Rowers star at regatta

HUNDREDS of rowers took to the water at Lake Weeroona on Saturday to compete in the 2008 Bendigo Regatta.Crews from as far afield as Essendon, Hawthorn, Corowa and Nagambie competed on the day.There where many highlights for the Bendigo crews on home water.Thomas McMahon was second in his heat and then won the final in the D grade single scull.William Garvin also took out the C grade single scull.In the women’s C grade single scull, Katie Nash put in a strong race to be runner-up by two lengths.The main event of the day was the men’s A grade single scull, which was won by Shane O’Connor-Smith from PowerHouse.Next major regatta on the Rowing Victoria calendar will be the Head of the Barwon at Geelong on November 8.Results for Bendigo’s crews at the Bendigo Sprint Regatta:Women’s D grade, coxed four: Heat 2: Bendigo-Korowa AGS (Pell, Johnston, Barrett, Edwards, Sinclair) 3rd. B final: Bendigo-Korowa AGS (Pell, Johnston, Barrett,Edwards, c: Sinclair) 1st.Men’s D grade, single scull: Heat 2: Josh Dundas 1st. Heat 4: Thomas McMahon 2nd. Heat 6: Hugh Johnstone. A final: Joshua Dundas 1st. C final: Thomas McMahon 1st.Women’s D grade, double scull: Heat 1: Edwards, Johnstone 3rd. B final: Edwards, Johnstone 2nd Men’s C grade, single scull: Heat 3: William Garvin 3rd. C final: William Garvin 1st.Men’s D grade, coxed pair: C final: Johnstone, McMahon 3rd. B final: Johnston, McMahon 2nd.Women’s C grade, coxed quad scull: First and final: Johnstone, Wiseman, Edwards, Johnstone, c Sinclair 1st.Women’s D grade, coxed quad scull: B final: (Clarke, Dundas, Gamboni, Garvin, c: Balmer) 1st. C final: (Grogan, Barrett, Barnes, Hamilton, c: Balmer) 2nd. (Jenkin, Sanderson, Johnston, Cumming, c: Sinclair) 3rd.Men’s D grade, double scull: Heat 2: Gamboni, Clarke. B Final: Gamboni, Clarke. 2nd.Women’s C grade, single scull:Heat 1: Katie Nash 1st. A final: Katie Nash 2nd.Women’s D grade, coxed pair: Heat 2: Pell, Johnston 2nd.Women’s under-17, single scull: Final: Letitia Spicer 4th.Women’s Masters, coxed four: Final: Clarke, Dundas, Gamboni, Garvin, c: Balmer) 2nd.Women’s D grade, single scull: A final: Letitia Spicer 2nd.