Musaeus triumph over Ladies’ at 14th Annual Regatta
View(s):The 14th Annual Ladies College – Musaeus College regatta was won by Musaeus College owning the Marie Musaeus Trophy yet again painting the Beira blue and yellow on October 7 at the Colombo Rowing Club.
Proud Musaeus oarswomen
Fighting the battle to stay on top is more difficult than the journey to get there, but Musaeus College was determined to retain their trophy one more time as they were not willing to let go of the sweet taste of victory.
A crew of 20 comprising of Senuri de Silva as the captain, Maedhini de Alwis, the vice captain, Mayanthi Weerakoon, the secretary, Ranuli Wickramasekera, Binali de Alwis, Lishadi Mayadunna, Thanushi Perera, Randini de Silva, Ishanka Hewakuruppu and Dinara Fernando as ten experienced seniors who have rowed for the LC-MC regatta during the previous years, and Hashini Hettigoda, Binuri Gunawardhena, Nethmini Sirimanne, Dinuri Guneratne, Miyushi Dharmarathne, Thamadansi Hewage going debuting along with Kinaara Malawana, Sineli de Silva, Nethra Jayasekera and Hasaru Kodithuwakku set out to row their hearts to victory.
Training for over a period of ten months, with the bar of expectation set higher than ever before, the rowing team of Musaeus College was able to convert the bitter pain of sacrifice into the sweet taste of victory. Emerging runners-up to Ladies College at the 32nd Senior Nationals, Musaeus turned it all around on October 7, winning the most prestigious regatta held between two Girls’ Schools with a margin of just two points,
Musaeus won a total of six events out of ten after a well fought battle against strong competition from Ladies College resulting with a final score board of 27-25.
Achieving a new record breaking time of 4 minutes and 02 seconds Musaeus managed to cut off three seconds from the previous record, winning the ‘A’ Pair which carries the second highest score of eight points.
Coached by Mark Maurice and Anuradha Nadaraja, Musaeus rowing captained by Senuri de Silva, led the team to obtain glory going down in history as the first Musaeus crew to have won LC-MC for the second consecutive year.
Over a journey of one year, lessons were learnt for a lifetime, having experienced feeling a million emotions compressed down to a few minutes, fighting till the very end, breaking barriers to reach beyond their capabilities, achieving the vision they desire, to climb to the peak of their dreams to hold the Marie Musaeus Higgings Trophy up high, once again.
“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen,” were the words their coach would say to the team. Passion is what makes life interesting, what ignites our soul, stimulate our intellect and pushes our limits and in a team, together everyone achieves more. With undying faith, and a mind of steel, they proved to row with passion and heart to make their dream a reality.
