The event started at Kairakau Beach with the first section taking the teams up and over the imposing cliffs behind the Village via the high point and back to the Transition at the Race HQ,
After the conclusion of Elite Trial 1, Rowing NZ announced the 2021 women’s elite team. New Zealand’s women’s team includes four World Champion crews, 15 World Champion athletes and six Olympic qualified boats.
Racing began this morning on the first day of the 2021 Aon Maadi Cup at Lake Karapiro. Across six days of racing over 2,623 competitors from 123 schools will compete in what is the event’s biggest in history.