News from the Rowing Sheds
Mr Andrew Pinelli, Rowing Coordinator
Club Regatta 4
Just before school finished for 2024 in the lead-up to Christmas, our older rowers represented SMC at Club Regatta 4 in the U17 and U19 age groups. This was the last big hit-out before the moratorium commenced, during which school rowers are not permitted to train with each other and instead take a break over the Christmas period.
Some noteworthy results from Club Regatta 4 include:
| First place | |
|---|---|
| U17 women's double (Division 1) | Ruby Wighton and Sarah Thomas |
| Second place | |
|---|---|
| U17 women's double (Division 1) | Lucinda Washington and Grace Coad |
| U17 women's double (Division 3) | Meila Bromfield and Imogen Croall |
| U17 women's four (Division 2) | Molly Brown, Aoife Kelly, Meila Bromfield and Lucinda Washington |
| U19 women's double (Division 2) | Lucinda Washington and Lucy Pinelli |
| Third place | |
|---|---|
| U19 women's quad (Division 1) | Ruby Wighton, Sarah Gillow, Madison Mackey and Sarah Thomas with Evie Croall (cox) |
| U17 women's eight (Division 1) | Molly Brown, Hayley Owens, Aoife Kelly, Lucy Pinelli, Lucinda Washington, Grace Coad, Meila Bromfield and Imogen Croall with Maggie Parker (cox) |
Club Regatta 6
With Christmas and the New Year celebrations now long behind us, Club Regatta 6 took place on the first weekend in February – even before school had started! Our senior rowers once again travelled up the Midlands Highway to Lake Barrington to represent SMC.
Some noteworthy results from Club Regatta 6 include:
| First place | |
|---|---|
| U19 women's single (Division 2) | Sarah Thomas |
| U19 women's double (Division 3) | Meila Bromfield and Imogen Croall |
| U17 women's single (Division 3) | Lucy Pinelli |
| U17 women's single (Division 4) | Lucinda Washington |
| U17 women's single (Division 5) | Meila Bromfield |
| Second place | |
|---|---|
| U19 women's quad (Final) | Sarah Gillow, Ruby Wighton, Madison Mackey and Sarah Thomas with Izzy Godfrey (cox) |
| Third place | |
|---|---|
| U19 women's pair (Division 4) | Lucinda Washington and Lucy Pinelli |
| U19 women's double (Division 2) | Madison Mackey and Sarah Thomas |
| U17 women's single (Division 5) | Imogen Croall |
| U17 women's single (Division 6) | Haily Wasala |
| U17 women's eight (Final) | Molly Brown, Hayely Owens, Aoife Kelly, Lucy Pinelli, Lucinda Washington, Grace Coad, Meila Bromfield and Imogen Croall with Maggie Parker (cox) |
Regional rowers' showdown | South Regatta
Our junior rowers travelled down to Franklin last weekend to compete against the southern rowing schools. The conditions started off quite pleasantly, but as the day progressed, they deteriorated to the point that some races were canceled. That being said, our young rowers certainly put on a fantastic show in the races that they were able to complete, as highlighted below.
| Year 7 Rowers – Singles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Freya Coombe | Second | Division 4 |
| Stella Thristan | First | Division 5 |
| Sophie Breen | Third | Division 5 |
| B Quad | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ceana Brello, Allegra Cole, Lucy Midson and Eloise Bowden | First | Division 2 |
| Eloise Sherriff, Indianna King, Phoebe Watt and Poppy Whelan | Second | Division 2 |
| Doubles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Adelyade Gill and Poppy Whelan | Second | Division 1 |
| Valentina Grzinic and Stella Thristan | First | Division 2 |
| Charlotte McLaren and Fox McGregor | Third | Division 3 |
| Zoe Ratcliffe and Freya Coombe | First | Division 4 |
| Amy Houareau and Frankie Byrne | Third | Division 4 |
| Lucy Midson and Eloise Bowden | First | Division 5 |
| Chloe Plummer and Sophie Breen | Second | Division 5 |
| Ceanna Brello and Allegra Cole | First | Division 6 |
| Year 8 Rowers - Singles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bonnie McManamey | First | Division 2 |
| Evie Bresnehan | Third | Division 2 |
| Matilda Cunningham | First | Division 4 |
| April Direen | Third | Division 4 |
| B Quad | ||
|---|---|---|
| Matilda Cunningham, Bonnie McManamey, Ruby Brown and Evie Bresnehan | First | Division 1 |
| Adisyn Browne, Lucy Parker, Lexie Parker and Ruby Langdale | First | Division 3 |
| Year 9 Rowers – Doubles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ruby Robinson and Charlotte Brimfield | Third | Division 1 |
| Chloe Gray and Soraya Navidad | Second | Division 2 |
| Ruby Langdale and Imogen Richardson | Third | Division 4 |
| Quad | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ashlee Bowden, Chloe Gray, Soraya Navidad and Mia Brooks | Second | Division 1 |
Everyone should be super proud of these results in what were very difficult conditions for most of the day.
A HUGE thank you to all of our parents and friends of rowing. St Mary’s and St Virgil’s were given the opportunity to organise and run a fundraising canteen at the Junior Regatta. Our families and friends did an amazing job getting many donations of fresh or baked goods for sale to the cold, wet and hungry crowds. As a result of these amazing efforts, more than $5,000 was raised, which will certainly help with the costs of rowing.
Fine-tuning of crews and combinations has been done as we move to one of our biggest regattas – the Tasmanian All Schools Championships, which will be held at Lake Barrington this weekend.
Thank you
Last year, both St Mary’s and St Virgil’s College principals generously agreed to donate two sets of sculling oars for our rowers. At nearly $8,000, this was a very generous contribution and one that is most appreciated by our rowers. The oars were finally delivered just prior to Club Regatta 6 and have already had a very good workout.
Upcoming events
| Tasmanian All Schools Championships | |
| Pasta Night and Boat Loading | 20 February |
| Regatta | 22–23 February |
| Club State Championships | |
| Boat Loading (senior rowers) | 6 March |
| Regatta | 7–9 March |
| Head of the River | |
| Pasta Night and Boat Loading | 13 March |
| Regatta | 15 March |
| Australian Rowing Championships – the Nationals | |
| Regatta | 23–30 March |