2010

The biggest most exciting event in world rowing for many years is coming to Cambridge, as is the New Zealand National Rowing Championships, all to be held at Karapiro starting 16th February 2010.

KIRS has been central to world rowing for more than 20 years and we are very proud to have seen many of our boats cross the line ahead of the field in gold-winning position.

Here at KIRS our team of world class rowing boat builders focus all their time on designing and building tailor-made rowing skiffs that deliver comfort, speed and reliability for competitive rowers who desire to be successful.

If you are considering purchasing a new competitive rowing boat in the near future give Nathan or Bob a call to discuss your options.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

TWO WORLD GOLD MEDALS IN KIRS BOATS

October 2009 saw Mahe Drysdale and Duncan Grant both win Gold Medals and secure their World Champion titles in KIRS boats at the World Rowing Championships in Poznan.
Fourth-time World Champion Mahe Drysdale shattered the world’s best time of 6.33 - and earned himself another gold - in a KIRS 8.35W black boat.
Duncan Grant retained his third lightweight single sculls world championship title with a gold - leading from the front of the race and finishing a second and a half faster than Greek Vasileios Polymeros and Japan’s Daisaku Takeda.

NEW PREMISES FOR EXPANSION OF KIRS

August 2009 saw Kiwi International Rowing Skiffs shift to their new purpose-built 1100 sqm premises on Victoria Road to cope with the expansion of the business. Shifting over a period of 4 weeks ensured that there was no loss to production. The larger premises has allowed us to create a more efficient factory floor. We have upgraded and reconditioned all plant and equipment.

WE’RE FOCUSSED ON 2010

The team at KIRS is excited about 2010 and the World Championships coming to Lake Karapiro. We invite any international or local crews to check out our new premises and trial a KIRS boat. 70-80% of all club and school equipment is KIRS-made, come and experience KIRS and we’ll deliver on comfort, speed, reliability and competitive racing rowing boats.
BELGIUM MENS DOUBLE SCULL - Karapiro Training Camp - November 2009, trialled a KIRS 9.9
ESTONIA MENS DOUBLE SCULL - Karapiro Training Camp - November 2009, trialled a KIRS 9.906

LOOKING FOR OVERSEAS AGENTS

KIRS is currently looking for agents in Asia, America, Canada and South America. Email your interest to kirs@xtra.co.nz

OUR MISSION IS...

To design and build tailor-made rowing skiffs that deliver comfort, speed and reliability for competitive rowers who desire to be successful.

We are proud of the
quality of our products

KIRS has over 29 years experience in the boat building industry and we’re proud of the quality of our locally-manufactured products built to leading-edge performance-based standards.
Buying NZ Made products supports the local community, creates jobs and promotes growth - which is a win, win situation for all New Zealanders.
We pride ourselves on the service we provide our customers - innovation, reliability, local service, repairs, spare parts and knowledge.