Rondebosch Rowing

✨Celebrating our incredible Bosch Rowing team after their weekend at the SA School Champs in Gauteng. They showed true grit, determination and gave 110%. Well done to all our rowers on a particularly challenging regatta. This season has brought our RBHS rowing community together with true GEES and we look forward to seeing what the next season brings for our Gents. 💪✨
Our Finals Results:
U16 4+, 5th (Rademeyer, Cass, Bassingthwaighte, Lumb, Suter)
U16 2x, 5th (Rademeyer and Cass)
U16 2-, 7th (Rademeyer and Cass)
U19 2-, 7th (Ellis and Smith)
U19 2x, 6th (Wyatt and Arnold)
U19 4+, 4th (Ellis, De Beer, Dellbridge, Smith, Riddell)
U19 4x, 4th (Dommisse, Jardine, Nair, Wyatt, Pote)
U19 8+, 6th (Ellis, Smith, Dommisse, De Beer, Dellbridge, Nair, Kerschbaumer, Jardine, Riddell)

Wishing all of our Rondebosch Rowing Boys all of the best for SA Champs 2026! Row strong, row proud, Rondebosch!

Only a few portions left! Last chance to put in your order for chicken curry, rice and sambals - a fresh hot dinner waiting for you AND you get to support Rondebosch Rowing!

We know how much you support our boys - well here is a chance for us to support you while you support us supporting our boys. Know what I mean? No?

Well you know how Friday rolls around and you wonder what am I going to cook for dinner tonight? Well, take this Friday off as a special treat from Rondebosch Rowing. Just get your order in by Wednesday the 18th and consider your dinner sorted. Hot, fresh, fragrant and delicious - order your Butter Chicken Curry from the link below, fetch it on the RBHS campus outside the ergo room between 4.30 and 6.30. Dinner. sorted!

This offer is open to all in our extended community - and if you do not know where the Ergo room is - it is behind the Carlton Lloyd Stands next to the Rugby Fields. You actually cannot miss it. And you won't want to miss out. Order 1, 2,3 or even 4 portions - we all know curry is even yummier the next day! Info and links below and as always - thank you for supporting our boys!

Support Our Rowing Boys 🍽️🚣‍♂️
raise funds for their end-of-year Crabs Dinner — and you can support them and skip cooking on a Friday!

🍗 Butter Chicken with Basmati rice & sambals Meals

👉 Order here: https://www.rondeboschrowing.co.za/shop/butter-chicken/
Details:
•⁠ ⁠R100 per meal (500g of deliciousness)
•⁠ ⁠Halaal from Nawaal’s Kitchen
•⁠ ⁠⁠Orders close on Wednesday 18th Feb
•⁠ ⁠Collection: Next Friday, 16:30–18:30
•⁠ ⁠Pick-up point: In front of the ERG room (behind the stands)
•⁠ ⁠Perfect timing for family dinner!

Thank you for supporting our boys 🙌

We know how much you support our boys - well here is a chance for us to support you while you support us supporting our boys. Know what I mean? No?

Well you know how Friday rolls around and you wonder what am I going to cook for dinner tonight? Well, take this Friday off as a special treat from Rondebosch Rowing. Just get your order in by Wednesday the 18th and consider your dinner sorted. Hot, fresh, fragrant and delicious - order your Butter Chicken Curry from the link below, fetch it on the RBHS campus outside the ergo room between 4.30 and 6.30. Dinner. sorted!

This offer is open to all in our extended community - and if you do not know where the Ergo room is - it is behind the Carlton Lloyd Stands next to the Rugby Fields. You actually cannot miss it. And you won't want to miss out. Order 1, 2,3 or even 4 portions - we all know curry is even yummier the next day! Info and links below and as always - thank you for supporting our boys!

Support Our Rowing Boys 🍽️🚣‍♂️
raise funds for their end-of-year Crabs Dinner — and you can support them and skip cooking on a Friday!

🍗 Butter Chicken with Basmati rice & sambals Meals

👉 Order here: https://www.rondeboschrowing.co.za/shop/butter-chicken/
Details:
•⁠ ⁠R100 per meal (500g of deliciousness)
•⁠ ⁠Halaal from Nawaal’s Kitchen
•⁠ ⁠⁠Orders close on Wednesday 18th Feb
•⁠ ⁠Collection: Next Friday, 16:30–18:30
•⁠ ⁠Pick-up point: In front of the ERG room (behind the stands)
•⁠ ⁠Perfect timing for family dinner!

Thank you for supporting our boys 🙌

In the grand theatre of rowing, while the rowers look like the action heroes—muscles flexing, oars slicing, sweat flying—the true mastermind sits facing the wrong way and somehow runs the entire show. Yes, the coxswain.

The coxswain is part tactician, part motivational speaker, part meteorologist, and part benevolent dictator. They weigh less than your average gym bag but carry the psychological mass of a small planet. With nothing but a mic (and sometimes only their voice above the wind) and supreme confidence, they command four or eight towering athletes who could bench-press them without breaking rhythm.

Need strategy? The coxswain has splits memorized like sacred scripture - which sometimes even makes it on board. Need steering? They thread that toothpick shell of a hull through chaos with the calm of a Formula 1 driver. Need motivation? They can transform “I’m tired” into “I would row through a hurricane for you.” There is a valid reason our coxes get carried!

In short, the coxswain is the only person in sport who can yell “POWER TEN!” and be universally adored for it. Rowers may move the boat—but the coxswain moves the rowers.

Let's hear it for the amazing COXES of Bosch rowing!

While we gear up for SA Champs - who wants more photos from Buffalo & Selborne Sprints??

Still basking in the glow of Buffalo, enjoy some epic Bosch Rowing coaches snaps, because where would our boys be without these gents? And of course our MIC!

Each one of them goes above and beyond for our squad. The math they were subjected to, to get everyone in their boats and to get the timing right between events with or without lightning. The gymnastics they had to pull off to get some boys into unexpected boats with negative turn around times. Ensuring each of the boys had optimal water time and events and giving them chances to challenge themselves too! The nurturing of the sick and wounded boys to the cheering from the sidelines for them. The leaning far too close for comfort over those waters to be sure every single boat had its number secured properly and every boy was where they needed to be.

Our coaches really go above and beyond, providing training and mentorship for boys. Thank you !

The Seagulls are BACK!! 😍 Go Gulls!!!

🌊On the 5th to 7th Feb, our RBHS Rowers took on the Buffalo and Selborne Regattas in East London

We are extremely proud of the determination and grit shown by our squad of 29 boys who competed under some incredibly trying conditions 👏

The Buffalo Regatta features racing distances of 1000m for U15s, 2000m for U16 & U19 crews.

✨Results:
U16 Coxed Four
🥉Micah Rademeyer, Thomas Bassingthwaite, James Arnott, Nicholas Lumb & Travis Suter (Cox)
U19 1st Double
🥉Connor Wyatt & Adam Arnold
U19 1st Coxed Four
🥉James Dommisse, Johan de Beer, Jonathan Dellbridge, Joshua Smith & Josh Riddell (Cox)
U19 1st Eight
🥉Nicholas Ellis, Joshua Smith, James Dommisse, Johan de Beer, Jonathan Dellbridge, Ruhan Nair, Jack Kerschbaumer, Matt Jardine & Josh Riddell (Cox)

The Selborne Regatta is a sprint event raced over 500m for all age groups.
Our U19 1st Pair, 1st Coxed Four & 1st Eight made History by winning 🥇 in all three of these categories.
✨Results:
U16 Coxed Four
🥈Micah Rademeyer, Thomas Bassingthwaite, Liam Cass, James Arnott & Travis Suter (Cox)
U19 1st Pair
🥇Nicholas Ellis & Joshua Smith
U19 1st Coxed Four
🥇Nicholas Ellis, Johan de Beer, Jonathan Dellbridge, Joshua Smith & Josh Riddell (Cox)
U19 1st Eight
Nicholas Ellis, Joshua Smith, James Dommisse, Johan de Beer, Jonathan Dellbridge, Ruhan Nair, 🥇Jack Kerschbaumer, Matt Jardine & Josh Riddell (Cox)

Next stop: SA Champs in Pretoria 🚣‍♂️🔥
Full steam ahead as the boys gear up over the next month. Let’s go!💪

Finally for some results... Last weekend the Rondebosch Rowing Club competed in the Nick Waights regatta hosted in Elgin. We competed in all age groups from U14 to U19 and achieved some great results.

U14
🥉Single Scull - Deen Valley
🥈Double - Deen Valley + Ruben Levin-Foster
🥉Quad - Samuel Hoffa, Edward Nuttall, Micah Murugan, Johnny Don, Cox: Blake van Vlaanderen
🥉Octuple - Samuel Hoffa, Cameron Swanson, Micah Murugan, Edward Nuttall, Blake van Vlaanderen, Johnny Don, Adam Moir, Luke Dommisse, Cox: Joshua Whitcher

U15
Scull - 🥈Lucas Hoving, Sam Kerschbaumer- 4th
Double - 🥇Sam Kerschbaumer + Lucas Hoving; 🥈Jake Mangnall + Craig Crozier
Quad- 🥈Sam Kerschbaumer + Lucas Hoving + Jake Mangnall + Tom Villet, (Cox) Craig Crozier

U16
Sculls - 🥇James Arnott Gold, 🥈David Grutzmacher
Pair - 🥉Micah Rademayer + Liam Cass
Coxed Four - 🥈Micah Rademayer, Liam Cass, Thomas Bassingthwaite, Nicholas Lumb, (Cox) Travis Sutter
Double- 🥇Micah Rademayer + Liam Cass, 🥉Thomas Bassingthwait + Nicholas Lumb
Quad- 🥈David Grutzmacher, James Arnott, Noah Strandvijk, Ben Matterson, (Cox) Sacha Murugan

U19
Scull- 🥈Cameron Edwards
🥉Cameron Pote
Double- 🥈Adam Arnold + Daniel Mangnall
Pair- 🥇Joshua Smith + Nick Ellis, 🥈Jonathan Dellbridge + Johan De Beer
Coxed Four- 🥇Joshua Smith, James Dommisse, Jonathan Dellbridge, Johan De Beer, (Cox) Josh Riddel
Quad- 🥈Matt Jardine, Jack Kerschbaumer, Ruhan Nair, Connor Wyatt, (Cox) Christopher Williamson
Eight- 🥈Jonathan Dellbridge, Joshua Smith, Johan De Beer, Connor Wyatt, James Dommisse, Ruhan Nair, Jack Kerschbaumer, Matt Jardine, (Cox) Josh Riddell

We look forward to seeing how they train and progress to compete at the Buffalo regatta in East London next week. We will keep you posted!

What a privilege it always is to watch our seniors in action, and Nick Waights regatta was no exception. They appear to glide with ease across the water, timing their strokes with precision and efficiency. Enjoy some action shots, and some quiet moments too.

A small but mighty group of U15's performed excellently at the Nick Waights regatta last weekend with fantastic results.
U15 Sculls
2nd Lucas Hoving 🥈
U15 Doubles
1st Samuel Kerschbaumer and Lucas Hoving 🥇
2nd Jake Mangnall and Craig Crozier 🥈
U15 Quad
2nd Samuel Kerschbaumer, Lucas Hoving, Jake Mangnall, Tom Villet, Craig Crozier (Cox) 🥈