Great news from the British Indoor Rowing championships which took place yesterday at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. Emily Ford won the British title in the women’s J15 category covering 1370 mts in the 5 minute race, this is the second year running she has won at this event. Joining her was J16 rower Katy Jacques who came 7th racing over the full 2000mt distance and recorded a personal best time of 7'46.7"
Our rowers excelled at this event and despite some horible weather, we returned home as the most successful club at the event and we also had the women's fastest boat. Our winners were MJ14 1x, WJ16 1x, WJ16 4x, WJ18 4x-, WJ16 4+, MJ16 4x- & WJ17 2x
For full results please visit www.northwichrowing.co.uk
162 rowers, coaches & parents attended our annual Ball held on Saturday night. Graham Jump, Head of Rowing gave out awards to various pupils for their hard work, commitment and results over the past season. A list of award winners will be attached shortly. A top donated by Olympian Matthew Langridge was auctioned towards our Bowel Cancer fund and parent Mr Whittaker kindly bid the fantastic amount of £500!
All the efforts of our sixth form students who competed at this years Boston Marathon were rewarded when we announced that they had raised £6036:00 for Bowel Cancer UK. Rowing over the 31 mile course from Lincoln to Boston they were raising money in the memory of Brian Kellett who sadly died of the disease last year. Brian was Father of former pupil Tom and he was a keen supporter of the club.
This years Ball has sold out. Tickets are not sent out, so unless you have heard to the contrary we will see you at The Oaklands for drinks at 7:00pm to be seated at 7:30pm and carraiges at 1:00am.
Former pupil, Ed Ford has been invited to attend a senior GB training camp. Ed will travel to the Sierra Nevada at the end of November and spend a couple of weeks training at high altitude. We all wish him well.
HALF TERM
Sat 24th October – normal rowing
Weds 28th October – 8:30am until 12:00 noon
Sat 31st October – normal rowing
Three members of the rowing club were invited to attend a GB junior 'get together' in Nottingham. Rob Sherry, Tom Ford & Rupert Wiltshire were subjected to a number of tests and were coached by some of the top rowing coaches in the country.
The school will hold its annual Open Day on Saturday 7th November from 9am until 1pm. As a result, rowing will take place the day after from 9am until 11:30am. For details about rowing over the half term and other dates please click on the attachment.
The wind held off just long enough for the morning division to race at this years Autumn Head. The rowers performed well at their first race of the season and dealt well with the testing conditions. We won the WJ18 quads and young Luke Ozsanlav-Harris continued to impress winning the MJ14 sculls. The afternoon session was cancelled due to high winds.
