Saturday saw the first Gold Coast Regional All Schools Rowing Association Regatta of the season, hosted by Somerset College and held on the notoriously windy waters of Coomera Lake. However, our novice rowers, competing for the first time, were lucky as the day started calm with blue skies before a blustery southerly sprang up mid-morning that then continued throughout the day.
Wind is the scourge of rowers, making it hard to stay in lanes, chopping up the water and increasing the risk of capsizing. However, despite the wind, our rowers showed true Spartan spirit by giving it their all and coming away with some great results.
Somerset parent volunteers also showed Spartan spirit with marathon efforts in the canteen tent preparing, cooking and selling food and drink to 240 competitors and families as well as driving official boats, assigning bow numbers, erecting tents and the myriad of other jobs that need to be done when hosting a regatta. We really could not do any of it without you.
As always, a big thank you also goes out to all the coaches who ensured rowers were out on the water at the right time, with the right boat and the right crew.
A complete list of official results can be found here. The next regatta is 11 May, 2019 back out on Coomera Lake.
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