2019 Australian Masters Rowing Championships 22nd-25th May

The much anticipated Australian Masters Championships was upon us once again. With the event being held over in Perth it was no small feat to organise a trip of this magnitude. A big thank you to Jason and Mark who were fundamental to the success of this trip. 
We had six rowers along with Mark make the trip from Nepean; Jacqui, Fiona, Aimee (coxswain), Andrew, Jason and myself.
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Jacqui, Jason, Mark, Aimee, Daniel, Fiona

With such small numbers we only had five events that saw exclusively Nepean rowers in the boat. 
Mixed A/B quad of Jason, Myself, Fiona and Jacqui placing third overall and first as a non-composite crew.
Mixed A/B double of Jason and Jacqui wo placed second against Rowan and Shantelle from Newcastle University.
A grade double of Jason and myself placing first.
A grade pair of Jason and myself placing second.
A grade single with Jason taking the silver. 

Jason (right), silver medal in A grade single

Daniel and Jason: A grade double Champions

Jason and Jacqui: Mixed A/B grade silver medallists

Daniel and Jason: Silver medal in A grade pair

Due to only having a small number of rowers we teamed up with numerous clubs to justify taking a trailer over to the other side of the country. These included: Manning River, Lake Macquarie, Newcastle, Newcastle University, Brisbane Waters and Endeavour.
With many of these clubs we also formed composite crews. These proved very successful with the below resulting in medals.
​A grade coxed four- silver- Fiona, Dux (BWRC), Shantelle (NUBC), Jacqui and Aimee
A grade pair- bronze- Jacqui and Shantelle (NUBC)
A grade coxed four- gold- Sean (END), me, Sean (BWRC),  Jason and Aimee
A grade quad- gold- Rowan (NUBC), me, Rhett (Mann) and Jason
C grade quad- gold- Sean (END), Rhett (Mann), Sean (BWRC),  Jason
B grade coxed four- silver- Sean (END), Rowan (NUBC), Sean (BWRC),  Jason and Aimee
Mixed A/B coxed four- silver- Shantelle (NUBC), Jacqui, Sean (BWRC), Jason and Aimee
Mixed A/B eight- silver- Fiona, Dux (BWRC), Shantelle (NUBC), Jacqui, Sean (BWRC), Rowan (NUBC), me, Jason and Aimee

WA4+: 2nd- Aimee, Fiona, Dux (BWRC), Shantelle (NUBC) and Jacqui

Rhett (Mann), Jason, Sean (BWRC) and Sean (End): Gold- C grade quad

Jacqui and Shantelle (NUBC): Bronze in A grade pair

Mixed A/B coxed four: Silver- Jason, Sean (BWRC), Jacqui, Shantelle (NUBC) and Aimee

Mixed A/B eight: 2nd- Aimee, Jason, Daniel, Rowan (NUBC), Sean (BWRC), Jacqui, Shantelle (NUBC), Dux (BWRC) and Fiona

,We also had some very good performances, that while not producing medals, are still commendable, especially considering the high standard of racing this year. 
A grade quad- 4th- Fiona, Dux (BWRC), Shantelle (NUBC) and Jacqui
B grade pair- 4th- Sean (BWRC) and Jason
A grade double- 5th- Dux (BWRC) and Jacqui
A grade single- 6th- Jacqui

Jason and myself were privileged this season to be part of the interstate racing as coaches of the men's quad consisting of Gary (Drummoyne), Sean (Endeavour), Sean (Brisbane Waters) and Rhett (Manning River). While they did not have the perfect race they still went away with a fourth and learnt a lot form the experience, as did Jason and I.

NSW D grade Quad: Jason (coach), Gary (DRC), Sean (BWRC), Sean (End), Rhett (Mann) and Daniel (coach)

A big thank you to everyone who made this such a great trip. I will leave you all with some pictures I got on our way back, along with some great snap of Mark. 

I was seeing double