#ARC22 The Weekend Wrap!

Congratulations WA Crews on Outstanding Results!

The big boats battled it out on the water over the weekend with nail-biting racing.

The Open Men’s Quadruple Scull created a highlight event of the day on Saturday; the Australian National University Composite crew featured three out of four of the Men’s Quadruple Scull Tokyo Olympic Bronze Medallists.  The experienced Quad put on a show to storm into first place.  Griffith University Surfers Paradise claimed the Silver Medal, while North Esk composite pipped UTS Haberfield at the post, securing the Bronze by less than half a second. 

The best racing conditions in Lake Nagambie were saved for Sunday.  As Nagambie Lakes looked calm... the air was full of excitement!

The most anticipated race of the day was the King’s Cup, Interstate race between the Open Men’s Eights from each state, for which the showdown was between giants Victoria and New South Wales. Last year’s race the margin was as close as it gets, Victoria edging over the line 0.16 seconds over NSW.  This year, NSW left nothing to chance, taking an early lead and steadily edging away throughout the length of the 2000m course to finish first with a length over the Victorian crew, with Western Australia claiming the bronze.

The Queens Cup saw another all-the-way win to early leaders Victoria, with our WA Women's Eight also claiming bronze.

Rowing WA would like to congratulate all its athletes on their spectacular results from the 2022 Australian Rowing Championships.  Against adversity from COVID, travel restrictions and venue changes, crew, coaches and support staff pulled together and successfully represented our state once again.

Our WA pride knows no bounds!

🌐 Click HERE for RA's wrap from Day 6 - Saturday, 2nd April 2022

🌐 Click HERE for RA's wrap from Day 7 - Sunday, 3rd April 2022

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