News - 2008 Season
28 Jun - Silver and Bronze at J14
Peterborough Junior 14 Regatta
James Marshall and Matthew Hart picked up silver in the J13 double sculls and Meghan Lawless got a bronze in the J13 single sculls at Peterborough Junior 14 Regatta on Saturday.
The regatta is one of the largest junior regattas in the country and this year had 39 schools and clubs taking part over the 1000m course. For full results see Racing at Peterborough.
21 Jun - Win and a second-place for quad sculls
Marlow International Regatta
Peterborough City Rowing Club's all conquering under 15 quad sculling crew continued their run of wins this weekend at Marlow International Regatta.
The win for the crew of Jack Hunt pupils Sam Tuck, Tom Chung and Ollie Salonna and King’s School’s Ed Rippon was particularly impressive as they were racing in the under 16 event.
Racing over the 2000 metre, 7 lane Olympic course at Dorney Lake, they overcame strong crews from Windsor Boys School and King’s School Worcester to progress straight through to the final.
The strongest opposition in the final came from top London club Tideway Scullers and from Tiffin School. Despite being behind to the London crew at the 1000 metre point, they pulled through to win in a time of 6 minutes 52 seconds.
The crew, who started the year as Runners Up in the Evening Telegraph Sports Awards Team of the Year category, are so far unbeaten. Only two weeks ago they won the under 15 National Schools title beating their nearest opposition by 18 seconds and smashing the course record for the event by a massive 16 seconds.
This performance was enough to convince coach Ian Palmer that they should enter this year’s Henley Royal Regatta. They will enter The Fawley Challenge Cup for under 19 Quad Sculls, this despite the youngest member of the crew Sam Tuck still only being 14.
Unless they are pre-selected after this weekend’s win they will race a qualifying event on Friday.
Adam Neill and James Fox were also in action in the under 18 Quad Sculls event in a composite crew with oarsmen from Leicester and Nottingham Rowing Clubs. They finished second in their final to a crew from the Royal Dutch Rowing Federation. This crew are also hoping to have done enough to be pre-selected for the Fawley Cup at Henley and avoid having to race the qualifying event.
15 Jun - Five medal haul for Veterans
National Veteran Championships
The Club won gold and four silvers at the National Veteran Championships held in Nottingham on Sunday [15 June 2008].Ian Palmer won gold in the Men’s Veteran B single sculls event against last year’s winner Jones from Grosvenor. Palmer gained revenge on Jones, who had earlier beaten him into silver in the Men’s Veteran A single sculls event after Palmer was disrupted by wash from a launch. In the Veteran B final the water stayed calm and he beat Jones into second-place by two seconds, ensuring the medal was gold this time.
Graham Barks and Pete Essex won silver in the Men’s Veteran D double sculls, finishing second to an impressive Runcorn. Runcorn beat Peterborough into second once more in the Mixed Veteran C quadruple sculls. The RAF/Lincoln/Peterborough composite crew of Tim Ellis, Bruce Margetts, Hayley Marsters and Jo Canton rowed through a tiring Grosvenor crew to bag silver.
Tim Ellis and Jo Canton picked up their second silver sculling in the Mixed Veteran C double sculls, who as ever met their nemesis Wycliffe College Boat Club in the final but comfortably held off the Canterbury Pilgrims/Henley composite crew and the Ancholme double.
14 Jun - Six wins for Juniors at Star
Star Club Regatta
Peterborough Juniors had six wins at Star Club Regatta in Bedford.Ed Rippon lost his novice sculling status, beating Johnson from Gravesend Rowing Club by nine seconds to win the Men’s Novice single sculls. He picked up an even more comfortable second win in the final of the Junior 15 single sculls beating Hepher from Star Club.
There were two all Peterborough finals with Anna Sidebottom winning the Women’s Junior 14 single sculls against Holly Barr after beating Staddon from St Neots, and James Marshall winning the Junior 12 single sculls against Chris DeFreitas after beating Cambridge 99 in the semi-final.
Philippa Neill won the Women’s Junior 16 sculls beating Star Club’s Ellam in the final and Steven Blades returned to winning ways, beating Williamson from Stowe School to win the Men’s Senior 4 single sculls.
09 Jun - PCRC celebrate with 14 wins
Peterborough June Regatta
Peterborough City Rowing club, celebrating their 60th anniversary, had fourteen wins, with many more crews reaching the finals at their annual June regatta held at Thorpe Meadows last weekend [7th and 8th June].
Both Adam Neill and James Fox came away with three wins apiece, and Philippa Neill won twice to give the Neill family a total of five wins for the weekend.
The prospective Henley quad was given a successful outing on Saturday with Adam Neill and James Fox being joined by George Caines from Nottingham Rowing Club and Jonny Walton from Leicester Rowing Club to win the Men’s Senior 2 quadruple sculls against Ardingly and Royal Chester rowing clubs.
Neill and Fox both had convincing single sculling wins, with Adam winning his Senior 1 single sculls races on both Saturday and Sunday, and James winning his Junior 16 single sculls over the 1000m. Ian Palmer won the Men’s Veteran B single sculls events over both distances, and the winner of the Veteran C single sculls on both days was Peterborough-based sculler Tim Ellis, racing for the RAF.
James Fox’s third win came on Sunday in the Junior 16 double sculls with Tom Chung with an easy win over Northampton Rowing Club.
Philippa Neill had wins in the Women’s Junior 16 double sculls with Esme Marais and in possibly the closest Peterborough win of the regatta in the Mixed Senior 3 double sculls final with Sam Tuck. In a tight race they were beaten over the line by Leicester, who were then disqualified for crossing lanes and impeding, to award both Tuck and Neill their second win of the day. Earlier, Sam Tuck won the Junior 15 double sculls final comfortably with crewmate Ollie Salonna.
A further double sculls win was also notched up by Jo Canton and Hayley Marsters, beating clubmates Joan Heath and Anita Carter by one second, and Sudbury Rowing club, in the final of the Women’s Veteran double sculls.
The Rod Glover Memorial Trophy for the Men’s Veteran Novice coxed fours was won by Peterborough’s Men’s Novice coxed four crew of James Bizley, Darren Rowe, Peter Todd and Dan Scoular, coxed by Kate Wallace, who beat Lincoln Rowing Centre and Oundle Rowing Club in the final.
There were also single sculling wins over Sunday’s 500m course by Megan Lawless in the Women’s Junior 13 event and by Ed Ed Rippon in the Junior 15 event.
City of Cambridge were winners of the Victor Ludorum Trophy, with Peterborough being pipped into second place by 1 point.
24 May - Double at Donny
Two wins at Doncaster Regatta
The club had two wins at Doncaster Regatta in the Men's Veteran C/D coxed eights and the Men's Veteran C coxed fours.
The Men's Veteran C/D coxed eight of Steve Ackerman, Rob Florance, Jack Ward, Joe Smith, Pete Dolby, Keith Blackman, Peter Orme and Steve Hodge, coxed by John Canton beat Sheffield in the semi-final and then went on to win the final against a York City/Hollingworth Lake composite.
Winners of the Men's Veteran C coxed fours were Pete Dolby, Rob Florance, Steve Ackerman and Keith Blackman, coxed by John Canton who beat Doncaster in their final.
The other half of Peterborough's Men's eight had a close finish in the Men's Veteran D coxed fours final where they were beaten by Sheffield.
23 May - Gold and Bronze at National Schools Regatta
Nottingham falls victim to bad weather again
Tom Chung won gold in the Junior 15 single sculls at National Schools Regatta. He "eclipsed" Moon from King's School Canterbury and Harry Neale from Norwich to finish over four seconds ahead of the field on the 1000m course. Sam Tuck and Ollie Salonna got bronze in the Junior 15 double sculls, finishing behind Maidstone Invicta and Molesey in the finals.
Unfortunately Adam Neill missed out of the medals when he was given fourth place on his time trial time in the Championship single sculls. High winds meant racing was abandoned after the time trials on Saturday. This meant Philippa Neill and James Fox due to race on the Sunday in their respective J16 single events and the Junior 15 coxed quad were unable to show their stuff. The good news for the quad is they'll get their chance to row their event at Dorney on 7 June.
17 May - Good Time at Tees
Tees Regatta
Peterborough City Rowing Club's first visit to Tees Regatta was a great success with six wins in total and all City competitors returning back home with a pot.Tim Lloyd won his Veteran Novice single sculls, convincingly beating his York and Teeside opponents in the 850m final on a drizzly day that had tricky cross-tail gusting wind conditions. This was then followed by the customary celebratory dip for losing his novice status in a somewhat chilly Tees.
Women's Veteran F sculler Joan Heath had her first win after a sixteen-year break, beating Wilkinson from Tees by more than the handicap in the Women's Veteran E/F single sculls.
Tim Ellis racing for the RAF had two wins, the first by beating Ancholme Rowing Club in the final of the Mixed Veteran double sculls in a Peterborough/RAF composite with Jo Canton, and second by beating Ancholme RC and Chester-le-Street ARC in the Men's Veteran C single sculls.
Peterborough's Women's Senior 2 coxed four of Hayley Marsters, Jo Canton, Bridge Lloyd and Anita Carter, coxed by Lincoln Rowing Centre's Gill Tait had a close race with Durham Rowing Club in the three-lane final with University of Teeside. However, after initially being slightly down they rowed through the Durham crew and held off further challenges to win.
Jo Canton's third win of the day and Hayley Marsters' second came in the Women's Elite coxless pairs, beating the Talkin Tarn ARC pair in a tight final after gaining the lead from a fast start, which they maintained throughout the race.
11 May - 9 Medals at Ball Cup and Championships
The Juniors had a wonderful day at the Ball Cup on Sunday at Dorney Lake, winning three gold, two silver and four bronze medals.
Gold medals were won by the J12 double of James Marshall and Matt Hart, by Adam Fox in the J14 single sculls and by the Women's J13 coxed quad, comprising of Ruth Plant, Megan Lawless, Gemma Titchmarsh and Lucille Kenny, coxed by Elouise Austin.
Silver medals were won by Holly Barr in the J14 single sculls and by the J12 coxed quad of James Marshall, Matt Hart, Chris DeFreitas and Dominic Mangianello, coxed by Matt Newton.
Bronze medals were won by Chris DeFreitas in the J12 single, Elliot Rippon in the J15 1x, Lucille Kenny in the WJ13 and by the J16 quad of Adam Fox, Aaron Taylor, Jack Greenway and Ashley Piper.
02 May - Veteran Novice Events at Peterborough
Non-status mixed racing too!
Peterborough Sprint Regatta on 8th June is again offering veteran novice events for those who started rowing later in life but nonetheless want to enjoy racing. This will provide those vets who have not been rowing all their lives the chance to race against others in the same situation. The Rod Glover Trophy will be presented to the winning veteran novice four.
Also, there will be a range of mixed events, which do not count for racing status, over the sprint course offering fun racing but no points!
13 Apr - Successful Seven at Bedford
On a day of sun, hail, rain and thunder we had seven wins and four second places at Bedford Fours and Small Boats Head.Fastest Peterborough crew of the day was the Senior 2 double sculls of James Fox and Ian Palmer who completed the 2000m downstream course in 6 minutes 43 seconds, beating runners-up Maidstone Invicta Rowing Club by 19 seconds. Ian Palmer had earlier won the Men’s Veteran B single sculls when he raced in the first division of the day in a time of 7 minutes 22 seconds.
Graham Barks and Pete Essex were also double winners, first winning Men’s Veteran D coxed four event with Steve Tuck and Dave Truss, coxed by Lewis Tuck, in 7 minutes 17 seconds and then winning the Men’s Veteran D double sculls in 7 minutes 24 seconds.
Continuing their good form, the crew of Sam Tuck, Ed Rippon, Harry Neale (from Norwich) and Ollie Salonna, coxed by Lewis Tuck won the J15 coxed quadruple sculls in 6 minutes 44 seconds, beating Bedford School BC by 36 seconds and Star Club by 42 seconds on their home water.
There were further sculling wins in the Men’s Veteran C single sculls, with Tim Ellis beating runner-up Pizzey from Star Club by 2 seconds to finish in 7 minutes 46 and junior sculler Tom Chung winning the Senior 4 single sculls event in 7 minutes 36 seconds, 16 seconds ahead of second-placed Mills from Maidstone Invicta RC.
08 Mar - Five Champ wins at Cambridge
Cambridge Champs Junior Sculling Head
Peterborough City Rowing Club had five wins at the Cambridge Champs Junior Sculling Head on Saturday with the Junior quadruple coxed scull winning both Junior 15 and Junior 16 events. They were also awarded Best Quad prize for best sculling style in the Head.The crew of Sam Tuck, Harry Neale (from Norwich), Ed Rippon and Ollie Salonna, coxed by Lewis Tuck won the J15 coxed quadruple sculls in 6 minutes 21.6 seconds beating Oundle Town by over 2 ¾ minutes. They then competed at the higher age category, having a faster scull in the J16 quad winning in 5 minutes 58.3 seconds, beating Stowe School by over 2 minutes and easily beating Haileybury.
The Women’s Junior 13 double sculls of Megan Lawless and Gemma Titchmarsh finished the 1450m upstream course in 8 minutes 44.1 seconds easily beating the City of Cambridge double by 1 ½ minutes for their first win.
There were also single scull wins with Connor Rippin beating the Broxbourne sculler in the J13 single sculls in 10 minutes 51.7 seconds, and Aaron Taylor easily beating Byrne from Leicester in the J14 single sculls by well over a minute, finishing in 9 minutes 2.9 seconds.
01 Mar - Women's Eights Head of River Race
The Women's Senior 3 coxed eight competed in the Women's Eights Head of the River Race in a strong cross/tail wind finishing the 4 ¼ mile Tideway course in 21 minutes 55.5 seconds.
The crew of Hayley Marsters, Jo Canton, Claire Hartley, Nikki Williams, Steph Liu, Sarah Storey, Bridge Lloyd and Hannah Davies, coxed by Tim Ellis took a little while to settle after being placed under early pressure by Nottingham BC, who overtook them, but then overtook two crews to finish 130th out of 235 competitors and beat 14 other Senior 3 crews.
The following day the Men's Senior 3 coxed eight competed in the Hammersmith Head, finishing the course in 13 minutes 03.35 seconds
23 Feb - More Wins at Norwich Head
The club's veterans and juniors achieved more success at Norwich Head, adding to a good winter tally. As always Pete Essex and Graham Barks were very competitive winning Senior 2 doubles, despite giving away some years to their opponents, and also won Veteran D fours with Steve Tuck and Dave Truss.
Meanwhile the J15 quad of Ollie Salonna, Ed Rippon, Tom Chung and Sam Tuck continued their successful run in their event.
A further win came from Tim Ellis in Veteran C singles.
05 Feb - Peterborough Head of the River
3 wins and 3 second places for the host club.
Adam Neill was the star for Peterborough at its own event on the River Nene on 2nd February winning Senior 2 singles and Senior 2 Quads teaming up with James Fox, Sam Howell of St. Neots and Oliver Campbell of Rob Roy. This was the first race for the potential Henley crew and it was a promising start beating Peterborough's veterans into second place by over a minute.
Pete Essex and Graham Barks won Veteran Pairs despite being given a 20 second penalty for being late at the start.
There were also very strong performances from the club's womens senior 3 8, coming second out of 15 entries, and the J15 quad racing in the senior 3 event also coming second behind a Thames RC/Imperial College crew from London.
A feature of this years event was the particularly high standard of competitor taking part. Olympic Gold Medallist Kieran West took part in the singles event together with other top single scullers from his club, Imperial College. In the 8's event there was strong competition for the Headship between the holders, Agecroft, and challengers from Molesey, Lea, Imperial College and Eton College. In the end Agecroft, from Manchester, held off Molesey to keep the top spot for another year. Eton College was the top school narrowly beating St. Pauls.
20 Jan - 4 Wins at Boston Head
Veterans lead the way
Peterborough came away from Boston Head with 4 wins and some good racing experience to start off 2008. The veteran D four of Graham Barks, Pete Essex, Steve Tuck and Dave Truss coxed by Lewis Tuck beat a younger crew from Nottingham after reminding the organisers to make the handicap adjustment to the times! The Tuck family were prominent in the day's success with Sam Tuck winning in the novice quad together with Ed Rippon, Eliott Ripon and Ollie Salonna.
Wins were also posted in Mixed Sen.2 doubles for Tim Ellis and Jo Canton and in Veteran D doubles for Graham Barks and Pete Essex achieving their second win of the day.
The club's mens and womens Senior 3 eights also took part gaining useful early season experience.
03 Jan - Boxing Day Football Match
A Close Fought Match
On Boxing Day the traditional football match was held against Peterborough Rugby Club. This year saw a sterling performance by the rowing club which was outnumbered but displayed superior skill. The score was 6 - 6 with about 3 minutes to go but unfortunately the tiring rowers could not hold off a final attack by the rugby boys.
The Tuck family, father Steve and sons Sam and Lewis, were prominent but new boy Peter Todd got stuck in and succeeded in knocking a few over the opposition! Steve Ackerman, George Chung and Ollie Salonna also showed good skill.
03 Jan - New Year's Day Race 2008
The annual New Year's Day Race was held over the traditional 3000 metre course and there were 11 crews participating some with more hangover than others! The handicap start saw the oldest competitors, Brian Hawden and David Rowe, set off first and this time in calm conditions held on to their lead all the way to the finish. There were being caught rapidly by a womens double and a veteran coxless 4 resulting in one of the closest finishes in years. In fact all the other crews finished within a minute of the winners.
Brian and David enjoyed the usual prize of beer in the bar after!
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