SA Rowing Championships

What a great week-end for the Saints Girls rowing. - 5 medals in total!

SA ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS

U14s

One of the highlights would be the U14’s winning silver for the octople race. The silver was our best medal of the week-end. It was really exciting watching our young rowers.  u14 single scull- Marianna made it to the semifinal where she placed 16. U14 girls Octaple- after an exciting row down the course the girls got the silver medal, narrowly missing out to St Mary's. Congratulations to Marianna Katsoulis, Rhandzu Mhlongo, mosh Kwinana, Jessica Endenburg, Sarah Walker, Kaylan Ferreirinho, Caitlin Macfarlane, Dominique dos Reis and cox Katerina Gabriel.

U15s

U15 girls double scull- Jordan Korevaar and Sydney Davison made the A final for the double where they placed 4th.
U15 quad- The girls had an exciting heat which they won comfortably making it to the final where they placed 5th over all.  U15 quad (Jemma Jenkins-Ferrit, Jordan Korevaar, Sydney Davison, Heather Tanner & Bianca Gain (cox)) 

U16s

Kate Pringle and Jennavieve Williams, out of 40 scullers,  qualified of the Scull final where they placed 6th and 8th respectively.  In the doubles, Madison Crews & Kate Pringle, Jennavieve Williams and Bethany Williamson qualified for the doubles final. Madison Crews and Kate Pringle won the bronze medal and Jennavieve Williams and Bethany Williamson came 6th.  In the quad, the girls took bronze – Madison Crews, Jennavieve Williams, Kate Pringle, Bethany Williamson and Katie Tyndale-Biscoe (cox)

Opens

Open girls single sculls- after some hard racing in the heats for the open girls Nicole Masson made it to the B final for the single scull where she placed 5th making her 13 over all in the country.  Tegan Korevaar also had a very tough heat but still managed to make it through the girls A final, where after an absolute cracker of a race Tegan placed 3rd.  Open girls pair- the open girls pair which was raced by Alessandra Gain and Megan Barclay, is a very new event to saints girls rowing. Having rowed this boat for less than 2 weeks these 2 ladies placed 2nd in the B final, putting them 10th overall in the country.  Open girls doubles- Tegan and Saskia Howie placed 6th in this event.  Open girls quad- after an incredibly rocky and tough season, the saints girls first quad rowed the race of their lives yesterday where they placed 3rd in the country – lots of tears and emotions after that one.  

Congratulations to all the rowers that took part in SA champs this weekend. It is the biggest rowing event on the continent with some incredibly tough competition and to achieve the results we did is outstanding.