Lucy Green

Jemima Wilcox

We couldn’t be prouder of our squad!

The 2022/2023 Rowing season was quite successful. We had the largest number of girls participating with eight junior crews, one junior sculler, six intermediate crews, and two senior crews!
The season started off strong. Whilst the Yarra River flooded in October/November and forced our rowers onto land, we took this as an opportunity to improve our strength and fitness in the gym and on the ergo.

In January, the Senior and Intermediate rowers headed to Nagambie for a week. After much training, we came into racing season and saw many gold medals across the board. In February, we welcomed our new first eight boat, Henley MMXXII, which came all the way from the river Thames as the boat the 2022 history-making crew won the Prince Philip Challenge Trophy in at the Henley Royal Regatta. At the Head of the Schoolgirls Regatta, we witnessed some exciting racing! Both Senior 8s (Henley MMXXII and MMXXI) took out the bronze medals, Emma Peele in the Year 9 single scull brought home a bronze, and the Year 9 Division 1 Crew got silver.

Following this, the seniors competed at Champion Lakes in Perth. The second eight (MMXXI) became the number one second eight in the country placing 15th overall. The first eight raced both the U19 and Schoolgirl 8+ and placed third in both events.

The consistent strength of our Rowing Program couldn’t be achieved without our excellent coaches, notably Miss Brigette Carlile, Mr John Saunders, Mr Kemble Edelsten, and Ms Emily Richards who have ingrained passion, tenacity, and determination into all the girls. We are super excited to see this Program continue to flourish in coming years.