Testing, but fair conditions greeted our crews at this years championships which were held at Strathclyde Country Park in Scotland. Three of our four crews made it to their finals with our WJ18 double just missing out.
The MJ18 quad put in a much better performance to reach their final and WJ15 single sculler, Emily Ford continues to show great promise finishing just outside the medals in a very good race.
Despite a good effort, the senior quad of Tom Ford, Rupert Wiltshire, Rob Sherry and Will Broderick could not find the rhythm they had in the qualifiers. They lost their first round to a strong Maidstone/Maidenhead crew.
Past pupils, John & Ed Ford did well with John getting to the quarter final stage with Durham Uni where they lost to a very strong Harvard crew and Ed went one better reaching the semis with Newcastle Uni.
Our senior boy's quad has qualified to compete at Henley Royal Regatta. It was especially tough this year with only 10 crews going through from the 42 asked to qualify. Well done to them and coach, Paul Rafferty.
Due to a problem with their lake, Peterborough RC have had to cancel their regatta
April - Jackie Oliver (£50), Pam Copsey (£30), Carol Eccles (£20) and Alison Hall (£15)
May - Karen Chapple (£50), Denise Morgan (£30), Angela Short (£20) and John Blayney (£15)
June - Peter Baldwin (£50), Paul Ford (£30), Sharon Dickens (£20) and Susie Bond (£15)
The school was represented by seven crews at this major regatta including a MJ15 eight (first time ever!) and we were delighted when all our crews reached the semi final stages. Three boats went on to reach their finals and it was fantastic when Tom Ford & Rupert Wiltshire won the silver medal in the Championship Double Sculls event. More details will follow.
Sat 29th - 8:20am until 11:00am (to include trailer loading)
Mon 31st - Northwich Regatta
Sat 5th June - 9am until 11am (one session)
We enjoyed a great day of racing at this years regatta. Pupils from all year groups were entered and we travelled home with eight wins including a super race between our J15 eight and Shrewsbury School, we won by 6 feet!
Please note that the rowing club will be at Shrewsbury Regatta this weekend. There will be no rowing at the boathouse.
Congratulations to sixth form rower, Sam Blayney who is to become the Deputy Head Boy of the school.
