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| Photo by Rob Bristow |
The event is named after Billy Webb who won NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST EVER world sculling title in 1907 and successfully defended the title on the Whanganui River a year later.
This is the third running after the first event was staged to mark the Centennary of Billy Webbs’s famous victory in 1908. Big crowds have watched the “best on the planet” race, including NZ’s four time world champion Mahe Drysdale who was defeated by two time Olympic champion Olaf Tufte (Norway) in 2008. Mahe returned in 2009 and was successful in completing the course ahead of Tim Maeyens and Wildcard race winner Nathan Cohen.
This year’s event is shaping up to be a cracker with many of the top scullers already signalling an interest to be there. If predictions are anything to go by it looks likely that 20 of the world’s top single scullers will do battle on the Whanganui River.
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