Here’s a bit of fun to be had — the Star Boat­ing Club (that’s that cool place by the lagoon that you’ve prob­a­bly attend­ed more than a few wed­dings at, or oth­er occa­sions & got your­self com­plete­ly trashed & may or may not have end­ed up in the water in your din­ner suit or ball gown…) in con­junc­tion with Welling­ton Girls Col­lege, Queen Mar­garet’s Col­lege and Welling­ton Col­lege, is hold­ing a 20 hour Row-A-Thon to raise funds for the cur­rent sea­son of races, regat­tas & camps.

It takes place at the Read­ing Com­plex Foy­er (Court­ney Place) between 6pm Fri­day Feb­ru­ary 22 (TONIGHT!!), and Noon Sat­ur­day.

And what is a Row-A-Thon when it’s at home? Well… they’re putting 2 ERG machines (that’s short­hand for Row­ing Machine appar­ent­ly — I’m not sure if it is acrony­mous, or if it rep­re­sents the noise the aver­age per­son makes while being sub­ject­ed to oper­at­ing it), one will be oper­at­ed con­tin­u­ous­ly for 20 hours, and the sec­ond, dear read­er, is for you to have a go at.

The row­ers have been dili­gent­ly scour­ing their neigh­bour­hoods, fam­i­lies, and fam­i­lies’ busi­ness col­leagues get­ting spon­sor­ship, and on the day, those not ERG­ing will be shak­ing tins & per­suad­ing pun­ters to part with a lit­tle Xmas dosh. All for a good cause — those ERGs & the boats don’t grow on trees you know.

So head on down for a look — 91FM & the Black Thun­ders will may be down there at 6pm Fri­day dis­pens­ing cheer & freestuff — or if you hap­pen to be pass­ing, please do donate a lit­tle spare ping for, as I may have men­tioned, a very good cause.

And of course, you have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to try an ERG for your­self. It has to be good for you right?, and there is almost no chance you’ll end up in the lagoon. Bonus.