The rowing club of Auckland Grammar School, based in Panmure on Armein Road, Auckland. Rowing was first introduced to the school in 1952, and the club's stated first priority is to build young men through rowing. It trains boys from all walks of life, with the school's values of integrity, excellence, respect, courage, pride, commitment and humility at its core.
The club has around 65 to 75 members, with students from every year level training together. Rowers of all levels can use the school's facilities. Novices are mentored by senior students, and the club runs two training camps of five to seven days, and enters more than five major regattas at Lake Karapiro. It has over 30 skiffs and more than 20 ergs.
The website says that in the 2020/21 season seven club teams won gold as North Island Secondary Schools champions. At the Maadi Cup, the national secondary schools regatta, the club won 15 A finals, a record for the school. The website also reports that the school had the highest points of any boys' school in the country that year.
Our pick in Panmure for a boy who wants to learn rowing with older students as mentors.