UPDATE: The World Rowing Championships and Under 21 Trans Tasman Wrap up
Published Fri 30 Aug 2019
World Rowing Championships 2019
By virtue of making the A-Finals, the Women’s Pair (Jess Morrison, VIC) , the Women’s Four (Lucy Stephan, Kat Werry and Sarah Hawe, VIC) , Men’s Four and Men’s Quadruple Scull have qualified boat berths for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, while the PR3 Mixed Coxed Four (Alexandra Viney and Alex Vuillermin, VIC) finished in second in their A/B semi-final to secure Australia a berth at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.
Australia’s Women’s Quadruple Scull (Katrina Bateman) and Women’s Double Sculls will all contest B-Finals on Saturday. The womens Quad require a top two finish to secure their place for Tokyo 2020 and the Womens Double Scull requires a top 3 Finish to make it into the A-Final on Sunday. The Women's Eight (Jess Morrison, Rosie Popa and James Rook, VIC) placed second in their repechage earning a place in the A-Final on Sunday where they will race to qualify for a berth at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. While the Men's Eight (Karsten Forstering, Josh Booth, Tim Masters, Angus Widdicombe and Simon Keenan, VIC) Progressed straight into Sunday's A-Final.
Keep an eye out for the live stream on the World Rowing website for all the Finals this weekend.
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Under 21 Trans Tasman Wrap up
The final day of the Under 21 Trans-Tasman Regatta saw the best conditions of the regatta and despite Australia’s strong performance across the last three days, and winning the second leg with 145 points to New Zealand’s 133, Australia were unable to retain the Rusty Robertson Trophy. New Zealand won the overall points tally to take home the Rusty Robinson trophy, for the first time since 2015, leading the count 288 to Australia’s 270 points. Special mention to Victorian's Brigid McKeagney-Douglass and Eleanor Price who represented in the U/21 Pair, as well as joining forces with other ART members for the U/21 Four and Eight.
