Stuartholme and St Aidan’s girls pulling up tinnies together, St Peter’s and St Aidan’s girls talking over breakfast, or Stuartholme and St Peter’s crews doing opposed work during training. Co-ordinators, coaches, parents and rowers have all worked together to ensure the shed operates smoothly and efficiently. It is perhaps fitting, then, that the latest addition to St Aidan’s fleet, a Wintech International racing scull, has been named “Sisterhood”. The name symbolises the bonds of friendship and community that thrive amongst the students at St Aidan’s, and amongst those girls – from all schools – fortunate enough to experience rowing as a sport. It also pays tribute to the school’s foundation by the Sisters of the Society of the Sacred Advent. Purchased through the fundraising efforts of the Rowing Support Group, and a generous donation by one of our rowing families, “Sisterhood” is now racing in the traditional STARS livery. To get to and from regattas, this new boat and the rest of the St Aidan’s fleet travels on the other major purchase for 2011, a new Sykes boat trailer, funded through the generosity of a number of sponsors. Across the BSRA, it is thanks to the support of parents, sponsors and our schools that we can continue to enjoy and grow our programs, and give all rowers the opportunity to experience the ultimate team sport, and the sisterhood that all BSRA rowers share.
The 2011 Qld Schools Championships Regatta were held in Rockhampton from 17-19 September 2011. YEAR 8 Tessa Heath Brooke Holden Emily Bishop Sarah Hills Natasha Halloran YEAR 9 Audrey van Herwaarden Ane Botha Anna de Kruyf Chloe Sawyer Sarah Lilley Alex Dennis Lucy Smith YEAR 10 Nicole Ashton-Brooks Emily Hodgson Hannah Dillman Bronte Prowse YEAR 11 Gabi Wruck Tanne Marais Bronte Sawyer Lauren Danckwerts YEAR 12 Sally Mills Imogen McCluskey Eliza Baldwin Rachel Palmer
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