2019 Aon Maadi Cup


The 2019 Aon Maadi Cup (New Zealand Secondary School Championships) will be hosted by Karapiro Rowing Inc. at Lake Karapiro, Cambridge from 25 - 30 March, with Sunday 31 March morning reserved as a spare day in case of bad weather.

Run by the NZSSRA and Rowing NZ, the Aon Maadi Cup is the national championships for school rowing. Being New Zealand's largest rowing regatta, it's the most prestigious event on the school rowing calendar.

Event details

  • Entries closed at 8am Tuesday 12 March with 2,166 athletes from a record 131 schools
  • Entries received spread across 50 events
  • The largest number of entries received were the boy's and girl's U17 single sculls events
  • Six days of racing including two days of finals - Friday and Saturday
  • A crowd of over 10,000 is expected on Friday and Saturday
  • Full event schedule, entries and live results will be available on rowit.nz

Sponsor support

Aon has been a major partner to Rowing NZ for over 14 years, and the Aon Maadi Cup continues to be proudly sponsored by Aon.

Aon is the leading provider of insurance broking, risk management and associated services both in New Zealand and globally. They pride themselves on protecting all different kinds of Kiwis, from young families through to businesses and farms of all types and sizes. With over 950 staff located in offices spanning from Kerikeri to Invercargill, Kiwis will be sure to find a local Aon broker no matter where they live.

‘’Aon have supported rowing in New Zealand for almost 15 years, and it’s a relationship we’re both grateful for and immensely proud of. Fostering secondary school rowing is incredibly important – it obviously generates talent for future New Zealand representatives, but more importantly it helps grow New Zealand’s youth into great people. Aon have never been the type to provide us with financial support and walk away – they genuinely care about our sport and athletes, and are familiar faces at our regattas across the country. In recent years their support has stretched to working with secondary schools directly and providing much needed equipment. The Aon Maadi Cup remains one of the biggest secondary school sporting events in New Zealand and we’re proud to work alongside Aon to bring it to life each year.’’

Simon Peterson, Rowing NZ Chief Executive

Highlights on SKY Sport

3 April .......................8.00pm..................SKY Sport 4

3 April ........................11:30pm................SKY Sport 4

4 April ........................8.30am..................SKY Sport 4

4 April ........................1.30pm..................SKY Sport 1

4 April ........................5.00pm..................SKY Sport 1

5 April ........................3.30pm..................SKY Sport 1

6 April ........................7.30am..................SKY Sport 3