News Archives

July 2010

  • OURC Mens 8 Arrive In China

    July 31, 2010

    The Otago University Rowing Club mens 8 has arrived in Beijing, China. High heat and humidity greeted the team and the training in the School of Physical Educations environment chamber has already paid dividends. The boat draw has seen Otago get a relatively nice boat and the afternoon was spent ... read more



  • Success for OURC at U23 World Champs!

    July 30, 2010

    Otago University Rowing Club member Fiona Bourke has won a silver medal from the womens 8 at the 2010 U23 World Champs in Brest, Belarus. Her crew placed second in the heat to draw a good lane and were able to repeat the result in the final beating off a ... read more



  • New Zealand wins trans-tasman university rowing series

    July 21, 2010

    New Zealand has won in the 2010 Trans-Tasman universities rowing series by a margin of 7-5. The 12 races comprise 4 'best-of-three' match ups between a Mens 8+ and LW 4+ and a Womens 8+ and LW 4x-. Several OURC rowers were in each crew and our congratulations go out ... read more