Rowing Report
The Term 4 2023 Rowing Season has been run at breakneck speed. 108 boys commenced the season in September, a record number for the Boat Club in recent years.
A successful Holiday Rowing Camp in September was followed by an equally successful Season Launch held on the School’s Chapel Lawn with several hundred boys and guests turning up to christen new additions to the fleet.
After a month of training all boys travelled to the Olympic Course on Penrith Lakes to contest the Independent Schools Championships and were rewarded with a 2nd overall placing amongst Boys Schools. Individual highlights included Max Allchin and James Campbell winning the Gold Medal in the Year 9 Double Sculls while a Silver Medal was won by the Year 8 Quad Scull of; Forbes Blackstone, Sam Farquhar, Fred Emmanuel, Sandy Clegg and James Walsh who overtook the early leaders in the last 100 metres of the race.
The time-honoured Mitchell Cup Regatta was run on 25 November from Rose Bay Beach. The multi boat format proved a big hit with students and parents alike with School getting the better of the Old Boys to retain the Mitchell Cup. World Cup Wallaby and Old Cranbrookian Josh Kemeny graced us with his presence and christened a boat named in his honour. Josh rowed for Cranbrook at the 2014 National Championships.
Term 4 racing culminated with the Rowing NSW State Sprint Championships again held on the Olympic Course on Sunday 3 December. Cranbrook came away with Bronze Medals in the Under 16 Coxed Quadruple Scull, the U21 Double Scull and a Silver Medal in the Under 17 Coxed Quadruple Scull.
