Elite Trial – Confirmation World Championships

The following athletes are invited to attend the 2026 Elite Confirmation at Lake Karāpiro from 25 June to 28 June 2026.

This is to select the team to compete at the 2026 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands 24-30 August.

Athletes are asked to confirm their acceptance of the invitation via email to Lisa Holton (lisa@rowingnz.kiwi) no later than Friday 19 June.

Women 

Alana Sherman, Waikato Rowing Club

Alice Fahey*, Star Boating Club

Ella Cossill, Waikato Rowing Club

Eva Hofmans, Waikato Rowing Club

Hannah Matehaere, Otago University Rowing Club

Isla Blake, Waikato Rowing Club

Juliette Lequeux, Otago University Rowing Club

Kate Haines, Waikato Rowing Club

Katherine Lush, Waikato Rowing Club

Kathryn Glen*, Avon Rowing Club

Olivia Hay, North Shore Rowing Club

Rebecca Leigh, Cambridge Rowing Club

Shakira Mirfin*, Invercargill Rowing Club

Sophie Egnot-Johnson, Waikato Rowing Club

Stella Clayton-Greene, Hauraki Plains Rowing Club

Veronica Wall, Ashburton Rowing Club

Men 

Arie Rasmussen, Magasiva Star Boating Club

Ben Mason, Avon Rowing Club

Ben Olifiers, Waikato Rowing Club

Ben Taylor, Avon Rowing Club

Callum Tutbury, Waikato Rowing Club

Campbell Crouch, Waikato Rowing Club

Finn Hamill, Waikato Rowing Club

Fred Vavasour, Wairau Rowing Club

Harry Fitzpatrick, West End Rowing Club

Joshua Vodanovich, Waikato Rowing Club

Matt Macdonald, North Shore Rowing Club

Ollie Maclean, North Shore Rowing Club

Oliver Welch, Avon Rowing Club

Oscar Ruston, Waikato Rowing Club

Coxswains

Annabelle Scott, Waikato Rowing Club

Harry Malloy, North Shore Rowing Club

Oliver Duncan, Waikato Rowing Club

*subject to medical