Some excellent results at the NSW Championships last weekend. Podium finishers were:

• Sophie Reinehr - gold in the women's under 23 scull
• Louise Bongrain - silver in the women's under 23 scull
• Austin Reinehr - silver in the men's under 23 pair (composite with MUBC)
• Jess Morrison  - gold in the women's pair (composite with Fremantle's Annabelle McIntyre) - Kat Werry in fourth palce and Paige Barr in fifth.
• Jess also won the four with Kat Werry in third place
• Bronte Cullen and Anna Morrison - silver in women's under 21 pair (Remy McKay and Jess Hawker in fourth place)
• Our women's youth eight finished third
• Our men's youth eight finished third also
• Angus Widdicombe finished in a composite crew to finsh third in the men's four
• In the men's coxed four, Angus Widdicome joined with Jack Robertson, Dom Frederico and Austin Reinehr, coxed by James Rook, to finish second.
• Oscar Tyrrell finished second in the under 21 double with a Queensland sculler
• He then doubled up in a Queensland lightweight eight which finished in third place
• The winning lightweight eight was a Victorian composite crew with Ben Whitmee, Jordan Roberts and Stephen O'Sullivan included.
• Of course Jess Gallagher was not to be denied a win in PR3 pair.
• Our women's eight finished second comprising Louise Bongrain, Bronte Cullen, Anna Morrison, Sophie Reinehr, Jess Morrison, Mimi Tuddenham, Kat Werry, Paige Barr, Cox: Hayley Verbunt
• The last, but certainly not the least, our young star Cate McNeil took out the under 16 single from 59 entrants.

Women's eight podium

Cate McNeil on the podium

Under 23 Scull with Sophie winning and Lou in second place

Mercs composite winning lightweight eight

Austin on the podium in the under 21 pair

Women's Youth Eight