State Qualifier “Youth Trains for Olympia” and Hamburg School Rowing Championship 2023

State Qualifier “Youth Trains for Olympia” and Hamburg School Rowing Championship 2023

Hamburg School Rowing Championship

Under brilliant sunshine and summer temperatures, rowing-enthusiastic students from 14 participating schools gathered again with their coaches at the Außenalster this year. Ruder-Club Favorite Hammonia (Fari) and Hamburger und Germania Ruder Club (Club) kindly provided jetties and club premises, ensuring a relatively smooth process despite this year’s large registration field of 122 boats and a total of 630 seats.

Freshening crosswinds to headwinds increasingly complicated the race conditions during the regatta, which had to be mastered by everyone from novices and beginners to the teams in the qualification races for the JTFO national final in Berlin. As usual, the start was just before the ferry terminal “Alte Rabenstraße,” and the finish line was level with Fari. Especially for beginners, the crosswind in the starting area made it challenging to align the boats optimally before the start.

In the boys’ age group 2009-2011 in the coxed quad scull, there were seven entries, requiring two heats. In the final, the boys from Sophie-Barat-Schule narrowly beat Heinrich-Hertz Schule, thus securing their ticket for the national final held in the capital from September 17 to 21. In the girls’ same boat and age category, there were even 8 competing boats. In the final, the team from Wilhelm-Gymnasium clearly dominated the race, securing victory and qualification.

In the coxed quad scull for age groups 2006-2008, the boys from Matthias-Claudius-Gymnasium rowed across the finish line ahead of Wilhelm-Gymnasium, securing their ticket to Berlin. The competing boats from Sophie-Barat-Schule and Emilie-Wüstenfeld-Gymnasium were unlucky – both suffered a broken oar and ultimately could only complete the course with three active rowers each.

In the gig quad scull, the team from Wilhelm-Gymnasium narrowly prevailed against the quad from Matthias-Claudius Gymnasium in a six-boat field and will thus represent Hamburg in Berlin. The boys’ sweep-oar gig quad from Matthias-Claudius Gymnasium, of the same age, had it easy again this year. Without any opposing entries, they secured their qualification for Berlin.

In the girls’ same age group, the Wichern-Schule boat won the race in the racing quad scull. The crew from Mathias-Claudius-Gymnasium prevailed in the gig quad scull, and these boats will thus compete in Berlin.

In the eight, there was only one entry from Heilwig-Gymnasium, so this boat will represent Hamburg in Berlin. The eight-person crew from Stadtteilschule Alter Teichweg, age group 2006 and older, clearly prevailed against the Eimsbüttler Modell boat, thus qualifying to compete in the DRJ School Eight Cup in Berlin, which will be held as part of the national final.

Photos: Birgit Eckmann
Text: Katja Tommek

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