Athlete's new challenge

... Endacott, who has run several New York marathons, won disabled tennis titles, plays rugby league, and has scaled Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro, was one of the first disabled people to try out adaptive rowing this week on the Avon River at Kerrs Reach.

Christchurch's Union Rowing Club has been approved to start training disabled athletes in specially-adapted single sculling boats as part of a two-year pilot which is expected to be used as a model for other clubs.

Endacott's rowing coach, Adrian Henning, said he would help Endacott train for the Beijing Paralympics in September next year, as rowing had just been accepted as a sport for the games.

Endacott would train for the World Rowing Championships in Germany this August, which would in turn qualify him for the Para-lympics.

"All Gary's sports have been about personal achievement.

"This is a way for him to wear the silver fern and, hopefully, stand on a podium to hear the national anthem for New Zealand," Henning said.

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