Rowing

Rowing Camps at Shoalhaven, Nepean, and Leichhardt

Over the term break, the Pymble Rowing team attended their respective squad camps. Well done to all girls that completed the camps, a challenging week that you handled well and got a lot out of. It was fantastic to see the crew bonding, camaraderie and sisterhood that developed during the camp, including every girl improving their rowing skill and physical fitness. We look forward to watching you race over the coming weeks, culminating in the Head of the River on Saturday 8 March. 

The Seniors travelled to Shoalhaven River in the South Coast region of New South Wales. The Seniors produced some excellent training on the pristine waters of the river which they had almost exclusively for the entire week. Following this, the Seniors continued this momentum by joining the rest of the squad at Nepean River during the following week.

The Intermediate and Junior squads all travelled to the Nepean River, which is one of the best places to row in the world and where the women’s national rowing team train each week, alongside whom our rowers got to row during the week. Alongside training incredibly well on the river, the rowers also got to take on ice baths in-between rows to increase their recovery and go out for fun team bonding dinners, eating some delicious Italian food to recharge the batteries.

The Learn to Row (LTR) squad spent two days at our boatshed in Leichhardt training on the water, honing their crews combinations and increasing their technical prowess and fitness ahead of the term of racing.

These camps are a great taste and experience of being an elite athlete. Well done to all girls.

Roseville Regatta

On Saturday 1 February, the Pymble Rowing team raced on home ground in Iron Cove, competing in the Roseville Regatta to kick-off Term 1 racing on the road to Head of the River.

In an impressive first showing, the team achieved 11 golds, four silvers, and three bronze places out of 22 entries. In the Senior squad, the 2nd Eight came second in their race and are excited to build into the next few weeks of racing as an Eight.

In the Intermediate Squad, the Year 10 1st Eight came first in their race over the 1500m distance. Congratulations to Lucy Simpson, Olivia Norton, Georgina Curtis, Erin O’Kane, Kelly Clifton, Allegra Taubenschlag, Harriet Murphy, Zara Kinniburgh, and Sanaya Lakhani (all Year 10). Congratulations to the Year 10 2nd Eight who came second, beating crews from Queenwood and St Catherine’s. Congratulations to the Year 10 Quad who won the fourth division; Ginny Makan, Isla Campbell, Charlotte Blaiklock, Sanaa Kapoor, and Cassie Vielman. The Year 10 Double and Single both came fourth in their hard fought races.

In the Junior squad, the Year 9 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 6th Quads all won their races. Well done to Madeleine Gaden, Cleo McLaughlin, Madison Landgrebe, Claudia Wyatt, Emma Wang, Siri Taubenschlag, Rose Jones, Gemma Thiel, Annabella Legge-Hughes, Phoebe Hutton, Alexandra Ritchie, Stacey Sharp, Bethany Carruthers, Isla Polites, Eloise Jenkins, Ellie Zhao, Charlotte Lin, Poppy Fox-Ashwin, Isabella Eum, and Eden Conners (all Year 9). A big shout out to the Junior 3rd and 5th Quads who raced well to come second and third respectively. Congratulations to Madeleine Gaden and Madison Landgrebe who both raced in Singles as well winning gold, as well as Claudia Wyatt who achieved a very good silver place result. The Year 9 Double of Ginny Makan and Jamilla Soo raced well to come third.

In the LTR squad the Year 8 1st, 2nd and 3rd quads all won their races. Well done to Eloise Gavagna, Daysie Leahy, Peyton Ashton, Edith Cullinane, Hillary Eyers, Emma Lloyd, Skye Mitchell, Lucy Woodbridge, Lillie Oldfield, Jessica Pickford, Phoebe Toynton, Rose Bennett, Ava Costa, Diyana Palihawadana, and Selina Jiang (all Year 8). A great effort also from the 4th, 5th and 6th quads who came third, fifth, and sixth respectively.

Well done to all girls that raced, taking lots of learning from the weekend to keep building boat speed in these upcoming few weeks on the final run into Head of the River.

Lewis Gray

Sports Co-ordinator – Rowing