Rowing Report
GPS 3 and SGHS Regatta
Last weekend, our junior fleet went into battle in Canada Bay to compete in the GPS Junior regatta No. 3. It was a great day for our junior shed, recording many great performances. Our Year 8 quads had a very impressive day recording five wins and a third place. That performance sets them up for a great final weekend of racing in GPS junior No.4.
Some highlights of the day included the very strong performance by our Year 8 6th quad of Oli Gee, Will Atkinson, Finn Herald, Max Riddell and Harry Parry Okeden and our Year 8 5th quad of Max Warnes, Scott Robson, Xavier Coker, Oli Koch and Dom Walker recording massive margins in their two races (combined it added up to over 34 seconds). Our Year 9 1st quad continued their run of thrilling finishes, finishing over the top of the St Josephs combination by .79 of a second.
The Year 9 quads continued the trend and recorded a very impressive four wins, a second and two third places from their seven starts. It has been really encouraging to see the continued form of these crews despite having regular shuffles due to injury/illness and other commitments especially the mighty 3rd and 4th Quad who have gone through the majority of the racing season undefeated. The 4th quad lead by Alex Rogan have been able to dispatch their opposition whilst the Hamish Gilligan stroked 3rd quad has done the same. Really great racing coming from these boys.
Our Year 10 VIII’s didn’t compete on Saturday, instead used the time to prepare for the upcoming Head of the River.
Our Senior crews travelled to Penrith to compete in the Sydney Girls High School regatta, This regatta was not part of our normal regatta program but with the inclusion of schoolboy events it was a great opportunity to come down the Head of the River track. Our GPS IV’s got the day underway with some very strong racing occurring. A highlight of the regatta was the very brave race from the 1st IV that found themselves trailing the Riverview crew by just over 2 seconds. With some true grit, they were able to wind in the leading boat to claim a great confidence-boosting result.
The 1st and 2nd VIII both competed next with the 2nd VIII re-engaging their ongoing rivalry with the Riverview crew. The boys showed great composure to finish in 2nd place, three seconds ahead of the St Josephs combination. The 1st VIII came down the track to finish the regatta, with a strong showing in the final, the crew had to settle for second just under a length back from St Josephs.
Mr G Bates
MIC Rowing