Home turf proves to be a winner
Peterborough City Rowing club took advantage of home turf at the annual summer regatta where they picked up a total of 24 wins and 14 second places. Crews from as far as Ireland and Barcelona competed over the Thorpe Meadow’s straight kilometre course on the Saturday and the 500 metre sprint on the Sunday. There […]
Impressive results at Sudbury
A dozen Peterborough crews raced on the River Stour on the 4th of August 2018 at Sudbury International Regatta. Those crews did exceedingly well, taking away four wins and four second places. The Women’s coxed four of Hayley Shipton, Emma Richardson, Gemma Singleton, Lucille Middleton and Ericha Knowles-Pardoe (cox) won in the Band 1 event, beating […]
Peterborough dominate at St Neots
Peterborough crews faced tough conditions at St Neots regatta but that didn’t stop them from dominating the event coming away with 12 wins and seven second places in the finals, with three of the finals being Peterborough vs Peterborough. There were four crews that led the way with victory on both days which were J17 […]
Top weekend for city rowers
Peterborough City Rowing Club has achieved some exceptional results at regional, national and international events in July. Firstly, at the British Rowing Junior Championships – an extremely competitive three-day event in Nottingham, which proved the high standard of the club as over a dozen City rowers raced the 2000-metre course. The weekend began with success […]
City crews take home gold at Junior Championships
The Peterborough Junior Championships took place on 30 June with J14 and J15 crews travelling from as far afield as Yarm and Chester to compete over Peterborough’s one kilometre rowing lake. Despite the tough conditions with the heat and strong crosswinds, the Peterborough juniors did extremely well with seven crews progressing to the final, and […]
Glory on the Great Ouse
There was glory on the Great Ouse on Saturday, where city scullers gained 10 wins at St Ives Regatta. The crews faced a 550 metre course with a very tight bend, whilst the eights sprinted down a shorter 300 metre course. Ten people achieved more than one win, with Hayley Marsters being the leading lady […]
Outstanding results at Masters Championships
There were outstanding results for Peterborough city rowing club at the British Rowing Masters Championships last week, where overall the club was ranked 3rd out of 90 in the Victor Ludorum. The Event took place over a 1 kilometre course at Nottingham’s National Water Sports Centre and Peterborough members took home plenty of silverware with […]