Day 4 World Championships

Published 22nd September 2022

Red Matthews was the only Club member racing today and he was in the lightweight double. He raced in a tough quarter final with Olympic Champions from Ireland, who took the win. They fought hard to stay in the race, but ended up in sixth position. They will race again tomorrow (22 September) in the C/D Semi-Final. 

Red in bow at the start of the quarter final

In other races, Rowing Australia reported that it was a textbook scull from the Men’s Double Scull of World Cup III [Lucerne] Silver Medallists, David Bartholot and Olympic Bronze Medallist, Caleb Antill who led out of the starting blocks and just continued to push away from the field each stroke. They wound down to the finish line to take the win and qualify for the A/B Semi-Final that will take place on Friday. 

A photo finish was needed to separate the four hundredths of a second between third and fourth place and qualification for the A/B Semi-Final in the Men’s Single Scull Quarter Final. There was fierce racing across the course with all scullers vying for one of the three qualifying spots, first and second were decided early on but the race went to the line with a late surge from a Swedish sculler. Cleary was less than 10cm ahead but secured third position – meaning the right side of qualification. 

In the lightweight men's scull, there was a mature and well-paced race from the Australian debutant, Hamish Harding, who secured second position and qualification into the A/B Semi-Final.