Port Adelaide Rowing Club

A beautiful clear sunny day at West Lakes with miraculously mirror-calm water.

Our best efforts:

• Peter and Colin winning the masters men’s double scull
• Peter and Colin winning the masters men’s coxless pair
• Chilli and Helen winning the masters women’s double scull
• Bruce, John, Kevin and Paul, with Vicky coxing, winning the masters men’s coxed four
• A nicely-paced rowover win by Nicole and Alex in the third grade women’s double scull

Some excellent races for:

• Wayne and Snook (3 seconds off the winners in the 500m sprint first grade men’s coxless pair – coming a great third against much younger rowers)
• Aaron and Tommy coming a close second in the first grade men’s double scull
• Luke, Scott, Aaron and Tommy coming a close second in the first grade men’s quad scull
• Jane and Hannah coming a close second in the first grade women’s double scull
• Helen coming a close second in the masters women’s single scull
• Kevin, Luke, Scott and John, coxed by Vicky, coming second in the third grade men’s quad scull
• Claire coming second in the third grade women’s single scull
• John, Paul, Dave and Wayne, coxed by Vicky, coming second in the masters men’s coxed quad scull

That’s it for the seniors and juniors this season.  Only one more regatta to go . . . the State Masters Championships in two weeks’ time.

A mild morning and a savage afternoon at West Lakes with strong winds and white caps. However, we achieved some wonderful results:

• Hannah and Jane won the second  grade championship women’s double scull by a convincing 26 seconds!  A great win after months of hard training
• Wayne and Snook won the second grade championship men’s coxless pair – a remarkable achievement over much, much younger crews
• Wayne and Snook won the masters men’s pairs final
• Helen and Chilli won the masters women’s double scull in very fast time
• Bruce, John, Phil, Aaron, Snook, Wayne, Paul and Dave, coxed by Vicky, won the masters men’s eight, overcoming the unbeatable Pembroke crew by almost 8 seconds

 Other good efforts were:

• John, Phil, Paul and Dave, coxed by Vicky, coming a close second in the male masters quad final
• Paul and Dave coming a very good second in the male masters double scull final
• Luke, Scott, Aaron and Tommy coming an extremely close second to Adelaide (margin of 0.89 secs) in the second grade men’s coxless quad final