Fri, Feb 19, 2021 5:47 PM
Peter Jones
Several more Marlborough-based crews made their way to A finals on another crowded day of racing at the New Zealand Rowing Championships at Lake Ruataniwha today.
Rowers from the Central RPC, Wairau, Blenheim and Picton clubs booked places in tomorrow’s medal deciders by way of semifinals or repechages.
Marlborough-based crews will take part in 36 A finals tomorrow, hoping for a rich haul of gold silver and bronze across many categories.
Today’s results:
Blenheim
Men’s intermediate double (Rhys Salvador, Ashley-James Fitzgerald) 1
st
in semifinal – to A final
Men’s intermediate coxed quad (Rhys Salvador, Ashley-James Fitzgerald, Sam Feltham, Leon Poswillo, Walter Wickham) 2nd in heat - to A final
Picton
Men’s club double (Keiran Gaudin, Hayden Gaudin) 2
nd
in semifinal, to A final
Women’s intermediate double (Charlotte Lightfoot, Jamie Cunningham) 2
nd
in semifinal – to A final
Men’s senior pair (Ryan Gaudin, Will Johnston) 1
st
in repechage – to A final
Men’s intermediate single (Matthais Alexander) 4
th
in semifinal – to A final
Wairau
Women’s intermediate single (Bridgitte O’Leary) 3
rd
in semifinal – to A final
Men’s club single (Lawrence Birch) 3rd in semifinal – to A final
Women’s club double (O’Leary, Stormont) 4
th
in semifinal – to A final
Men’s senior quad (Logan Docherty, Lawson Morris-Whyte, Ryan Flintoft, Will Samson) 5
th
in heat
Women’s club single (O’Leary) 7
th
in semifinal – to B final
Men’s senior single (Birch) 4
th
in repechage; (Gregory-Hunt) 2nd in repechage
Central RPC
Men’s U22 single (Arie Magasiva) 3
rd
in repechage – to B final
Women’s U22 single (Alice Fahey) 6
th
in repechage – to B final; (Phoebe Collier) 7
th
in repechage – to B final