Help our team get to Twizel for the 2023 Uni Rowing Champs

$1,696 donated

Given by 15 generous donors in 4 weeks

AUBC is travelling down to Ashburton for the 2023 Uni Rowing Champs and is looking for generous hands to help cover the costs.

Auckland

AUBC is a non-profit charity that provides the opportunity for students from the University of Auckland to represent their university at tertiary-level regattas. This year, we're embarking on the journey of heading down to Twizel for the national champs hosted on the 8th of April.

Given that we're flying down & that it's around Easter, this is unfortunately an expensive endeavour. As such, we're hoping that there are generous donors in our community who can lend a helping hand to support us in our efforts to get our crews out there and racing.

If you're willing and able to help the team, then we kindly ask that you help subsidise our costs. Any amount would be great! Let's bring the Hebb home.

UPDATE: Champs has been shifted to Twizel due to the Algal Bloom found in Lake Hood. As such, costs will be higher. So please donate if you can in order to help our team out!

About us

Auckland University Boat Club (AUBC) is a charitable organisation that can trace its lineage back to 1927. AUBC is today proudly facilitating rowing for UOA students in tertiary-level regattas and promoting the sport amongst our student community.

Use of funds

The donated funds will be going towards covering all costs related to the NZ University Rowing Champs. This includes:

- flights from AKL to CHC & return

- accommodation

- van hire for transport between Christchurch and Ashburton

- fuel costs

- boat hiring

Latest update

Location Change & Regatta Complete 11 April 2023

Kia ora whanau & friends,

AUBC would like to pass on our sincerest gratitude to everyone who has donated!

A lot has transpired over the last week, including a last-minute change to Twizel which resulted in a wide array of arrangements being changed in a full-on scramble.

Our team has competed and though we, unfortunately, did not win the Hebb, we managed to rack up the following placements:

Men's Champ VIII: 3rd

Women's Varsity IV: 2nd

Men's Champ Double: 3rd

Women's Varsity VIII: 2nd

Men's Varsity IV: 3rd

Men's LW Pair: 2nd

Men's Champ Quad: 3rd

Women's Varsity Pair: 1st

Women's 2nd Varsity Pair: 3rd

Women's Varsity Quad: 1st

Men's Champ Pair: 1st

All the results can be seen here: https://rowit.nz/nzuu2023/results?cn=aklu

After the event, our team had a curveball thrown at us in the cancellation of our return flight. Fortunately, all was sorted in the end and our teammates are now back home & resting after a hectic Champs period.

Once again, we'd like to sincerely thank everyone who has donated. We'll keep the page up for a while if anybody would like to help subsidise the costs of our team any further. Any donation would be extremely well appreciated as this has been an extremely difficult period with all the last-minute arrangement changes.

Thanks for all the support,

AUBC

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