Once again Nationals have come and gone and our Tasmanian athletes have acquitted themselves well  on the National stage, it was pleasing to see so many of our younger athletes competing and matching it with the mainlanders.

The Interstate Regatta saw the inclusion of Para rowing for the first time with both Alistair Chong (Bronze) and Emma Jago medaling (Silver). Due to illness Kerry was unable to compete in the women's single and on short notice "the young"  Ciona Wilson stepped up and rowed above herself to come in 6th , Max McQuenney came out of the blocks hard and was well in contention in the first 1000 to finish in 5th place 

The Light weight women's quad  crew was changed due to the trialing of both Georgia and Ella for National Selection and  Louisa Stewart and Caity Bloomfield jumped in the boat and with Eve and Annabelle to pick up a bronze, our men's crew finished in 6th place

Tasmanian boated two Youth 8's with the men's crew coming 6th and the girls finishing 4th which was equal to Tasmania's best ever results, congratulations to the crew and David Tippett.

Tasmanian Clubs' performance at Nationals in the Club point score

The Club Point score is awarded on the following basis on all Australian Open Rowing Championship events, with points being divided for composite crews:

Boat                           Gold        Silver       Bronze
Eights                        24 points 18 points 12 points
Quads/Fours             16 points 12 points 8 points
Doubles/Pairs            12 points 9 points   6 points
Singles                        8 points  6 points  4 points

Attached are the results from the weeks competition and thanks to Peter Volker for compiling this information.

Congratulations to all involved both on and off the water.