Rowing
Last weekend, our Junior fleet experienced their first official regatta of the rowing season. The annual Newington College Regatta was held on the Hen and Chicken Bay course, just a short row from our boatshed in Gladesville.
Our Year 8 squad went to the line first with our Year 8 Sixth, Fifth, Fourth and Third quad all experiencing a first-up victory in the increasingly tough conditions. It was great to see these crews lead from start to finish in their race, a great reward for their hard work. Our Year 8 Second quad had a tougher time of it with the wind really starting to build. Unfortunately, they ‘caught’ a few crabs, and their oar got caught in the water down the course, but showed great resilience to finish in 3rd place. Our Year 8 First quad started brilliantly but soon after the start they too ‘caught’ a crab, but this time they broke the gate which held their oar to the boat, ruling them out of the race in the early stages.
Our Year 9 crews raced next and recorded some brilliant results, placing 1st in five of their seven races and 2nd in the other two. A brilliant start to their racing campaign. Performances of note were the maiden race of the crew of Will Wykeham Fiennes, Charlie Yates, Joel Hamilford, Tim Leahy and Jeddy Sam who recorded a 45 second winning margin, and the outstanding performance and style of the First Year 9 quad of Luke Robinson, Ben McHutchinson, Lawson Armstrong, Harrison Frape and Oscar Miller as they took out their division.
Our Year 10 VIII’s enjoyed similar success to our quads with the Second and Third Year 10 VIII claiming a win in both of their races. Our Fourth Year 10 crew also enjoyed a close tussle in their race but were only beaten by the Third Year 10 crew from Shore. Our First Year 10 crew enjoyed a much better day at the office, regularly exchanging the lead with Sydney Grammar all the way down the course. Ultimately, it was Grammar that claimed the win, but it was a much better performance for our crew.
Whilst this was happening in Sydney, the GPS Second VIII raced in Penrith at the Loreto Normanhurst Regatta. They were in a race that consisted of First VIII’s and Second VIII’s from St Josephs and Riverview and I am very happy to report that our Second VIII was the fastest of the Second VIII’s that raced that day. A great performance!
Mr G Bates
MIC, Rowing
| Event/Crew | Race | Division | Lane | Place | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. SB Year 8 – 6 4x+ School Year 8 Sixth Coxed Quad Scull Shore: M.Riddell, M.Liu, H.Fuzes, S.Robson, Cox: A.Parker | Race 2 | Division 2 | 3 | 1st | 5:13.22 |
| 2. SB Year 8 – 5 4x+ School Year 8 Fifth Coxed Quad Scull Shore: A.Cranna, O.Koch, X.Coker, M.Warnes, Cox: H.Parry-Okeden | Race 5 | Division 2 | 2 | 1st | 5:57.35 |
| 3. SB Year 8 – 4 4x+ School Year 8 Fourth Coxed Quad Scull Shore: M.Minchin, F.Herald, W.Atkinson, W.Bestic, Cox: A.Gulbin | Race 7 | Division 2 | 1 | 1st | 5:35.00 |
| 4. SB Year 8 – 3 4x+ School Year 8 Third Coxed Quad Scull Shore: W.Hossack, W.Ried, H.Smyth, P.Cominakis, Cox: W.Taaffe | Race 9 | Division 2 | 4 | 1st | 5:24.00 |
| 5. SB Year 8 – 2 4x+ School Year 8 Second Coxed Quad Scull Shore: S.Bassingthwaighte, S.Lyne, H.Baxter, O.Mott, Cox: S.Cheers | Race 11 | Division 2 | 3 | 3rd | 6:29.83 |
| 6. SB Year 8 – 1 4x+ School Year 8 First Coxed Quad Scull Shore: S.Chan, E.McDonald, H.Brunker, B.Gordon, Cox: H.Leahy | Race 13 | Division 2 | 2 | – | DNF |
| 7. SB Year 9 – 7 4x+ School Year 9 Seventh Coxed Quad Scull Shore: W.Wykeham-Fiennes, C.Yates, J.Hamilford, T.Leahy, Cox: S.Jeddy | Race 15 | Division 2 | 2 | 1st | 5:28.00 |
| 8. SB Year 9 – 6 4x+ School Year 9 Sixth Coxed Quad Scull Shore: K.Rob, C.Charlie, M.Goddard, B.Macdonald, Cox: S.Advani | Race 17 | Division 2 | 1 | 1st | 5:05.59 |
| 9. SB Year 9 – 5 4x+ School Year 9 Fifth Coxed Quad Scull Shore: C.Yun, H.Riley, L.McIntosh, H.Roxburgh, Cox: N.Lachlan | Race 19 | Division 2 | 4 | 1st | NTT |
| 10. SB Year 9 – 4 4x+ School Year 9 Fourth Coxed Quad Scull Shore: O.Paris, H.Faulkner, A.Hamilton, A.Rogan, Cox: W.George | Race 21 | Division 2 | 3 | 2nd | 4:45.65 |
| 11. SB Year 9 – 3 4x+ School Year 9 Third Coxed Quad Scull Shore: B.Blaes, J.McKindley, T.Green, H.Gilligan, Cox: E.Brooks | Race 23 | Division 2 | 2 | 1st | 4:54.88 |
| 12. SB Year 9 – 2 4x+ School Year 9 Second Coxed Quad Scull Shore: H.Wheeler, R.Forrester, W.Powell, G.Scammell, Cox: T.Cochrane | Race 25 | Division 2 | 1 | 2nd | 4:59.08 |
| 13. SB Year 9 – 1 4x+ School Year 9 First Coxed Quad Scull Shore: L.Robinson, B.McHutchinson, L.Armstrong, H.Frape, Cox: O.Miller | Race 27 | Division 2 | 4 | 1st | 4:31.00 |
| 14. SB Year 10 – 3 8+ School Year 10 Third Eight Shore 1: H.Sherington, L.Adamo, K.Welch, A.Stanberg, L.Warner, F.Beachley, T.O’Brien, O.Harvey, Cox: J.Chapman. Shore 2: J.Gray, R.Smith, W.Bailey, T.Kierse, J.Holt, F.Evans-Beard, J.Salis, A.Marshall, Cox: G.Scammell | Race 29 | Division 2 | 1, 3 | 1st, 2nd | 6:08.19, 6:23.81 |
| 15. SB Year 10 – 2 8+ School Year 10 Second Eight Shore: C.Yun, C.Jones, H.Wade, W.Kellett, S.Wyles, E.Nam, C.Francis, J.Halstead, Cox: C.Zhu | Race 31 | Division 2 | 2 | 1st | 6:15.00 |
| 16. SB Year 10 – 1 8+ School Year 10 First Eight Shore: D.Robson, O.Smith, J.Frape, C.Francis, L.Paris, O.Edwards, C.Galligan, H.Faddy, Cox: J.Gandhi | Race 33 | Division 2 | 1 | 2nd | 5:48.57 |