2016 is the first time Sacred Heart has come to the beautiful Blue Lakes in Rotorua for a number of years. So this year the boys had no expectations of what this regatta would be like. They came away with a belief that they could be on the edge of something new and special.

 

As a Bay of Plenty event, the main contenders for placings include Whakatane, Rotorua and Napier and together with King’s (from Auckland) and us, the field was a tough challenge for all of our crews.

 

The results were as follows:

Under 16 Singles; B Final 8^th, C Final 2^nd and 8^th

Under 17 Four; A Final 2^nd

Under 15 Eight; A Final 1^st

Under 19 Single; B Final 2^nd and 3^rd

Under 18 Novice Four; A Final 1st and 3^rd

Open Quad; B Final 1^st

Under 15 Four; A Final 1^st and 6^th

Under 16 Quad; A Final 3^rd and 8^th

Under 18 Novice Eight; A Final 1^st and 5^th

Under 15 Double; B Final 2^nd, C Final 2^nd

Under 19 Pair; A Final 5^th

Under 17 Quad; A Final 5^th

Under 17 Eight; A Final 1st, 4^th and 5^th

Open Double; A Final 3^rd. B Final 2^nd, C Final 4^th

Under 15 Quad; A Final 3^rd and 6^th

Under 16 Four; A Final 3^rd

Men’s Novice Quad; A Final 1^st, B Final 4^th and 7^th

Men’s Open Eight; A Final 1^st, B Final 4^th

 

These are very pleasing results for Sacred and in particular we won every Eight’s race that we entered. Unfortunately Whakatane took the points shield but we are very happy with the weekend.

The next step is back to Lake Karapiro next weekend in the KR2 Rowing Regatta to take on a larger field of schools.