The Rowing Year Begins
Rowing News
We have started Term 1 rowing with the yearly rowing camp and a number of competitions.
The camp, held at the Berry Sport and Recreation Campus, was one of our best camps yet. There was great enthusiasm and lots of hard work with everyone improving greatly in fitness and technique. Our summer camp is an important part of the rowing program and sets the squad up for the Term 1 competition culminating in the Schoolgirl Head of the River in on Saturday 4 April 2020.
On our first week back, the squad competed in the Roseville College Regatta at Iron Cove on Saturday 1 February 2020. This regatta allows us to try different crew combinations and gets everyone back into racing mode.
We had a number of wins and placings in the event making it a very successful one for MLC School.
Of special mention, Sophia Murphy (Year 11), Jasmin Fitch (Year 11), Samantha Naayen (Year 12), Ella Woolbank (Year 12), Cox: Zoe Howes (Year 9) placed 1st in the Schoolgirl Coxed Quad and Ella Woolbank (Year 12) placed 1st in the Schoolgirl Single Scull.
On Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 February 2020 a number of athletes competed in the NSW State Rowing Championships at the Sydney International Rowing Centre at Penrith.
This regatta is also a national selection regatta which means there are many entries from interstate resulting in big entry numbers for each event. In both the Schoolgirl Quad Scull and Schoolgirl Single there were 30+ entries meaning Heats, semi-finals and finals.
Our athletes performed particularly well with Inez Kritzler (Year 11), Samantha Naayen (Year 12), Ella Woolbank (Year 12) with Sasha Kovarik (Year 8) as coxswain making the final, finishing with a 7th place. The crew had great rows in the Heat and Semi-Final but were slightly off the boil in the Final but still achieved a great result.
Inez Kritzler (Year 11), Lily Smith and Ella Woolbank (Year 12) all competed in the Schoolgirl Single Scull. All performed really well with Ella making the semi-final and Lily making the final. Unfortunately, the conditions deteriorated during Ella and Lily’s races and the regatta was cancelled so the final was not contested.
This weekend we have the Sydney Girls High School Regatta at Iron Cove and five of our senior girls are attending a NSW Rowing Pathways training day on Sunday 16 February 2020.
– Rob Glendenning
Head Coach