Sally Newmarch

Sally Newmarch (born 2 June 1975), now known as Sally Callie, is an Australian former rower – a four-time national champion, a medal winning national representative who competed at World Rowing Championships from 1993 to 2004 and a three time Olympian.

Sally Newmarch
Personal information
Born (1975-06-02) 2 June 1975
Sport
SportRowing
ClubTorrens Rowing Club
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Australia
World Rowing Championships
Cologne 1998W4X
St Catharines 1999LW2X
Milan 2003LW4X
Commonwealth Rowing Championships
1994 Ontario W4X
U23 World Championships
1997 MilanBW1X
Junior World Championships
1993 AarungenJW1X

Club and state rowing

Newmarch was educated attended at Annesley College in Adelaide where she took up rowing. Her senior club rowing was from the Torrens Rowing Club in Adelaide.

From 1993 to 1998 she was selected as South Australia's single sculls representative to contest the Nell Slatter Trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships[1] although in 1996 she was selected but did not start.[2] In 1999 Newmarch changed down to lightweight status and at state level she was then selected in South Australian lightweight quads contesting the Victoria Cup at the Interstate Regatta. She stroked that quad in 1999 and in 2000 to a Victoria Cup victory.[3] In 2003 and 2004 she crewed further South Australian quads to Victoria Cup wins.[4]

In Torrens Rowing Club colours she contested national championship titles at numerous Australian Rowing Championships. She contested the 1994 and the 1996 open women's single scull [5] and in 2003 and 2004 she raced in composite selections crews who won consecutive national lightweight quad sculls championship titles.[6]

International representative rowing

Newmarch's Australian representative debut came in 1993 as a single sculler. She competed at the World Rowing Cup I in Melbourne that year and at the World Rowing Cup II in Mexico City. Then at the 1993 Junior World Rowing Championships in Aarungen, Norway she was Australia's junior single sculls entrant and raced to a silver medal.[7]

In 1994 aged nineteen she moved into the Australian senior women's quad scull. She stroked the quad at the 1994 World Rowing Championships in Indianapolis to fourth place.[7] Newmarch and Marina Hatzakis were constant in the quad for the next three years. With Adair Ferguson and Fleur Spriggs they contested the 1995 World Rowing Championships in Tampere placing thirteenth and then with Jane Robinson and Bronwyn Roye they competed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics finishing ninth overall.[7]

In 1997 Newmarch competed in a single scull and won gold at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Milan. She came back into the senior quad in 1998 with Hatzakis, Robinson and Roye and after racing at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, they competed at the 1998 World Rowing Championships in Cologne and won a bronze medal.[7]

In 1999 Newmarch changed down to the lightweight division where she would stay for the rest of her competitive career. She rowed the Australian senior lightweight double scull with Virginia Lee to a bronze medal at the 1999 World Rowing Championships in St Catharines, Canada.[7] Lee and Newmarch built their 2000 Olympics campaign with appearances at two World Rowing Cups in Europe in 2000. At Sydney 2000 they placed second in their heat, won their repechage and placed third in the semi-final. In the Olympic final they finished some 6 sec outside of medal contention but still in overall fourth place.[7] She took a break after Sydney 2000 but was back in national contention in 2003 and selected to row the lightweight quad at the WRC III in Lucerne and at the 2003 World Rowing Championships in Milan. At those World Championships with Marguerite Houston, Bronwen Watson, and Miranda Bennett she won a bronze medal.[7]

The 2004 Summer Olympics programme included only one lightweight women's sculling boat – the double. Accordingly, Newmarch was vying for selection against Houston, Bennett, Amber Halliday, Zita van de Walle, Louise Auld and Jacqui Bain. The selection competition was fierce and Newmarch and Halliday were picked.[8] Both women's preparations were hampered by cycling accidents in training. They both broke ribs three months out from the Olympics and were prevented from racing in the lead-up World Cups.[8] In Athens 2004 their technical proficiency in blustery conditions saw them win both their heat and semi-final convincingly and they became gold medal favourites. In their heat they set a new world record time for the LW2X[9] – as of 2018 it still stands as an Olympic record.[8] But the 2004 Olympic final was rowed in calm, glassy conditions and Newmarch and Halliday's disrupted fitness program showed up. The Romanians rowed through them in the third 500 m and the Germans and Dutch also came home over the top of the Australians. They finished in a fourth place.[7] It was Newmarch's third Olympics and final Australian representative appearance.[8]

Newmarch set and as of 2018 still holds, the Australian ergometer record in the 19 to 29 year age division over 2000 m on a Concept2.[10]

Post-competitive rowing

Following her 2004 retirement Newmarch married former South African rower John Callie, became known as Sally Callie and embarked on a teaching career.[8]

In 2006 Newmarch was employed at the Wilderness School in Adelaide as the rowing coordinator.[11] In 2010 she taught at Methodist Ladies' College, Perth and was Sports Coordinator and a rowing coach.[12] Since 2013 she has been Director of Rowing at Brisbane Girls Grammar School.[13]

See also

References
  1. 1994 Interstate Regatta
  2. 1996 Interstate Regatta
  3. 1999 Interstate Regatta
  4. 2004 Interstate Regatta
  5. "W1X C'ship History at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. LW4X Austn C'ship History at Guerin Foster
  7. Newmarch at World Rowing
  8. Cadzow, Jane (21 May 2015). "Double recovery". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  9. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/olympichighlights04.html Olympic record
  10. "Australian 2,000m Records".
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Wilderness School Magazine
  12. http://www.mlc.wa.edu.au/upload/pages/306/ratings-2008-issue-1.pdf%5B%5D MLC Rowing Newsletter
  13. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Anaconda Adventure Race – Sally Newmarch
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