This week saw five of our rowers take to the river for the CUCBC Small Boats Regatta, the first time Sidney has entered in current undergraduate memory.
In the single sculls were Jakob Mauritz in the Fairbairn Junior Sculls, Tim Scholtes in the Peter Brandt Sculls, and Nora Staack in the Maiden Sculls.
After a comfortable quarter-final win which saw Jakob having to slow down to avoid overtaking his opponent in the chasing-format race, he was beaten in a quick semi-final by the competition\\’s eventual winner. Tim also clocked up a comfortable first round win, but was narrowly edged out in his second race by a strong opponent who went on to reach the semi-final. After cruising through her first round race, Nora saw off tough competition in the quarter and semi-finals but was unfortunately beaten in the final by the stroke of the women\\’s Blue Boat.
After an intense five days of training, Micheal Marsh and Craig Naylor reached the semi-finals of the Foster-Fairbairn Pairs, before being knocked out by favourites and eventual winners Jesus.
All five competitors thoroughly enjoyed their competition, each recording at least one win. This represents great progress for Sidney as we have not featured in small boats races for some years, and with a new found enthusiam for sculling in the Club, we will be hoping for a larger entry and greater success next year!
