The first North East Regatta after two years of restrictions proudly took place on the river Dee on the 14th May 2022. ASRA were dominant on their home water, with a winning total of 103 points collected.

Not only did ASRA show strength in sweep events, but also sculling with four wins in single sculls from: Topp, Bone, Aspinall and Petty.

It was good to see established crews such as the boy’s fours and J18 pairs taking the win. J16 girls pairs also secured a couple of golds, trying out different combinations to gel together in preparation for racing their 8+. However, exciting to note are the rising juniors getting great racing experience. Winton and Sheerwood won in their double, proving a useful stepping stone for Scottish Championships where they secured a silver. Both boys and girls J14 quads won novice coxed quads, showing the depth in the up-and-coming ASRA squad.

All in all, a successful weekend, fuelled by many macaroni pies and some sunshine. 

NER22 Winner Names

At the 2022 Munich International Junior Regatta held on the Oberschleissheim Olympic rowing course on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th of May, Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association athletes Zoe Beeson and Maisie Aspinall both struck gold twice as members of the GB Under 19 rowing squad.

On Saturday in the A Final of the Junior Women’s Coxless Fours event, the GB Four - Annalisa Janss Lafond (Tideway Scullers) , Alice Baker(Kings School Worcester), Amy Newton (George Heriots School) and Maisie Aspinall (ASRA) fought their way to gold against top composites from all over Germany and eastern Europe and in the A Final of the Junior Women’s Coxless pairs event, Issie Magee (Headington School) and Zoe Beeson (ASRA) were unstoppable as they took gold for GB again by a margin of 13 seconds over their nearest German rivals.

On Sunday, GB rang the changes in their Women’s Coxless Four and the rerigged crew with Maisie Aspinall (ASRA), Amy Newton(George Heriots School), Issie Magee (Headington School) and Zoe Beeson (ASRA) in stroke seat demolished all comers in the A final of the event , crossing the finish line a massive 15 seconds ahead of their closest challengers.

In recognition of these outstanding performances, Zoe and Maisie have been selected to row for GB in the U19 Women’s Coxless Pairs event in the upcoming European U19 Rowing Championships on 21/22 May in Varese.

The GB Rowing Team Under 19 Regatta took place on Sunday 24^th April at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham, with Scotland’s junior rowers excelling despite the challenging circumstances.

In the women’s pairs event, ASRA's Maisie Aspinall and Zoe Beeson were the standout combination across both the time trial, which they won by over 5 seconds, and in their final.  Scotland demonstrated real strength in depth in this event producing 50% of the rowers who qualified for the A final.

A full account of the regatta can be found on the Scottish Rowing website using the following link:

https://www.scottish-rowing.org.uk/news/1035-scotlands-junior-rowers-excel-at-gb-rowing-team-under-19-regatta

 

The Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association attended the Scottish Rowing Spring Regatta on 23 & 24 April at Strathclyde Park, Motherwell, competing against crews from across Scotland, the North of England and Northern Ireland.  Sunny weather was accompanied by a strong cross wind and choppy water -  challenging conditions for the athletes but there were plenty of strong performances as the club took part in their first open regatta of the season.

Gold medals were won in the following races:

• Women’s Junior 18 coxless pairs – Freya Hughson & Rosie Wilson.
• Women’s Junior 18 coxed fours – Freya Hughson, Rosie Wilson, Gemma Collins & Sophia Brew, coxed by Rory Trythall.
• Open Junior 18 coxed eights – Harris Pearce, Sam Doherty, Murray Bone, William Lawson, Christy Probart, Gregor Macleod, Henrik Gundersen & Callum Sherwood, coxed by Lily Arthur.
• Open Junior 18 coxless fours – Murray Bone, Sam Doherty, William Lawson & Christy Probart.
• Open Junior coxed fours – Harris Pearce, Magnus Heidenreich, Gregor Macleod & Magnus Lawson, coxed by Lily Arthur.
• Open Junior 18 coxless pairs – Sam Doherty & Murray Bone
• Open Junior 16 coxless pairs – Magnus Heidenreich & Harris Pearce
• Open Junior 15 double sculls – Callum Sherwood & Jack Winton.
• Open Junior 15 single sculls – Callum Sherwood.

Silver medals were awarded to:

• Open Junior 15 coxed quadruple sculls – Callum Sherwood, Lily Arthur, Jack Winton & Gabrielle Topp, coxed by Mackenzie Reid.
• Women’s Junior 14 single sculls – Gabrielle Topp

On the 19th and 20th of March Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association hosted The Bob Neill Scottish Schools Head of the River on our home waters here on the Dee. It was a successful weekend with one hundred school children from across Scotland competing for their schools and clubs. ASRA walked away with a fantastic eighteen victories out of the twenty-eight titles competed for across the weekend, securing the Scottish Junior Club Team trophies in both sweeping and sculling. George Watson’s College took eight victories home to Edinburgh and The Glasgow Academy took home two. The ASRA winners were as follows:

Saturday Division 1

• OJ18 4+ Murray Bone, Sam Doherty, Christy Probart, William Lawson, cox: Sam Cordiner
• WJ18 4+ Rosie Wilson, Zoe Beeson, Maisie Aspinall, Freya Hughson, cox: Mackenzie Reid
• WJ16 4+ Charlotte Arthur, Emily Simpson, Sophie Sinclair, Anna Donald, cox: Ella Johnston
• WJ14 4x+ Grace Watt, Gabrielle Topp, Lily Arthur, Molly H (GWC), cox: Anna Taylor

Saturday Division 2

• OJ16 4x Harris Pearce, Magnus Lawson, Magnus Heidenreich, Gregor MacLeod
• OJ18 2x Murray Bone, Sam Doherty
• OJ15 2x Callum Sherwood, Jack Winton
• WJ18 4x Gemma Collins, Freya Cummine, Sophia Brew, Ella Brooks
• WJ18 2- Maisie Aspinall, Zoe Beeson
• WJ16 2x Maggie Seward, Sophie Sinclair

Sunday Division 1

• OJ18 4x Murray Bone, Sam Doherty, William Lawson, Christy Probart
• OJ16 2x Magnus Heidenreich, Harris Pearce
• WJ18 1x Maisie Aspinall
• W J14 1x Gabrielle Topp

Sunday Division 2

• WJ16 4x Emily Simpson, Charlotte Arthur, Sophie Sinclair, Maggie Seward
• OJ18 1x Murray Bone
• OJ16 1x Magnus Heidenreich
• OJ15 1x Callum Sherwood

Despite the lack of outside junior competition at Aberdeen Head of the River Race ASRA put up a tough fight against senior competition to win a fantastic fourteen gold medals across the weekend. The eights racing on Saturday provided valuable practice to all three of the ASRA eights that are going on to race at the British Schools Head of the River on the 14th March on the Thames in London. Well done to all competitors across the two days, and see all of the weekend’s winners below:

Saturday

• WNov8+ (Isla, Penny, Tamara, Sophie, Anna, Maggie, Emily, Sophie, cox: Luke)
• O8+ (Sam C, Gregor, Henrik, Callum, Magnus L, Murray, Sam D, Harris, cox: Lily)
• WJ18 8+ (Ella J, Ella B, Freya C, Gemma, Rosie, Zoe, Maisie, Freya H, cox: Jack)

Sunday

• WJ18 2- (Maisie & Zoe)
• OJ18 1x (Murray)
• OJ16 2- (Harris & Magnus L)
• WJ16 1x (Charlotte)
• OJ18 2- (Murray & Sam D) 
• WO 1x (Maisie)
• OJ16 1x (Callum)
• WR2 2- (Gemma & Sophia)
• WJ18 1x (Freya H)
• WJ16 2- (Maggie & Anna)
• OJ14 2x (Iain & Rory)

Aberdeen Schools Rowing Success at International Event - Scottish Rowing Indoor Championships

On Saturday 21^st January athletes from Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association faced off against tough competition from around the world. The club came away with several podium places for individual age group events and four team wins. Gabrielle Topp cinched the Women’s Junior 14 category win with an impressive 1078m in four minutes, narrowly defeating an athlete from Ringsten RC in Denmark in a very exciting battle for the line. Magnus Heidenriech won the Open Junior 16 2km event, by an impressive seven seconds, over the second placed athlete from George Watson’s College in Edinburgh. 

In the team races ASRA came away with a clean sweep of gold medals in the Junior 16 and Junior 18 categories. The Women’s Junior 16 team of Penny Irvine, Sophie Sinclair, Maggie Seward and Charlotte Arthur even broke their event record! The victorious Open Junior 16 team included Magnus Heidenreich, Magnus Lawson, Harris Pearce and Gregor Macleod. Murray Bone, Alex Fowler, William Lawson and Sam Doherty won the Open Junior 18 team event and Maisie Aspinall, Zoe Beeson, Freya Hughson and Rosie Wilson won the Women’s Junior 18 event.

The other podium-placing ASRA athletes of the day were:

• Silver OJ15 – Callum Sherwood
• Silver WJ16 – Sophie Sinclair
• Bronze WJ12 - Katherine Taylor
• Bronze WJ13 – Lottie Meakins
• Bronze OJ18 – Murray Bone
• Bronze WJ16 – Maggie Seward

On the Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st November 18 ASRA athletes took part in the Inverness Fours and Small Boats Heads on the Caledonian Canal.

Some very tough and close racing against the best of Scotland’s rowing juniors saw the club take home four gold medals:

• Men’s Junior18 Coxless Pairs: Alex Fowler & William Lawson
• Women’s Novice Coxed Quadruple Sculls: Lily Arthur, Penny Irvine, Gabrielle Topp & Erin Gibson, coxed by Iain Petty
• Men’s Junior 16 Single Sculls: Magnus Heidenreich
• Women’s Junior 15 Single Sculls: Gabrielle Topp

Meanwhile on Saturday, down at the Early ID Sculling Trials in Boston, Lincolnshire, ASRA’s sweep pair stars, Zoe Beeson and Maisie Aspinall, opened up their challenge for places in this year’s GB quad by coming in 20th and 22nd respectively in a field of 120.

On Saturday 6th November, despite the stormy weather conditions, ASRA put forward a large team of competitors to race at the local Aberdeen Fours Head of the River. There was a strong field from across Scotland but ASRA managed to cinch a few victories on the day:

Division 1:

• OJ16 4+ Harris Pearce, Magnus Heidenreich, Magnus Lawson, and Gregor McLeod, coxed by Iain Petty
• WJ18 4+ Zoe Beeson, Maisie Aspinall, Freya Hughson, and Ella Brooks, coxed by Lily Arthur

Division 2:

• OJ18 4+ Murray Bone, Alex Fowler, Sam Doherty, and William Lawson, coxed by Sam Cordiner
• WJ18 4- Zoe Beeson, Maisie Aspinall, Freya Hughson, and Sophia Brew
• WJ16 4+ Emily Simpson, Charlotte Arthur, Sophie Sinclair and Tamara Brew, coxed by Erin Gibson

Unfortunately, due to the weather conditions, the Small Boats HOR on Sunday 7th November was cancelled, but ASRA, of course, replaced it with a similarly gruelling session indoors. Well done to all of the athletes who competed! 

On Saturday 16 October, Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association (ASRA) competed in the Tyne Long Distance Sculls and Tyne United Small Boats Head –time trials rowed over the 4500m course between Blaydon and Newburn, west of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

An early morning conversation with our hosts at Tyne Rowing Club about The Battle of Newburn Ford, was remarkably prescient as the athletes of ASRA demonstrated the skills, strength and determination necessary to dominate their coevals from the North East of England. On the day, ASRA’s twenty-two athletes came away with a fantastic ten wins out of the eleven categories they raced in.

Tyne LDS

• Winners of Open Junior 16 Double Sculls – Magnus Heidenreich & Harris Pearce
• Winners of Women’s Junior 17 Quadruple Sculls – Ella Brooks, Freya Cummine, Gemma Collins & Gabrielle Topp
• Winners of Women’s Junior 16 Quadruple Sculls – Isla Petty, Sophie Sinclair, Anna Donald & Maggie Seward
• Winner of Open Junior 18 Single Sculls – Alex Fowler
• Winner of Women’s Junior 18 Single Sculls – Maisie Aspinall
• Winner of Women’s Junior 17 Single Sculls – Zoe Beeson

Tyne United SBH

• Winners of Women’s Fours – Freya Hughson, Maisie Aspinall, Zoe Beeson & Sophia Brew
• Winners of Open Junior 18 Pairs – Alex Fowler & Murray Bone
• Winners of Open Junior 16 Coxed Quadruple Sculls – Callum Sherwood, Jack Winton, Gabrielle Topp, Mackenzie Reid & Ian Petty (cox)
• Winners of Women’s Junior 16 Double Sculls – Maggie Seward & Sophie Sinclair

With such a successful start to the season, ASRA will knuckle down to training with renewed enthusiasm and look forward to their next races… Aberdeen Head (6/7 Nov) and Inverness Head (20/21 Nov).

On 22nd August 2021, the Inter Schools Regatta took place on the river Dee, more commonly known as the ‘Henley of the North.’

Eight school crews competed on the traditional 200 metre stretch from ABC to the ASRA boathouse. Aberdeen Grammar School were the strong favourites with the J18 Boys 4- in the crew, fresh from their silver medal at National Schools. However, they weren’t without competition , namely the well-established Albyn School. Albyn FP’s include Sam Kelso, Conrad Forbes, Robert Powell and the Beeson brothers. With previous Inter Schools’ wins under both Grammar and Albyn belts, the competition was on.

There were many exciting races during the day, which was atypically warm and sunny and for the first time in a while, crowds were able to gather and cheer on the quads. Live commentary was also provided by ASRA athletes to give a unique insight into the crews racing and this was paired with a magnificent barbecue and spread provided by our parents and coaches.

After a competitive afternoon of back-to-back races, the final arrived consisting of race-off between Albyn Green and AGS. Nerves were high, and an adrenaline fuelled sprint saw the “green team” cross the line in first place, to claim the Elliott Cup for Albyn School. .

Meanwhile, the Inter Schools Trophy (the beginners’ trophy) was awarded to Tamara Brew, Henrik Gundersen, Louisa Benson and Grace Watt for what was an outstanding start to their rowing careers at ASRA.

Finalist Zoe Beeson from Albyn Green commented: ‘Looking back, winning the hardest competition of the year ( against our own ASRA team-mates) was a great way to end the season.’

Will the rivalry continue? Or will the new influx from schools across Aberdeenshire and City such as Cults Academy, Portlethen and Kemnay create a new spectacle in August 2022?

A group of our younger and less experienced athletes, who weren’t racing at the British Junior Championships, travelled to Glasgow to represent ASRA at the Scottish Rowing ‘Lochdown Regatta’ on July 24th. There were a lot of strong performances at a well attended regatta, with some standout racing from the J14s and J15s, showing that we have very promising athletes coming through the club. Full results below and well done to everyone who competed!

• 🥇 GOLD OJ15 4x+ (Gregor M, Harris P, Magnus H, Magnus L and Sam C)
• 🥇 GOLD OJ14 4x+ (Harry M, Jack W, Mackenzie R, Calum S )
• 🥇 GOLD OJ15 2x (Magnus L, Magnus H)
• 🥇 GOLD OJ15 1x (Magnus H)

• 🥇 GOLD WJ15 2x (Emily S, Sophie S)
• 🥇 GOLD WJ15 4x+ (Ella J, Emily S, Isla P, Sophie S )

• 2nd ONov4x+ (Gemma C, Kate G, Rosie W, Tegan J )

• 2nd WJ14 2x (Gabrielle T, Lily A)
• 2nd WJ15 2x (Isla P, Penny I)
• 3rd WNov 2x (Freya C, Gemma C)
• 4th WNov 2x (Kate G, Tegan J)

• 2nd WJ15 1x (Emily S)
• 3rd WJ15 1x (Sophie S)
• 5th WJ15 1x (Isla P)
• 6th WJ15 1x (Ella J)
• 7th WJ15 1x (Penny I)
• 2nd WJ14 1x (Gabrielle T)

• 2nd ONov4+ (Magnus H, Dom R, Gregor M, Magnus L)

• 4th OJ15 2x (Gregor M, Sam C)
• 2nd OJ14 2x (Calum S, Jack W)
• 3rd OJ14 2x (Harry M, Mackenzie R)

• 3rd OJ15 1x (Magnus L)
• 4th OJ15 1x (Gregor M)
• 5th OJ15 1x (Sam C)
• 3rd OJ14 1x (Calum S)
• 4th OJ15 1x (Jack W)
• 5th OJ15 1x (Harry M)
• 6th OJ15 1x (Mackenzie R)

• WJ15 2x: B Final 1st place
• OJ15 1x: B Final 2nd place
• OJ16 2x: B Final 3rd place
• WJ18 2- 🥈 
• WJ18 8+ Composite🥈 
• OJ18 1x: H Final
• OJ18 2-: A Final 5th Place
• OJ18 4-(A): A Final 5th Place
• OJ18 4-(B): B Final 2nd Place
• OJ18 8+: B Final 1st Place

Over the weekend of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of July ASRA competed in the Junior Women's Coxed Fours event for the Groton School Challenge Cup, at the Henley Women’s Regatta. The crew consisted of Freya Hughson (J16), Zoe Beeson (J16), Maisie Aspinall (J17) and Sophia Brew (J17), coxed by Isla Petty (J15)  and even though the Covid-19 restrictions in place meant that the event was missing its usual contingent of overseas crews, the standard of the event was as high as ever with tough competition across the field. Our ASRA girls put in a highly competitive performance in the Time Trial to come 4th out of the 17 crews entered and that allowed them a bye through to the first round on Saturday afternoon and straight into the second round. The girls then made it through to the semi-finals on Sunday where they came up against formidable competition from The Glasgow Academy, the eventual winners of the event, and unfortunately lost out by only two lengths to be knocked out of the competition. Making it to the semi-finals of Henley Women’s Regatta is no small achievement, a fantastic effort  and well done to all of the girls!

At Scottish Rowing’s Junior Summer Regatta held at the National Rowing Centre, Strathclyde Park on Saturday 5^thJune, athletes from the Aberdeen Schools’ Rowing Association, brushed aside the effects of a punishing racing schedule down at the National Schools and Scullery Regattas at Dorney Lake, Eton, just last weekend and put in a series of outstanding performances against the best of Scotland’s junior rowers to win a total of 6 gold and 3 silver medals.

Gold:

• Women’s Junior 15 Quadruple Sculls: Charlotte Arthur, Maggie Seward, Sophie Sinclair & Emily Simpson, coxed by Erin Gibson
• Women’s Junior 15 Double Sculls: Maggie Seward & Emily Simpson
• Men’s Junior  15 Quadruple Sculls: Magnus Heidenreich, Gregor Macleod, Magnus Lawson & Harris Pearce , coxed by Sam Cordiner
• Women’s Junior 16 Single Sculls: Zoe Beeson
• Men’s Junior 16 Doubles: Murray Bone & Sam Doherty
• Men’s Junior 18 Single Sculls: Matthew Hughson

Silver: 

• Women’s Junior 14 Double Sculls: Lily Arthur & Gabrielle Topp
• Women’s Junior 15 Double Sculls: Charlotte Arthur & Sophie Sinclair
• Women’s Junior 18 Coxless Fours: Freya Hughson, Maisie Aspinall, Zoe Beeson & Sophia Brew

Grateful thanks to all the parents who stepped in to ferry our troops to the event when our new minibus lost power enroute and had to be returned to the boathouse.

A selection of photos from the day are available to view in the Photo Gallery 

The National Schools Regatta, which annually draws in over 5.000  junior competitors from all over Great Britain but was a Covid casualty in 2020, was held again this year on Saturday 29^th and 30^th May on the Olympic course at Dorney Lake, Eton. A  group of 21 athletes from the Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association entered what was their first competitive rowing event in over a year, signed up for 5 events and medalled in two of them.

In the Girls’ Championship Coxless Pairs event Zoe Beeson and Maisie Aspinall dominated the field in both Time Trial and A Final to bring back gold and the Leander Cup back to Aberdeen and ASRA’s senior boys – Matthew Hughson, Ashley Geddes , Gregor Charles  & William Penny – won  silver in the A Final of the Boys’ Championship Coxless Fours event, gold going to the St Georges College Boat Club foursome from Waltham -on-Thames.

Elsewhere ASRA’s  J17 boys – Alex Fowler, William Lawson, Joe Ritchie & William Cooper , coxed by Erin Gibson -  won the B Final of the Boys’ Championship Coxed Fours event with a time that would have placed them 5^th in the A final and ASRA’s J16 Girls -  Charlotte Arthur, Freya Hughson, Sophie Sinclair, Phoebe McCraith, Ella Brooks, Emily Simpson, Freya Cummine & Gemma Collins, coxed by Erin Gibson - fought their way through to a second place in the B Final of the fiercely competitive Girls’ Junior 16 Eights event some 4 seconds ahead of the Irish girls from the Enniskillen Royal Boat Club.

A magnificent effort all round and the best performance of any Scottish club at the event. Our thanks go as always to our volunteer coaches and drivers whose hard work and dedication. prior to, during and after the regatta, made these outstanding results possible.

Following his J15 bronze at the Scottish Indoor Rowing Championships, at the British Rowing Indoor Championships Online on Saturday 5^th and Sunday 6th December ASRA’s Magnus Heidenreich came 8^th in a field of 31 in the Year 10 Race over 500 metres, with a mere 4 seconds covering places 2 to 8.

In the 5 minutes race for year 10 boys, he came a creditable 10^th in a field of 27.

Congratulations to all who took part in the Scotish Virtual Indoor Championships and in particular to coaches Holly and Alan, who organised what was a technical nightmare!!!

WJ13 – Gabrielle Topp - silver medal (gold out of Scottish competitors)

WJ15 – Sophie Sinclair – gold

WJ15 – Maggie Seward – bronze

WJ15 team – Erin Gibson, Maggie Seward, Phoebe McCraith & Sophie Sinclair – gold

WJ15 team – Anna Donald, Charlotte Arthur, Emily Simpson& Gabrielle Topp - silver

WJ16 – Zoe Beeson – silver

WJ18 – Maisie Aspinall – gold

WJ18 team – Freya Hughson, Maisie Aspinall, Sophia Brew, Zoe Beeson - gold

OJ14 – Jack Winton – bronze

OJ15 – Magnus Heidenreich – bronze (silver out of Scottish competitors)

OJ18 – Gregor Charles – silver

OJ18 – Ashley Geddes (bronze out of Scottish competitors)

OJ18 team – Ashley Geddes, Gregor Charles,, Matthew Hughson &  William Penny – gold

OJ18 team – Alex Fowler, Joe Ritchie, Murray Bone &  William Lawson - silver

Out of fourteen athletes doing 2000m, there were nine PBs.

ASRA - Hazlelhead Academy 1984. Recognise anyone?

Back Row: Steve Miller, Alison Harper, Catherine MacInnes, Beverly Jones, Aonghus Drummond, Fiona Byers (maybe ?), Malcolm Watson (?)

Middle Row: The Manny Steel, Brenda Hugheson, Carol Oswald, Lynda Aikenhead, Malcolm Smith, Sean MacIntyre, Sheena Law, Graeme MacDonald, (?), (?), (?), Ewan MacInnes, Euan Garden, Tracy Fong

Front Row: Gregor Simpson, Graham Ritchie, James Florence, Alan Harper, Gordon Alexander

Congratulations to ASRA athletes Miles Beeson, Abigail Topp and Megan Hewison and to coach, Holly Reid.

Miles Beeson, Junior Rower of the Year 2018/19!

Following on from a strong 2017/18 season where Miles raced to 7th in the world at the World Rowing Junior Championships 2017 in the Junior Men’s Pair, Miles is now studying and rowing at the prestigious Yale University in the USA.

However, despite being at University, Miles was still eligible to race at junior level and upon his return to the UK representing Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association, he successfully raced himself into the top boat for the junior men’s team, the Junior Men's Coxless Fours winning an incredible silver medal! Well done, Miles!

Abigail Topp and Megan Hewison - Scottish Rowing Crew of the Year!

Domestically the duo were the strongest junior women’s pair in Scotland, enjoying an unbeaten season in Scottish junior competition. After a successful season throughout the British Rowing GB Rowing Team trials, the Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association pair were selected for the World Rowing Junior Championships 2019, Megan and Abigail raced incredibly well to win the B-final and place 7th in the world; a tremendous achievement!

Holly Reid - Community Coach of the Year

Holly’s continuous reliability and positive attitude encourages many athletes at Robert Gordon University Boat Club, Aberdeen University Boat Club & Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association to love the sport just as much as she does. Her love for rowing and her dedication to the sport is highly contagious as she continuously inspires and motivates athletes through her positive attitude and personal drive. An incredibly deserving winner, well done Holly!