Rowing
Riverview Gold Cup
On Saturday 15 February, the Pymble rowing team raced the Riverview Gold Cup, one of the oldest rowing events in Australia, originating in 1890 and raced over 1,400 meters on the Lane Cove River. For winning your race, you receive the traditional and coveted ‘silver oars’ which is a unique rowing prize, differing from the usual medal. Overall, from ten crews entered, Pymble secured an astounding eight sets of silver oars for first places, as well as a second and third place to make a full set of podium finishes for all entries. An incredible set of results and well done to all girls that raced.
The day started off strong, with our first five races of the day resulting in wins from the Junior 7th, 6th 5th, 4th and 3rd crews. Our Junior 2nd crew raced well to finish second, before our Junior 1st crew finished the Year 9 divisions for Pymble by winning their race.
Later in the day, the Senior 2nd Eight raced very well to secure a spot in the A Final of the Schoolgirl Second Eight race, where they placed third in the final. Our Senior 1st Eight raced in the Women’s Open Eight division, where they went toe to toe with the best open female crews in the state from Sydney Rowing Club, Sydney University, and UTS. The girls won the Schoolgirl title for the day and came fifth overall against these elite crews, well done girls!
The team now looks forward to the PLC/Kings/RNSW Regatta and igsa Regatta this weekend.
Well done to all crews that raced:
| Crew | Result | Names |
| Junior 7th Quad | 1st | Amelia Nicolaou (Year 9), Skye Mitchell (Year 8), Ginny Makan (Year 9), Jamilla Soo (Year 9), Cox: Hillary Eyers (Year 8) |
| Junior 4th Quad | 1st | Isabella Eum (Year 9) Poppy Fox-Ashwin (Year 9), Charlotte Lin (Year 9), Ellie Zhao (Year 9), Cox: Eden Connors (Year 9) |
| Junior 5th Quad | 1st | Kate Rogers (Year 9), Abby Pisani (Year 9), Daysie Leahy (Year 8), Stella Walsh (Year 9), Cox: Mia Micallef (Year 9), |
| Junior 4th Quad | 1st | Isla Polites (Year 9), Bethany Carruthers (Year 9), Alexandra Ritchie (Year 9), Stacey Sharp (Year 9), Cox: Margaux Marcet (Year 9) |
| Junior 3rd Quad | 1st | Sophie Harris (Year 9), Sasha Paris (Year 9), Aurora Zhang (Year 9), Blair Elliott (Year 9), Cox: Eloise Jenkins (Year 9) |
| Junior 2nd Quad | 2nd | Anabella Legge-Hughes (Year 9), Gemma Thiel (Year 9), Rose Jones (Year 9), Siri Taubenschlag (Year 9), Cox: Phoebe Hutton (Year 9) |
| Junior 1st Quad | 1st | Madeleine Gaden (Year 9), Cleo McLaughlin (Year 9), Madison Landgrebe (Year 9), Claudia Wyatt (Year 9), Cox: Emma Wang (Year 9) |
| Year 10 3rd Quad | 1st | Emma Guo (Year 11), Isla-Rose Campbell (Year 10), Charlotte Blaiklock (Year 10), Sanaa Kapoor (Year 10) Cox: Cassie Vielman (Year 10) |
| Senior 2nd Eight | 3rd | Arabella Murphy (Year 11), Lucy McLean (Year 11), Madeleine Woods (Year 12), Rosie Eggins (Year 11), Matilda Gilmour (Year 12) Caitlyn Bilney (Year 11), Claudia Hodder (Year 11), Alice Anand (Year 12), Cox: Mia Solomons (Year 11) |
| Senior 1st Eight | 1st | Isabella Stalley (Year 12) Annabel Shanahan (Year 12), Millie Cullinane (Year 11), Scarlet Olesen (Year 11) Summer Phillips (Year 11), Leander McLaughlin (Year 10), Erin Porter (Year 12), Mika Naito (Year 12) Cox: Mathilde Goddard (Year 12) |
Lewis Gray
Co-ordinator – Rowing