By TBHS | Posted: Thursday March 14, 2019
In near perfect rowing conditions, with 39 schools and over 1000 competitors, the Meridian South Island Secondary School Rowing Championships were held at Lake Ruataniwha, near Twizel, at the weekend.
Yet again, the local Timaru Schools that entered the regatta returned some impressive results.
Timaru Boys’ High School scored fourth overall on the points table, bringing home a double-trifecta medal haul of 3 golds, 3 silver and 3 bronze. “The boys have proven to themselves that they are athletes who can achieve consistently solid performances” said Head Coach, Brian Smith. “I am incredibly proud of our squad effort at SISSC last weekend. We are now on the home stretch to Aon Maadi Cup in less than two weeks’ time, so we will continue to fine tune our crews and our performance”.
The squad took the opportunity provided by the regatta to unveil the name of the brand new skiff purchased from grant money provided by Pub Charity Limited. Named after the current Head Coach, Brian Smith, the new skiff can be used as a quad or a four, and is named Brian The Aon Maadi Cup Secondary School regatta attracts over 2,500 entrants and runs from the 25th to the 30th March 2019 at Lake Karapiro, near Cambridge.
Thank you to Mrs Robinson for giving up her weekend to accompany us.
U15 2X Gold McCully, Davidson
U18 Novice 2X Silver Clemens and Talbot
U15 Octi Bronze McCully, S Wilson, Gledhill, Davidson, Talbot, Light, Wratt, Z Wilson, (Goodger)
U16 4+ Silver Joyce, Yeatman, Bartlett, Bampton (Z Wilson)
U16 2X Bronze J Wilson, H Yeatman
U15 4X+ Gold McCully, Davidson, Talbot, S Wilson (Wratt)
U18 novice 4+ Bronze Clemens, Gledhill, Light, S Wilson (Goodger)
U15 4+ Gold McCully, Light, Davidson, S Wilson (Z Wilson)
U18 Novi 4X+ Silver Clemens, Talbot, Gledhill, Light (Z Wilson)
