BUCS Regatta 27th-29th May
The club travelled down to Holme Pierrepont for BUCS regatta and had an impressive 22 entries in 14 categories across the 3 days of racing. The racing started early with the first entry in the regattas first race, the M Lwt 1x, followed shortly by the W Beg 1x. Unfortunately, no final for William in the M Lwt 1x but there was improvement on last year's time showing results for the hard work throughout the year, and there was success for Lizzie placing 3rd in the B final and for Cameron placing 4th in the D Final of W Beg 1x. The beginners placed 2nd in the C final of the M Beg 4x having been neck and neck with UCL down the course providing a very pleasing start to their weekend of racing. The M Int 8+ also made one of the last finals of the day placing 5th in the F final in what was a close race across all the lanes, showing great resilience through what can only be described as lashing rain! Sunday saw 4 of our beginners racing in the M Beg 1x, 3 of which was their first time racing in a single. Mael placed 3rd in the C final, Charlie making the D final and Glenn placing 3rd in the F final. Our Womens Beginner 4x were able to overcome the issues with equipment in the time trial to secure 1st in the D final, with a confident lead of 20 seconds. Our women’s squad also had 2 entries in the W Int 1x category, with Emily and Eve, racing for Edinburgh Napier, both competing and narrowly missing out on a final. There were 2 entries in the M Int 2x, with Ross and Andrew placing 6th in the E final and Ben and Eddie not having qualified. The last race of the day was the E final for the M Int 4+. The crew faced a broken backstay in the warmup on the way to the starting blocks, and were kindly helped by another crew on their way to race. This however didn’t stop the four from giving their all, having been behind Exeter from the start, and a length down going into the last 500m the crew were able to surge ahead in a final sprint to catch up with the leaders to require a photo finish. The judges ruled that Exeter had won by 0.04 of a second, although this was still a pleasing result in such a highly competitive race. The last day of BUCS began with the M Beg 2x, with both crews making a final, Charlie and Mark finishing 5th in the D final, and Mael and Sam finishing 4th in the E final. The D final of M Int 2- had 2 Heriot Watt crews, Josh and Nathaniel, Will and Chris. Josh and Nathaniel came in a close second place behind Exeter and Will and Chris came 5th in the final. The M Int 4x was the penultimate final of the day, with a battle between the crew and Lee in lane 1. Somewhat a game of leapfrog occurred down the course but in the last 500m were able to push ahead to secure 5th in the end. The last race of the weekend was the W Beg 2x placing 6th in the D final before packing the boats up and heading home.
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Spring Regatta (22nd-23rd April) saw a total of 18 crews racing across the weekend. The weekend started with the Open R2 4+ and saw a domination of the semifinal for the club, although there was tight competition along the course from Aberdeen BC inspiring the crew to push all the way to the finish, and the 4+ finishing 3rd in the final. The afternoon saw the men's squad taking place in the Open R2 8+ in a straight final against St Andrew BC, as well as 5 singles entered across the O R1x, O Nov 1x and O Int 1x. Harris and Ben, both made it into the A final of the O R1x and O Int1x respectively, coming 6th overall in each category. In the women's squad there were entries in the W Nov 2x and W Int 2x with both crews making finals, and in the W Int 2x Emily and Eve placed 6th in the A Final. The begginer squad were competing in the O Beg 1x and the O Beg 4+, and narrowly missed out on 3rd place in the O Beg 4+ final by 0.5 seconds to Strathclyde University BC.
Sunday started with the O Nov 2x and saw a confident 1st place finish in the A final for Andrew and Ross after a battle in the semifinal with Strathcylde Uni BC. The O Beg 4x saw our beginners turn to sculling and came second to Edinburgh in a straight final, again gaining valuable experience in the build up to racing at BUCS. There were 3 women’s singles entered across the day, 2 in the W Nov 1x and 1 in the W R2 1x. The W Nov 1x saw success for our rowers as Lizzie placed 7th in the A final and Isa placed 5th in the C final. Sunday afternoon was also the regatta debut for the men squad racing in the O R2 2- with 2 entries placing 2nd and 3rd in the final. HORR – Saturday 18th March (HOS Vets head 19th March)
Cox - W Coalter Stroke – C Taylor 7 – J Cannel 6 – N Fishburn 5 – R Evans 4 – B Stobie 3 – F Barnes 2 – C McIntyre Bow – W Redmayne On 17th March several of the men’s senior squad travelled to London for competing at Tideway head, HORR. The weekend began with a late night session on the Thames, a new experience for almost the entire crew, to get used to the new environment of a tidal river system. After starting at a position of 271 the crew were able to bump up the order finishing 184 overall, an improvement of 87 places! This was a great result for the club as it was the first entry in … years, and the … fastest time for the course. Sunday saw our alumni club, Heart of Scotland, competing in Vesta’s International Masters race. The crew was coxed by a current club member William Coalter with our head coach Graeme in the bow seat. This weekend was particularly special for both races as it was the first races after having names our newest boat. The 8+ was named after our head coach Graeme Cunningham for all his hard work over the last 20 years of being involved with the club, and it was fitting for him to compete in the boat the weekend it was named. Inverness head race report 5th March
Womens Intermediate 8+ Composite Crew with Dundee Heriot Watt – Emily Duke, Katie Drummond, Vivienne Archibald Dundee – Emma Morrison, Mollie Scott, Ida O'Mahoney, Jenna Boyd, Kiera Parleviet Several of the Senior Women’s squad travelled to Inverness on 4th March to compete in a composite crew with Dundee university boat club at the Inverness Winter Head 2023 in the 1st Division on Sunday 5th. The crew overcame the challenges of training apart to join together and dominate the course, finishing as the fastest women's eight of the day, and placing 1st in the Womens Novice 8+ well ahead of the competition. This was a superb result for the club, as it was the first time for many of the crew racing in an 8+, once again showing the strength and talent of our women’s squad. Men’s Beginner 4+ The beginner men’s squad also competed again in Inverness, this time in the Novice 4+, displaying their flexibility having only competed in Newcastle 2 weekends before in a coxless quad. They found themselves in a highly competitive category placing 8th out of 10 crews. The crew was pleased with their positioning and are confident looking forward to the regatta season ahead. 17 315 W Nov 8+ HWUBC/DUBC 35:57.7 18:06.7 1 of 4 70 329 Nov 4+ HWUBC 42:57.8 8 of 10 |