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Joe Latta (front) and Robbie Mears win the under-16 double sculls at the Maadi Cup regatta at Lake Ruataniwha last week. |
More success for super coach Fred Strachan with the Otago Boys’ High School under-16 double sculls combination of Joe Latta and Robert Mears winning a gold medal at last week’s Maadi Cup national secondary schools rowing regatta at Lake Ruataniwha.
The crew was in third spot at the 1000 metre mark and was still trailing with 250 metres remaining. With 200 metres still to row the pair were half a length down but lifted its stroke rate and blasted past Te Kauwhata High School to take the gold medal by a healthy margin.
Mears and Latta are two 15-year-olds from South Otago farms and board School House. Strachan believes both have the talent to go on to be future New Zealand representatives.
