End of 2023 – 2024 Rowing Season
We have come to the end of a sensational 2023- 2024 Rowing season. We have watched our boys from the sidelines practice and compete while pushing their physical and emotional abilities to their limits. Like every other season, they learnt to deal with stress, expectations, emotions, success, and failure on a level that helped them grow into mature young men. It is amazing to see the changes in our boys from the beginning to the end of each season.
Farewell
We would like to say farewell to the Senior Opens boys and parents. These boys now get a break from rowing and focus on their academics to complete the final push to get to the end of Matric.
We spent a lot of time with these beautiful people next to the water, cheering the boys on all over the country and many of them were the ones to hold our hands when we arrived in the club for the first time and made us feel so welcome.
| Matthys du Plooy | Heléne & Hennie du Plooy |
| Jonathan Schlesinger | Jo and Steve Schlesinger |
| Tim Faure | Judy & David Faure |
| Karabo Doble | Vanessa & Grant Doble |
| Liam Hunkin | Justine & Barry Hunkin |
| Nathan Vincent | Carol & Graham Vincent |
| Joshua Keys | Shelly & Wayne Keys |
| Kavir Govan | Nita & Nandlal Govan |
| To return for younger boys age groups! | |
| Ryan Dellbridge | Claire & Richard Dellbridge |
| Matthew Arnott | Lynne & Nicholas Arnott |
The senior boys carried on and ran with many old traditions that are deeply ingrained within the boys and the club and which they will remember for the rest of their lives.
Western Cape Rowing
Now at long last Western Province Rowing, full Provincial classification.
Although the Rowing season is done for most boys, there is still some rowing action going on! Boys from U16 and the Opens are invited every year to trial for Western Cape Rowing. This is a grueling process of erg and water trials. Boys from RBHS, Bishops, SACS and SOMCOL compete for selection.
On Monday 11 March the boys tackled the ergo trials at UCT Rowing Club. On Sat 16 March the boys did water trials. A huge congratulations to the following boys who made it into the WP Rowing Squad!
U16 Development Team – From the 12 WP boys who made it through to the WPR team, 5 are from RBHS!
James Dommisse
Joshua Smith
Ruhan Nair
Johan de Beer
Sean Ford
U19– From the 9 WC boys who made it through to the WPR team, 4 are from RBHS!
Ryan Dellbridge
Joshua Keys
Ethan du Toit
Kai Duckitt
These boys still have a hard training schedule ahead of them in preparation for SA Senior Champs on 27 & 28 April at Roodeplaat in Pretoria. They will be competing against other Provinces as well as the University Clubs and some of our Opens boys will be fighting for a position in the SA Worlds squad!
Last year our U16 boys brought home 3 winning medals (Pair, Quad & Eight). Hope to see more medals this year!
Wishing the boys all the best!
Age Group Changes
With the end of Rowing Season and going into Winter the boys are transitioning on to the next age group up. Well, you as a whole family change age groups ????
Boys Transition:
| Current to New Age Group | Class of 2024 – 2025 |
| U14 -> U15 | GR8 & GR9 |
| U15 -> U16 | GR9 & GR10 |
| U16 -> Jnr Opens | GR10 & GR11 |
| Jnr Opens -> Senior Opens | GR11 & GR12 |
Parents WhatsApp Groups:
Soon we’ll be sharing links and instructions in each channel to help migrate parents to their new home on WhatsApp.
Club Leadership
With the change that happens every year we have newly elected leadership in the Club. Good luck to all of them, leading the boys into and through the next season! Thank you to Ryan and Joshua for the great example and standards they set for the younger boys, their personal involvement and handing the reins over to Ethan and Kai.
| CLUB CAPTAIN – Ethan du Toit | VICE CAPTAIN – Kai Duckitt |
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| SENIOR BOATSMAN – Luca Scott | JUNIOR BOATSMAN – Oliver van Zyl Smith |
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| U16 Captain – JonathanDellbridge | U15 Captain – Ewan Booysen |
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RBHS Rowers Supporting Committee
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