Impressive Rowing from Royal, Ananda and Ladies

23rd Rowing Nationals:

Richard Dwight

ROWING: The cheers of supporters rent the air, as they lined up alongside the Beira Lake to encourage and press their teams on, in the 23rd rowing nationals which began on Monday and entered the third day.

This six day contest of oarsmen/women which concludes this Saturday, is in its halfway stage and organised and conducted by the Amateur Rowing Association of Sri Lanka and sponsored by Mobitel for the second year.

In the preliminaries held thus for Royal and Ananda have done well in the junior category for events such as Single Sculls, Pairs, Double Sculls and Coaxed Fours. In the Intermediate category Colombo Rowing Club, Old Joes Sports Club and University of Colombo were impressive.

In the open category Fours event (coxless) the Colombo Rowing Club and the Air Force won their respective heats.

In the Ladies category Bishops College and Ladies College stand out amongst the Juniors. The open category finds Ladies, Bishops and Musaeus to be the main contenders in the sculls and Fours.