November 1999

29th At the British Indoor Rowing Championship at the Rivermead Leisure Centre in Reading Sean Morris of Wallingford retained the 55-59 Lwt title in a time of 6 minutes 47.6 seconds which is a new Championship Record. The fastest Wallingford time of the day was set by Andy Hull, 25 in a time of 6 minutes 38.4 seconds gaining him a Silver medal in the Open Lwt class. Full results are on the Concept 2 website at http://www.concept2.co.uk/v4/brit_champ_r.htm.
22nd Wallingford Rowing Club retained the Veteran coxless four title at the  Fullers Fours Head of the River on the Tideway this past weekend. The Veteran crew with Wallingford members Colin Cusack and Sean Morris were joined by two City of Oxford members.

The crew finished 77th in a time of 20 minutes 48 seconds. However, they crew were not the fastest Wallingford crew. That privilege went to a men's squad coxless four, who finished an impressive sixth in the Senior 1 category in a time of 20:39 being beaten by only a handful of the top clubs in the country.

The Wallingford women's quad were the fourth fastest women's quad of the day finishing 143rd overall in a time of 21:23. The crew consisting of stroke Helen Casey (Silver medal Commonwealth Champs and double Henley winner this year), Carolyn Jones (WL1x National Champion 1998), Lulu Butler-Stoney and Helena Malenczuk (Women's Henley winners in 1999) will have wished that they had got their entry correct and entered Senior 2 instead of Elite where they would have won the class.

18th The Wallingford Regatta race committee have set the date for the 2000 event. The date was in discussion due to the lateness of Easter in the year 2000 (22nd and 23rd April) with many Schools only returning a few weeks beforehand. However, it was decided to retain the usual date of the May Day Bank Holiday weekend to run the 48th Wallingford Regatta. More information on the event from Entries Secretary Andrew Breen on email or by phone on 01491 825045, Secretary Phil Haycock on email or phone 01491 824372 or Chairman Roger Brown on 01491 834584.
15th Wallingford Rowing Club will be holding it's 1999 Dinner Dance on Saturday 18th December at The Bear, North Moreton. The cost will be £30 per person, which includes a three course meal, half bottle of wine and pre dinner drinks. Any remaining money will be put into a kitty behind the bar for beer and wine. The dinner will start at 7pm, to be seated by 7.30. Following dinner will be dancing until the small hours. Further details from Nikki Miller or Rachael Haycock (01491 824372).
2nd Pat Lockley has temporarily been appointed as Women's Senior Squad Coach. Pat has earned his Silver ARA coaching award following a successful spell as the North West Regional Development Officer for the ARA and is also a qualified umpire. He is well known at Wallingford, being captain at the club from 1995-1996 as well as a former coach. His appointment is until at the latest April 2000. A permanent replacement is being sought. Any coach interested in the appointment should contact the captain Rachael Haycock for salary and conditions on (01491 824372).