St Andrew’s pupil selected for Junior National Rowing Squad

Cara Nel, a Grade 11 pupil from St Andrew’s School for Girls, has been selected for the Junior National Rowing Squad.

The squad will compete at the World Rowing Junior Championships in the Junior Women’s Pair race.

Lee-Ann Persse, head rowing coach at St Andrew’s, has been selected as the one of the two women’s coaches. The squad including Elizabeth Grose, Jessy Li and Sigourney Griffin-Ellis was unlucky, missing the cut-off percentage narrowly; however, Grade 12 Griffin-Ellis has been selected as a travelling reserve.

The school is proud of all the girls and coaches involved and wishes them luck with their training and racing in Trakai, Lithuania, from August 2 to 6.