News 2007
Wallingford Town Regatta, Sat 8th Sep 2007
More than 40 teams took part in the Wallingford town regatta --the new name for the former pub regatta.
Helen Sheppard, one of the organisers, said;
"There are fewer and fewer clubs now taking part, so we changed the name to make it more of an event for the whole town. Visitors entered into the spirit of the whole thing by coming along in a variety of different costumes."
Teams from Goring won two of the shields and the award for the team with the best spirit went to Aston Tirrold. South Stoke won the men's beginners award.
World Championships, Munich. Aug 27-Sep 2 2007
Success for Wallingford Club members (as well as the whole GB squad):
Paul Mattick won gold in the LM4-,
Alice Freeman won bronze in the W8+,
Chris Bartley won bronze in the LM4x.
Jen Goldsack who recently relocated to the USA gained a place in the USA team for the LW1x taking a silver medal.
Andrea Dennis came 5th in LW1x and
Helen Casey came 2nd in the B final of LW2x.
At the U23 World Champsionships, Atlanta St John, W4x, won a bronze medal.
Coupe de Jeunesse, Varese, Italy, 3-5 Aug 2007
Friday: Rosie Williamson in the Great Britain Junior Women's 8. Bronze Medal
The National Rowing Championships of Great Britain, Friday 20th – Sunday 22nd July
Crews from Wallingford Rowing Club braved the wind and rain at a very muddy National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham over the three day British National Championships. Over 600 crews and scullers took part from locations as far apart as Aberdeen to Devon plus crews from British outpost clubs from Gibralter. Despite regular soakings, Wallingford's representatives fared well and came home with two silver medals and a bronze.
First to race their final was the Junior under 14 boys quad of Tom Ajose, Jamie Axon, Ed Hares and Jem Roberts coxed by Luke Taylor. Wind and rough water took a toll on the timetable and their event,with 17 entries,was run as a time-trial. Wallingford's youngsters had a solid row and were delighted to win the silver medal behind Windsor Boys School.
As the wind dropped and the waves reduced, racing returned to conventional six lane side by side racing. The womens coxless four of Angela Mills, Bea Longworth, Rosie Elmes and Jay Philcox had a straight final and got a podium placing with a bronze medal.
Finalists in the junior men(under 18) coxless quad sculls included a Wallingford composite crew of Matt Best (Marlow) and Simon Steele (Malgdalen Coll) joining up with Tom Pryor and Ben Fussell of Wallingford in a top class line-up. In a storming race,the Wallingford crew lay third for most of the race before squeezing past a Peterborough City/ Star club composite on the line to take silver. The Peterborough City/Star crew had been finalists at Henley Royal Regatta this year.
Wallingford's other representative in the finals were scullers Briony Cavell and Hannah Mason who reached their respective finals in large fields but narrowly missed medals.
Rosie Williamson has been selected for the Great Britain Junior Women's team to race in Italy at the Coupe de la jeunesse competition and raced with the juniors against adult elite competition as Nautilus,the national squad racing name. At the National Championships they competed in fours and an eight, reaching the finals of both events. Lets wish her luck for a medal in Varese, Italy, next month.
Junior 14 Coxed Quadruple Sculls: Silver Medallists
Tom Ajose
Jamie Axon
Ed Hares
Jem Roberts
Cox: Luke Taylor
Junior 18 Quadruple Sculls – composite crew: Silver Medallists
Ben Fussell
Matt Best (Marlow)
Tom Pryor
Simon Steele (Magdalen College School )
Women’s Coxless Four: Bronze Medallists
Rosie Elmes
Jay Philcox
Bea Longworth
Angela Mills
World Cup, Lucerne 13 - 15 July
A gold medal for Paul Mattick in the lightweight men's 4-, finishing a second ahead of France.
Alice Freeman also performed well in the women's 4- taking the silver medal.
Andrea Dennis came third in the B final of lightweight women's single and Helen Casey came 5th in lightweight womens 2x.
Henley Royal Regatta, 4-8 July
Fawley Challenge Cup: The junior boys quad made up of Ben Fussell, Tom Pryor, Simon Steele, and Josh Yerrell pre-qualified and beat Henley RC / Dulwich College in the first round. In the second round they were knocked out by a Henley RC / Maidenhead RC composite.
The Princess Royal Challenge Cup: Jen Goldsack made it to the final, but lost to M Guerette.
World Cup, Amsterdam ending June 24th
Wallingford representation at the World cup included:
A silver medal for Paul Mattick in the men’s L4-, best result ever for GB LM4-, including a 5:50 time in the semi.
Helen Casey 5th in final (behind 2 Chinese crews, so 4th nation) in LW2x, including, (in semi), fastest ever 2k time by a GB LW2x.
Andrea Dennis won “B” final in LW1x, having been just squeezed out of “A”.
Henley Women's Regatta, June 22-24th
Women’s Intermediate Eights (The Pricewaterhouse Coopers Cup)
Cox: Mike Floyd
S: Angela Mills
7: Rosie Elmes
6: Emily Townsend
5: Bea Longworth
4: Suzie Pilkington
3: Caroline Benham
2: Heather Miller
B: Sarah Burgess
Coach: Mick Brind
Friday:
Wallingford RC qualified, coming in the Top 4 fastest crews of the time trials
Win against Queens College Cambridge – 2L
Saturday:
Win against Putney Town – 2L
Win against Exeter – 2ft (Quarter finals)
Sunday:
Beaten by Osiris A – 3/4L (Semi finals)
Quotes from Commentator during the race: “Two Excellent Intermediate Eights…. there’s obviously something happening at Wallingford…..”
The women’s eight were k.o.’d by a crew that then withdrew because it wasn’t constituted according to the rules.
Senior 4x (The Chairmans Cup)
S: Katie Day
3: Emma Hodson
2: Jen Lambert
B: Caroline Barnes
Saturday:
Beaten by Jesus College Cambridge – 4.5L (Quarter Final)
Elite 4- (The Avril Vellacott Cup)
Alice Freeman (composite crew along with Leander, AK and Rebecca)
Sunday:
Win against Nottingham, Aberdeen Uni, London WBC – Easily (Final)
Elite 2- (The Redgrave Trophy)
S: Hilary Powell
B: Briony Cavell
Saturday:
Win against Tideway Scullers - 3L (Quarter final)
Sunday:
Beaten by Mortlake Anglian & Alpha (Semi final) and came from over 2 lengths down to within half a length at the finish.
Elite Lightweight 1x (The Godfrey Rowsports Trophy)
Jen Goldsack
Saturday:
Win against Star & Arrow – Easily (Quarter final)
Sunday:
Win against Sydney University Womens RC – 5L (Semi final)
Win against Mortlake Anglian & Alpha – Easily (Final)
Senior Lightweight 1x (The Fiona Dennis Trophy)
Hannah Mason
Saturday:
Win against University of Bristol – 5L
Win against Tideway Scullers – 3.5L (Quarter final)
Sunday:
Beaten by Mortlake Anglian & Alpha – 5L (Semi final)
Christy Job
Saturday:
Beaten by Abingdon RC – 3L
Ellen Winter
Friday:
Beaten by Exeter University – Easily
Sch/Junior 1x (The Di Ellis Trophy)
Rosie Williamson
Saturday:
Beaten by Worcester RC - Easily
Also of note
Atlanta St John, who trains with the HPP, won Elite Open sculls.
Amelia van Manen, also HPP, rowing with Osiris, won Open Eights.
Marlow Regatta, Saturday 23rd June
The junior boys quad scull succeeded in reaching the final and giving a polished performance to come fourth, a performance noted by the Henley Royal Regatta Stewards where they have passed into the main Regatta without having to go through the qualifying rounds.
Thames Valley Park Regatta, Sunday 24th June
The boys quad won in style and two of their members, Josh Yerrel and Ben Fussell, also won junior double sculls to go with their bronze medals at National schools. The youngsters of the junior 14 group all put in sound performances with the happiest being the womens junior 14 double scull of Emily Reay and Emily Taylor who won their event in a strong field.
Monmouth Regatta, Sunday May 27th
Women’s Squad went to Monmouth Regatta and came away with a couple of wins.
Women’s Novice Double Sculls
Wallingford beat Bristol Ariel in the Final, and
Women’s Senior Three Eights
Wallingford beat City of Oxford in the Final
Photos: one, two and Lydia – who braved the horrid torrential rain (and put off revision for her GCSEs) to cox during the day as well as offering her coxing services to a couple of City of Oxford crews!
National Schools Regatta 25-27th May, Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham
Wallingford Juniors show real strength at National Schools Regatta.
Over the weekend of 25th - 27th May the National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham, was home of the National Schools Regatta 2007. Wallingford Rowing Club sent a small but strong contingent from the Junior Squad. Hard work over the winter was rewarded with the J14 Double Sculls on Friday reaching the semi final being drawn in the hardest of the 2 heats. Edward Hares and Jem Roberts put up a brave fight coming 4th.
The Saturday saw Ben Fussell and Josh Yerrell in the Championships Double Sculls with Chris Ellam and Tom Pryor in the Championship Single Sculls events. Chris and Tom put up a brave fight in a very strong field in the qualifying race, both just missing out on semi final places. Josh and Ben’s double qualified comfortably and were given a favourable draw in the semi finals. A 2nd place finish in the semi behind Henley gave the boys encouragement for the Final. A close race followed in the final with the Wallingford Double occupying the 4th place position for most of the race, however a blistering finish over the final 300m saw the Wallingford Double push through into the bronze medal position just behind Henley RC and Walton RC who took the Gold and Silver respectively.
We all awoke on the Sunday morning to see the weatherman had not been joking. It was a pretty horrible day. Rosie Williamson, Tom Pryor, Chris Ellam, Ben Fussell and Josh Yerrell all sat at the breakfast table contemplating what Holme Pierrepont was going to throw at them, and it wasn’t good. The lake began to resemble a surfer’s paradise as the day went on, but the Wallingford crews battled on regardless. The boys switched from the smaller boats to the Championship Quadruple Sculls and Rosie in the Championship Single Sculls. Both the Quad and Rosie qualified well for the Semi-finals before the weather really started to turn. Unfortunately the Quad couldn’t battle their way from a very poor lane draw and finished a disappointing 5th in their semi final. Rosie however battled through appalling conditions in both her Semi-final and her Final to finish an excellent 4th place ahead of some very strong girls.
A huge Thank you to all the support the juniors have had, including those who travelled up to Nottingham for the weekend. Also a massive thank you to Thomson Tui, the junior squad sponsor, for all the kit they supplied for the weekend. It made a very wet day that little bit dryer!
(Photo credit: Ben Townsend)
Wallingford Regatta 6 May 2007
Press Release after the Regatta
Nearly all club members were helping, and only a few competed.
Race
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Event
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position
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500m | 1000m | Finish | ||
41
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J18 4x
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Junior U18 Quadruple Sculls | Final |
2
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01:38.5 | 03:20.0 | 05:00.1 |
51
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WJ18 4x
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Women's Junior U18 Quadruple Sculls | Final |
5
|
01:52.3 | 03:50.8 | 05:49.4 |
70
|
WS4 1x
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Women's Senior 4 Single Sculls - E Winter | Heat B |
4
|
02:17.8 | 04:35.8 | 06:50.1 |
105
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WS3 8
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Women's Senior 3 Eights | Final |
1
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01:38.8 | 03:23.7 | 05:08.2 |
111
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J14B 4x+
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Junior U14B Coxed Quadruple Sculls | Final |
1
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01:49.1 | 03:43.3 | 05:37.0 |
Congratulations to the Junior U14B Coxed Quadruple Sculls and the Women's Senior 3 Eights for winning their finals.
Photo of the Wallingford Mayor with the Womens's crew, their flasks and their Chamber of Trade Cup:
(photo credit: Brian Rippon)
More photos from the event (credit: Ben Townsend)
Press Release before the Regatta
Abingdon Head 22 April 2007
Women's Head of the River
17th March 2007
| Finish | Start | Crew | Status | Time | ||
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| 11 | 207 | Wallingford RC A | S2 | 19:23.08 | ||
| 48 | 208 | Wallingford RC B | S2 | 20:18.88 |
| Crew A | Crew B |
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| Photos: | |
| Jet 1 | Jet 1 |
| Jet 2 | Jet 2 |
| Bigblade | Bigblade |
Press Release (with the story of the B Crew)
Bionic woman pulling in the right direction for Beijing
"It is doubtful if there has been a more inspiring presence [in the Women's Head] than Jen Goldsack, who races for Wallingford."
Read the full article in the Times (16 March 2007)
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