- Equestrian - Showjumping
2012 NZU Showjumping Championship Series
The new season sees the launch of the inaugural New Zealand Universities Showjumping Championship Series. Uni students will be excited by the prospect of representing their university in a national showjumping series for the very first time, not to mention the chance of winning University Blues and the possibility of representing New Zealand at the World University Equestrian Championship 2012 at Aachen in Germany in August 2012.
The NZ University Showjumping Championship Series was established by the group setting up the Equestrian Development New Zealand Trust. The new Series is a part of the group’s efforts to help identify and develop emerging equestrian talent through to elite level performances and is sanctioned by University Sport New Zealand and ESNZ.
Not every young rider owned a horse capable of jumping 1.40m+ and the Series is purposely pitched at 1.30m to be challenging yet still accessible to students who might have done well at Junior Rider level, but did not have the time or quality of horse to be competitive at 3-Star Young Rider level over an entire season.
While the inaugural New Zealand Universities Championship is a showjumping series in its first year, the Equestrian Development New Zealand group along with University Sport New Zealand hope to broaden the competition to include dressage and eventing in 2012-13.
This season’s Showjumping Series will be run within existing ESNZ Shows and classes. Riders will accumulate points as individuals, and also for their university as part of an inter-campus competition. They will also need to compete in the Series on a regular basis if they wish to be considered for selection for any New Zealand Universities showjumping team for Aachen in 2012.
Anyone wanting to find out more about the New Zealand Universities Showjumping Championship Series should visit the ESNZ Showjumping website or contact John Varcoe by email ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).
2011 NZU Rowing Championships - Lake Karapiro
The Aon NZ Universities Rowing Champs were held on Lake Karapiro at Easter - more recently known as the venue of the 2010 World Rowing Champs.
The weather was absolutely perfect for rowing - with great racing across the grades.
Waikato Uni shook up the regatta right from the start by winning the Men's Champ 8 - for the first time since it was raced in 1929!!!
Otago took the Women's Champ 8 and ended up winning every single women's event on the programme!
Overall Otago won with 168 points, Victoria 47, Auckland 35, Waikato 18, Massey Wellington 11, Lincoln 5, AUT 0.
New Zealand University Rowing Teams were also selected at the regatta - but will be confirmed early next week after New Zealand under 21 trials are held over the weekend.
To view NZU Rowing Championship results click HERE
To view NZU Rowing Championship points breakdown click HERE
