Ballarat rowers Lee-Anne Martin, Andrew Leehane, Kathy Lloyd and Donald Gibb have enjoyed a successful Australian Masters Rowing Championships at the weekend.
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Staged at the Alex Ramsay Regatta Course in South Australia, the four athletes each won medals at the four-day regatta.
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Masters rowing divisions are split up into age brackets, B meaning an average age of 36 or older, C an average age of 43 or older, D an average age of 50 or older, E an average of 55 or older and I an average age of 75 years or older.
Martin, from Wendouree Ballarat Rowing Club, rowed for Victoria in the D women's coxless quadscull where the crew won a gold medal.
Lloyd, from Ballarat City Rowing Club, also represented Victoria, in the D women's coxed eight, winning a bronze medal.
Lloyd then won a silver medal in the D women's coxed four and a bronze medal in the E women's coxless double and quadscull, both in composite crews. She also claimed a bronze and silver medal in the C and E women's coxed eights in composite crews.
Lloyd joined Martin, Leehane (Ballarat City) and Tim Juzefowicz from Essendon Rowing Club in the D mixed coxless quadscull, the crew claiming a bronze medal.
Martin won a second gold medal for the weekend in a Melbourne composite crew in the D women's coxless quadscull. She joined forces with Leehane to win her third gold medal, in the D mixed coxless double.
They partnered again to claim a bronze medal in the C mixed coxless double. Martin won another bronze medal in the B women's coxless quadscull.
Leehane joined Juzefowicz for a second time, the pair claiming a bronze medal in the E men's coxless double.
He then won a bronze medal in the D men's coxless quadscull and a bronze medal in the C men's coxed eight boat, both in composite crews.
Donald Gibb, a former Ballarat Grammar School student, represented the school in the I men's coxed eight, winning a silver medal in a composite crew.
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