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Wendouree Ballarat Regatta in review

Published Wed 03 Feb 2021

A good regatta for Mercantile with some great performances. Some results and images follow.

Winners included:

Men's open pair - Ben Canham and Sam Marsh

Men's under 21 pair - Jakub Williams and Samuel Waugh

Men's open scull - Red Matthews

Women's under 21 four - Olivia Sargeant, Paige Barr, Emily Sutherland, Sophie Reinehr, Cox: Hayley Verbunt

Men's open double scull - Red Matthews, Kane Grant

Men's under 21 scull - Sam Wilson

Women's lightweight double scull - Olivia Evans, Demetria Kyriacopoulos

Women's under 21 eight - Louisa Bongrain, Mimmi Balaam, Anneka Davys, Millie Whitehead, Emily Sutherland, Paige Barr, Olivia Sargeant, Sophie Reinehr, Cox: Hayley Verbunt

Men's open four - Benjamin Canham, Alexander Wolf, Frederick Roper, Sam Marsh

Women's open quad scull - Eliza Planincic, Jemima Dwyer, Claudia Clements, India Flamsteed

Women's B Four - Teagan Blythe, Louise Carr, Anna Morrison, Sophie Reinehr, Cox: Sophie May

Men's under 19 scull - Sam Wilson

Women's B eight - Jemima Dwyer, Eliza Planincic, Annika Spiers, Anna Morrison, Teagan Blythe, Louise Carr, Gemma Sibillin, Sophie Reinehr, Cox: Sophie May

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Jack Guy and Harry Amad

Alex Wolf and Fred Roper

Sam Marsh and Ben Canham

Thomas Hackett, Hamish Nicol

Lachlan Wilmot

Jamie Forwood

Red Matthews having a good day

Jackson Morrish off the start

Joel Cain and James Crouch off the start

Kane Grant off the start of his heat

Sam Wilson off to a good start

Aleisha Ward calmly takes the second stroke of her heat

Riby Gioulekis also relaxed as she starts her heat

Anna Kirkwood with a controlled start

Claudia Clements in the first 50 metres of her heat

Emmie Frederico left and Olivia Evans right take the first stroke of their heat

Demetria Kyriacopoulos off to a good start

Anna Morrison assesses the opposition early in her race

The calm before the storm in the under 21 four
Jordan Roberts (bow), Zac Crawley (2),  Joshua Murphy (3), Liam Burke (str), Cox: Christophe Wellink (cox) 

A fast and even start in the other heat of the under 21 fours
Charlie Clarke (bow), Flynn Stimpson (2), Joshua Bortolussi (3), Dom Frederico (str), Phillip Tran (cox)

Jakub Williams and Samuel Waugh

Thomas Hackett and Hamish Nicol in lane 2 and Jack Guy and Harry Amad closer to the camera

Sam Marsh and Ben Canham in their final

Alex Wolf and Fred Roper in their final

Lachlan Wilmot acknowledges the Mercs camera

Jackson Morrish also happy in the starting area

Sam Wilson on the way to his win

Kane Grant

James Crouch

Teagan Blythe and Louise Carr in the back ground won the under 21 pairs from Hannah Magasanik and Odette Lynch in the foreground

Claudia Clements

Olivia Evans

Aleisha Ward

Emmie Frederico on her way to her win

Anna Kirkwood

Ruby Gioulekas

Anna Morrison

Men's Under 21 four - Charlie Clarke, Flynn Stimpson, Joshua Bortolussi, Dom Frederico, Cox: Phillip Tran

Hayley Verbunt guides her winning four into the start

Our under 21 four powers away to their win - Olivia Sargeant, Paige Barr, Emily Sutherland, Sophie Reinehr, Cox: Hayley Verbunt

Men's youth eight off to a good start

And further down the track

Our second youth eight off the start as well

Red Matthews and Kane Grant winning the open double

Dario Sportelli and James Crouch also in the open double

Anna Kirkwood and Emmie Frederico in the open double

Jack Guy, Jamie Forwood, Joel Cain, Harry Amad in the open four

Benjamin Canham, Alexander Wolf, Frederick Roper and Sam Marsh take out the open four

Hannah Magasanik, Aleisha Ward, Ruby Gioulekas and Odette Lynch racing well in the open four

The same crew displaying the club colours well

Eliza Planincic, Jemima Dwyer, Claudia Clements and India Flamsteed take out the open quad

Jemima Dwyer, Eliza Planincic, Annika Spiers, Anna Morrison, Teagan Blythe, Louise Carr, Gemma Sibillin, Sophie Reinehr, Cox: Sophie May win the B eight

Teagan Blythe, Louise Carr, Anna Morrison, Sophie Reinehr, Cox: Sophie May take out the B Four

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