Indoor Rowing 2017:
National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships 2017
Following another excellent set of curriculum rowing lessons finishing with a very successful interhouse rowing competition we decided to enter the National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships for the second time. The event took place on 17th March 2017 at the Lea Valley athletics centre on the outskirts of London. Over 2000 pupils took part, travelling from all over the country.
In the build up our year 8 pupils trained extremely hard using free time at lunch and after school to build their stamina and prepare for the gruelling 3 minutes individual row and the 2000m team relays. This good preparation paid off with all individuals performing extremely well in their races, as can be seen from the results below:
A fantastic day was had by staff and pupils and there is no doubt that this will be an event we look to enter in future years. Taking part in competition at this level definitely helped the pupils involved to beat all other teams in the Redditch District Competition and be crowned district champions!
Midlands Indoor Rowing Championships
With the decision made to carry on the Birchensale Rowing Team with a group of Year 9 pupils from Arrowvale and Trinity High Schools we were on the lookout for more competitions to enter. On Sunday 2nd April 4 Year 9 pupils and 1 Year 8 attended the event at the University of Birmingham. All pupils involved performed brilliantly holding their own against rowers who were all members of rowing clubs! The results below speak for themselves:
Boys 3min row – 187 Competitors
Winner 887m
Izhaar Warsi 21st 805m
Suraan Muhammad 34th 785
Safyan Ishtiaq 38th 776
Edvinas Salna 42nd 766
Boys 2000m Relay – 75 entries
Winner 6.15
Birchensale 21st 7.05
Girls 3min row – 252 Competitors
Winner 805m
Libby Browning 13th 755m
Charlotte Laing 26th 735m
Tyra Parchment 81st 688m
Grace Taylor 79th 690m
Olivia Heighway 123rd 666m
Girls 2000m Relay – 86 entries
Winner 6.59
Birchensale Year 8/9 10th 7.28
Birchensale Year 8 15th 7.39
Year 8 Girls – 3min row
Libby Browning – 1st 765m
Year 9 Girls – 4min row
Winner 1054
Omega Miles (Arrowvale) 8th 990m
Dagmara Tuchowska (Trinity) 12th 956
Amber Martin (Trinity) 14th 940
Redditch District Competitions:
1st in year 5, 6, 7, and 8 team events
Year 5 Girls Winner – Brooke Stanton
Year 5 Boys Winner – Joseph Turnbull
Year 6 Girls Winner – Sophie Fitzpatrick
Year 6 Boys Winner – Dave Bulley
Year 7 Girls Winner – Aleah Cameron-Dawson
Year 8 Girls Winner – Libby Browning