. Some of the past newsletters can be found in the archives. In addition to newsletters we also occasionally carry notices. These have been for such things as requests from people seeking coaching positions and offers of rowing related goods.