Sports news - Rowing
Mr Andrew Pinelli, Rowing Coordinator
News from the rowing sheds
Our rowers have been very busy over the last two weeks with plenty of on- and off-water activities. Morning training has continued, along with afternoon gym sessions for senior rowers, and the regatta season is really starting to kick off for all of our rowers.
New Town Bay Mini-Regatta
Our Junior Rowers had an informal racing experience on Saturday 9 November out of our own New Town Bay Rowing Sheds. This is an annual event that the Saints Rowing Club jointly organise and gives the junior rowers the opportunity to practise what they have been doing during training. It is an informal event, with participation and enjoyment the key objectives.
The Mini-Regatta also gave us the opportunity to do some much-needed fundraising for the Club. A huge thank you to all of our parents and friends who donated items to make our fundraising efforts a great success. We were very fortunate to receive donations of soft drinks (Bronwyn Mackey) along with coffee beans and cups (Simon Crealey), which contributed greatly to our successful fundraising. Thank you also to Buckingham Rowing Club for allowing us to use the coffee machine and the function centre area.
Junior Regatta (South)
Last weekend, our junior rowers (U13, U14 and U15) headed south to the Franklin River. For many of our rowers, this was their first regatta and also their first time at the Franklin. We were fortunate to have favourable weather conditions for most of the day, but the Franklin is renowned for offering difficult conditions even for the most experienced rowers.
A big thank you to our senior and U16 rowers who made themselves available to lend their experienced hands to our novice rowers. Their support on and off the water was invaluable. Congratulations to all of our coaches for preparing our young rowers so well for the regatta. As you can see from the results below, our rowers performed very well. Thank you also to all of our parents for their support on the day with unloading/loading boats and carrying oars and boats to and from the water.
Here are some noteworthy results from last weekend’s regatta:
| First place | |
|---|---|
| U13 women’s double (Division 1) | Freya Coombe and Zoe Ratcliffe |
| U13 women's quad A (Division 1) | Adelayde Gill, Poppy Whelan, Charlotte McLaren, Fox McGregor, Varvara Iusupova (Cox) |
| U13 women's quad A (Division 3) | Zoe Ratcliffe, Valentina Grzinic, Stella Thristan, Freya Coombe, Lucy Pinelli (Cox) |
| U13 women's quad B (Division 1) | Jemima Innis, Melita Pettersen, Stella Thristan, Valentina Grzinic, (Cox) Freya Dickman |
| U14 women's quad A (Division 3) | Ruby Brown, Marisol Navidad, Lucy Parker, Annaliese Carter, Lucy Pinelli (Cox) |
| U14 women's single (Division 2) | Annaliese Carter |
| U14 women's single (Division 3) | Sophia Carter |
| U15 women's single (Division 2) | Charlotte Brimfield |
| U15 women's single (Division 3) | Chloe Gray |
| U15 women's single (Division 4) | Mia Brooks |
| U15 women's single (Division 5) | Soraya Navidad |
| U15 women's quad (Division 2) | Soraya Navidad, Charlotte Brimfield, Chloe Gray, Mia Brooks, Freya Dickman (Cox) |
| Second place | |
|---|---|
| U13 women’s quad A (Division 1) | Chloe Plummer, Melita Pettersen, Sophie Breen, Jemima Innis, Izzy Godfrey (Cox) |
| U13 women's quad A (Division 3) | Ceana Brello, Allegra Cole, Lucy Midson, Eloise Bowden, Maggie Parker (Cox) |
| U14 women's quad (Division 3) | Adisyn Browne, Jean Beerworth, Fox McGregor, Freya Coombe, Freya Dickman (Cox) |
| U14 women's double (Division 1) | Sophia Carter and Ruby Langdale |
| U14 women's double (Division 3) | Lexi Parker and Marisol Navidad |
| U14 women's double (Division 4) | Stella Hicks and April Direen |
| U15 women's double (Division 2) | Charlotte Brimfield and Ruby Robinson |
| U15 women's double (Division 4) | Soha Ghiasvand and Chloe Gray |
| U15 women's single (Division 2) | Ashlee Bowden |
| U15 women's single (Division 3) | Ruby Robinson |
| U15 women's quad B | Imogen Richardson, Soha Ghiasvand, Ava Buhse, Lexi Parker, Ruby Brown (Cox) |
Point to Pinnacle fundraising
We had the opportunity to run some of the drink stations for the Point2Pinnacle run on Sunday. A big thank you to all our rowing families who assisted with this and helped raise much-needed funds for our club. Special thanks to Bronwyn Mackey for your organisation.
Scratchie Christmas Tree Raffle
All rowing families are reminded to give their donated ‘scratchie’ tickets to age group managers as soon as possible for our Christmas Raffle.
Upcoming events
| 21 November | Boat loading for U16 and Open rowers |
| 23–24 November | Club Regatta 3 at Lake Barrington |
| 5 December | Boat loading for U14, U14 and U15 |
| 7 December | Junior Quad Regatta |
| 12 December | Boat loading for U16 and Open rowers |