Congratulations to Sam Bell for breaking her 2nd C2 record
this year. This time it was for the women's
lightweight half marathon record for the 40-49 age group.
She finished the 42,195m in a time of 1:27:27 Concept2 records...
Bedford Autumn Small Boats Head -
9th October
Lloyd Tobin was our sole entry for the Bedford Head in J16 1x. Lloyd
finished a repectable 5/17 with a time of 8:02.
Results...
Wallingford Long Distance Sculls -
1st October
Will Japp and John Wolstenholme both contested IM1 1x. John
finished 6/13 in 18:09.1 and Will 10/13 in 18:25.6
Results...
Cambridge Autumn -
11th September
NRC made the trip to Cambridge for their last regatta of the 2011. The
conditions were blustery on the 600m course, but that didn't stop
NRC recording one of the best results of the season.
J15 1x – Harry Salt – won 1st round by
2L, lost by 2L in the second round.A good effort
from a young sculler.
J16 2x
(Lloyd Tobin, James Coomber) – lost to Maidstone, who had a very
strong contingent of young scullers, by 1 length. Maidstone went on
to win the final. A good effort from a crew which is rapidly
improving.
IM2 1x (John Wolstenholme) –
won heat by 2L against a fast starting Milton Keynes sculler. Went
on to win the final against Broxbourne by 3L.
IM1 1x (Will Japp) – Very
good row against an accomplished Lincoln sculler, who held on to
halfway before succumbing to Japp's high rating superior
performance. Won by 3L.
J18 1x (will Alexander and
Sam Salt) – both scullers won their respective heats by about 2L. An
all Northampton final was a exciting race with Sam just edging the
victory by 1L.
Novice 4+ (Will Japp, Sam
Salt, John Wolstenholme, Will Alexander) – won the first round
impressively against a strong Sudbury crew and went on to win the
final against Broxbourne. A good performance which bodes well for
the future and will form the basis of an eight to compete in the
Tideway Head.
Peterborough Summer -
13/14th August
There were some good performances at Peterborough Summer Regatta.
On the Saturday (1000m), we had 1 win, with Sam Bell and Ann
Westcott winning the women's B/C masters 2x.
On the Sunday (500m), John Wolstenholme pipped Will Japp to win the
IM1 1x.
Results...Sat,
Sun
Northampton Riverside Festival -
7th August
The Club will be taking part in the Northampton Riverside Festival
which will celebrate the opening of the new marina and 250 years of
the River Nene being navigable from The Wash, through Peterborough
to Northampton. We will have a stand at the event and include: -
2 rowing machines on sliders for
demonstration.
Rowing machine competition with
2 prizes of a free ‘Learn to Row Course’ – 1 for a female and 1
for a male.
Ian Evans, Jaimie Hodgkinson and Will Japp were our winners at the St.
Neots Regatta weekend.
Jaimie and Will won 1½ pots each in IM2 2x. On Saturday they reached
the final but one of their opponents got injured rowing up to the
start so had a default win. Will and Jaimie graciously shared one of
their pots with their opponents. On the Sunday they made the final
again but this time had to work real hard for the win by 3ft!
Ian Evans won Masters C 1x on Sunday beating Yare in the final by
around 1L.
British Rowing Championships -
13/14/15th July
Sam Salt (J17 1x) and Will Japp (Open Lightweight 1x) both failed to
qualify for the British Rowing Championships at the National Water
Sports Centre, Nottingham. Will was just 4s outside the cut-off time
and Sam an agonising 0.7s outside. Results...
Bedford Quarts Sprint Regatta -
10th July
Everyone was keen to win a quart tankard at the event this
year as due to costs, that prize would not be offered again
in future. Despite quite a few crews making it to finals,
John Wolstenholme was our only winner in IM3 singles.
Results...
Women's Henley - 17th/18th/19th
June
Sam and Ann were our only entries in this year's event in the senior
lightweight double sculls. They had worked really hard in the lead
up to the event both on and off the water. They started well in
their heat against Marlow RC and lead for 2/3 of the race. The
Marlow crew came back though and ended up winning by just under 2
lengths.
Results...
Marlow Regatta - 18/19th
June
Will continued his preparation for the National Championships by
competing in the lightweight single sculls event. He finished 5/5 in
the heat and then a credible 2/7 in the repecharge.
Results...
Peterborough City Regatta - 4/5th
June
Sam Salt was the only winner on Saturday on another windy event
weekend. He won J18 1x and made it a double, winning the same event
on Sunday. There were some other notable wins on the Sunday
too: -
Sam Salt (again!) and Will Alexander in IM3 double sculls.
Ian Evans in Masters C single sculls.
Stuart Connolly, John Tanquaray, Steve Webster, Piero Demarchis and
cox, Doug in
Masters A Nov 4+.
The
Masters A Nov 4x- of Mark Holmes, Stuart "2 pots" Connolly, Ian
Townsend and Chris Sentance led the field from start to finish and
so remained unbeaten as their time as novices.
Results...
Metropolitan Regatta - 4th June
Will finished 6/6 in lightweight elite singles and 4/5 in IM1 singles.
John finished 3/7 in his IM2 singles heat and 5/6 in the final. He
also finished 4/5 in his IM3 singles heat.
Results...
Milton Keynes Regatta - 21st May
MKRC hosted another great regatta and there was plenty of
success for NRC in some very windy conditions.
The masters 4 of Stu, Ludo, Piero, Steve and cox Doug won a
straight final against Oundle Town.
Lloyd and James won J15 2x, beating Oundle Town and Stowe.
Sophia and Alix won WJ15 2x, beating Oundle Town in a straight
final.
Sophia also won WJ15 1x by beating 2 entries from MK and Emily
from NRC.
Harry had a great win in J14 1x beating Oundle and MK.
Results...
Nottingham City Regatta - 21st May
Experience of the conditions was something all of our competitors took
away from Holme Pierrepont on a very windy day.
John finished 3rd in his IM2x 1x heat so failed to qualify. In IM3
1x, he finished 2nd so made the semi where he finished 5th.
Will finished 3rd in his heat for Elite Lwt 1x and finished 6th in
the final.
Sam and Annie finished 3rd in the final of WIM1 2x.
Results...
Shrewsbury Regatta - 14/15th May
Ian Evans was the sole entry for NRC at this years Shrewsbury Regatta.
Having arrived late and missing(!) Saturday's race, Ian won Sunday's
Masters C 1x final against the hosts, Pengwern.
Ball Cup, Dorney Lake - 8th May
The Club had another good year at the Ball Cup with 3 crews making
finals.
Harry Salt was the star of the show coming 2nd in his J14 1x heat
and 6th in the final. This was amazing as Harry has only been
sculling for few weeks!
Lloyd Tobin and James Coomber finished 2nd in their J15 2x heat and just missed
out on a medal in the final when they finished 4th.
Sophia Von Widekind and Alix White also finished 2nd in their WJ15
2x heat and came 6th in the final.
Lloyd also came 3rd in his J15 1x heat
Emma Hanson and Emily Von Widekind came third in their WJ13 2x heat.
Results...
Wallingford Regatta - 1st May
NRC entered 3 crews for the Wallingford Regatta at Dorney Lake. John
Wolstenholme was up in the first race of the day - the IM2 sculls.
In blustery conditions John came third to qualify for the final. The
J18 4x- of Will Alexander, Johnny Purcell, Sam Salt and Alex Tuck
was up next, coming in 4th, so just missing out in a final place.
JohnW raced next in his IM2 1x final and survived staying upright in
very challenging conditions as the wind had picked up markedly
(6/6). Will Japp raced next in IM1 sculls. The wind was so strong
the field had to start at 45° to the direction of travel! Like John,
Will struggled in the conditions coming in 6/6. Racing was suspended
at 15:30 and then the event cancelled at 16:00 due to the wind.
Leicester Regatta - 17th April
The regatta season started brightly for NRC with 4 wins at the
Leicester Regatta.
John Wolstenholme won IM3 1x.
Thea Lovering and Alice Roberts had a great win in WN 2x having been
moved up.
Johnny Purcell and Will Alexander won J17 2x.
Jaimie Hodgkinson and Sam Salt won Mxd IM3 2x.
Results...
Veterans' Head of the River Race -
3rd April
Conditions were pretty much perfect for the Sunday race and
the Masters D crew of Ian, Chris, Fred, David, Clemens,
John, Adrian, Mark, ably coxed by Doug put in a solid
performance finishing in a time of 22:07 (110th overall) and
27/42 in category.
Conditions were good again for leg 3.
MasD 8+ - 11:30
IM3 8+ 11:30
IM3 1x (JohnW) - 11:43
IM2 1x (JohnW) - 11:38
Sen 1x (Will) - 11:55
IM1 1x (Will) - 11:58
Mixed MasC 2x (Sam and Fred) - 12:10
WIM2 2x (Sam and Annie) - 12:13
J17 1x (SamS) - 12:15
WJ15 2x (Sophia and Alix) - 13:16
Full Results...
Cambridge Winter League, Leg 2 -
20th February
Conditions were much more favourable for leg 2 and this showed in the
times: -
IM3 8+ - 10:34
MasD 8+ - 10:36
IM3 1x (JohnW) - 11:46
IM2 1x (JohnW) - 11:47
WIM2 2x (Sam and Annie) - 12:00
Sen 1x (Will) - 12:05
Mixed MasC 2x (Sam and Fred) - 12:09
WJ15 2x (Sophia and Alix) - 13:16
IM1 1x (Will) - 14:04
A strong head wind and stream
slowed times for leg 1.
IM3 8+ (Luke, Piero, ChrisR, ChrisD, Steve, Richard, Adrian,
Stu, Cox: Doug) - 12:16
MasD 8+ (Fred, ChrisS, JohnI, David, Adrian, David, Mark,
JK, Cox: Not Doug!) - 12:48
IM3 1x (JohnW) - 13:08
N 2x (ChrisR and Ben) - 13:14
IM1 1x (Will) - 13:29
IM2 1x (JohnW) - 13:29
J17 2x (Sam, WillA) - 13:34
WIM2 2x (Sam and Annie) - 13:36
Mixed MasC 2x (Sam and Fred) - 14:00
Sen 1x (Will) - 14:07
WJ15 2x (Sophia and Alix) - 15:54
Pics...to follow
Marathon Record broken - 7th
January
Congratulations to Sam Bell for breaking the women's
lightweight marathon record for the 40-49 age group. She
finished the 42,195m in a time of 3:05:51.8 Concept2 records...
