Henley Rowing Club

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Henley Sculls

Last Saturday competitors and specta­tors were able to enjoy Henley Sculls in comparative comfort, as the forecast of heavy rain did not materialise. The day started at 11 a.m. with Divi­sion 1 for quads and doubles.

Henley's senior men are still riding high from their Thames Cup triumph at this year's Henley Royal Regatta. Three from that eight were in the club's Senior 2 Quad - D. Read, M. Lambourn, and R. Guiver with D. Marrett, covered the 3,000 metre upstream course in 10 min­utes 33 seconds to win their category and record the fastest time of the day.

Another win came from the Women's Senior 3 Quad of K. Boothroyd, L. Leo­niades, K. Pankhurst and H. Read, with a time of 12.36.

Not to be outdone the Women's Junior 15 Coxed Quad of A. Buck, A. Whitaker, R. Clarke, C. Cummings and M. Wheal also won, but they had to share with Lady Eleanor Holles School who matched their 13.38.

Henley's Elite Womens Quad, E Mann, C Hocking, S Causby and K Holland, had a terrific tussle with Upper Thames, returning a time of 12.11, just one sec­ond slower than their local rivals. R. Ingledew, K. Ramsey, N. Ashcroft and V Brierley gave Upper Thames their only win in Division 1.

Wallingford won Women's J16 Dou­bles, beating Henley by another frustrat­ing second. Henley crews came second in four other categories, Men's Elite Dou­bles, Men's Senior 3 Quads, Men's Jun­ior 15 Coxed Quads and Women's Junior 14 Coxed Quads all good performances but none good enough.

Divisions 2 and 3 were for single sculls only. Scullers competed in their own categories and, where appropriate, their times were considered for team prizes. Senior teams required scullers from four different categories, junior teams three. Henley, the host club, had four category winners in their senior men's team, D. Read (Sen 1), M. Lambourn (Sen 2) R. Guiver (Sen 3) and R. Wilson (Vet B), their combined time was 52 minutes 45 seconds. Upper Thames were second with 53.50 and Marlow third with 54.33. Henley where second in both the Women's and Junior Womens team prize.

Pictures from Eliot George Photography

Pictures from RGWimaging

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