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2003/2004 News Archive

Maidenhead Junior girls win 4 events at Staines Regatta On Saturday 24th July

Maidenhead Rowing Club entered 10 crews (5 senior and 5 junior crews) in this years Staines Regatta held over a 500 metre down stream course.

Top performances came from the Advanced Junior girls squad who after winning National Championships in crew boats, switched to single sculls to help develop and master individual boat skills at this sprint regatta. Maidenhead Junior girls came home with a clean sweep winning single sculling titles at WJ14, WJ15, WJ16 and WJ 18 classes.

In the WJ 14 single sculls class Maidenhead entered 3 scullers. First up was Chrissie Wright who racing against Robillard of Weybridge Ladies came home some four lengths behind. Aimee Campbell of Maidenhead who is quite new to racing in single sculls did well despite a poor start. Aimee was 1.5 lengths down at halfway when she pushed hard to get back on level terms. At the finish line Aimee just lost out by 2ft to Burrell of Reading. Ally Brooks of Maidenhead comfortably beat Richards of Reading in her first round, then Burrell of Reading in the semi-final. Racing Robillard of Weybridge Ladies ARC in the final Ally drew away from halfway to win by 2 lengths and take Maidenhead's first win of the day.

In the WJ15 single sculls class Louise Entwistle had a bye to the semi-final. Louise won her semi-final by 3 lengths and had no trouble winning her final against Harknett of Reading RC to take Maidenhead's 2nd win of the day.

The WJ16 single sculls event was a much closer contest for Maidenhead. Laurian Pepper raced against Douglas from Reading RC in the semi-final and came home in front by 1.5 lengths. In the final Laurian had to race hard neck and neck down the course being slightly led by Willis of Reading RC 'A'. Just before the finish line Laurian managed to raise her rate of striking enough to just get her boat in front and win the final by 2ft to take Maidenhead's 3rd win of the day.

Two Maidenhead scullers entered the Womens Junior sculls event. Jo Wright raced Yates of Tideway Scullers to win a place in the final. Natalie Trinder had a good win against Bradshaw of Laytmer Upper School to set up an all Maidenhead final. In the final both Maidenhead scullers raced well with Jo Wright coming home 2 lengths ahead of Natalie Trinder to take Maidenhead's fourth and final win of the day.

A new WJ15 double combination saw Charlotte Eynon racing with Ellie Bolton who is in her first year of sculling. Both girls raced well and came in 2 lengths behind Reading.

Maidenhead's senior squad entered two fours. One of these fours got through the first round and then lost a close race. The other four lost a close race in the first round.

In the Mens Senior 2 coxless pair Maidenhead had a bye to the final and although racing well they lost by a length.

Mixed Novice 2x, raced well but had to contend with their boat that was taking on lots of water so they had to stop rowing at the halfway mark.

WNOV single Karen Philips raced well in the Womens Novice Sculls.
 

Maidenhead Junior boys and girls win 14 events at Oxford City Royal Regatta and Sprint held on 21st and 22nd August

Maidenhead Rowing Club juniors entered 20 events over the two day Regatta in Oxford and came home with 14 event wins and a cash prize of £300 for winning the Junior Victor Ludorum prize for the most successful club in Junior events over the two days. This cash prize was sponsored by Henley Schools Head of the River Race.

City of Oxford Regatta had a record number of entries for this years regatta which meant at least 3 races each day for most of the Maidenhead junior crews. The end of season standard was high at this regatta.

Racing on the Saturday was over a 1000m course, which tested athletes ability to cope with steering around two bends at firm pressure. Maidenhead Juniors won 7 out of 7 events on the Saturday. Winning crews for Maidenhead were as follows:

WJ14 1x Ally Brooks.
WJ15 2x Louise Entwistle & Ally Brooks.
WJ16 1x Louise Entwistle.
J15 1x Matt Best.
J16 1x Dave Jones.
WJun 2x Natalie Trinder & Jo Wright.
WSen 4x Natalie Trinder, Sophie Hughes (Marlow), Jo Wright, Karla Body Marlow.

Also on the Saturday, Maidenhead Seniors entered 3 eights and one Novice four. The Mens Senior 2 eight had a good race in a straight final with Meles of Amsterdam and lost by a length.

The Mens senior 4 eight beat Merton in the first round and then lost to Wolfson in the final by 2 lengths.

The Womens Senior 3 eight had a good race all the way down the 1000m course with Falcon and were only half-a-length down at the finish.

The Mens Novice four in their first regatta race competed well against Llandaff and finished just a couple of lengths down after 1000m.

On the Sunday racing was over the shorter 500m course. Another full days racing program saw Maidenhead crews race throughout the day to reach the finals. Winning crews from Maidenhead on the Sunday were as follows:

Event Sun 500m Crew
J14 2x Philip Clapp & Jack Rider
WJ15 2x Louise Entwistle & Ally Brooks
WJ15 1x Louise Entwistle
Wjun 2x Natalie Trinder & Jo Wright
Wjun 4x Composite with Marlow Natalie Trinder, Sophie Hughes Marlow, Jo Wright, Karla Body Marlow
J 16 1x Dave Jones
Mixed 2x Ally Brooks & Dave Jones

Other competitors who competed on the Sunday were Anna Campbell (WJ12) who competed in the WJ13 single sculls going out to an Abingdon sculler by 2 lengths.

Philip Clapp who competed in the J14 single sculls and narrowly lost to Hockley of Marlow after a good race.

Aimee Campbell racing WJ14 single sculls had a good race against Parsons of City of Oxford RC and finished just one length down.

Aimee Campbell and Chrissie Wright racing in WJ14 2x lost their first round by half a length.

Matt Best who made it through to the final only to lose by a small margin to Bream from Peterborough.

Laurian Pepper made it through to the finals of WJ16 1x and had a good race against Drury of Wallingford. After 2 clashes on the course the crews seemed to cross the line level. Drury of Wallingford was awarded the race by 2ft.

Final regatta of the season for the Juniors will be at Avon County 'Splash and Dash 350m multi-lane course' to be held at Coate Water Park Swindon on Saturday 18th September. Lots of events for Juniors, Veterans and Seniors.
 

Maidenhead Juniors win 2 GB vests

Four Maidenhead Junior girls (Charlotte Weeks, Laurian Pepper, Louise Entwistle and Ally Brooks) entered their first trials for GB J16 junior selection, for a GB/France match to take place at the end of July. Trials took place over 1500mtrs at Holme Pierrepont Nottingham on Friday 9th July. Maidenhead entered a double scull in the morning trials and a quadrupple scull in the afternoon trials. Both crews entered from Maidenhead were made up of girls racing above their age group. Despite this,  Louise Entwistle and Ally Brooks came very close to causing an upset by pushing the National Schools J16 double sculls champions, Newark RC all the way down the course, taking a slight lead at the halfway point, and racing all the way to the finish line, and finishing only 2 seconds behind Newark and 3 lengths ahead Hollingworth Lake RC who won a silver at this age group at the recent National Schools.  Charlotte Weeks and Laurian Pepper then teamed up with Louise Entwistle and Ally Brooks to compete in the quad time trials. This young crew also raced well and finished in second place just 6 seconds behind Molesey RC and ahead of Worcester RC and LEH School. Both crews demonstrated that they were up on the pace of the leading crews in the country at this J16 level. These results set the girls up well for returning next year to compete again and possibly win their first GB vests.

 

Maidenhead Junior girls win 2 National Titles

Maidenhead junior crews performed well and came home with two National Titles from the National Rowing Championships held in Nottingham on Friday 16th July through to Sunday 18th July.

All racing was over 2000mtrs with heats on the Friday, semi-finals on the Saturday and Finals on the Sunday.

Junior athletes from Maidenhead competed in eight events making the finals of five, resulting in 2 Golds, 2 fourth places and one 6th place. This was an excellent overall performance from the club and a wonderful opportunity to show Maidenhead juniors competing and winning at the highest levels.

Maidenhead came home with two magnificent National titles in the WJ15 2x and the WJ14 coxed quads events. Both events were won in style with impressive winning margins of 17 seconds and 8 seconds respectively.

First Gold medal came from the WJ15 double scullers of Louise Entwistle and Ally Brooks. Entwistle and Brooks raced on the Friday and through winning their heat they qualified for a direct place in the Sunday finals. Hollingworth Lake won the other heat and were seen as the main competition for the finals. In the final, Maidenhead lined up against Lea RC, Putney HS/Thames, Burway RC, Northwich RC and Hollingworth Lake RC. With a good start Maidenhead took an immediate lead, at 500mtrs Maidenhead were 4 seconds clear over Hollingworth Lake with Northwich a further seven seconds behind. Maidenhead continued to keep up the pressure and at the 1000mtr mark they moved out to a ten seconds lead. The second half of the course saw Maidenhead turn on the power and go-away from all the field finishing 17 seconds ahead of silver medalists Holligworth Lake and 24 seconds ahead of 3rd place Northwich RC recording a very impressive win.

Second Gold came from the WJ14 coxed quad of Rebekah Kerns, Aimee Campbell, Alice Ancora, Chrissie Wright with cox Owen Davies. This young crew also won their heat on the Friday to qualify for a direct route into the Sunday finals. In this six boat final the main competition was expected from Evesham RC and Henley RC who also won direct places into the final. Maidenhead had a good start and nosed in front of the field leading at the 500mtr mark by half-a-length with Evesham in 2nd place and Henley RC in 3rd. At the 1000mtr mark Evesham put in a big push and reduced Maidenhead's clear water lead back to 3/4 of length. From this point onwards Maidenhead began to draw away with every stroke and at the finish line Maidenhead finished 8 seconds ahead of Evesham RC to take the clubs second Gold medal, Henley RC 3rd, Runcorn RC in 4th, Sir William Borlase School 5th and Marlow RC 6th

Competing in the WJ16 double sculls was Charlotte Weeks and Laurian Pepper. This crew had to qualify for the finals through winning their heat on the Friday beating Marlow RC, Sir William Borlase and George Watson's and finishing in 3rd place in the semi-finals on the Saturday behind Newark and Reading RC. The finals were expected to be tough with Newark RC and Reading RC having faster times and Maidenhead had to go two lengths faster to compete with Molesey BC. As it turned out Maidenhead had an excellent race with Molesey, and at the 1500mtr mark were 0.4 seconds behind, during the last 500mtrs Maidenhead raised its rate of striking and just pipped Molesey by 0.04 secs to take fourth place. Durham/Queen Elizabeth High School taking the bronze medal, Maidenhead 4th, Molesey 5th and Marlow 6th.

Competing in the WJun double sculls was Natalie Trinder and Jo Wright. After finishing second in their heat and qualifying for the Sunday finals Maidenhead did extremely well to improve on last years sixth position. Avon County won Gold, Weybridge Ladies Silver, Wycliffe Sculling Centre Bronze, Maidenhead 4th ahead of Latymer Upper School 5th and Marlow RC who finished in 6th place.

Competing in the Senior WLwt quads for the first time was Charlotte Weeks, Laurian Pepper, Natalie Trinder and Jo Wright. In a straight six boat final this young crew had a taste of what it will be like at racing at senior lightweight level. Although finishing in sixth place, experience was gained as the crew finished not too far behind top rowing clubs London, Wallingford/Thames. Vicky Sims of Maidenhead won a Bronze medal racing for Mortlake Anglian RC in this event.

Competing in the J15 single sculls was Max Gerrard and Matt Best. Both boys qualified through to the Saturday semi-finals. In the semi-finals the draw was tough with last years Gold, Silver and Bronze all drawn in the same heat as both Maidenhead scullers, with only 3 going through to the next round. The boys raced well in the semi-finals but had to settle for 4th and 6th positions.

In a composite J14 double with Marlow RC, Sam Prosser made it through to the semi-finals. In the Friday heats they came fifth, leaving them to race in the repechage for a semi-final place. Later in the day this composite double raced well and won its repechage. On the Saturday the conditions were tough and the boys came in 6th behind Upper Thames, Ardingly RC, two Walton crews and Merchant Taylors School.
 

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Maidenhead crews win 5 National Schools Regatta medals in Nottingham.

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Maidenhead Rowing Club entered 13 crews in this years National Schools Regatta held at Holme Pierrepoint, Nottingham over 3 days - Friday 28th May through to Sunday 30th May. This was the largest entry the club has ever entered at this prestigious National Schools regatta and all the Maidenhead juniors performed well against the top sculling Schools in the country, 9 Maidenhead crews made it through to the finals which was a result in itself.

Maidenhead's medal haul was very impressive. Two junior crews were crowned National Schools champions and Maidenhead also won a Silver and two Bronze medals over the three days.

National Schools champions from Maidenhead for 2004 are Louise Entwistle and Ally Brooks who won Gold in the WJ15 doubles and David Jones who won Gold in J16 single sculls.

Summary of National Schools medal wins:

Friday 28th May racing over 1000 mtrs

First Gold medal came on the Friday's racing which was raced over 1000mtrs for J14's and J15 athletes.

Maidenhead's crew of Louise Entwistle (15) and Ally Brooks (14) competed in the WJ15 2x for the Wycliffe Watermen Trophy against 30 doubles from across the UK. In their first heat they led all the way to win the heat by 4 lengths and go through to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals Maidenhead again raced well and led from the front maintaining a 2 length lead. In the final they were up against 5 other crews including Hollingworth Lake, who won at the recent Inter-regional trials. Maidenhead went off fast to ensure they were up with the leaders and then took control of the race pushing hard at 500mtrs to take a decisive lead and go on to win the Gold medal by 3 seconds. Lady Eleanor Holles 'A' crew taking Silver and Hollingworth Lake taking the Bronze.

Max Gerrard competed in J15 single sculls and he did extremely well to make it through to the finals, finishing 2nd in his heat and then 3rd in the semi-finals to earn a place in the final. In the final Max did not have his best of starts but raced well to finish in a very credible 5th place and only 4 seconds off the Bronze.

Aimee Campbell and Chrissie Wright entered WJ14 double sculls and did well to win their first heat and qualify for the semi-finals. In the semi-finals the racing was tough, Maidenhead were battling with Sir William Perkins for 3rd place, at 500mtrs Maidenhead were 4th 2.2 seconds down on Sir William Perkins and although pushing hard in the final 500mtrs Maidenhead were 2/100th of a second down at the finish line just missing out on a place in the final.

Maidenhead also entered two boys crews in the J14 coxed quad sculls. The first crew of Markus Clover, Matthew Reeve, Tom Halloran, Sam Prosser with cox Josh Prosser competed in the Canterbury Cup for 1st quads. Maidenhead competed well and in their heat they finished a very close 2nd behind St Edwards School and qualified for the semi-finals. In the semi-finals the competition was again tough and Maidenhead had to settle for 6th place finishing 0.5secs behind Tiffin School. This was good experience for this newly formed crew. Claires Court School (Jack Rider, Josh Cremin, Phil Clapp, Rubins Van der Valk and cox Anthony Toma) also entered this event and they made it through to the final after some very close racing. In the final Claires Court raced extremely well to pick up a Bronze medal 0.3secs behind Silver and only 1.5seconds off the Gold medal.

The second J14 boys coxed quad sculls entered the Nautics Cup. This crew comprised of Toby Courtney, Andrew Cadden, Adam Lilley, William Beaumont with cox Rebecca Reeve. This crew raced well in its heat finishing ahead of Windsor Boys 'B' crew but behind Dulwich, Abingdon and Merchant Taylors to take 4th place, just missing out on a place in the next round. This again was good experience for this new crew.

Saturday 29th May racing over 2000mtrs

Day 2 everyone feeling pleased with the Gold won on the first day. Maidenhead had 3 crews racing on the Saturday. Two girls crews entered the WJ16 2x and a boys crew entered Championship 2x.

Of the 20 crews that entered the Simon Sears Cup for WJ16 2x in was great to see that the final 6 crews included two Maidenhead crews. Maidenhead 'A' crew of Charlotte Weeks and Laurian Pepper made it through to the finals after a tough first heat being drawn against Newark (current National Champions), Henley RC, The American Schools and Strathclyde R.C. In this heat Maidenhead sculled well to take 3rd place and qualify for the semi-finals. Maidenhead 'B' crew of Entwistle and Brooks raced against Nithsdale R.C. Runcorn, Queen Elizabeth High School and Grange School. Entwistle and Brooks came home clear winners of this heat 4 seconds up at 500mtrs and 12 seconds ahead at the finish line.

Both crews were drawn in opposite halves of the draw for the semi-finals. Entwistle and Brooks again led a from the front in the semi-finals to win the semi-finals 1 second ahead of Hollingworth Lake with Henley a close third one second further behind Hollingworth Lake. Weeks and Pepper finished a good second in the other semi-final 5 seconds behind Newark and 6 seconds ahead of 3rd place Queen Elizabeth High School.

The final was lined up to be a good race with Maidenhead already achieving a great success by having both its crews qualifying for the finals in this hotly contested event. The final was a very tough race for both Maidenhead crews with Newark taking the lead at 500mtrs with Hollingworth Lake and Maidenhead 'B' battling for 2nd place down the entire course. At the finish line Maidenhead 'B' crew (Entwistle and Brooks) took the bronze medal with Maidenhead 'A' crew finishing in 6th place. This was an excellent result for both crews as three of these girls were racing above their age group and can race at this age group again next year.

The boys crew of Jones and Ashburner moved up to compete in the Championship doubles. In their first round they led from the front and finished 8 seconds ahead of Runcorn with St Peters in 3rd place. In the semi-final the racing became harder. Maidenhead were led to the 1000mtr mark by Windsor Boys School with Marlow one length behind. Maidenhead went on to win the semi-final by 4 seconds from Windsor Boys with Marlow finishing in 3rd place. Expectations were high for the final. American School led to the first 500mtrs with Maidenhead in 4th place. Windsor Boys took over the lead at 1000mtrs with American School in second place and Marlow in third position. Maidenhead pushed hard in the last 500mtrs but were unable to move into a medal position and finished 4th behind American School who took the Bronze, Marlow who took the Silver and Windsor Boys who took the Gold. Maidenhead boys can compete again in this event next year.

Sunday 30th May racing over 2000mtrs

Day 3 One Gold (WJ15 2x) and one Bronze (WJ16 2x) medal in the bag from the first two days of racing. Maidenhead had 5 crews competing on the last day and all crews were keen to add to the club medal honours.

In the Championship Girls 2x Maidenhead's crew of Natalie Trinder and Jo Wright exceeded their expectations by finishing second in their first heat behind Kings Chester and ahead of Sir William Borlase School who took 3rd place. These 3 crews qualified for the semi-finals. In the semi-finals Maidenhead raced well and from being in 3rd place at 500mtrs they moved passed Marlow RC to take the all important 2nd place at 1000mtrs, this position they held until the finish line taking 2nd place by 2 seconds from Marlow and winning a place in the grand final. The final saw the top crews in the country at this age group come together. Maidenhead finished in 6th place in the final.

Maidenhead entered a WJ16 quad which was a combination of the WJ15 2x and the WJ16 double. This crew combination demonstrated their ability to race and showed the high level of fitness they have achieved through the winter training. In their first race they were drawn against Canford, Sir William Borlase, Dame Alice and Lady E Holles. Under instructions to finish in a safe 3rd place and save themselves for the next round the girls were fast out of the blocks and led to the 500mtr mark at 1000mtrs they took the rating down and allowed Canford School to pass them finishing in a comfortable 2nd place. In the semi-final the draw was tough being drawn against most of the top quads - Molesey, Headington, Geo Watsons, Dame Alice and Star. Maidenhead new that they would have to race this semi-final to win a place in the final, at the 500mtr mark Maidenhead were in equal 3rd place behind Molesey and Geo Watsons. At 1000mtrs Molesey led with Geo Watsons in second place Headington now up to 3rd place and Maidenhead in 4th. With 500mtrs to go Maidenhead were still in 4th place 0.5sec off 3rd and 1.5secs off 2nd place. The last 500mtrs was a pleasure to see as this young crew turned on the speed and went passed two crews. The commentary was along the lines of "Maidenhead finishing like a train as they raised their rate of striking" and went passed both Headington and Geo Watsons to take a well deserved 2nd place and qualify for the final. The final was again a tough race but Maidenhead went from 4th to take 3rd place around the 1250mtr mark which they moved out to a clear 5 seconds lead to take the Bronze medal finishing behind Molesey and Lady E Holles. Three of the crew can race this event again next year so this was an excellent achievement for such a young crew.

The boys entered 3 crews in the J16 single sculls. Max Gerrard who is a J15 did well to come 3rd in his heat and qualify for the semi-finals behind a Tideway Scullers and Stourport sculler. Jones and Ashburner did what we have become to expect of them by winning both their heats. In the first semi-final Ashburner and Gerrard were drawn in the same heat and finished 1st and 4th respectively. Ashburner going through to the finals. Jones led from the front in his semi-final and came home in 1st place 4 seconds ahead of a Stourport sculler. The final was lined up to be a good race with both Maidenhead scullers expected to medal. In the final Jones led from the start and moved out to a six second lead at the finish line to take a Gold with Ashburner moving from 3rd place to second place at 1000mtrs and following Jones home to take a Silver medal.

Medal haul of the weekend increased to two Golds, one Silver and two Bronze which was a magnificent result for the club.

Avon County Saturday May 8th

Maidenhead Rowing Club entered Junior girls from the Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced groups and sent along 24 crews in doubles and singles to this junior regatta held over two 4 lane courses, 800mtr long course and 400mtr short course for the J13's.

Maidenhead Rowing Club Juniors won 11 Golds 3 Silvers and 3 Bronze medals at this event and were probably the most successful club at this regatta.

Although the weather was wet, overall conditions were generally good and this was excellent multi-lane experience for all the junior squads. This regatta is ideal for juniors wanting to compete in a multi-lane environment with Gold, Silver and Bronze medals being awarded.

WJ 12 2x was our first race with two entries. Carmel Bevan/Emma Kerns and Anna Campbell/Charley Young. Both crews got through their heats and met in the final. Carmel and Emma got the Gold and Anna and Charley picked up the Bronze.

Next up was the WJ11 2x, again two Maidenhead entries, Fifi Bevan/Lexy Dobson and Rebecca Reeves/Emily Webster. It was a straight final and turned into a Maidenhead battle very quickly as the third crew, Guildford, fell back. Both the Maidenhead crews were steering all over the course and must have covered another couple of hundred metres!. However, on the line it was Lexy and Fifi who just pipped Emily and Rebecca. So Maidenhead won Gold and Silver.

Our 3rd event was the WJ13 2x with Madeleine Reynolds and Maddi van Noorden from the Beginners group and Katy Lion/Rebekah Kerns from the Advanced group. All the girls got through their heats but in the final the two Maddies lost out on a close race for a medal. Lion and Kerns sculled well together to take a Gold.

By now it was only about half eleven and Maidenhead were cock-a-hoop with its performances.

The WJ12 1x had three Maidenhead entries. Carmel Bevan, Anna Campbell and Emma Kerns. Anna had a very hard heat and sadly went out at that stage. Carmel and Emma made it to the final where they were in adjacent lanes. In the final they left the other competitor standing and had a bit of an outing of their own. Given that they are always gossiping in their double and they were sculling along looking at each other rather than ahead or behind , us spectators were wondering if they were having another little chinwag. They assure us they weren't and that they were both trying really hard. Emma won by half a length. So that was another Gold and Silver.

The next event was the WJ11 1x. Fifi Bevan and Lexy Dobson were our entries. They both got through the heats with some steering problems, Lexy looked as if she was doing a bit of weed clearing on the bank and Fifi took a very long course round the outside. In the final Lexy learnt from her heat and rowed a really straight smooth line to get Gold. This was an excellent result for Lexy Dobson.

In the WJ15 1x sculls event Charlotte Eynon and Louise Entwistle competed. Eynon went out in the heats, Entwistle won her heat and then went on to win a Gold in the final.

The WJ13 1x sculls was a very exciting race for spectators. Katie Lion, Rebekah Kerns and Alice Ancora all competed in various heats. Lion just missed out on qualification for the final. Kerns and Ancora made it through to the final where they lined up against two other scullers. In the final both Maidenhead crews led with Kerns leading of the start then Ancora taking a slight lead at halfway and with ten strokes to go both crews were level, Ancora stopped with an Asthma attack and Rebekah Kerns won Gold. Alice Ancora was awarded a Bronze.

The WJ15 2x saw Eynon and Entwistle win their heat. In the final Eynon and Entwistle led off the start and at half-way led by 3/4 of a length. During the last part of the race their opposition pushed very hard and at the line they were awarded a Silver just missing Gold by 2 feet.

The WJ14 2x was lined up to have two Maidenehead doubles competing. At the last minute crew changes had to be made as Alice Ancora was recovering from her Asthma attack and Chrissie Wright was ill. This left Aimee Campbell and Ally Brooks to scull together. This scratch double won both its heats and the final comfortably to take a Gold.

The WJun sculls saw a straight final between Jo Wright and Natalie Trinder of Maidenhead with Wright taking the Gold. Wright and Trinder teamed up for the final of WJun 2x sculls where they also took Gold.

The final race of the day for Maidenhead was the WJ14 single sculls where Maidenhead had two entries Campbell and Brooks. Both these girls did exceptionally well to win through the heats and make the finals. During the heats a sculler from Wallingford looked impressive by winning all her heats comfortably. In the final both Maidenhead girls got off to a fast start and at halfway the Maidenhead scullers were in 1st and 3rd place. This continued to the finish with Ally Brooks winning by 4 lengths and Aimee Campbell finishing only one length behind the Wallingford sculler. Maidenhead scullers taking Gold and Bronze.

Ball Cup Invitation Regatta Sunday May 9th

Maidenhead Rowing Club were invited to enter three events, WJ13 4X+, WJ12 2X and WJ13 2X, all straight finals.

Maidenhead juniors won 2 events at this regatta.

The WJ13 quad, Emma Kerns, Carmel Bevan, Emma Alington, Harriet Ingal and cox Katherine Alington, got a good start against TSS A and B crews and really didn't look back. They won very nicely by 4 lengths.

Carmel Bevan and Emma Kerns were the WJ12 2x. They won by 1 1/2 lengths against TSS and City Oxford.

The WJ13 2X was Maddi van Noorden and Madeleine Reynolds. Notting Hill and Ealing were disqualified before the start and there was a crew from the previous WJ 14 2X race, Kings rochester, doing a row over at the same time as their event so missed out on the WJ13 2x race. Maidenhead raced well but lost to TSS and Dragon school.

Maidenhead Rowing Club won six events at Marlow Spring Regatta on Monday May 3rd

The Maidenhead juniors, women and mens veteran squads competed in 12 events coming home winners of six. This early season regatta proved a challenging course for all competitors as the crews had to deal with a wet and difficult 900mtrs 3 lane downstream course on the river Thames at Marlow.

This was an excellent opportunity for crews to gain an early measure of performance against some tough competition.

Maidenheads young girls and the mens vets between them won 6 events outright and other good results came from the junior boys squad who for some of them this was a first regatta.

The six wins came from the following winning crews:

WJ14 1x Ally Brooks;
WJ14 2x Alice Ancora, Aimee Campbell;
WJ14 4x Chrissie Wright, Aimee Campbell, Rebekah Kerns, Katie Lion &
cox Owen Davies;
WJ15 1x Louise Entwistle;
WJ16 2x Laurian Pepper & Charlotte Weeks;
MVC 4x Orlando Fricker, Phil Lawton, Roger Henderson, Al Cook.

This was another overall good result for the club.

Boys J14 squad

The boys J14 squad put seven crews out. For a large part of this squad it was their first ever competitive outing, and all past this first test with flying colours. The two boys quads both came second in their semi-finals and missed out on a place in the final. The five boys doubles entered had mixed results but the stars on the day were Adam Lilley and Matthew Reeve whoc made it through to the finals but lost to a strong Windsor boys crew by half-a-length. The boys squad consisted of Marcus Clover, Tom Halloram, Angus Cadden, Toby Ayre, Toby Courtney, Sam Prosser, Josh Prosser, Will Beaumont, Ben Profitt & Ross McCoriston.

Veteran Womens Squad

Maidenhead Women's Vets were drawn against old rivals Eton Excelsior and Headington School Oxford for the 3 lane heat. This again was a first regatta for two of this crew, Aileen McGowan and Ann Richardson who were joined by Anthea Ross and Suzanne Reeve with cox Henry Cremin.

Eton Excelsior and Maidenhead battled all the way down the course and Maidenhead had to settle for 3rd place just behind Eton Excelsior.

Juniors Girls Squad

These junior girls continue to train hard and the results speak for themselves winning five events by involving all of the squad was an excellent result. Of the crews that did not win we should make special mention to four young girls Louise Entwistle (15), Laurian Pepper (16), Charlotte Weeks (15), Ally Brooks (14) who competed for the first time at WJ18 level. This crew not only won their semi-final with ease from the older girls from American School and Upper Thames but then went on to push a very large and fast crew from Headington School Oxford all the way down the course to finish less than one length behind in the final. Giving away an average of 3 years at this age group is significant. This result gives the girls confidence for when they race at National Schools at WJ16 level at the end of the month and at this event they will only be giving away an average of 1 year.

Both the WJ14 singles and WJ14 doubles events had lots of entries and it was pleasing to see that two Maidenhead crews made it through to the finals in each of these events.

Mens Veteran Squad

A good result for this Veteran C crew who left Marlow RC and Eton Excelsior out of the starting blocks to fight it out for 2nd place some 4 lengths behind. Thanks go to the junior squad for kindly loaning their ERB racing boat to this lightweight-ish crew.
 

Maidenhead Rowing Club Juniors Win 3 Events At Henley Junior Head on 14 February 2004

Maidenhead Juniors competed at Henley Junior Head which was carried out on the historic Henley Royal Regatta course on Saturday 14th February 2004. The 3,300 metre head course was a challenging and rewarding experience for all the junior competitors. Conditions were very good for both morning and afternoon divisions.

Maidenhead entered 6 junior crews. Four girls crews raced in the morning division and two boys crews raced in the afternoon division.

In the morning division, the first win for Maidenhead came in the WJ14 coxed quad event. Maidenhead entered 3 junior girls crews in this event with its first crew (Katy Lion, Rebekah Kerns, Alice Ancora, Ally Brooks with Owen Davies cox) going off last in the WJ14 quads. This crew rowing as Maidenhead ‘C’ put up a fantastic performance to overtake 5 crews during the race and win the division by a clear 74 seconds from second place Headington School. This winning time would have also won the WJ15 girls quad event. An excellent achievement considering 3 of the Maidenhead girls are only WJ13!

Maidenhead also entered two younger crews in this WJ14 event. The ‘A’ crew of Lucy Brockwell age 12, Charlie Young age 11, Lexy Dobson age 11, Carmel Bevan age 12 and cox Emma Kerns sculled well and enjoyed the Henley experience. The ‘B’ crew Fifi Bevan age 11, Emma Sanderkin age 12, Madi Reynolds age 13, Madi Van-Noordan age 13 with cox Toby Courtney competed strongly and were please to finish two places ahead of the ‘A’ crew.
Both crews enjoyed the experience of rowing over the Henley course and did well to compete at this higher age group.

Maidenheads second win came from its WJ16 coxless quad (Lauren Connolly, Kelly Edwards, Laurian Pepper, Louise Entwistle) who started directly behind their local rivals Upper Thames. Maidenhead went off strongly and gradually pulled in their competition stroke by stroke, overtaking Upper Thames in the first quarter of the course and continuing to scull strongly and with some good steering from Lauren Connolly the crew went on to overtake several other boys crews finishing in a fast time of 13mins 27seconds.

In the afternoon Maidenhead junior boys entered two J14 coxed quads. The ‘A’ crew of Angus Caggan, Philip Clapp, Jack Ryder, Sam Prosser with cox Toby Courtney sculled strongly over the course to finish in a good time of 13mins 27secs which won the J15 class. Maidenhead s ‘B’ crew of Toby Ayre, Ben Proffit, Rubin Van-Der Valk, Josh Cremin with cox Joshua Prosser also sculled well over the course and both crews finished in a time faster than their competition from Sir William Borlase.

The results of all junior crews from Maidenhead Rowing Club within their event category are as follows:-
 

Maidenhead Rowing Club Juniors Win 7 Events At Burway Head

Burway Head was raced over a challenging 3,000 metres upstream course on the Thames from Chertsey Lock to Penton Hook Lock on Saturday 13th December. This year saw a record entry of 350 crews, (150 crews above the last record entry). Racing was held over three divisions to cater for the record entry of crews.

Maidenhead Rowing Club entered 31 crews across a wide age range of events covering boys and girls from age 11 to Veteran over 50.
Maidenhead’s Juniors continued their good form and came home outright winners of 7 junior events. Star performance of the day came from Natalie Trinder who won the Womens Junior Single Sculls from a quality field of scullers.

The Winning crews from Maidenhead Rowing Club were:-

• WJ14 coxed quad sculls - Chrissie Wright, Alice Ancora, Rebeka Kerns, Aimee Campbell & cox Charlotte Weeks sculled strongly over the course to beat 7 other quads and finish 15 seconds ahead of Henley RC in second place.
• WJ16 double sculls - Laurian Pepper and Charlotte Weeks continued their winning way and came home ahead of 9 other doubles and 27secs ahead of Star Club who finished in 2nd place.
• WJ15 double sculls – Ally Brooks and Louise Entwistle continued their winning way and came home 28 seconds ahead of second place Surbiton High School.
• WJ13 double sculls – Alice Ancora and Rebeka Kerns sculled well over the course and finished only one second behind the winners of the older WJ14 age group.
• WJ18 single sculls – Natalie Trinder still only J17 sculled strongly over the course to finish ahead of strong opposition from Henley and Molesey RC finishing 4 seconds ahead of Griffiths of Henley RC.
• WJ14 single sculls – Chrissie Wright did well to finish ahead of five other scullers and 44 seconds ahead of second place Morrison of Staines Boat Club.
• WJ15 single sculls – Charlotte Eynon finished 66seconds ahead of Bell her only opposition from Star Club.

Full report and all Maidenhead Results
 

Maidenhead Rowing Club Win 3 Rowing Championship Medals At the British Indoor Rowing Championships on Saturday 15th November

Photos of the Event

Maidenhead Rowing Club Win 6 events at Henley Sculls Head on Saturday 25th October

A week after the event Maidenhead Rowing Club was informed that its junior girls section won the team prize for the fastest times across 3 junior events. The team prize was won by our WJ16 sculler Laurian Pepper, WJ15 sculler Louise Entwistle & WJ14 sculler Ally Brooks.

Maidenhead Rowing Club entered eighteen crews into this years Henley Sculls Head, which took place over the Henley 3,000metre stretch.

Maidenhead notched up six event category wins and also recorded some excellent times in other key categories. In the womens senior 3 category Sarah Archibald sculled strongly over the course to win her division in a fast time of 14mins 4secs, 30 seconds ahead of Henley sculler.

The womens WJ18 double scullers Jemma Brooks and Jo Wright had a very good scull and managed to finish 2 seconds ahead of Gloucester RC.

As there was no WJ15 competition, Louise Entwistle and Ally Brooks moved up to the higher WJ16 class. They sculled very strongly over the course and demolished the competition recording a very fast time 13mins 29sec, 38seconds ahead of Evesham RC in this higher age group.

Louise Entwistle raced again in WJ15 single sculls and won this division in a time of 15mins 32 secs – 15 seconds ahead of Bradbury of Thames RC.

Ally Brooks raced again in the WJ14 single sculls and she won this division in a time of 15mins 40 seconds – 34 seconds ahead of Delaney of Wallingford RC.

Alice Ancora raced in the WJ13 single sculls and she won this division in a time of 17mins 18sec.

The winning Maidenhead crews and times are listed below:

Sarah Archibald                WS3  1x     14:04
Jemma Brooks & Jo Wright       WJ18 2x     14:10
Louise Entwistle & Ally Brooks WJ16 2x     13:29
Louise Entwistle               WJ15 1x     15:32
Ally Brooks                    WJ14 1x     15:40
Alice Ancora                   WJ13 1x     17:18

Other Maidenhead Rowing Club finishing times were as follows:

David Jones                     J18 1x      13:11
Lauren Connolly,Charlotte Eynon,
Laurian Pepper, Charlotte Weeks WJ16 4x     13:40
Sam Ashburner                   J18 1x      13:46
Keith Dixon                     S2 1x       13:53
Patrick King                    J18 1x      14:08
Max Gerrard                     J15 1x      14:25
Aimee Campbell & Alice Ancora   WJ14 2x     14:37
Gemma Brace                     WS3 1x      15:24
Laurian Pepper                  WJ16 1x     15:40
Jo Wright                       WJ18 1x     16:10
Karen Phillips                  WN 1x       16:14
Charlotte Weeks                 WJ15 1x     16:15
Bob Wilson                      Vet I 1x    16:44 

Competitor Photos

Maidenhead Rowing Club Junior Girls Won 2 events at Upper Thames Fours & Pairs Head - Sunday 19th October

Maidenhead Rowing Club entered 10 crews in this years Upper Thames Fours & Pairs Head of the river race which took place on the Henley Royal Regatta stretch on Sunday.

The conditions were very tough for all the crews with a very strong tail wind into the stream which tested everyone's boat handling skills in some windy and, at times rough conditions. Despite these conditions, Maidenhead Junior Girls squad demonstrated that they could handle the conditions and came home with two event wins and other good performances.

In the Womens Junior 16 coxless quad event, the Maidenhead crew of (Lauren Connolly steers, Kelly Edwards, Laurian Pepper with Charlotte Weeks at stroke) all members of the J15 crew that won a Silver medal at the National Rowing Championships in July this year, in a coxed quad, won the WJ16 division handling the difficult conditions and steering well in their new coxless boat.  

The second crew to win their event was the Womens Junior 14 double scullers of Rebecca Kerns and Chrissie Wright. These Maidenhead girls sculled very strongly down the course overtaking three doubles to take the prize for being the fastest boat in their age group.

All Maidenhead crews and provisional times were as follows: