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Whilst TRC men were racing to success on the Thames on the weekend of the 17/18^th October ’09 other members were competing over the pond at the Head of Charles regatta.  For one it was a return to a familiar stomping ground but for the juniors it was a grand first time adventure to the world’s largest head race.

Iain Pritchard had a busy trip, travelling primarily as a coach to a Westminster School 8+, but he also managed to notch up  4^th place in his own Grand Master singles event on the Saturday as well as spending Sunday rushing between launch sites to see Westminster and TRC/Putney High crews.  Iain had been coaching the PHS crews on the water over the past couple of months in the build up to this race.  Under their Thames affiliation the women’s youth double of Fiona Parker and Sadhbh O’Sullivan came 12^th of 30 and the coxed four of Lucy Edwards, Lily Beadle, Sally Hickey and Tara Wells with Sarah Illsley coxing came 14^th of 77.  See below for a report from Sally Hickey the PHS captain of rowing. There was also a gutsy scull by 15-year-old Cordelia Long (LYR/TRC/CRI) in the senior women’s lightweight singles event in the tough Sunday weather conditions.  A thank you too to Hannah for passing on some of her coxing knowledge for this tricky course.

Photos on http://www.row2k.com/hocr, http://www.sportgraphics and http://pa.photoshelter.com/c/intersport-images (Cordelia)

From Sally:

The Head of the Charles is the biggest race of the world; entered by the most experienced crews and steered by the most competent coxes, so it was understandable that Team Boston were a little nervous about race day considering the closest we had got to rowing internationally was Holme Pierrepont.

On the flight over some of us felt very lucky to be squeezed in between the Leander 1^st VIII, until the realisation that it wasn’t a good thing to be sitting next to 6ft 6+ men whose knees were brushing their ears and whose dietary requirements nearly reduced a hostess to tears (they ran out of food approximately two hours into a seven hour flight). However, nothing could have made this race more real, and after a further uncomfortable five hours we arrived at our hotel and settled down for a nap, dreaming about port, starboard and the weird way in which Americans pronounce ‘buoy’. Although our trip was quite short (Wednesday night to Sunday afternoon) we managed to cram a considerable amount of touristy trips into the weekend, comprising a tour of Harvard, tea at the Consulate and many, many shopping trips.

The conditions on Sunday were hardly perfect (driving rain, Arctic cold and even some snow), but we were spurred on with the knowledge that six and a half years of being hardened by the hideous conditions on the Tideway would give us a somewhat unfair advantage over our American counterparts (or put simply, we were used to rowing without feeling in our hands) and it did. Overall, the coxed IV of Lucy Edwards, Lily Beadle, Sally Hickey, Tara Wells and cox Sarah Illsley came 14^th out of 77 and the double of Fiona Parker and Sadhbh O’Sullivan came 12^th out of 30 (there was time for a chuckle when the announcer attempted to pronounce Sadhbh’s name, even though we wrote them a little p.s. describing that it rhymed with ‘live’). These results were an incredible way to start the year and would not have been possible without the time and patience of coaches Steve Baldwin and Thames’s own Iain Pritchard who put together an horribly intense, but obviously successful, training schedule.

Many thanks to Buckingham Browne and Nicholls for lending us one of their IVs, and to Weld boat house for lending us a brilliant double (squeaks of excitement were heard when the double saw the words ‘Fluid Design’ on their boat). We hope to repay the favour to BB&N by welcoming them to women’s  Henley next year.

This truly was an amazing trip enjoyed by all, and we will never forget the laughter, the tears, and Iain’s face during his race when he realised we had woken up at 6.30am to cheer him on.

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Full results.

Great results for our men’s crews in this year’s race.

Bryan Hoffman and Richard Burdett have been awarded joint winners with TSS in elite pairs!  Bryan Hoffman and Richard Burdett appear to have come a close second in the elite men’s pairs – with the same time recorded in the results as the winners.

Nick Heathcote and Antony Lester won the IM1 pairs with McKinnon/Kordi taking 3rd place and another Thames crew following them in 6th.

In IM2 pairs, Adam Wise and Alan Bowling won took 2nd place and Petherick/Challen were 2nd.

Our fourth pennant of the race was for Pauline Rayner in a composite with Barnes Bridge rower Jackie Darling in women’s vet D doubles.

Our mixed IM3 double of Graham Redman and Jane Lupson were 3rd in their category.  And Jane was the only competitor from our women’s squad this year.

In Vet C pairs Chris Swan and John Robson were 5th.

Congratulations to everyone who raced!

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There will be no more than 15 people able to attend.

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Schedule

Monday November 2^nd 6.15-7.15am  - Spinning

o   Jono Rumbleow, South African Duathlete and Triathlete

o   Held at the Pedal Studio (Putney High Street)

Tuesday November 3^rd 6.15-7.15am  - Kick Boxing

o   Jamie Shepherd 4^th degree Black Belt Kung Fu and Kick Boxing, owner of Martial Fitness

o   Held at Martial Fitness (Putney High Street)

Wednesday November 4^th 7.30-8.30pm – Interval Session

o   Tom Miklausic  – recently retired professional rugby player (Gloucester)

o   Venue TBC (around Putney)

Thursday November 5^th 6.15-7.15am  - Trunk Strengthening and Power Endurance

o   Rowing World Championship Medallist Baz Moffat

o   Held at Thames Rowing Club (Putney Embankment)

Friday November 6^th 6.15-7.15am  - Fitness Test

o   Ultimate Higher Fitness Test

o   Held at Thames Rowing Club (Putney Embankment)

Cost – £70

To reserve your place email baz@point2fitness.co.uk

The minimum ergo scores are:

Men: 6.10 for senior men, 6.20 for u23 men.
Women: 7.05 or 7.15 for u23s
Lightweight men: 6.33 for seniors and 6.43 for u23s.
Lightweight women: 7.28 for senior or 7.38 for u23s.

The key dates are:

Compulsory ‘open’ Assessments

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A recent history of success amongst our veteran men’s crews proved impossible to live up to this year, as our record-breaking crew or previous years’ was relegated to 7th and time of 3 hours 28mins.  This would have been a record and a winning time just 2 years ago, but a very quick Monmouth vet c crew took the overall crown – beating 2 Durham university 8s on the way.

Our single scullers were represented by Jamie Wooller who finished in 4hrs 49mins.

Congratulations to both crews – hope your hands survived!

I hope to have full reports (and photos) in due course. The full results are available here.