Gold Medals for College Rowers!

Students from the College Rowing Club enjoyed a successful weekend at the North Island Secondary School championships.

The club competed in a total of 52 events over all categories from Novice to U18 and qualifies to contest the thirteen A finals and ten B finals, a record for the Club at this event.

Several notable performances over the weekend deserve recognition:

• The U15 boys enjoyed considerable success in both the VIII and the IV winning silver in the VIII and Gold in the IV
• Competing in only their second regatta as a crew, our U18 Lightweight Girls IV won Bronze
• The final medal of the regatta was won by our U17 Boys Quad scull crew in a hard fought final against traditional rivals from King’s College, Hamilton Boys and St Peter’s School.

The North Island Secondary School Championships were fiercely contested by 94 secondary schools from across the entire North Island. The club was ranked 7th overall on the points table.

Congratulations to all rowers in the club who competed this weekend so proudly for the College and special congratulations to all place getters in all finals, and especially our medallists.

Teams:

U17 Boys Quad - Gold Medal
Ayden Lamont, Henry Donald, Matthew Swiatek, Edward Barry, Liam Braithwaite (cox)

U15 Boys Four  - Gold
Tom Mills,  Ethan Blight, Thomas Brenton-Rule, Matthew Kelly, Samuel Ingleton (cox)

U15 Eight – Silver
Matt Kelly, Nicholas Lyon-Ramsdale, Harry Ramakers, Sam Morrow, Ethan Blight, Thomas Brenton-Rule, Ollie Strang, Tom Mills, Samuel Ingleton (cox), Carl Vincent (coach)

U18 Lightweight Girls IV – Bronze
Jacqueline Chang, Katherine Chang, Leah Allison, Ruby Houghton, Shenny Chiu (cox)