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    Rhodes rower wins silver at African Champs

    Leonard SolmsBy Leonard SolmsOctober 22, 2017Updated:October 22, 2017No Comments1 Min Read
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    Namibian rower Maike Diekmann, pictured above, won silver at the African Rowing Championships. Photo: Micheen Thornycroft.

    Rhodes rower Maike Diekmann picked up a silver medal at the African Rowing Championships in Tunisia on 22 October, finishing second in the women’s single scull.

    Having led for much of the race, Diekmann was pipped at the death by a Tunisian sculler. However, she nevertheless picked up Namibia’s first rowing medal.

    Diekmann is not the only Rhodes rower to have competed outside South Africa over the weekend. On 21 October, Brad Betts and Murray Bales-Smith raced at the 53rd Head of the Charles Regatta in the USA, finishing eighth in the Championship Doubles.

    Betts and Bales-Smith were racing against several recent medalists from the World Rowing Championships and were the highest placed collegiate crew.

    Rhodes rowers Bradley Betts and Murray Bales-Smith, who finished eighth in the Championship doubles at the Head of the Charles Regatta. Photo: Chris Holliday.

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