In VIS sport, 16 scholarship holders selected in squads and crews for the 2021 Australian Rowing Team, the winning streak by McCaig rolls on and Imeneo crowned state champion.
Rowing
Rowing Australia announced their squads and crews for the 2021 Australian Rowing Team, along with the crews that will contest the final Olympic qualifying regattas later this year.
The squad includes 16 Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holders and four other Victorians, who are supported by other State Institutes.
While Rowing Australia won’t be sending athletes to compete at the 2021 World Rowing Championships, they are planning on sending four crews to the final Olympic Qualification Regatta from 1 – 17 May in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Australia has already secured eight boats for this year’s Tokyo Olympics and will look to qualify both the Lightweight Men’s and Women’s Double Sculls at the event.
The following VIS Scholarship holders were selected into either crews or squads:
- Amanda Bateman – Women’s Double Scull;
- Jess Morrison, Rosie Popa, Lucy Stephan, Kat Werry, James Rook (coxswain) – Women’s Sweep Squad (for the Women’s Pair, Four or Eight)
- Josh Booth, Simon Keenan, Angus Widdicombe, Tim Masters – Men’s Eight crew
- Ben Coombs, Fergus Hamilton, Jack Robertson, Rohan Lavery – Reserves for the Men’s Sweep program
- Red Matthews – Reserve for the Lightweight Men’s Double Scull
- Alex Viney – Para Rowing – PR3 Mixed Coxed Four.
- Four other Victorians are supported by other SIS/SAS and the National Training Centres – Ria Thompson (ex VIS), Nick Lavery, Stuart Sim, Sarah Hawe.
Read MORE | Rowing Australia
Cycling
The winning streak by Alessia McCaig rolled on in the Frank McCaig Memorial Wheelrace (1600m) at Thursday night's Bendigo and District Cycling Club track racing.
From a mark of 190m, Alessia added her name to the honour board in an event which honours a cycling legend.
In great form throughout the recently-run state championships at Melbourne's Darebin velodrome, Alessia's power was to the fore in the last 250m of her latest victory on her home track.
The young star powered to the line ahead of Todd Schintler (90m) and Jade Maddern (60m).
At the bell it was Toby McCaig, grandson of Frank who led the field of 24, but Alessia, grand-daughter of Frank's older brother Alan, was poised to make a move and she did.
"To win a race which honours a family member means so much," Alessia said.
"Frank did so much for cycling and other cyclists.
"He was loved by so many.
"I am so proud to have won this race."
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Sailing
Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder Casey Imeneo recently took out the Victorian Open & Masters State Championships in the Laser Radial group in Sorrento.
See full results HERE
Winter Sports
Australia’s first Winter Olympic Champion, aerial skier Alisa Camplin-Warner AM, was announced as the Deputy Chef de Mission of Australia’s Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games Team.
Ms Camplin-Warner was a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder and won the Award of Excellence in 2003. Ms Camplin-Warner, was Performance Manager for the Australian Team at the PyeongChang Winter Games in 2018 and has previously been Chef de Mission for the Australian Team at the Innsbruck 2012 Youth Olympic Games.
It’s an absolute honour to be named as Deputy Chef de Mission for Beijing 2022 - you can never take these very special appointments for granted!” Ms Camplin-Warner said. "Beijing 2022 will bring forward different opportunities for our team, and after living in Hong Kong for the last few years, I have a great sense of the cultural and environmental landscape we will be operating in.
"I can’t wait to help our athletes, coaches and officials with preparations to maximise our performances at the games.”
Read MORE | Australian Olympic Team
