Former St Patrick’s College oarsman Christian Ryan (Toowong) celebrates a gold medal row in the men’s A coxless four yesterday. He combined with Nigel Sullivan (Mildura), Simon Gadsden (APSM) and new Wendouree Ballarat member Paul Myers, getting across the line just before the day’s program was called off.
WENDOUREE Ballarat had time to add to its gold medal tally despite a shortened day on the water in the Australian Masters Rowing Championships in Ballarat yesterday.
New club member Paul Myers was part of the winning crew in the A coxless fours, 1000m, on Lake Wendouree.
Myers was formerly with Melbourne University Rowing Club.
Former St Patrick’s College rower Christian Ryan (Toowong), Nigel Sulivan (Mildura) and Simon Gadsden (Albert Park-South Melbourne) shared the golden glory, which doubled as a reunion of Australian under-23 coxless four members from the late 1990s.
They had the better of Balmain by 7.69 seconds, with Toowong third.
The A coxless four was one of only four finals contested yesterday before weather and water conditions forced the cancellation of the bulk of the championships’ second day.
A Black Mountain composite, Canberra and Mannum were the other gold medallists.
Rowing resumes today at 8am with four interstate races the features – men’s and women’s C-D quad scull, and men’s and women’s C-D eight.
Wendouree Ballarat will have a presence in two of the crews – Gary Gullock in the men’s eight and Leanne Martin in the women’s quad scull.
Martin had a big start to the championships on Thursday, collecting a gold and silver medal.
New South Wales, ACT and Queensland will join Victoria in each of the interstate challenges to be contested from 11.20am.
