PGRC-Peninsula Girls Rowing Club

Congratulations to our 26/27 leadership positions❤️💙

Captain: Lily Dawson
Vice-Captain: Kenzie Wessels
Boatwoman: Anouk Bugler
Junior Boatwoman: Carla Raubenheimer
Social Media/Events Manager: Olivia Breslin

This past Tuesday we celebrated PGRC’s Annual Crabs Dinner. It was such a special evening celebrating 28 years of PGRC with parents, alumni, coaches, and athletes. What a way to look back on an unforgettable season!🦀💙❤️

this past week, our girls participated in the buffalo regatta and selborne sprint regatta. here are our results:

buffalo regatta:
2nd | SNR W 8+ ➡️ UCT/PGRC: Lamond 🥈
2nd | SNR W A 2x ➡️ UCT/PGRC: Hill 🥈
3rd | SNR W A 2x ➡️ UCT/PGRC: Kneale 🥉
3rd | JW15 1x ➡️ PGRC: Raubenheimer 🥉
5th | JW16 4x+ ➡️ PGRC: Bugler
6th | JW19 4+ ➡️ PGRC: Dawson

selborne sprints:
1st | SNR W 8+ ➡️ UCT/PGRC: Hill 🥇
3rd | SNR W 2x ➡️ UCT/PGRC: Hill 🥉
4th | SNR W 2x ➡️ UCT/PGRC: Kneale
5th | JW16 2x ➡️ PGRC: Bugler
5th | JW16 4x+ ➡️ PGRC: Bugler
6th | JW16 1x ➡️ PGRC: Bugler
6th | JW 1st 4+➡️ PGRC: Dawson
6th | JW15 2x ➡️ PGRC: Horn

better late than never! from the 5th–6th december, our girls competed at the 2025 sa schools boat race in port alfred. we couldn’t be prouder of our girls for winning the d final 🩵❤️

with less than a day till heats, we introduce our stroke: rage-baiter of note, truly blonde in all sense of the word, elite hype-man, lily

name: lily dawson
seat: 4
🚩🚩: was veggie for 2 yrs till .cahill_ intervened
fave lie: “ i promise i’m going to bed mom”
cause of death: autocorrect, dust, rating below 30
claim to fame: missies 5k (iykyk), unbeatable comebacks, lung capacity
greatest enemy: waterboarded cox box
last known location: trying to chase lana out of her house

with 2 days left til heats we introduce the other half of our powerhouse, aura farmer on the erg, early bedtime enthusiast, and veggie hater, lazzberry 🤩

name: lana de klerk
seat: 3
🚩🚩: says that veggies are “rabbit food” ; “different foods shouldn’t touch” (Klugscheißer)
fave lie: claims her asthma pump only works every third, full moon cycle, when jupiter is in line with her aura
cause of death: lily’s ragebait, lily’s backsplash
claim to fame: been in 1st crew since she was 13
greatest enemy: being known as “baby boeben”
last known location: lily’s house

with only 3 days till heats and we are on to the powerhouse 🙆‍♀️, without a doubt the most chalant member of our crew, she may be vertically challenged but she makes up for what she lacks in the height department, in watts. it’s our fave (and probably yours too), die appel van ons se oog, katelyn

name: katelyn mcdonald
seat: 2
🚩🚩: eating preferences of a toddler, doesn’t have a farm
fave lie: “i promise i won’t injure myself, it’s just a backflip”
cause of death: her proneness to injury
clame to fame: made semi-finals at sa champs after one month of rowing
greatest enemy: ‘above heads’
last known location: waist deep in water

with 4 days left till heats and we are introducing our newest pgrc import, rumour has it ollie zeidler was her neighbour, resident big sister, jara (her surname cannot be disclosed for cautionary reasons)

name: jara.
seat: 1
🚩🚩: insane lore drops at the most inconspicuous moments
fave lie: i’m fine 🙂 (self sacrificial tendencies)
cause of death: english
claim to fame: been rowing since she exited the womb
greatest enemy: DHL
last known location: sleeping in the back of ev’s car

with 5 days till heats we introduce the brain of the operation, oh captain our captain, nap enthusiast, erin rae

🚩🚩: is 1/2 german but can’t sprachen, drives the boat like a taxi
fave lie: “it’s not that deep, hop out”
cause of death: gets mistaken for an u14
claim to fame: clears at mobility
greatest enemy: the sun (mother megan and michelle inc.), sleepy
last known location: doctor’s office

(for legal reasons some of these are ai)