Congratulations to all at ASRA who racked up an impressive 10 gold medals at the Scottish Rowing Championships 2008 at Strathclyde Park. On Saturday conditions were mixed with sun, rain and wind however the following crews excelled to bring home a medal:
• WJ15 4x+ - Rosie, Rachael, Fiona and Holly coxed by Niall F
• MJ14 4x+ - Blair, Robert, Nicholas and Lewis Mc coxed by Bruce
• WJ16 4+ - Jamie, Iona, Catriona and Rosie coxed by Emily G
On Sunday conditions were a lot more pleasant with sunshine for most of the day. The club managed to win the following races convincingly:
• WJ16 2- Catriona and Rachael
• MJ15 4+ - Atholl, Daniel, Niall R and Blair coxed by Bruce
• MJ154x+ - Atholl, Niall, Daniel and Roblert coxed by Niall F
• MJ16 8+ - Grant, Jonnay, Gary, Atholl, Daniel, Niall, Ollie and Lewis Ma coxed by Lewis Mc
• W Grieve Cup - Morven, Holly, Emily G and Christie D coxed by Emily D
• MJ14 2x - Robert, Blair
• WJ15 4+ - Rosie, Fiona, Rachael and Holly coxed by Emily D
Other notable performances include Iona in WJ16 1x who raced the race of her life to miss out the gold by an agonising 0.1 of a second, the MJ18 4+ who have shown massive improvement this year continued to do so with a brilliant race to come so close behind the mighty Watson's boys and Erin, Emily, Amelia and Bruce in their quad to come 1.4 seconds away from a strong Nithsdale opposition.
Thanks have to go to everyone who helped out with our 32 extra members that day tripped down on Saturday. As always it was great to see a high level of parental support throughout the weekend especially on our return to Aberdeen.