News - 2007 Season
25 Nov - Nine wins at Star Head
Peterborough City Rowing Club had nine wins at Star Head last Sunday [25 November 2007] in a course shortened by 300m from the usual 2 km owing to safety concerns because of strong stream conditions on the Great Ouse.Sarah Rose won the Women’s Senior 4 single sculls event in 6 minutes 44 seconds, 30 seconds ahead of second-placed Swift from Bedford Rowing Club. She then raced in the Women’s Senior 3 single sculls event finishing 6 seconds slower but still faster than the runner-up Williams, from St Ives to gain her second win.
Graham Barks and Pete Essex also had two wins first in the Men’s Veteran C coxless pairs, beating fellow Peterborough rowers Wadlow and Starkey to finish in 6 minutes 13 seconds. They then raced in the Men’s Veteran C double sculls and were joint winners of the Men’s Veteran C double sculls with a Star Club crew, both finishing in 5 minutes 49 seconds, over a minute ahead of the third-placed St Neots crew.
The Junior 15 coxed quadruple sculls was won by Sam Tuck, Tom Chung, Ed Rippon and Ollie Salonna, coxed by George Chung in 5 minutes 37 seconds, beating second-placed Star Club by 20 seconds.
The crew then raced in small boats to gain second wins all round. Ed Rippon raced a faster time in his Novice single sculls event than in the J16 single sculls to beat a large field in 6 minutes 40 seconds, Tom Chung won the Men’s Junior 15 single sculls in an impressive time of 6 minutes 9 seconds, and Sam Tuck and Ollie Salonna won the Junior 15 double sculls, in 6 minutes 3 seconds.
Peterborough Junior girls also had a win in the Women’s Junior 13 double scull of Titchmarsh and Lawless, who finished the course in 7 minutes 27 seconds.
27 Oct - Five wins at Huntingdon Head
Peterborough City Rowing Club had five wins at Huntingdon Head last Saturday [27 October 2007].
The Men’s Novice coxed four of David Todd, Will Robertson, Neil Elder and Tom Fairchild coxed by Kate Wallace won their first rowing pots on the 4.5 km upstream course.
Fastest winning Peterborough crew of the day was the Mixed Veteran B quadruple sculls who finished the course in 15 minutes 39 seconds, sixth fastest overall. Tim Ellis, Steve Tuck, Anita Carter and Jo Canton beat Molesey Mens Veteran E quadruple sculls even after their opposition’s time had been reduced by 56 seconds through handicapping.
Veteran C coxless four crew of Graham Barks, Bruce Margetts from Lincoln Rowing Club, Steve Tuck and Dave Truss overtook their Huntingdon Boat Club opposition to win their event. Graham Barks and Pete Essex were joint winners of the Men’s Veteran C double sculls when they finished the course in 16 minutes 7 seconds, the same time as their St Neots opponents.
Mixed Veteran B double sculls of Tim Ellis and Jo Canton, beat Ancholme Rowing Club in a time of 16 minutes 54 seconds. The fastest city crew of the day was in the Junior 16 quadruple sculls event where the Junior 15 crew of Sam Tuck, Tom Chung, Ed Rippon and Ollie Salonna finished in second place in 15 minutes 19 seconds.
17 Oct - Six wins at Bedford Autumn
Peterborough City Rowing Club had six wins at Bedford Autumn Smalls Boat Head race last Sunday [14 October 2007].Fastest Peterborough crew of the day was the Junior 15 coxed quadruple scull in a time of 7 minutes 11 seconds, who finished 24th overall. The crew of Sam Tuck, Tom Chung, Ed Rippon and Ollie Salonna beat their closest rivals Emmanuel School Boat Club by 4 seconds. Tom Chung then won in the Junior 15 single sculls, finishing 22 seconds ahead of second-placed Neale from Norwich Rowing Club in a time of 7 minutes 44 seconds. Tuck and Salonna won the Junior 15 double sculls beating joint runners-up Cleaver and Gale from Bedford Modern School Boat Club and Neale and Hoogland from Norwich Rowing Club by 12 seconds.
Sarah Rose won the Women’s Senior 4 single sculls by 16 seconds against Guildford sculler Lucas, finishing the 2000m course in a time of 8 minutes 33 seconds, with fellow city sculler Esme Marais finishing 3rd (8:53). Marais was also second in the Women’s Junior 16 double sculls with Philippa Neill. Holly Thompson-Barr won the Women’s Junior 14 single sculls in 9 minutes 22 seconds, beating second-placed Ellis from Norwich Rowing Club by 8 seconds. Holly was also second in the Women’s Junior 14 double sculls event with partner Georgia Evans.
The only rowing win of the day for Peterborough was by Phil Wadlow and Ross Starkey in the Veteran C coxless pairs in a time of 8 minutes 26 seconds, 18 seconds ahead of Clark and Stanbridge from Star Club.
11 Oct - Fox and Howell are leaders of the pack
Pairs Head of the River
Peterborough City Rowing Club had a victory in the Pairs Head of the River race held on the Tideway in London last Saturday [6 October 2007].City sculler James Fox and St Neots-based sculler Sam Howell won the Junior 16 double sculls event in a time of 13 minutes 22.08 seconds on the 4000m Thames-course, between the University Stone at Mortlake and Hammersmith Bridge. They were 16 seconds ahead of second-placed Tiffin School and beat 12 other crews in their event. This is the second-year running that the duo, who were finalists in the junior quadruple sculls at Henley Royal Regatta this year, have won this event.
The following day at St Neots Small Boats Head, Peterborough had two wins on the 2600m course. Ollie Salonna and Sam Tuck won the Junior 15 double sculls in a time of 10 minutes 28 seconds, with National Champion Tom Chung winning his Junior 15 single sculls race in the same time. Salonna and Tuck were the fastest Peterborough crew of the day, performing 14 seconds faster when they raced in their Senior 4 double sculls event. However, Chung showed remarkable consistency by registering the same time for his earlier Senior 4 single sculls event as his winning Junior 15 single sculls time.
Sam Howell also continued his winning ways by finishing in the fastest crew of the day, a St. Neots Junior 16 quadruple scull, which finished the Great Ouse course in 9 minutes 8 seconds.
20 Sep - Record-breaking win at Boston Marathon
Peterborough City Rowing Club had a record-breaking win, and set another two records at the Boston Marathon held on Sunday 16 September.The Junior under 15 coxed quadruple scull smashed the previous record set in 2005 by nearly 23 minutes to finish the 31-mile course in a time of 4 hours 1 minute 25 seconds. The crew of Sam Tuck, Tom Chung, Ed Rippon, Ollie Salonna and cox George Chung finished just under 30 minutes faster than second-placed Queen Elizabeth High School, and were over half an hour ahead of third placed Yarm School and the fourth and fifth-placed crews.
The fastest Peterborough finisher was the composite Mixed Veteran C double scull crew of Jo Canton and Tim Ellis, who was racing for the RAF. They finished 17th overall in a time of 3 hours 52 minutes 47 seconds and beat the previous 2005 record by 7 minutes in a tough cross-head wind. They were unfortunate not to have other competitors in their event as they were the fastest mixed double of the day, and so missed out on getting a winners medal.
The Veteran B coxless four crew of Angus Marshall, Pete Harris, Hugo Spiegl and Bob Smith set the record for this event by rowing the Lincoln to Boston course in 4 hours 21 minutes 8 seconds, but again had no competition in their event.
The Mixed Senior 2 quadruple scull of Nicola Bobyk, Sophie Walters, Ian Rist and Tom Kisby broke the previous record by over 11 minutes finishing in 4 hours 14 minutes 56 seconds but were third in their event with the winners York City slashing the record by over 41 minutes.
The winning Junior under 15 coxed quadruple scull brought home the 95th win of the season for Peterborough City Rowing Club and have just received SportsAid Foundation grants – the next Peterborough SportsAid lunch will be on Friday 5th October.
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09 Sep - Lucky 13 at Cambridge Autumn
Vets just miss out at World Masters in Zagreb
Peterborough City Rowing Club had 13 wins at the Cambridge Autumn regatta on 9 September, with Philippa Neill notching up an impressive trio and Elme Marais winning her novice pot. Meanwhile at the World Masters in Zagreb, Croatia, three Peterborough-based crews gained second places.
In the final of the Women's Junior 16 single sculls Philippa Neill won easily against Rogers from Bedford RC. She then won the Mixed Senior 4 double sculls with Tom Kisby by 1 ½ lengths against Globe RC. Earlier in the day she won the Women's Junior 16 double sculls with Elme Marais, coming in 2 lengths ahead of the Cantabrigian finalists. Elme Marais then went on to win her novice pot in the Women's Novice sculls, beating Collingridge from Globe RC in the final by a ½ length.
Another novice win came in the Men's Veteran Novice double sculls with Ross Starkey and Phil Wadlow beating the older Peterborough City crew of Brian Hawden and David Rowe by 3 lengths in the final. Ainsley Augustine also had a first sculling win in the Junior under 13 sculls, beating Rippin also from Peterborough by 1 length.
The successful junior crew of Georgia Evans and Holly Barr had the first Peterborough win of the day in the Women's Junior 15 double sculls, beating Tviet and Allen from Weybridge RC over the 600m downstream course
Senior rowers gained wins with the Men's Senior 4 coxed eights of Keith Blackman, Joe Smith, Will Smith, John Long, Jack Ward, Dave Newman, Ian Rist, Richard Noyes and cox Tom Brewster beating Medway Town RC by 2 lengths and with. Claire Hartley, Nikki Williams, Bridge Lloyd, Karen Potter and cox Kate Wallace won the Women's Senior 4 coxed fours in style, beating Cantabrigian RC by 3 lengths.
The Junior coxed quadruple sculls continued their winning ways. The crew of Sam Tuck, Tom Chung, Ed Rippon, Ollie Salonna and cox George Chung beat Weybridge RC by 2 lengths. All the crew had two wins, with Sam Tuck and Ollie Salonna beating Weybridge by 2 lengths in the final of the Junior under 15 double sculls, Ed Rippon beating Aaron Taylor from Peterborough in the Junior under 15 sculls and Tom Chung winning the final by 3 lengths against Booley from Derby RC in the Junior under 16 sculls
At the World Masters Rowing Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia from 6-9th September, Dave Truss and Pete Essex were second in the Men's Veteran D coxless pairs to a New Zealand crew. Jo Canton was second to a Latvian crew in the Women's Veteran C coxed eights in a composite GB crew and, with Tim Ellis rowing for the RAF was pipped into third place by the narrowest of margins in the Mixed Veteran C double sculls. Peterborough-based Tim Ellis also had a second-place in the Men's Veteran B single sculls for the RAF, with a German sculler the winner. Peterborough competitors were entered into twelve events at this Veteran rowing regatta where competition is particularly fierce with racing including ex-olympians and internationals.
27 Aug - Trio of wins at Northampton
PPeterborough City Rowing Club had three wins at Northampton Hollowell Regatta on Bank Holiday Monday.Holly Barr had her first win in single sculls, with her win in the Women's Junior under 13 single sculls, beating Padbury from Leicester.
Ed Rippon and Ollie Salonna beat Bedford Rowing Club in the Junior under 14 double sculls and Tom Kisby and Nicola Bobyk won the Mixed Senior 3 double sculls beating Leicester Rowing Club in the final.
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