Good Evening Parents, staff and friends
On Thursday morning the girls had there last training at Brentwood. Again it proved a success with some beautiful weather and some excellent rowing. Gill and Mark put them through their paces with a longer session and some tough peices of rowing.
On Thursday afternoon the girls had the afternoon off to do some washing, shopping, sleeping and believe it or not they even fit some school work into their schedule.
This morning the girls got to sleep in and at 11:00am we headed out to Brentwood for the first day of the regatta. The girls were buzzing with energy and excitement and were ready for a big day of racing. On the bus trip they managed to sing along to every iconic Australian song they knew, which I can assure you was a aboslute pleasure to the bus drivers ears.
On arrival at Brentwood the excitement only increased as we got to see the size of this regatta with Boats, tents and oars scattered all over every inch of the school. The school provides a vairety of food stores and live music, once the girls found this out they were immediatley requesting songs from Men at Work and ACDC. Everyone is very friendly and very impressed by our attendence at the regatta, our bright and happy young ladies do add a certain international charm to the regatta.
Our first race for the day our quad raced in the 3rd heat varsity quad (similar to a under 19 quad). This was a very high standard of racing and the girls did well to come out with a 5th especially with some very challenging weather conditions (Serena, Laura, Freya, Julia, Yvette). The next race was the 3rd heat of the junior quad race this was a great race the girls who won by a significant amount and again a very big effort in some even tougher conditions (Jana, Annabelle, Freya, Julia, Yvette). A special mention must go to Yvette who coxed both of the races in some very cold conditions with 8 degree water spraying in her face every stroke, she did very well and showed some great determination. Our last race for the day was the 8 and the weather just started to settle as the race begun and the girls had some clamer water to row on. The girls race very well leading after the first 250m by half a boat length and then increasing this lead by about a boat lenght and half by the end of the race. All the girls raced well and rowed well together. (Grace, Suz, Pheobe, Josie, Gen, Maddie, Georgia, Laura, Micha).
Tomrrow the girls will race in 4's, Serena in the single and the 8. The weather should be alot better and the girls are looking forward to some great racing and meeting some great people.
All the best,
Tom
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