29 June, 2006 © Boathouse Events Ltd

New Great Race Coach

The job of head coach for the University of Waikato challenge against Cambridge University (U.K) in September has been given to Ross Tong formerly head coach at Kings College Auckland.

Tong has had a good run of success with Kings at the hotly contested Maadi Cup regatta for secondary school students. He has coached the NZ Juniors on 2 occasions to the Junior world championships and has recently purchased a business in Hamilton which ensures that he will be on hand from the start of the campaign, to ensure the Waikato crew are in top form leading up to the Great Race on September 2nd.