Row to MAADI 2016

TGS Rowing is both a Rowing Club and a Rowing School. We are a non-profit organisation, managed by a volunteer committee of parents, and a fully affiliated Club with the Auckland Rowing Association, and also affiliated to the Secondary Schools Rowing Association.

The core philosophy of the program is teaching the athletes how to achieve excellence through discipline, hard work, and perseverance.

We pride ourselves on the spirit of achievement by participation, and our club policy is an inclusive one ‘all those who want to row, can row’ welcoming all students who wish to participate.

Opportunities are provided for students with a wide range of athletic abilities to become highly trained, competitive, and successful student-athletes. Team members will build strength and endurance; develop time-management and self-discipline skills, and the confidence that comes with being an athlete.

Our programme is designed to assist in the development of the skills necessary to allow our rowers to accomplish their goals and be successful. In addition to becoming a more accomplished and technical athlete, rowers will see an increase in fitness, rowing intelligence, confidence, leadership, and personal fulfilment.

Admittedly, the early mornings and physically demanding training are not for everyone: it’s a big lifestyle commitment but rowing also offers enormous rewards and lifelong friendships to those who make the effort.

Takapuna Grammar School (TGS) Rowing Club has built a proud history providing a secondary school rowing programme which competes at both local and national level fostering rowing’s traditional values of teamwork, discipline, focus and determination.

The rowing programme is carried out by a dedicated team comprised of school staff, voluntary coaches, parents and our rowing crews, and a key part of our operations involves raising funds to support our crews to attend the local and national rowing regattas and to ensure we are able to we are able to continue to invest in our wonderful facilities and equipment.