RESULTS
KIRS boats continue to compete at Olympic and World Championship Level.
Duncan Grant defended his Lightweight World Championship Title in 2009 showing his true class. In the same mould, K7.9, Graham Oberlin-Brown won the U23 World Championship Lightweight Title in 2008 to keep the boat unbeaten in this event for three years in succession.
Mahe Drysdale showed his true class by winning the 2009 World Championship and in the process set the World's Best Time. The K8.35 mould once again set the World’s Best Time for the Men’s Single Scull. Mahe has now picked up four World Championship Title’s in a KIRS and and Olympic Bronze.
The Australian lightweight four continued to use the K12 mould and have done for the past 3 Olympics. This moulds success was show by the New Zealand Women’s Junior Coxless Four picking up a World Championship Title in 2008 at Linz.
The continued development of the larger boat moulds has produced successive podium finishes over the past three years at the Junior Worlds. The New Zealand Junior Men’s 8+, using the K17.5, have picked up a gold and two silvers in 2008, 2007 and 2006
NEW ZEALAND KIRS RESULTS FOR 2004-2010
KIRS 8.35 1x: World Championships - Karapiro - 2010 - 3rd - Men's Single Scull - Mahe Drysdale
World Championships - Poznan - 2009 - 1st - Men's Single Scull - Mahe Drysdale
Olympic Games - Beijing - 2008 - 3rd - Men's Single Scull - Mahe Drysdale World Championships - Munich - 2007 - 1st - Men's Single Scull - Mahe Drysdale
World Championships - Eton - 2006 - 1st - Men's Single Scull - Mahe Drysdale
World Championships - Gifu - 2005 -1st - Men's Single Scull - Mahe Drysdale
KIRS 7.9 1x:
World Championships - Karapiro - 2010 - 2nd - Men’s Lightweight Single Scull - Lukas Babac World Championships - Poznan - 2009 - 1st - Men’s Lightweight Single Scull - Duncan Grant World Championships - Linz - 2008 - 1st - Men’s Lightweight Single Scull - Duncan Grant
World Championships - Munich - 2007 - 1st - Men’s Lightweight Single Scull - Duncan Grant
World Championships - Eton - 2006 - 3rd - Men’s Lightweight Single Scull - Duncan Grant
U23 World Championships - Brandenburg - 2008 - 1st - Men’s Lightweight Single Scull - Graham Oberlin-Brown
U23 World Championships - Strathclyde - 2007 - 1st - Men’s Lightweight Single Scull - Storm Uru
U23 World Championships - Hazewinkel - 2006 - 1st - Men’s Lightweight Single Scull - Strom Uru
KIRS 8.1 1x:
U23 World Championships - Strathclyde - 2007 - 1st - Women’s Single Scull - Emma Twigg
U23 World Championships - Amsterdam - 2005 - 3rd - Men’s Lightweight Single Scull - Storm Uru
Junior World Championships - Brandenburg - 2005 - 1st - Junior Women’s Single Scull - Emma Twigg
KIRS 9.4 2x-:
U23 World Championships - Hazelwinkel - 2006 - 1st - Men’s Lightweight Double - Graham Oberlin-Brown & Peter Taylor
KIRS 9.9 2x-:
World Championships - Eton - 2006 - 2nd - Men’s Coxless Pair - Nathan Twaddle & George Bridgewater
World Championships - Eton - 2006 - 3rd - Women’s Double Scull - Caroline Evers-Swindell & Georgina Evers-Swindell
World Championships - Gifu - 2005 - 1st - Men’s Coxless Pair - Nathan Twaddle & George Bridgewater
World Championships - Gifu - 2005 - 1st - Women’s Double Scull - Caroline Evers-Swindell & Georgina Evers-Swindell
Olympic Games - 2004 - 1st - Women’s Double Scull - Caroline Evers-Swindell & Georgina Evers-Swindell
KIRS 12 Pencil 4-:
Junior World Championships - Linz - 2008 - 1st - Junior Women’s Coxless Four – Sophie Spiers, Anna Dawson, Hayley Hoogeveen, Lucy Spoors
Junior World Championships - Linz- 2008 - 3rd - Junior Women’s Coxless Quad – Regan Barkla, Paparangi Hipango, Sarah Gray, Julia Trautvetter
Junior World Championships - Amsterdam - 2006 - 2nd - Junior Women’s Coxless Quad - Kate Reymer, Genevieve Armstrong, Laura Fischer, Anna Stantiall
U23 World Championships - Amsterdam - 2005 - 3rd - U23 Women’s Coxless Quad - Bess Halley, Rebecca Scown, Darnelle Timbs, Clementine Marshall
World U23 Regatta - Ponzan - 2004 - 1st - U23 Women’s Coxless Quad - Bess Halley, Fiona Paterson, Jaime Nielsen, Darnelle Timbs
KIRS 13 4-:
U23 World Championships - Strathclyde - 2007 - 2nd - U23 Men’s Coxless Four - Jared Pehi, Ben Hammond, David Eade, Chris Harris
KIRS 13.1 4+:
World Championships - Eton - 2006 - 3rd - Men’s Coxed Four - James Dallinger, Steven Cottle, Paul Gerritsen, Dane Boswell, Daniel Quigley
U23 World Championships - Hazewinkel - 2006 - 1st - U23 Men's Coxed Four - James Dallinger, Steven Cottle, Paul Gerritsen, Dane Boswell, Daniel Quigley
KIRS 17.5 8+:
Junior World Championships - Linz - 2008 - 2nd - Michael Berry, William Meates, Ben Bullock, Jason Kitchin, Andrew Healey, James O’Connor, Duncan Hall, Isaac Holden, Matthew Cameron
Junior World Championships - Beijing - 2007 - 2nd - James Lassche, Benjamin Wooding, Benjamin Lynton, Brad Ross, Tyler Sherman, James Osborne, Josh Payne, Tyson Williams, Robert Salvesen
Junior World Championships - Amsterdam - 2006 - 1st – James O’Connor, Michael Arms, Tyler Sherman, Benjamin Lynton, Sam O’Connor, Josiah Lester, Jared Pehi, David Eade, Robert Salvesen
WORLD BEST TIMES
KIRS 8.35 - FISA World Best Time 2009 - Poznan - Men’s Single - Mahe Drysdale
KIRS 9.9 - FISA World Best Time - 2002 - Seville -Women’s Double - Caroline Evers-Swindell & Georgina Evers-Swindell
KIRS 7.9 - FISA U23 World Best Time - Hazewinkel - 2006 - Men’s Lightweight Single - Duncan Grant
KIRS 9.4 - FISA U23 World Best Time - Hazewinkel - 2006 - Men’s Lightweight Double - Graham Oberlin-Brown & Peter Taylor
KIRS 13 - FISA U23 World Best Time - Hazewinkel - 2006 - Men’s Coxed Four - James Dallinger, Steven Cottle, Paul Gerritsen, Dane Boswell, Daniel Quigley