Western Cape Champs at Zeekoevlei An incredible showing for Rondebosch Rowing at Western Cape Champs. We safely held onto our title of strongest Coastal Rowing Team. Open Medal results: U19 2 × Ford gold 🏅U19 2x – Wyatt silver 🥈U19 2 – Duckitt gold 🏅U19 4×+ – Ford gold 🏅U19 4+ – Ellis gold 🏅U19 4+ – Duckit silver 🥈U19 8+ – Duckitt gold 🏅U19 1x – Ford silver 🥈 U16 results: U16 8+ Kerschbaumer silver 🥈U16 4+ Kerschbaumer silver 🥈U16 1× Dellbridge silver 🥈 U15 results: U15 8x Booysen gold 🏅U15 4x Booysen gold 🏅U15 2x Surtees gold 🏅U15 1x Booysen silver 🥈 Well done […]
Month: January 2025
Boat race result
In December of 2024 the Rondebosch 1st 8 (the premier boat class and 1stbteam) competed at the annual Schools Boat Race. An event where the 1st teams from all rowing schools compete in a time trial to be the fastest down a 5km tidal river with twists and turns. The tides make the race even more interesting as incoming tide will slow the boats speed down while using the out going can speed you up. Shallow waters could mean getting beached on a sand bank so there is a lot of responsibility on the coxswaine to avoid rocks, bends and the […]