Rowing Report

Rowing Report

Rowing NSW All Schools Championship Regatta, Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith Lakes

Cranbrook competed at the biggest one-day regatta ever held in Australia. 1440 students representing 41 schools descended on the Olympic Course for what can only be described as a mad day of rowing.

Of the 35 schools that won medals Cranbrook finished 5th with 4 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Bronze Medals. Cranbrook was the highest placed single sex school, only Co-Educational schools finished ahead on the Medal tally.

On a frenetic day of rowing that saw Cranbrook’s fleet of racing boats barely off the water, there were many exciting and heroic performances. Highlights included,

  • Gold Medals
    • Oscar Dery & Myles Gregory in the A Final Y8 Double Scull
    • James Campbell & Max Allchin in the A Final Y10 Double Scull
    • Flynn Henderson, Perry Martin , Jesse Lane, Ishaan Jeena and Felix Evan in the D Final of the Y9 Quadruple Scull
    • Cody Ogg, Oscar Gerard, Oli Orden, Seb Koczkar and Isaac Coady in the E Final of the Y9 Quadruple Scull
  • Silver Medals
    • Tom Scharrer-Rowlands, Henry Dawson, Sol Stahis, Ed Williams and Tomas Loukes in the B Final of the Open Quadruple Sculls
    • Charles Carrano, Gus Pulsford, Leo Marchant-Williams, Oli Klass and Felix Evans in the B Final of the Y8 Quadruple Sculls
    • Ishan Jeena and Seb Koczkar in the A Final of the Y9 Double Sculls
  • Bronze Medals
    • Luke Martin, Charlie Mann, Eddy Hartwright, Toby Lane and Owen Mudie in the A Final of the Open Quadruple Scull
    • Jensen Lee, Fred Emmanuel, Noah Kemp, Oliver Southwell-Keely and Arlo Pollack in the C Final of the Y9 Quadruple Scull
    • Max Myndreskou, Max Daly, Matt Morris, Harry Moylan and Tomas Loukes in the D Final of the Y9 Quadruple Scull

There were many more outstanding examples of courage and determination that didn’t result in a trip to the podium but were nonetheless admirable in themselves. One of the most courageous was the Year 10 1st Quad of Tate Leggatt, Edward John-O’Brien, James Campbell, Max Allchin and Fergus Dawson-Damer who had a see-sawing battle with Canberra Grammar in the A Final only to fall just short on the last 2 strokes.

All the boys put their heart and soul into their racing and did Cranbrook proud!

A massive thanks to Isaac Coady, Tomas Loukes, Tomaz Marcal, Felix Evans, Arlo Pollack, Jimmy Walsh and Fergus Dawson-Damer who helped out across multiple age groups to ensure that everyone got a chance to race. A huge ‘chapeau’ to our coaches; Adrian Henning, Stephen Irons, Sam Logan, Will Wright, Will Begg, Jasper Dawson-Damer, Barney Roach and Mr Pardey who did a herculean job to ensure that every crew made it to the start line. And finally a BIG Thank You to the FCBC Committee for feeding the boys and coaches all day and to parents who came along and added their support to this great occasion.

Regards

Sam Carroll
Head of Rowing