CDRA Championships – 6th & 7th March 2021

The CDRA pointscore season has traditionally finished with the CDRA Championship regatta at Taree. For 2021, Manning River Rowing Club decided not to host the championships due to the incomplete construction of their clubhouse and fear of COVID (as it eventuated NSW has been virus free for a month and a half). To ensure that the championships would go ahead, the CDRA committee transferred the regatta to Berry Park with Endeavour covering most of the tasks normally carried out by the Manning River club.

​What a great weekend of racing! The weather was kind to us on Saturday although the wind made the course a little rough on Saturday afternoon. Sunday was perfect. 

Over the two days, 55 Endeavour crews started for 10 firsts, 12 seconds and 11 thirds. Lindy Nisbett was again Endeavour’s most successful competitor with 3 wins including 2 championships. Five of our squad had 2 wins; Kerry Blatchley, Ilona Hudson, Jules Bosco, Teressa Chadwick and Chris Brennan (whose double included a championship). Eleven other Endeavour members won races with 17 of the club’s 28 competitors taking home medals.


Winning crews:

​Champion Womens Masters F-H Double Sculls: Chris Brennan, Lindy Nisbett.
Champion Womens Masters F-H Single Sculls: Lindy Nisbett.
Womens Seeded Quad Sculls: Kerry Blatchley, Ilona Husdon, Jules Bosco, Teressa Chadwick.
Mens C Grade Quad Sculls: Mitchell Scales, Rowan Bray, Robert Weatherall, Prentice Bond.
Womens D Grade Quad Sculls: Kerry Blatchley, Ilona Husdon, Jules Bosco, Teressa Chadwick.
Mixed Masters Quad Sculls: Owen Redhead, Dave Percival, Diana Trescott + composite.
Mens C Grade Double Sculls: Sean Donza + composite.
Mens D Grade Double Sculls: Peter Bowman, Tim Blomfield.
Womens D Grade Double Sculls: Chris Brennan, Lindy Nisbett.
Womens D Grade Single Sculls: Di McShane.