West End
Rowing Club
Rowing Club
West End is Auckland's rowing club for every rower — first-timers, school kids, masters and future Olympians — on the Whau since 1884.
Never held an oar? Perfect. Give it a Row is five Sunday mornings that take you from the rowing machine to gliding on the water. Any age, no experience, no commitment beyond the course. NZ$250 — register your interest for the next intake.
Find out about Give it a RowOur novice and club squads train under head coach Sam Jackson — a world-champion coach — and race the full season through to the NZ National Championships. Recent squads have brought home national medals and sent five members into NZ U23 crews in a single year.
Join the club squadMasters at West End is for anyone 27+ — returning rowers, rowing parents, and complete beginners who want a crew to grow old disgracefully with. Train as much or as little as life allows.
Meet the mastersAke Ake Kia Kaha — forever and ever, be strong.
Founded in 1884, West End Rowing Club is based at Saunders Reserve on the Whau River — with a boatshed at Mercer and a coastal clubhouse at Cox's Bay. We cater for all: juniors to masters, novices to internationals. We're one of New Zealand's oldest and largest rowing clubs — and we like to think one of the friendliest.
Coastal rowing and beach sprints are rowing's fastest-growing disciplines — short, loud, spectator-friendly and on the Olympic pathway. Our purpose-built clubhouse at Cox's Bay is where Auckland tries it first. West End's Erin James has already worn the silver fern in coastal.
Discover coastal rowing
It was no surprise that WERC had a big proportion of the entries at the first round of Beach Sprints racing this weekend. A last hit out for the elite team before Worlds, a first time out for our Coastal squad, and…
Harry Fitzpatrick is selected in not one but two New Zealand crews for the World Rowing Champs in August — the NZ Men's Four and Eight. A proud West Ender and St Peter's old boy, wearing the silver fern once again.
Huge news: our Lead Women's Coach is selected as coxswain of the NZ Women's 8+ for the World Champs in August — recognition of Harry's leadership on and off the water.
Give it a Row — five Sundays, 8–10 am, Saunders Reserve, Avondale. NZ$250, all equipment provided. Places are limited and courses fill, so register your interest and we'll tell you when the next one opens.
Register my interestOne short email a month: course dates, race results and what's on at the club. No spam, ever.
