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Ballarat 2 day regatta - feb 2015

8/2/2015

Corowa sent a small contingent to row at Ballarat last weekend and came away with a 100% success rate.

Racing started on Saturday morning in windy and choppy conditions with Brad Pearsall competing in a preliminary final for the School Boys single scull which he won easily. That afternoon the same field of rowers were meant to take to the course to row the final, but Brad was the only one who braved the conditions so won just by rowing over the course.

Sunday saw club rowing and Brad started the day rowing in his Under 19 single scull first and final which he won convincingly over his competitors. He then teamed up with Fergus Hamilton to compete in the U19 double scull which they won by over 200metres – great effort from Fergus who not only is only 15 years old but was his first time racing over 2000 metres.

President Robert “Dinga” Eyers was the last competitor of the weekend and competed in the Master single scull. Dinga had to give a head start of 29 seconds to 2 other competitors who were older than him but he still managed to beat them as well as another competitor in the same age bracket.

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2 day regatta - barwon jan 31st feb 1st

8/2/2015

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A small team of Corowa's rowers attended the two day Regatta held on the Barwon River in Geelong.
The competition started on Saturday with the school girls regatta.
Galen college year 9 student Paige Cooper was entered in the year 10 single scull. The event had two heats with first through to the A final. After a strong start a battle was on hand between the Corowa and Nagambie sculler as Paige took an early lead. At the half way mark the scullers were level before the Nagambie sculler made her move to win by half a length. Paige next race was the B final and she showed she had learnt from her heat race to take the lead early and record a confidence building win.
Corowa high school year 8 student Julia Delaney was up next in the year 9 single scull with 2 heats first and second qualified for the final. Julia held on to the early leaders before she picked up her speed to row into second place and a spot in the A final. With 4 scullers in the final Julia's aim was for a top 3 finish. Julia got out to a great start and rowed a strong and controlled race to finish in a much deserved second place.
The second day of competition was overcast with a strong tail wind.
First up were the C grade single scullers Amy Underwood and Julia Delaney. Julia was rowing up a grade and using the race for valuable experience with a large field of four heats first qualified for the final. Julia was able to hold on for half the race before finishing in 4th place. Amy was up next and continued her great form from the Moodemere regatta to take an early lead and hold on for a great win and a place in the final. The final was a tough battle with the early leader being challenged by Amy as she pushed all the way before falling one length short at the finish.
Broughton Underwood was up next in the D grade single scull with three scullers within two lengths of each other at the 500m mark. With the scullers making a surge for the finish line Broughton finished third in a tight race. Competing in the C final Broughton was sitting in third place with 300m to go before he powered to the line to claim the C final in a great race.
The under 17 single scullers Megan Vogel and Paige cooper were up next over the 1500m course. Paige was in the first heat and was up against a quality school girl field. Dropping a length behind early Paige settled into a strong rhythm and worked her way in front to record a fantastic win and a spot in the final. Megan continued her great form on the Barwon River to take an early lead and record a great win and a place in the three crew final. The final saw the two Corowa scullers take control of the race with Megan showing her experience to take the win from Paige.
Julie Underwood was entered in the masters single and showed her hard work was paying of to take on a quality field and finish second recording a great time.
Julia was entered in her D grade single after lunch and after a slow start made her move through the field as she rowed through the early leaders to take out the heat and a place in the final. The final was a tight battle with the crews level at the half way mark as Julia gave her best to finish 4th and show her effort at training is paying off.
The final race for the club was the Under 17 double scull with Megan and Paige teaming up. The girls showed the opposition how fast they are going to take the lead and never be troubled to record a big win.

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defibrillator TRAINING - JANUARY 2015

8/2/2015

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Chris Welsh from Australian Medical & Emergency Management Group was at the club on Wednesday 28th to train 21 of our members in the use of our new Zoll AED Defibrillator which was donated to the club by The Corowa Lions Club. This machine is the best technology available and is something we hope we never need but it is reassuring that we have one on hand.

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Australia Day weekend - barwon regatta

8/2/2015

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Corowa sent a small contingent down to Geelong to compete on the Barwon river for their two day regatta.

Saturday saw the age based races and Brad Pearsall started the weekend off competing in the Under 19 single scull – he was up against last year’s National team mate in the heat with only 1st going through to final, it was a great race with Brad just missing out progressing through to final.

Brad then competed in the U23 single scull race along with Matt Vogel & John Raschke. There were three heats with our competitors separated into separate heats. Racing was very competitive with Brad winning his heat to get into the final, whereas both John & Matt finished 2nd to miss out.

Brad then competed in the final of the U23 single which he rowed a great race over the 1500 metre course to record a win.

Sunday was all about club rowing. Brad, Matt & John all started the campaign off racing in the B Grade Single Scull in which they were placed in different heats again with only 1st going through. Brad was in the first heat up against the winner of the previous days U19 single scull who beat him by a foot placing Brad in 3rd place. John was in second heat and rowed a strong race to take it out going into the final. Matt was in the third heat and he finished 2nd in a field of four so a great effort.
John then raced in the final but was unsuccessful.

Brad then rowed in the Open Single scull where he finished third in the heat ending his weekend of rowing.

Matt & John teamed up to compete in B grade double scull in which they came 2nd in the heat to progress through into the final – which the boys rowed a fantastic race to win!

Robert Eyers then had an opportunity to race in the Masters Single Scull which was raced over 1000 metres. Dinga had a great start to lead from the front and never looked challenged – winning by over 3 boat lengths.

All rowers came home with a medal so a great weekend.

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