2021 - World Under 23 Championships– Racice, Czech Republic
The World Under 23 Championships were conducted at Racice, Czech Republic without Australian representation.
On 17th March 2020, Rowing Australia advised:
Rowing Australia (RA) today confirmed that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it does not intend to send Under 23, Under 21 or Under 19 athletes to compete internationally. This is in line with RA’s announcement earlier this year that stated the organisation did not intend to send senior athletes to compete at international regattas throughout 2021, excluding the Final Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regattas for the Tokyo Games.
It is still the intention of RA to select and support our pathway group athletes irrespective of international travel throughout 2021, and RA will announce, post trials, U23, U21 and U19 Australian Rowing Teams. The plan is that these teams will assemble for various camps, before then joining Australia’s Olympic and Paralympic rowing teams in a World Rowing Cup 3 simulation regatta to be held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre (3 to 6 June 2021).
RA is dedicated to ensuring that its pathway continues to develop and that the future of our sport remains strong thanks to our underage athletes and the wider pathway network. RA looks forward to seeing these athletes compete at the 2021 Aon Australian Rowing Championships, ahead of their trials, and showcasing to the community the strength and depth of the sport in Australia.
But even that full squad did not get to race as planned with travel restrictions imposed by some State Governments. For example, the Victorians raced against other Victorian crews at a regatta at Carrum on the same weekend and received their uniforms at that regatta.
It was an essential activity given that without it, no Australian under age teams would have been selected for two years.
Upon selection, the following announcement was made -
Rowing Australia (RA) today announced the Under 23 (U23) and Under 21 (U21) Australian Rowing Teams that will compete at the World Rowing Cup 3 Simulation Regatta to be held from 11 to 13 June in Penrith, New South Wales.
After completing a trialling process held at Lake Barrington, Tasmania, following the 2021 Aon Australian Rowing Championships, RA has selected seventeen U23 crews and four U21 crews to compete at the simulation regatta that will also feature Australia’s Senior Australian Rowing Team crews, as they prepare for the rescheduled Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.
RA Deputy Performance Director, Jaime Fernandez, said “We’re delighted to be able to name two large teams to compete at our simulation regatta to be held in June. 2021 provides us with an opportunity to be inclusive and engage with a larger cohort of athletes, with an eye to Paris and beyond. These teams also include a number of our US-Based rowers who have been training in Australia due to the COVID-19 situation impacting the world.
“The regatta will provide our pathway teams the chance to compete against our top elite crews as they prepare to take on the world in Tokyo. The selections highlight the depth and breadth of our pathway network, with athletes and coaches coming from all our Member Associations.
“While I know many may have been disappointed by not being able to compete overseas this year, I believe our event, at the Sydney International Regatta Centre, will provide excellent racing and a highly competitive environment for the future stars of our sport.”
Results by day
Results by event
Men's Lightweight Double Scull
Women's Lightweight Double Scull
Australian Team
Men’s Single Scull
Cormac Kennedy-Leverett (QLD)
Cch: Lincoln Handley (QLD)
Cormac came from Griffith University/Surfers Paradise Rowing Club
Men’s Double Scull
Torun Olsson (NSW)
Oscar Williams (NSW)
Cch: Donovan Cech (NSW)
This was a Sydney Rowing Club and UTS Haberfield combination.
Men’s Quadruple Scull
Harry Crouch (NSW)
Joseph Wilson (TAS)
Tim Sander (WA)
Harry Glackin (ACT)
Cch: Brendan Long (TAS)
This was a full composite crew.
Men’s Pair
Alex Nichol (NSW)
Alexander Potter (NSW)
Cch: Donovan Cech (NSW)
This was a Sydney Rowing Club crew.
Men’s Four
Tom Page (VIC)
Finnian Colley (TAS)
Guster Laufmann (WA)
William Achermann (VIC)
Cch: Matthew Ryan (VIC)
This was another composite crew.
Men’s Coxed Four
Darcy McCluskey (QLD)
Alexander McClean (NSW)
Marcus Della Marta (NSW)
Johnson Daubney (WA)
Coxswain: Andrew Le (WA)
Cch: Matthias Ungemach (NSW)
This was a fully composite crew.
Men’s Coxed Eight
Myles McQuillan (WA)
Thomas Hooper (VIC)
Thomas Macky (VIC)
Marcus Emmett (VIC)
Nicholas Ringelstein (QLD)
Miller Eagle-Rowe (QLD)
Alex Nichol (NSW)
Alexander Potter (NSW)
Coxswain: Isaac Schmidt (QLD)
Cch: Matthew Ryan (VIC)
This crew had representtives from Sydney Rowing Club, Melbourne University, KAND and Swan River.
Lightweight Men’s Double Scull
Jack Bowser (QLD)
Tom Williamson (QLD)
Cches: David Fraumano (ACT) and Leo Karadimitis (QLD)
This was a Toowong combination.
Lightweight Men’s Quadruple Scull
Oscar McGuinness (SA)
Rohan James (WA)
Hamish Harding (ACT)
Connor Ryan (TAS)
Cch: David Fraumano (ACT)
Another composite crew.
Women’s Double Scull
Lily Wrigley (TAS)
Nicola Greenland (ACT)
Cch: Alex Field (NSW)
A composite crew from North Esk and ANU.
Women’s Quadruple Scull
Skyla Froebel (VIC)
Eleanor Price (NSW)
Sophie Houston (NSW)
Laura Gourley (NSW)
Coach: Hally Chapman (NSW)
This was largely and Sydney University crew.
Women’s Pair
Laura Foley (VIC)
Lily Cathcart (VIC)
Cch: Mitch Nelson (VIC)
This was a Melbourne University combination.
Women’s Coxless Four
Rebecca Pretorius (WA)
Jacqueline Swick (WA)
Genevieve Hart (WA)
Olivia Jones (WA)
Coach: Jamie Hewlett (WA)
This was a WA composite crew.
Women’s Coxed Four
Katelyn Nicholson (SA)
Paige Barr (VIC)
Emmie Frederico (VIC)
Ella Bramwell (SA)
Cox: Phoebe Georgakas (VIC)
Coach: Alistair Matthews (VIC)
This was a Mercantile and Adelaide combination.
U23 Women’s Eight
Lauren Graham (NSW)
Eliza Gaffney (VIC)
Jaime Ford (NSW)
Ella Mentzines (NSW)
Jean Mitchell (VIC)
Laura Foley (VIC)
Lily Cathcart (VIC)
Alexandra Nothdurft (QLD)
Coxswain: Talia Barnet-Hepples (NSW)
Coaches: Mitch Nelson (VIC) and Lachlan Carter (NSW)
A composite crew.
Lightweight Women’s Double Scull
Madeleine Williams (QLD)
Wallis Russell (QLD)
Coach: Agustin Radero Echave (QLD)
Lightweight Women’s Quadruple Scull
Kate Hall (TAS)
Sophie Walmsley (VIC)
Georgia Seed (WA)
Grace Sypher (NSW)
Coach: Stefano Balosso (WA)
Head coach: Lyall McCarthy (RA)