 | | Juniors relax between races at CDRA Champs |
The PMRC juniors wrapped up a stellar season at the July AGM, with the following awards :
- Junior Point Score Trophy - Jeremy Campbell
- Novice of the Year - Savana Purss
- Encouragement Award - Aimee Gardner
- Most Improved Award - Sheridan Duck
Let’s recap the highlights of the the Juniors’ achievements this year :
NUBC/HVGS Double header Berry Park, October
Junior girls cut their racing teeth. They hold their own against significantly more experienced competition. Aimee and Dan place second in mixed doubles, Dan and Jeremy a second in U16 doubles, and Dan, Jeremy and Madeline place second in the mixed quad. Peter Bond, HVGS coach, tells Tony Jonas how impressed he is.
Throsby Sprints, December:
Juniors place first so many times in the heats ,that we run out of boats in the semis, and have to scrounge from other clubs. Congratulations Savana ,Lauri, Aimee and Madeline on your wonderful doubles races, and Savana and Lauri in your singles. Jeremy and Dan win their heat, and place second in the semis. Dan wins his singles heat and semi, and places third in the final. Jeremy wins his U16 heat and places second in the men’s singles.
Head of Clarence/Grafton RC Double header, December
Jeremy placed 3rd in the U17 and men’s handicap, and second in men’s novice. Dan gamely tackles the U17 races.
Taree Summer Regatta , January
In the grade races, Aimee and Lauri placed second in D, Lauri second in C singles. Jeremy and Dan placed third in thee D doubles, second in the C quad, and second in the D quad. Jeremy places second in D men’s single. Dan places third in the U17 single.
Brisbane Waters, February 2010
Savana wins the women’s D single, and the women’s C single, and she and Meredith win the D grade women’s double. Aimee, Lauri , Al and Andrew win the mixed quad, Al and Aimee place second in the Mixed doubles, and Andrew and Lauri win the mixed doubles.
CDRA Championships, March 2010:
Juniors bag 10 gold medals.
Sean cuts his racing teeth in a Junior quad, and secures a gold medal. Savana, Lauri and Aimee took firsts and a third respectively in the Women’s Novice singles races. Jeremy and Andrew took first in their men’s novice singles race, and Jeremy took second in the under-17 men’s single, while Andrew took first in the men’s novice singles, and third in the Championship men’s singles.
Racing in their first 2 km race, Lauri and Savana took fourth place, and Aimee 5th in the Under 17 singles. Lauri and Andrew, and Savana and Jeremy , blazed their mixed doubles. Jeremy and Andrew eclipsed the competition by a 20 second margin in their men’s doubles race.
State, February 2010
Jeremy makes it to the final in the under 17 singles and places 6th. His quad places 5th in the final.
Nationals, March 2010
Jeremy places 4th in his U17 singles heat, and 4th in the repecharge. His quad placed 2nd in the repechage and 5th overall.
NSW Combined High School Rowing Regatta,SIRC
Jeremy places 2nd in the U17 single scull and secures a silver medal.
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 | | Liz receives the Point Score trophy at the AGM |
...with the difference that our former Prez had already gracefully stood down, after a successful 3 year term, and will continue to dispense sage advice from his vice-Presidential seat.
Congratulations to :
- Liz on her Presidency and for once again winning the women’s Point Score Trophy
- Jim on his vice-captainship, and the men’s Point Score Trophy
- Jeremy on the Junior Point Score trophy
- Savava on Novice of the Year Award
- Sheridan for Most Improved Award
- Aimee for the Encouragement Award.
Kim was awarded the Club Member of the Year, and Ken Charlton muscled in at the last minute to wrestle the Boatwrecker of the Year award from former potentials, Graeme and Kim.
The new committee comprises:
- President - Liz Levido
- Vice President - Tony Jonas
- Captain - Bob Mowlem
- Vice Captain - Jim Young
- Treasurer - Geraldine Clarke
- Junior Representative - Jeremy Campbell
- Secretary, Regatta Secretary and Publicity Officer - Kim Chilton
- CDRA Representative – Meredith Hinds
- Public Officer – Graeme Bell
- Members: Rob Hopley, Louise Jones, Brian Glawson and Al Wheatland.
Membership fees have been raised (after a 3 year stasis) to $350 for senior members. All other fees remain the same.
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You might have been forgiven for doing a double take at seeing Darby and Bob (right) pounding the ergs in late April this year.
The explanation (left) was sitting nearby, enjoying a coffee and keeping a beady eye on the numbers.
Candid camera snapped him enjoying a beer on the balcony of the Crown, surveying the races with a meditative eye. Jim is on a temporary leave of absence from his erstwhile rigorous routine due to a shoulder injury. 
