Rowing

NSW Rowing State Championships

On Saturday 11 February and Sunday 12 February, Pymble crews competed at the NSW Rowing State Championships at the Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith. Despite soaring temperatures of 38 degrees, the team produced some highly encouraging results that will now help build momentum into upcoming regattas.

The Year 9 1st 4x+ who having qualified for the final having raced both a heat and a semi-final in sweltering conditions, managed to secure a 3rd place finish in the under 16 women’s 4x+ final, taking home the bronze medal for Pymble. A full record of results can be found on the Rowing NSW website, here.

The Year 9 1st 4x+
Mia Solomons (Year 9), Zoe Hart (Year 9), Arabella Wheatley (Year 9), Scarlet Olesen (Year 9) and Millie Cullinane (Year 9) with coach Angus Webster.

On Saturday 18 March, the Pymble Rowing team competed in the Riverview Gold Cup. A unique event on the rowing calendar, the course is raced over 1,400 metres on Sydney’s Lane Cove River and held annually by Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview. Unusually, the winners of each event receive a set of silver oars, of which the Pymble rowing team walked away with an outstanding ninesets, meaning nine wins out of 14 entries and every crew also achieving a podium finish. This is a tremendous result which builds further momentum as the team approaches IGSA Regatta this Sunday 26 March.

Picture 1: Year 9 1st 4x+ – Mia Solomons (Year 9), Millie Cullinane (Year 9), Scarlet Olesen (Year 9), Winter Shirvington (Year 9), Zoe Hart (Year 9)

Picture 2: Year 9 2nd 4x+ – Iman Utteridge (Year 9), Johanna Ricketts (Year 9), Olianna Tighe (Year 9), Sophie Ballantyne (Year 9), Caitlyn Bilney (Year 9)

Picture 3: Year 9 3rd 4x+ – Mie Naito (Year 8), Arabella Murphy (Year 9), Phoebe Roberts  (Year 9), Anais McDonald (Year 9), Ella Willets  (Year 9)

Picture 4: Year 9 4th 4x+ – Rose Kirkby (Year 9), Hannah Willert  (Year 9), Joanna Karelas, Chloe Browning  (Year 9), Sara Khan (Year 9)

Picture 5 and 6: Year 8 3rd 4x+ – Jacqueline Zhu (Year 8), Lucy Simpson  (Year 8), Phoebe Pockley (Year 8), Emily Raaff (Year 8), Emily Englund (Year 8)

Lewis Gray

Sports Co-ordinator – Rowing