New Zealand rowing trio up for big awards
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A trio of New Zealand best females rowers are in contention for World Rowing awards.
Single sculler Emma Twigg has been acknowledged for her efforts in 2025, while Kerri Williams and Grace Prendergast have been noted for performances during their careers.
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Twigg is in contention for the Women's Crew of the Year after winning the solo title at the World Beach Sprint Finals in Turkey in November.
Williams and Prendergast, have been named as finalists for the Thomas Keller Medal which recognises a contribution to rowing.
Thrity-eight-ear-oldTwigg an Olympic and world single sculls champion, switched to beach racing following the Paris Olympics and has now set her sights on competing at the LA 2028 Olympics, where the event will debut.
Williams (nee Gowler) and Prendergast won one Olympic and three coxless pairs titles together.
Williams won three Olympic medals and five World Championship titles in total, while Prendergast won two Olympic medals and five world titles.
In 2019, Kerri and Grace Prendergast became the first New Zealand female athletes to win a World Rowing Championship title in two events in the same year, the Women's Pair and Eight.
Twigg is up against the world championship winning Dutch eight and the world championship winning Romanian pair for the Women's Crew of the Year award.
Five New Zealanders have previously won the Thomas Keller Medal. Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell in 2016, Eric Murray and Hamish Bond in 2018 and Mahe Drysdale in 2022.
The winners will be confirmed next month.