{"id":30503,"date":"2025-09-19T00:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T00:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/30503\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T00:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T00:03:11","slug":"rowers-excited-for-mixed-events-ill-get-to-go-the-fastest-ive-ever-gone-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/30503\/","title":{"rendered":"Rowers excited for mixed events: \u2018I\u2019ll get to go the fastest I\u2019ve ever gone\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beckie Leigh is competing at her first elite World Championships having come through the Rowing New Zealand system after finishing school.<\/p>\n

She is a part of the Coxless Four with Alana Sherman and two other relative newcomers Isla Blake and Juliette Lequeux.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old said with a number of our top rowers taking this year off competition following the Olympics, it gave the likes of herself the opportunity to show what they could do.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is cool knowing that the next generation of people are coming through and everyone racing now is looking towards LA (2028 Olympics)<\/a>,\u201d Leigh said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut in the back of my mind I know there will be people coming back and so the field is only going to get faster, but it gives the opportunity to have a taster now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Women'sWomen’s Four Juliette Lequeux, Alana Sherman, Isla Blake and Beckie Leigh of New Zealand during the World Rowing Cup Lucerne, Switzerland, 2025. Photo \/ Rowing NZ 2025, Photosport<\/p>\n

The new look four finished third at one of the World Cup races<\/a> earlier this year which has given Leigh and her crew-mates confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to win the damn thing, that\u2019s the reason we\u2019re here, but honestly getting into the A final and then getting on the podium would be wicked.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two mixed events will be held on the last day of competition with heats and finals.<\/p>\n

Leigh will also take her seat in the mixed eight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited about it, I\u2019ll get to go the fastest I\u2019ve ever gone down a course, because half the boat is full of guys.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe girls bring the finesse and a bit more technicality to the boat and the guys bring the power.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leigh said there was not any way to gauge how they may go.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all just a lot of fun and not really any expectations around it because there is no standard you can compare yourself to because it is so new which makes it quite a bit of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 18-strong New Zealand team includes former lightweight sculler Matthew Dunham who was brought in as a sickness replacement for the heavyweight men\u2019s coxless four after a late invitation to attend last month\u2019s trials at Lake Kar\u0101piro.<\/p>\n

If it had not been for Dunham the four may not have made the trip to China.<\/a><\/p>\n

The men\u2019s double of Finn Hamill and Ben Mason and the men\u2019s pair Ben Taylor and Oliver Welch are both expected to perform well after recording podium finishes during the World Cup series earlier this year.<\/p>\n

These championships will also feature the new qualification system adopted by World Rowing.<\/p>\n

Repechages have been replaced with a fastest loser system where the top two crews in each heat advance directly, and remaining spots are filled by the fastest crews from other heats.<\/p>\n

\"Men'sMen’s Double Sculls Ben Mason and Finn Hamill of New Zealand during the World Rowing Cup Lucerne, Switzerland, 2025. Photo \/ Rowing NZ 2025, Photosport<\/p>\n

New Zealand Rowing Team to compete at the 2025 World Rowing Championships, Shanghai, China 21-28 September<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Single Scull<\/p>\n

Logan Ullrich, Waikato Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Double Scull<\/p>\n

Ben Mason, Avon Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Finn Hamill, Waikato Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Coxless Pair<\/p>\n

Ben Taylor, Avon Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Oliver Welch, Avon Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Coxless Four<\/p>\n

Alana Sherman, Waikato Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Isla Blake, Waikato Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Rebecca Leigh, Cambridge Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Juliette Lequeux, Otago University Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Quad<\/p>\n

Kathryn Glen, Avon Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Stella Clayton-Greene, Hauraki-Plains Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Ella Cossill, Waikato Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Veronica Wall, Ashburton Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Coxless Four<\/p>\n

Flynn Watson, Avon Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Zack Rumble, Avon Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Campbell Crouch, Waikato Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Matthew Dunham, Cambridge Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Mixed Double<\/p>\n

Ben Mason, Avon Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Kathryn Glen, Avon Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Mixed Eight<\/p>\n

Alana Sherman, Waikato Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Isla Blake, Waikato Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Rebecca Leigh, Cambridge Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Juliette Lequeux, Otago University Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Ben Taylor, Avon Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Oliver Welch, Avon Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Flynn Watson, Avon Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Campbell Crouch, Waikato Rowing Club<\/p>\n

Harry Molloy, Cox, North Shore Rowing Club, Thames Rowing Club<\/p>\n

-RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beckie Leigh is competing at her first elite World Championships having come through the Rowing New Zealand system…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[184,3685,6440,22771,29420,2082,1333,29419,2219,29418,21080,12235,111,43,139,69,29417,223,61],"class_list":["post-30503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-barry","tag-events","tag-ever","tag-excited","tag-fastest","tag-for","tag-get","tag-go","tag-gone","tag-ill","tag-ive","tag-mixed","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rowers","tag-the","tag-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}