MARCH 2016 NEWS Above – Mercs women’s youth eight win at State Championships Our rowers have trained hard and are well prepared for the climax of the season, the National and Interstate Championships. All will be revealed this month. Sadly, the month starts with the devastating news of the death of Sarah Tait – see below. Under age selection trial list announced Published 26th March 2016 Congratulations to club members Olivia Sibillin, Angus Widdicombe, Liam Donald, Callum Nott and Tom Hunt who have been invited to trial for places in the under age Australian teams. The trials will take place in Sydney from 6th to 10th April 2016. Australian team update announced Published 26th April 2016 The following Australian senior team updates have been announced with the men’s four and eight and women’s eight being settled. Mercantile members are in the following boats: Women’s Quad Scull – Jennifer Cleary Men’s Four – Josh Dunkley-Smith Women’s Eight – Fiona Albert, Charlotte Sutherland, Jessica Morrison, Sarah Banting Women’s Pair – Katrina Bateman James Wilson has been invited to trial for lightweight crews for the World Championships. National Championships Wrap Up Updated 26th March 2016 Another great regatta for Mercantile. The Club finished second on the medal tally behind Sydney Rowing Club. The Club Pointscore is awarded on the following basis on all Australian Open Rowing Championship events, with points being divided for composite crews: Boat Gold Silver Bronze Eights 24 points 18 points 12 points Quads/Fours 16 points 12 points 8 points Doubles/Pairs 12 points 9 points 6 points Singles 8 points 6 points 4 points The Champion Club Pointscore is as follows: Place Club/School State Points 1st Sydney Rowing Club NSW 258 2nd Mercantile Rowing Club Vic 222 3rd Toowong Rowing Club QLD 177 4th Uni of QLD Boat Club QLD 155 5th Melbourne Uni Boat Club Vic 146 6th UTS Rowing Club NSW 136.5 7th Swan River Rowing Club WA 124 8th Sydney Uni Boat Club NSW 120.5 9th Mosman Rowing Club NSW 98.75 10th Uni of WA Rowing Club WA 55.75 The links below go through to Regatta Central where full results can be found. In summary, Mercantile members won medals in the following events: Gold medals 103 – OW4x Open Women’s Quadruple Scull 104 – OW2- Open Women’s Coxless Pair 105 – OW4- Open Women’s Coxless Four 106 – OW8+ Open Women’s Coxed Eight 111 – OM4- Open Men’s Coxless Four 116 – OLM1x Open Lightweight Men’s Single Scull 117 – OLM2x Open Lightweight Men’s Double Scull 125 – U23W2- Under 23 Women’s Coxless Pair 127 – U23W8+ Under 23 Women’s Coxed Eight 131 – U23M2- Under 23 Men’s Coxless Pair 132 – U23M4- Under 23 Men’s Coxless Four 144 – U21W2- Under 21 Women’s Coxless Pair 145 – U21W4+ Under 21 Women’s Coxed Four 158 – U19W8+ Under 19 Women’s Coxed Eight Some photos of these crews follow. It was pleasing to see the Club’s domination of women’s rowing and also men’s under 23 sweep rowing. Above: Our winning open and under 23 eights. Above: Champion Women’s Eight – Str: Charlotte Sutherland, 7: Sophie Sutherland, 6: Madeleine Cordner, 5: Hannah Lewis, 4: Jessica Morrison, 3: Addy Dunkley-Smith, 2: Katrina Werry, Bow: Fiona Albert, Cox: Sarah Banting, Coach: Simon Gadsden Champion Under 23 eight – Str: India Lissa Dempsey, 7: Lea Duret, 6: Kirsten Green, 5: Maddison Brown, 4: Amanda Bateman, 3: Kate Duggan, 2: Georgia Stewart, Bow: Gemma Sibillin, Cox: Alexis Louise Hancock, Coaches: Simon Gadsden and Brigette Carlile Above: Olivia Sibillin and Hedda Cooper from MUBC, under 23 pair champions Above: Men’s under 23 pair champions – Angus Widdicombe and Liam Donald Above: Under 21 Pair Champions – India Lissa Dempsey and Maddison Brown Above: Open Pair Champions: Charlotte Sutherland with Lucy Stephan of MUBC Above: Men’s Lightweight Scull Champion: James Wilson Above: Men’s under 23 four – Liam Donald, Angus Widdicombe, Callum Nott and Tom Hunt Above: Women’s Under 21 Coxed Four: Cox: Alexis Louise Hancock, India Lissa Dempsey, Maddison Brown, Kirsten Green, Kate Duggan Above: Women’s Open Four Champions: Sophie and Charlotte Sutherland and Fiona Albert Above: Men’s Open Four Champions, winners of the Bob Aitken Memorial Trophy: Josh Dunkley- Smith with Spencer Turrin, Alex Lloyd and Josh Booth Above: Men’s Lightweight Double Scull: James Wilson with Perry Ward of Swan River Above: Women’s Under 19 Eight coxed by Alexis Louise Hancock Silver medals 105 – OW4- Open Women’s Coxless Four 126 – U23W4- Under 23 Women’s Coxless Four 133 – U23M8+ Under 23 Men’s Coxed Eight 139 – U23LM2- Under 23 Lightweight Men’s Coxless Pair 142 – U21W2x Under 21 Women’s Double Scull 175 – CM2x Club Men’s Double Scull 309 – ISW8+ Interstate Women’s Eight Above: Men’s Under 23 lightweight Pair: Will Legge and Carl Tomczak Above: Women’s Under 21 Double Scull: Chloe Deyermond and Gemma Sibillin Above: Women’s Under 23 Four: Olivia Sibillin (left hand side) Above: Women’s Open Four: Addy Dunkley-Smith, Hannah Lewis, Madeleine Cordner and Kat Werry Above: Under 23 Eight – Angus Maloney, Alex Kinsella, Alex Wolf, Callum Nott, Tom Hunt, Angus Widdicombe, Liam Donald, Hugo Laborde, Cox: James Rook Above: Men’s Club Double Scull Bronze medals 120 – OLM4- Open Lightweight Men’s Coxless Four 126 – U23W4- Under 23 Women’s Coxless Four 140 – U23LM4- Under 23 Lightweight Men’s Coxless Four Above: Women’s Under 23 Four: Lea Duret, Amanda Bateman and Georgia Stewart with Edwina Flakemore of MUBC Above: Men’s Under 23 Lightweight Four – Carl Tomczak, Will Legge, Jayden Grey with Hugo Berry of Banks Above: Men’s Open Lightweight Four – Michael McNamara and Conor Grace with Price and McDonnell of Toowong Interstate Championships Wrap Up Updated 24th March 2016 As most members are aware, Victoria finished well at the Interstate Championships with wins in both the King’s and Queen’s Cups and also in the Nell Slatter Trophy and Victoria Cup. There were strong performances in other boats. King’s Cup Below: Start of the King’s Cup 1st Victoria 5:24.36 2nd New South Wales. 5:27.96 3.60 3rd South Australia 5:34.01 6.05 4th Queensland 5:34.66 0.65 5th Western Australia 5:35.25 0.59 A second in a row win from start to finish for Victoria despite a great race from NSW. The crew comprised: Bow: Josh Hooper, 2: Samuel Hookway, 3: Benjamin Coombs, 4: Tim Masters, 5: William Lockwood, 6: Josh Dunkley-Smith, 7: Charles Risbey, Str: Joshua Booth, cox: David Webster, coach: Christian Ryan Above: King’s Cup podium Queen’s Cup 1st Victoria 6:07.90 2nd Queensland 6:10.30 2.40 3rd New South Wales 6:20.29 9.99 4th South Australia 6:25.51 5.22 5th Western Australia 6:37.58 12.07 Above: The winning King’s and Queen Cup crews from Victoria This largely Mercantile crew won for the 12th time in succession. The crew was: Bow: Addy Dunkley-Smith, 2: Jessica Morrison, 3: Madeleine Thomas, 4: Kimberley Brennan, 5: Sophie Sutherland, 6: Katrina Bateman, 7: Lucy Stephan, Str: Charlotte Sutherland, Cox: Sarah Banting, coach: Simon Gadsden. Below: Sarah takes a winning swim after the race. President’s Cup Below: The start of the President’s Cup 1st Western Australia – Rhys Grant 6:46.32 2nd Victoria – Karsten Forsterling 6:46.72 0.40 3rd South Australia – Chris Morgan 6:48.47 1.75 4th Aust Capital Territory – Luke Letcher 6:50.89 2.42 5th Tasmania – Max McQueeney 6:58.65 7.76 6th Queensland – Brett Morley 6:59.38 0.73 7th New South Wales – Alex Purnell 6:59.50 0.12 Nell Slatter Trophy 1st Victoria – Brennan, Kim 7:23.21 2nd Queensland – Kehoe, Sally 7:33.06 9.85 3rd Aust Capital Territory – Grzeskowiak, Cara 7:34.76 1.70 4th Western Australia – Hagan, Alexandra 7:48.05 13.29 5th New South Wales – Gala, Aisyah 7:59.00 10.95 6th Tasmania – Wilson, Ciona 8:01.87 2.87 Penrith Cup 1st Queensland 6:03.35 2nd Western Australia 6:06.60 3.25 3rd New South Wales 6:08.46 1.86 4th Victoria 6:08.93 0.47 5th Australian Capital Territory 6:14.52 5.59 6th Tasmania 6:17.93 3.41 This crew was stroked by club member James Wilson with club member Carl Tomczak in the bow. Above: The lightweight four in the first 500m Victoria Cup 1st Victoria 6:33.56 2nd Queensland 6:36.80 3.24 3rd Tasmania 6:45.02 8.22 4th New South Wales 6:52.98 7.96 5th Western Australia 6:55.78 2.80 There were no Mercantile members in this crew. The crew was comprised of: Bow: Stephanie Radford, 2: Alice Arch, 3: Alice McNamara, Str: India McKenzie, Cch: Bert Cocu Wilkinson Cup 1st New South Wales 5:40.05 2nd Queensland 5:43.85 3.80 3rd Western Australia 5:46.03 2.18 4th Victoria 5:57.11 11.08 5th South Australia 6:02.84 5.73 6th Tasmania 6:11.37 8.53 The New South Wales crew won from start to finish comfortably. The Victorian crew was a largely Mercantile crew of: Bow: James Hoban, 2: Max Mezger, 3: Jack Lawrence, 4: Angus Maloney, 5: Alexander Clarke, 6: Alexander Wolf, 7: Lachlan May, Str: James McCann, Cox: James Rook, Cch: John Saunders Bicentennial Cup 1st Queensland 6:20.40 2nd Victoria 6:24.89 4.49 3rd Western Australia 6:25.25 0.36 4th Tasmania 6:38.06 12.81 5th South Australia 6:38.17 0.11 6th New South Wales 6:38.61 0.44 Again a largely Mercantile crew of: Bow: Gemma Sibillin, 2: Kirsten Green, 3: Kate Duggan, 4: Amanda Bateman, 5: Maddison Brown, 6: Chloe Betts, 7: Elise Franetic, Str: India Lissa Dempsey, Cox: Alexis Louise Hancock, Cch: Brigette Carlile New Interstate Events Two new Interstate Championships were added this year in the para rowing division.