Successful Inaugural HK Coastal Rowing Championships Held

Sheryl Slater set the faster singles time for both women and men during the inaugural Hong Kong Coastal Rowing Championships on Sunday Jan 20. (Bill Cox/The Epoch Times)

The course for the RHKYC hosted and organised inaugural Hong Kong Coastal Rowing Championships was approximately 6.5 km and held in the waters of Repulse Bay and Deep Water Bay. Boats started from marker gates in Repulse Bay travelled south to ‘Round Island’ rowed round the Island and then back north to the RHKYC finish mark in Deep Water Bay.

A total of 35 teams took part in the championship covering men’s and women’s singles, doubles, and quads; and mixed quads.

The races took place from early morning until mid afternoon with heats for the events with larger numbers of competitor crews. The weather was a little cold and the northerly wind picked up as the day progressed to a steady 10 knots and gusting at times to 15 knots.

Winners came from a spread of leading rowing clubs in Hong Kong. The RHKYC won the Women’s Singles and Men’s Quads, Lantau Island Rowing Club won the Men’s singles and Women’s Doubles, CUHK won Men’s Doubles and the Mixed Quads and the CU Alumina Society Rowing Club won the Women’s Quads.

The RHKYC-B Quad team–Andew Russell, Simon Walpole, Oliver Ernst, Brian Henderson, and Jelita Pandjaihan (cox)–set the fastest time of the day in 31 minutes 7 seconds in their heat.

Winners (first and second)

Men’s Singles: 1. Jonathan Rodda representing LIRC (Lantau Island) (50:08); 2. Fung Pui Wa, CUHK (Chinese University Rowing Club) (57:37).
Men’s Doubles: 1. Cheng To and Tang Man Song, CUHK-A (36:21); 2. Richard Allin and Matt Torlesse, RHKYC-A (38:16).
Men’s Quads: 1. Andew Russell, Simon Walpole, Oliver Ernst, Brian Henderson, and Jelita Pandjaihan (cox), RHKYC-B (31:50); 2. Mike Kukreja, Luc Moron, Oliver Shutte Koon Chong and Stella Xu (cox), RHKYC-A (37:53).
Women’s Singles: 1. Sheryl Slater, RHKYC (47:09); 2. Karen Rodda, LIRC (1:06:03).
Women’s Doubles: 1. Marianne Kolding and Sephanie Gräfin vom Hagen, LIRC (44.59); 2. May Leung Mei Yee and Yeh Fang Yin, HKU-A (45:54).
Women’s Quads: 1. Chan Yue Yan, Stella Hon, Crystal Li, Cheng Ching To and Chiu Tak Wing (cox), CU Alumina (48:15) – only competitor.
Mixed Quads: 1. Chang Chun Yin, Joanne Li, Tsang Yuen man, Choi Tsz Hei and Jamie Li (cox), CUHK-A (40:17); 2. Yuen Shing Lam, Lau Hiu Tung, Shing Wing Yan, Wong Sze Ting and Lai Wai Lun (cox), CUHK-C (40.21).

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