Alysha Pullar of Petone Club is competing as part of the North Island
Women's under 18, eight.

Maadi has come and gone and this Saturday New Zealand's U18's and
Junior's (U19) are gathering in Twizel to row some more.

U18's - The North Island and South Island do battle to see who will
win the "MENZIES TROPHY"

Each Island team has a women's and a men's coxed quad and a women's
and a men's eight. The quads are split in 2 singles and 1 double and
the eights are split in 2 pairs and 1 four.

Sunday is rigging and training. Racing (over 2000 meter) begins on
Monday and Tuesday mornings with singles, doubles and pairs - leaving
the afternoons for training in the quads, fours and eights. Wednesday
is race-day for the quads and fours and on Thursday the eights come
speeding down the lake. Friday morning before they brake-up the U18's
race the newly selected Junior crews.


Juniors - Trials to find a women's coxless four and a men's eight to
represent New Zealand at the Junior World Rowing Championships in
Brandenburg, Germany.

There are 14 girls competing for 4 seats and 16 boys competing for 8
seats and 2 coxswains competing for 1 seat. Sunday is racing on ergs
over 2000 meters and measuring - each rower is measured for height,
span, body length, leg length and weight - as well as rigging the
pairs.

On Monday they start the seat racing in pairs over 1500 meters and
each race is timed. By Thursday lunchtime seat racing continues in
eights. Friday morning before they brake up there is the battle
between the U18's and the Juniors.