Rowing

Rowers get Gold in Melbourne and Sydney

On Saturday 18 November, the Pymble Rowing Team achieved success at both the Melbourne Head Regatta and the Independent Rowing Schools Championships in Penrith.

Melbourne Head Regatta

The Intermediate (Year 9) Squad flew to Melbourne on Friday morning, the girls had an opportunity to go for a practice row on the Yarra course before having a team dinner that evening. On Saturday 18 November, the rowers raced the 3.5km course three times, coming away with two wins, as the only NSW school entered in a race of 671 entries and 2289 competitors.

The Intermediate Eight won the Schoolgirl Open Eight D3. Well done to Mia Solomons (Year 9), Zoe Hart (Year 9), Millie Cullinane (Year 9), Scarlet Olesen (Year 9), Caitlyn Bilney (Year 9), Anais McDonald (Year 9), Sara Khan (Year 9), Ella Willets (Year 9) and Winter Shirvington(Year 9).

Mia Solomons, Zoe Hart, Millie Cullinane, Scarlet Olesen, Caitlyn Bilney, then raced again in the Open Year 9 Schoolgirl Coxed Quad D1, winning the race by a close 0.32 seconds, showing great fight all the way to the end of the line.

Arabella Murphy (Year 9), Joanna Karelas (Year 9), Anais McDonald (Year 9), Ella Willets (Year 9) and Mia Solomons (Year 9) raced in Schoolgirl Open Coxed Quad and raced well to beat 7 Melbourne crews.

Rowing NSW Independent Schools Championships

Our Junior (Year 8) and Learn-to-Row (Year 7) squads raced at Sydney International Regatta Centre on Saturday 18 November, coming home with some excellent results and promising performances all round.

Savannah Lorimer (Year 7), Blair Elliot (Year 7), Aurora Zhang (Year 7), Annabella Legge-Hughes (Year 7) and Emma Wang (Year 7), had a blasting heat, coming first and moving into the A-Final for the Year 8 Schoolgirl Coxed Quad, where they secured a 2nd place finish as a 2nd Quad, in a field of 1sts, well done. The 3rd Quad of Sanaya Lakhani (Year 8), Sophie Harris (Year 7), Clare Ferreria (Year 8), Sanaa Kapoor (Year 8) and Angelina Attinger (Year 8) rowed in a solid mid race rhythm to win the D final.

We also had success in small boat entries, with Claudia Wyatt (Year 7) and Anabella Legge-Hughes (Year 7) winning the Schoolgirl Year 8 Double Scull, and Madison Landgrebe (Year 7) came second in the Year 8 Single Scull. A great effort by both crews.

In our Junior Squad, Annie Pennington (Year 8) raced strongly to achieve a third place finish in the single scull. Then, we saw both our Junior First and Seconds crews progress to the A Final, with Georgina Curtis (Year 8), Allegra Taubenschlag (Year 8), Harriet Murphy (Year 8), Annie Pennington (Year 8) and Mie Naito (Year 8) coming second and Olivia Norton (Year 8), Mia Sherry (Year 8), Lucy Simpson (Year 8), Ellie Pointon (Year 8) and Emily Bartrop (Year 8) coming 7th. The Third Quad of Sanaya Lakhani (Year 8), Aurora Zhang (Year 7), Clare Ferreria (Year 8), Sanaa Kapoor (Year 8) and Cassandra Vielman (Year 8) rowed in a solid mid race rhythm to win the D final.

Lewis Gray

Sports Co-ordinator – Rowing