I was there with 2 hats. Brigidine and Centenary.
4 grade 7 girls competing for the first time at state level. The youngest races are gr8. The private girl schools have just come out of their season so our girls were in a tough place.
Rowing Queensland had decided to have time trials and select kids into finals based on times. The good side of this was that each kid got to row a minimum of two singles races. Another benefit was that in the finals, the kids were competing against kids of similar ability. To me that part was great. It means you don't have kids this young finishing miles behind.
I'm on the fence wrt the time trial. I suspect kids at this age have difficulty with self motivation and I suspect they row harder and faster with a competitor beside them as they did in the final. The other negative was no spectacle. From an audience perspective time trial is boring.
Jemma got 9th in the time trial. This put her in the A final. In the A final she progressed to 4th. A great effort.
Harry hands his oars to Jemma
Harry hands his oars to Jemma
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