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Welcome to the 'Kiwi Pair' website

 Multiple National Champions, senior members of Rowing New Zealand’s successful Elite squad, former members of the winning 2007 Munich World Championship Coxless Four, Halberg Award Winners, multiple sports awards winners and fierce race rivals Hamish Bond and Eric Murray have come together to form the New Zealand men’s Coxless Pair - the 'Kiwi Pair'.  

2010 International Results

2010 World Cup, Lucerne Switzerland:

Men's Pair - Heat: NZL 1st

Men's Pair - Semi-final: NZL 1st

Men’s Pair – Final: NZL 1st   

2010 Henley Royal Regatta, London:

The Silver Goblets & Nickalls’ Challenge Cup for men’s pairs

1st Round: Murray & Bond, Beat, B.B. Simpson & S. Waterson, Verdict- Easily

2nd Round: Murray & Bond, Beat, D.R. Pring & A.J. Holden-Smith, Verdict - Easily

Semi-final: Murray & Bond, Beat, C.F. Nichol & T.F. Burton, Verdict – 3 ¾  Lengths

Final: Murray & Bond, Beat Triggs Hodge & Reed, Verdict – Easily 

2010 World Cup, Munich Germany:

Men's Pair - Heat: NZL 1st

Men's Pair - Semi-final: NZL 1st

Men’s Pair – Final: NZL 1st   

2010 World Cup, Bled, Slovenia:

Men's Pair - Heat: NZL 1st

Men's Pair - Semi-final: NZL 1st 

Men's Pair - Final: NZL 1st  

2009 International Results 

2009 World Rowing Championships:

Men's Pair - Heat 3: NZL 1st

Men's Pair - Semi-final 2: NZL 1st

Men's Pair - Final: NZL 1st 

World Cup Munich, Germany:

Men’s Pair – Heat 1: NZL 1st

Men’s Pair – Final A: NZL 1st 

Henley Royal Regatta, London:

The Silver Goblets & Nickalls’ Challenge Cup for men’s pairs

1st Round: Murray & Bond, Beat Mitsuoka & Hamada, Verdict- Easily

2nd Round: Murray & Bond, Beat Holden-Smith & Randolph, Verdict - Easily

3rd Round: Murray & Bond, Beat Triggs Hodge & Reed, Verdict – 2 ½ Lengths

Round & Final: Murray & Bond, Beat Keeling & Di Clementé, Verdict – Easily 

World Cup Lucerne, Switzerland:

Men’s Pair – Heat 1: NZL 1st

Men’s Pair – Final A: NZL 1st 

Welcome to the brand new “Kiwi Pair” website. Hamish Bond and Eric Murray would like to invite you to bookmark www.kiwipair.co.nz, share it with your friends and join us on our journey. The boys’  new site will enable you to keep up to date with their training, their race preparation and the big races this year and beyond. This year for almost three months, these two athletic, highly motivated, dedicated, competitive and driven ‘Kiwi blokes’ will attempt to become the Best in the World. Their journey has already taken them to three regattas in three different countries and there is one – the Big One – still to come in Poznan, Poland.Their will to win is real …. The training is the toughest out there…. Their goals are simple….

 
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Kiwi 4-  Hamish & Eric, along with Carl Meyer & James Dallinger, were members of the NZ Coxless Four that won the World Championship title in Munich, Germany on the 1st September 2007. The Four won the title after a great European season, winning a World Cup race in Amsterdam and getting Bronze at the World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland.    
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Good times in Beijing  After the disappointment of the rowing it was time to relax and enjoy the “Olympic Experience”. Being an athlete entitled us to get available tickets to see different events and venues for all a large array of sports. To watch other history making moments form other sports, were memories that we won’t forget.   Being relaxed and Down-to-earth sort of guys that we are, means that we can be enemies of other crews on the water, but also be friends with them off. We all have the same common ultimate goal and that is to win! But once the competing is out of the way, then its time to enjoy the company of the people that have also devoted their lives in the pursuit of their dreams.   There were many parties and many friends made not only at Beijing, but from previous years racing in the coxless four. It was a great experience which to this day, we still keep in contact with many of our international friends. I know that I already have a full house booked for when the Worlds come to Karapiro in 2010.   Eric.
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Trial Time  After the season of part time training in the pair, we headed into trials with the hope that what we had achieved by a couple of very dominating races over the summer, would lead the selectors to see our potential and put us in the pair. It turned out to be a very easy trial for the both of us! With no seat racing or any real testing, we were put into the pair for training and told to prepare for our time-trial. We had Marvelous conditions for our trial and set down a time we knew would make the selectors see that we were in fact the best choice for the pair, and a trip to Europe for the international racing season would be on the cards. It will be a new chapter in the book for both Hamish and I, and I know that the challenge is there for us to take hold of with both hands and show what we can do. We have a new coach this year in Richard Tonks, and we know his style of coaching will bring out the best in both of us.
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The New Pair The NEW Kiwi Pair   Hamish Bond. Born & breed in Dunedin, Was educated at Otago Boys & started rowing in 1999. Went through the Junior & U23 ranks before becoming Elite in 2006. Hamish was a member of the Coxless four from 2006-2008 & Competed in Beijing. Hamish studies a Bachelor of Business Studies, majoring in Finance through Massey University Extramural. He is not only a good rower but a good cyclist and manages to hold his own against some of the Elite NZ Cycling has to offer.   Eric Murray, Born Hastings, Grew up in Bombay & and was educated at Pukekohe High School. He started rowing in 1997. Eric also made his way through NZ rep teams at Junior & U23 level. Became Elite in 2003. Eric was a member of the Coxless four from 2004-2008 and competed at both the Athens & Beijing Olympics. Eric is Studying a Bachelor of Business Management, and works part time as an Operations Manager at Kiwi International Rowing Skiffs. 
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