Notice - 2018 Australian Rowing Team for World Rowing Cups

Published Fri 16 Mar 2018

The 2018 Australian Rowing Team for World Rowing Cups has been announced by Rowing Australia. 

NSW has 19 athletes and 2 coaches selected. Full team list is below with NSW athletes highlighted in Blue. For the full Rowing Australia press release please click here

Congratulations to everyone selected. 

2018 Australian Rowing Team for World Rowing Cups (SIS/SAS/NTC, Club and State in Brackets)

World Rowing Cup 1 and 2
PR1 Men’s Single Scull
Erik Horrie (NSWIS/Sydney Rowing Club/NSW)

World Rowing Cups 2 and 3

Men’s Sculling

Men’s Quadruple Scull
David Watts (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-WAIS/Sydney Rowing Club/WA)
Hamish Playfair (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-NSWIS/UTS Rowing Club/NSW)
Luke Letcher (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-ACTAS/Black Mountain RC/ACT)
Caleb Antill (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-ACTAS/ANU Rowing Club/ACT)

Lightweight Men’s Single Scull
Hamish Parry (QAS/Toowong Rowing Club/QLD)

Lightweight Men’s Quadruple Scull – Squad
James Kerr (WAIS/UWA Rowing Club/WA)
Jack Kelly (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-SASI/Adelaide RC/SA)
Blaine Heseltine (University of Queensland BC/QLD)
Cameron Fowler (Swan River RC/WA)
Michael McNamara (Mercantile RC/VIC)

Men’s Sweep

Men’s Coxless Four
Alexander Hill (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-SASI/Adelaide RC/SA)
Jack Hargreaves (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-NSWIS/Sydney University BC/NSW)
Spencer Turrin (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-NSWIS/Sydney Rowing Club/NSW)
Joshua Hicks (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-NSWIS/Sydney Rowing Club/WA)

Men’s Coxed Eight
Angus Moore (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-NSWIS/Sydney Rowing Club/NSW)
Simon Keenan (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-VIS/Melbourne University BC/VIC)
Liam Donald (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-VIS/Mercantile RC/VIC)
Timothy Masters (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-VIS/UTS Rowing Club/VIC)

Nicholas Purnell (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-NSWIS/Sydney University BC/NSW)
Angus Widdicombe (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-VIS/Mercantile RC/VIC)
Joshua Booth (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-VIS/Melbourne University BC/VIC)

Robert Black (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-NSWIS/Mosman Rowing Club/NSW)
Coxswain: Kendall Brodie (Sydney Rowing Club/NSW)

Men’s Reserves
Alexander Purnell (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-NSWIS/Sydney University BC/NSW)
Campbell Watts (Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC-NSWIS/Sydney University BC/NSW)

Men’s Coaches (All Reinhold Batschi Men’s NTC)
Head Coach: Ian Wright
Senior Coaches:
Mark Prater and Andrew Randell

Women’s Sculling

Women’s Single Scull
Madeleine Edmunds (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-QAS/Commercial RC/QLD)

Women’s Quadruple Scull
Gen Horton (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-NSWIS/Sydney University BC/NSW)
Olympia Aldersey (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-SASI/Adelaide RC/SA)
Caitlin Cronin (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-QAS/University of Queensland BC/QLD)

Rowena Meredith (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-NSWIS/Sydney University BC/NSW)

Lightweight Women’s Quadruple Scull
Georgia Nesbitt (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-TIS/Huon RC/TAS)
Georgia Miansarow (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-NSWIS/Sydney University BC/NSW)
Sarah Pound (NSWIS/UTS Rowing Club/NSW)
Amy James (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-QAS/Toowong RC/QLD)
Reserve: Alice Arch (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-VIS/Melbourne University BC/VIC)

Women’s Sweep

Women’s Coxless Four
Molly Goodman (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-SASI/Adelaide RC/SA)
Sarah Hawe (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-TIS/Huon RC/VIC)
Rosemary Popa (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-VIS/Banks RC/VIC)
Lucy Stephan (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-VIS/Melbourne University BC/VIC)

Women’s Coxed Eight*
Leah Saunders (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-NSWIS/Sydney Rowing Club/NSW)
Georgina Gotch (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-NSWIS/Sydney University BC/NSW)

Katrina Werry (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-VIS/Mercantile RC/VIC)
Jacinta Edmunds (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-QAS/Commercial RC/QLD)

Georgina Rowe (UTS Rowing Club/NSW)
Ciona Wilson (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-TIS/Tamar RC/TAS)
Annabelle McIntyre (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-WAIS/Freemantle RC/WA)
Addy Dunkley-Smith (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-VIS/Mercantile RC/VIC)

Emma Fessey (UTS Rowing Club/NSW)
Coxswain: To be announced post 2018 Aon Sydney International Rowing Regatta

Women’s Reserves: Hannah Vermeersch (Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC-WAIS/West Australian RC/WA)
* Final decision on Women’s Eight will be made after further trialling; additional athlete will act as a reserve alongside Hannah Vermeersch.

Women’s Coaches (all Hancock Prospecting Women’s NTC)
Head Coach: John Keogh
Senior Coaches:
Ellen Randell and Tom Westgarth