Skullers Rowing competes in international events in 2023
It’s been quite a busy year for the Skullers Rowing Club! In February 2023, the team competed at the Sarasota Invitational and brought home a gold medal in the Mixed Double event. In May, they took a smaller team of two boys (Andrew Bowe & Phoenix Robinson) to compete in the 2nd Annual Copa America Coastal in Lima, Peru.
It’s been quite a busy year for the Skullers Rowing Club! In February 2023, the team competed at the Sarasota Invitational and brought home a gold medal in the Mixed Double event. In May, they took a smaller team of two boys (Andrew Bowe & Phoenix Robinson) to compete in the 2nd Annual Copa America Coastal in Lima, Peru.
In September they compiled the largest ever national team to go to Barletta, Italy to compete in the Beach Sprints, which included 4 first time athletes: Alicia Adderley (15), Shannen McKinney (17), Kyara Adderley (14) and Xihanna Rolle (13).
Alicia competed in the Junior Women’s Solo, while the other 3 girls served as alternates. The remainder of the team included Andrew Bowe (18 – Last year’s Copa America Champion), Phoenix Robinson (15), and Renea Ingraham (16). The team improved over last year and has been very competitive with the best teams in the world.
The quartet of Alicia, Phoenix, Andrew and Renea also competed at the World Coastal Rowing Championships where they were by far the youngest team and were still competitive.
Membership increased this year by 50% bringing the total number of athletes to 25-30 active members. The future definitely looks bright for the club as they head into the next few years with Beach Sprints as an Olympic discipline at the 2026 Youth Olympics in Dakar, Senegal and the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Perhaps we will see some future Olympic athletes representing the Bahamas one day soon!
