A warm, New Zealand welcome to the official web site for the 2010 World Rowing Championship, which will take place at Lake Karapiro in 2010.
MPs visit Lake Karapiro 02 September 2010
A group of National MPs from the Economic Development and Tourism Committee enjoyed a guided tour of the preparations for the 2010 World Rowing Championships during a visit to Lake Karapiro on 1 September.
Taupo MP Louise Upston, Hamilton West MP Tim Macindoe and List MPs Katrina Shanks and Aaron Gilmore spent a couple of hours at the Lake and were impressed with the plans for the event.
Wigmore tops NZ Music Awards nominations 02 September 2010
Gin Wigmore, who plays on Friday 5 November at the World Rowing Championships, has been nominated for six Vodafone NZ Music Awards.
She has been nominated for Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Best Female Solo Artist, Breakthrough Artist of the year, Best Pop Album and for the Vodafone Peoples Choice Award. The winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on Thursday 7 October.
Friday 5 November will be an action-packed day at Lake Karapiro with a programme of racing that includes seven medal finals. Racing for gold will be the men’s lightweight pair, the men’s and women’s lightweight double sculls, the men’s and women’s coxless four and the men’s and women’s quadruple sculls. After the excitement of the finals, there will be more thrilling action with the semi-finals of the men’s and women’s lightweight single sculls, the women’s pair and the men’s and women’s double sculls.
Building begins on NZ’s biggest grandstand 27 August 2010
Work starts on Saturday 28 August on the construction of the main grandstand for the 2010 World Rowing Championships. At just under 10,000 seats, this will be the biggest temporary grandstand ever built in New Zealand.
The grandstand will stretch 142 metres down the Mighty River Domain Embankment and provide covered seating for 6000 spectators and open seating for another 4000. It will take approximately six weeks to build.
The topography of the Embankment and safety requirements posed several design challenges. The grandstand goes over a boat ramp area and, at that point, will be more than 25 metres high. The canopy, which covers the back two thirds of the grandstand, was required to be strong enough to withstand 100 knot winds. The solution has been the innovative use of marquee materials, secured by 112 tons of anchors.
