One of the biggest highlights in South African Olympic history was arguably the lightweight fours rowing team winning a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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Kirsten McCann and Nicole van Wyk both raced to gold at the recent Regata Internazionale Memorial Paolo d'Aloja in Italy.
Rio Olympics silver medallist, Lawrence Brittain (TuksRowing), joined a small elite group of rowers when he won the Silver Sculls as well as the Grand Challenge (senior coxless fours) at the Buffalo Regatta which took place in East London at the weekend.
Kirsten McCann and Nicole van Wyk (TuksRowing) made it an all-women’s affair during Sunday's John Waugh Rock the Boat Regatta at Roodeplaat Dam by putting out the two best performances of the day.
Kirsten McCann and Nicole van Wyk (TuksRowing) might possibly be Olympic teammates at the 2020 Games in Tokyo but at this weekend's John Waugh Rock the Boat Regatta on Roodeplaat Dam friendship and camaraderie will count for nothing as there can be only one winner.
National rowing coach Roger Barrow has shown his patriotic side by turning down an offer to head up the Australian men and women's rowing programme.
By Mark Etheridge Olympic rowers have praised the recent selection of national coach Roger Barrow as this year's international coach of the year.
By Mark Etheridge South Africa's two-time Olympic rowing coach, Roger Barrow, has been named 2016 World Rowing Coach of the Year.
South Africa's national rowing coach, Roger Barrow is in line for a prestigious award at the World Rowing awards, writes Mark Etheridge.
By Mark Etheridge Just over a week after the closing ceremony of the Rio Paralympics and rower Shannon Murray is still soaking up the atmosphere. Johannesburg's Murray was part of the Mix4LTA crew that ended up fifth in the A-Final.