Pathway Camp & Nullarbor Cup Success

SA/WA Pathway Camp is a success... & WA wins the Nullarbor Cup!

Since 2019, SA and WA have come together annually for a camp with their top Pathway athletes. This year's camp was hosted in WA from July 7-11. Nick Collins from Aquinas College very generously allowed use of their shed space, equipment & facilities. Each state invited it’s brightest and most enthusiastic Pathway-tier athletes to the camp with the intention of developing big boat skills, fostering a competitive spirit in our young performers, and creating a meaningful competitive opportunity for this group of athletes at a crucial point of the National pre-season.

Rowers on this camp competed for the ‘Nullarbor Cup’. The competition was devised in 2019 and is contested every time the camp takes place. Tony Lovrich has created a beautiful trophy made up of welded railway pegs (from the Trans-Australian Railway) and an old brass oarlock to symbolise the connection between the two states. The WA and SA groups are split into mixed gender teams of 8 or 9 and stay in these teams for the two legs of the competition. Leg 1 of is a biathlon (erg and run) and Leg 2 is a 2000m race in 8+s. WA and SA were tied in a dead heat in the biathlon, but the WA 2 team had a brilliant race and made sure the Nullarbor Cup stayed here!

A very big thanks to Tom, Christine and Rowing SA, Nick and all the coaches who assisted on this camp.