Rowing Report from Sydney Grammar School Regatta

Last weekend, a squad of Shore rowers competed at the annual Sydney Grammar Regatta. This event was held at the Sydney Olympic Regatta venue and was the first regatta of the 2022-2023 racing season.

In action at this event was our Year 10 squad along with our Senior GPS squad. Our Year 10 VIII’s got the racing underway and unfortunately due to illness and injury our 4th Year 10 crew could not take to the water. Our 3rd Year 10 VIII enjoyed a victory and placed 2nd in their two starts, whilst our 2nd Year 10 crew commenced their season well, with two strong performances resulting in two wins. The 1st Year 10 VIII learnt a tough lesson in what looked like a very close field this year and the tough conditions penalised their rough execution of the rowing stroke.

In the Senior racing, our GPS crews had a very solid performance in their opening rounds of racing. The 4th team enjoyed two back-to-back victories, racing well in both and gaining valuable experience. Our GPS Third IV experienced a great victory in the first race and then had to learn a very valuable lesson about being ready at the start line, finishing in 2nd place after a frantic first 250 metres.

The GPS Second IV had a strong first race, finishing in the silver medal position but struggled with the conditions in the second race and fell back through the pack. The GPS First IV, after finishing in 3rd place in the first race, showed great resolve to move one place better in the final race of the day, into 2nd place. Our GPS First and Second VIII rounded off the day with some promising performances. The Second VIII finished the day placing 2nd and 3rd, whilst the First VIII reversed that and finished with 3rd and 2nd place. In both divisions, the strong headwind made execution very important.

Mr G Bates
MIC, Rowing

2. SBYr10-3 8+	School Year 10 3rd Eight
Shore  H.Sherington, J Holt, L.Adamo, K.Welch, A.Stanberg, L.Warner, T.O’Brien, O.Harvey, Cox: J.Chapman	Race 2 Race 1 6 1st 7:59.46 Race 13 Race 2 3 2nd 8:18.64
3. SBYr10-2 8+	School Year 10 2nd Eight
Shore  J Riding, C.Jones, H.Wade, W.Kellett, S.Wyles, D. Wright, C.Francis, J.Halstead, Cox: C.Zhu	Race 3 Race 1 3 1st 7:15.88 Race 14 Race 2 5 1st 7:31.08
4. SBYr10-1 8+	School Year 10 1st Eight
Shore  L.Paris, O.Smith, J.Bestic, C.Armati, J.Frape, O.Edwards, C.Galligan, H.Faddy, Cox: J.Gandhi,	Race 4 Race 1 4 6th 7:22.59 Race 15 Race 2 5 5th 7:33.92
6. SB4 4+	School 4th Four
Shore  J.Cureton, J.Hebblewhite, H.Bergin, O.Betar, Cox: C.Waugh	Race 6 Race 1 3 1st 8:32.80 Race 17 Race 2 6 1st 8:13.02
7. SB3 4+	School 3rd Four
Shore  N.Stacker, T.Mitchell, A.Watson, A.Macfarlane, Cox: L.Munnings	Race 7 Race 1 7 1st 8:26.27 Race 18 Race 2 6 2nd 8:13.73
8. SB2 4+	School 2nd Four
Shore  H.Marshall, M.Gillian, R.Hall, E.Kenny, Cox: A.Bishop, Coach: G.Uebergang	Race 8 Race 1 4 2nd 8:24.73 Race 19 Race 2 7 5th 8:15.35
9. SB1 4+	School 1st Four
Shore  A.Smith, P.Bennett, J.Fenwicke, J.Elliott, Cox: H.Longstaff, Coach: G.Uebergang	Race 9 Race 1 1 3rd 8:12.35 Race 20 Race 2 5 2nd 7:57.95
10. SB2 8+	School 2nd Eight
Shore  P.Mendel, J.Collier, B.Roe, L.Macfarlane, M.McAlpine, B.Muffet, H.Patrick, O.Muhlbauer, Cox: S.Warburton	Race 10 Race 1 8 2nd 6:59.75 Race 21 Race 2 3 3rd 7:01.21
11. SB1 8+	School 1st Eight
Shore  T.Wait, P.Scott, C.Sloan, R.Cameron, L.Banks, T.Hebblewhite, T.Galligan, W.Clubb, Cox: M.Fox	Race 11 Race 1 4 3rd 6:33.11 Race 22 Race 2 9 2nd 6:38.15