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| Maidenhead Rowing Club welcomes new members of all ages and abilities. We run regular induction sessions and learn to row courses. Click on the learn to row link for the latest information. |
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| LATEST NEWS.... |
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River Status Chart |
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Monday, 28 January 2008 |
Marcus Richards
of the Rec Squad has put together a web page with more detailed
information regarding current and past river conditions, including flow
rates and temperatures along with the current descriptions for each of the Red,
Red/Amber, Amber and Green states.
To access the page, click on the link
"River Status Chart" below the Current River
Status indicator.
All enquiries regarding the is page should be sent to:
This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
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3 Wins at Henley Long Distance Sculls |
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Friday, 16 November 2007 |
Maidenhead Juniors continued their successful start to the Head racing season by winning 3 events at Henley Long Distance Sculls on Saturday. Conditions over the 3000m upstream course were perfect as crew boats competed in the first division and singles scullers were divided over divisions 2 and 3.
Adam Lilley won J18 singles in 12:54 just one second ahead of Kleshnev of Windsor Boys School, in a field of 7. Ross McCoriston came sixth in 13:39.
Jack Beaumont won J14 singles by 14 seconds from Ryan Seager of Reading Rowing Club in a time of 13:44. The same two raced in the J13's last year with the same result.
In the WJ15 single sculls, Maidenhead came first and second out of a field of 12. Fifi Bevan won in 14:56, three seconds ahead of Felicity Young in second place.
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Junior Women Record Third Successive Win At Fours Head |
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Friday, 02 November 2007 |
 The Fuller's Fours Head was held on Saturday 3rd November in good conditions over the familiar boat race 4 1/4 mile course (reverse direction) on the Tideway in London. The prestige of this race is illustrated by the fact that many Olympic stars were racing in their club crews in the Elite sections. This year over 450 crews took part.
Maidenhead Junior women entered 3 crews (out of a total entry of 21 crews ) into this years WJ18 event. Maidenhead have won this event for the previous two years, so the top crew of Katy Lion (steers) , Aimee Campbell (2), Sophie Delaney (3) and Ally Brooks (stroke) were under huge pressure to maintain Maidenhead's dominance, against stiff competition from top schools and clubs. |
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Upper Thames Small Boats Head |
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Saturday, 27 October 2007 |
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Two women's crews entered the Upper Thames Small Boats Head, a 2 mile upstream race held on the Henley stretch of the Thames. Vicky Sims, Natalie Trinder and Sarah Archibald entered Senior 2 and Senior 3 quad scull events, finishing 5th in Senior 2 in a time 13:01.78 and also 5th in Senior 3 with an improved time of 12:39.29. Helen Stewart, Jo Macbeth, Claire Wallace, Hayley Wildmore and Emma Sannerkin (cox) competed in the Senior 2 coxed fours, finishing runners up to Wallingford in a time 13:24.49. |
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GB Senior & U23 October Trials |
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Saturday, 20 October 2007 |
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Three athletes representing Maidenhead Rowing Club competed at the first compulsory assessment for all candidates seeking selection for the 2008 Olympic Games, World and European Championships and World U23 Championships. Vicky Sims, Natalie Trinder and Ally Brooks all competed in the Lightweight Women's category. Held in Boston, the 2 day trial consisted of a 2k ergo in the afternoon, followed by a 5k scull the next morning. Ally Brooks was ranked 1st in U23 Lwt, Vicky Sims 3rd in Senior Lwt and Natalie Trinder 8th in U23 Lwt. |
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Weybridge Silver Sculls |
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Friday, 19 October 2007 |
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On Saturday 20th October, Weybridge held the 51st Silver Sculls head race. Founded in 1956 it is the oldest race of its kind on the non-tidal reach of the Thames. Maidenhead's Bob Wilson was unopposed in Veteran I single sculls and completed the 3300m upstream course in 21:47. Tim Wildbore and George Poynter both enterd J18 single sculls. Tim finished in 9th place with a time of 16:02 and George in 20th place with 16:56 . In the after noon division they joined forces in a J18 Double Scull and finished 7th in 14:31 . |
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Reading Small Boats Head |
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Saturday, 13 October 2007 |
Maidenhead entered 18 crews into Reading Small Boats Head, a 3300m downstream course. Pete Beaumont, competing in Vet B Single Sculls recorded the fastest Maidenhead time of 14:53.5. Unfortunately, there were no other Vet B sculls to compete against.
Proving that rowing is a family sport, Pete's son Jack was also competing, finishing 3rd in J15 Single Sculls in a time 16:17.7 which would also have placed him 3rd in the J16 category; and 4th in J15 Double Sculls in a time 15:01.3, which was 5 seconds faster that the winning J16 time.
All together, 11 of the crews finished in the top 3 of their categories. Results for MRC crews are shown below. |
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Record Breaking Performance at Evesham Junior Head |
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Friday, 05 October 2007 |
Last weekend, Jack Beaumont competed at Evesham Junior Head in two Maidenhead/Reading composite crews. Jack stroked the J15 2x with Max Rushent of Reading and they won the event by 34 seconds ahead of Hinksey Sculling School, breaking the course record in a time of 7min 59s. This is an impressive performance for Jack who is still only 13 and this time would have placed their crew second in the J16 2x event and 4th in the J18 2x event. This placed then in 24th position overall out of all of the quads and doubles.
Jack also teamed up with Reading in the J14 4x event and finished in third place in a time of 7min 53s, four seconds behind the winners from Evesham Rowing Club. |
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Maidenhead Most Successful Club with 4 Wins At Pairs Head |
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Friday, 05 October 2007 |
 Maidenhead entered 8 crews in this year's Pairs
Head of the River Race held in London over a 4000 metre course from Chiswick
Bridge to Hammersmith Bridge on Saturday 6th October. This is a major event in
the calendar for crews to establish how well they are going against other top
athletes across the country. Amazingly, for a non-tidal club, Maidenhead ended
up the most successful club with four wins at this prestigious event. Our
winners were:
S2 2x: Phil
Clapp and Carl Delaney (Notts Uni), 12min 43s (3rd fastest
overall);
WS2 2x: Vicky Sims and
Natalie Trinder, 14min 22s; (Sims won mixed doubles
last year with Clapp)
WJ18 2x: Sophie
Delaney and Ally Brooks, 14min 19s; (Brooks'
fourth consecutive win at this head)
WJ16 2x: Gabby Watson and Fifi Bevan,
15mins 4s.
Louise Entwistle (now competing for ULBC) with her former GB
doubles partner Ruth Walzac were the fastest WElite 2x (13min 47s), though
they were listed as a "time only" entry, forfeiting the pennant. |
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Maidenhead Sculling Trial Results |
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Friday, 05 October 2007 |
Well done to everyone who turned up for this annual Club Championship sculls event. This year we had 63 crews that raced on the day from a wide range of groups from the club and also involving Claires Court School. The course started at Boulters Lock and finished at the Waterside Bray. Conditions were good with only 2 cruisers seen out on the stretch.
Overall Championship Sculler for the second year running is Phil Clapp who completed the course in 10min 22s runner up sculler was Tim Wildbore who completed the course in 10min 43s. Female Championship Sculler this year is Sophie Delaney who completed the course in 11min 23s and runner up sculler was Katy Lion who finished the course in 11min 37s.
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World Masters Regatta |
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Monday, 01 October 2007 |
The FISA World Masters held this year in Zagreb, Croatia , had a record entry of nearly 3,000 athletes from all corners of the world. Included in the large number of athletes were 7 from Maidenhead. Some were competing at this international event for the first time and were encouraged by the results.
The weather for the first three days was unseasonably cold and wet – with the lowest temperatures recorded since records began – which together with torrential rain, made rowing conditions ‘challenging’! Fortunately, the sun appeared for the last two days, ensuring everyone left with good memories of Zagreb. |
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Phil Clapp Reaches Final of World Junior Rowing Championships |
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Friday, 10 August 2007 |
 Whilst his club mates were preparing for and competing at Maidenhead Regatta, Phil Clapp was testing the 2008 Olympic course in Beijing, representing Great Britain at this year's Junior World Rowing Championships. The new purpose-built rowing lake is in the Shunyi district in the North-East of Beijing and, like the other Olympic facilities, is very impressive. This year the event attracted over 600 athletes in some 250 crews representing over 50 countries over 4 days from the 8th to 11th August. The GB squad this year comprised some 8 crews; Men's coxless four, eight, coxless pair, quad, single and Women's coxless four, coxless pair and single.
Maidenhead Rowing Club had two representatives in the GB team, Phil Clapp in the Men's Quad and Tom Jost, coach for the men's single. The GB Men's Quad included three of the four members of the Maidenhead/Henley crew which won Henley Royal Regatta: Phil Clapp from Maidenhead and Chris Clarke and Drew Ford from Henley, were joined by John Preston from Yarm school.
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Strong GB Performance at Coupe |
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Saturday, 04 August 2007 |
Maidenhead Rowing Club had 4 athletes selected for this years European Championship Event, and they all went on to assist GB in taking 2nd place at the Coupe De La Jeunesse 2007 which took place in Varese, Italy. With four athletes from Maidenhead selected for this major International event this once again demonstrates the depth and quality of junior athletes we have at our club.
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4 Gold & 8 Silver Won at National Championships |
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Saturday, 21 July 2007 |
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Maidenhead athletes returned from the National Championships in Nottingham with their biggest haul of medals ever, 12 in all, 4 Gold and 8 Silver. The 6-lane, 2000m course at Holme Pierrepoint was subject to some tough weather conditions over the weekend, but despite the challenges, Maidenhead showed their strength of character and depth of talent, delivering high performance rowing and sculling right across the whole team. Many of the results were used to select athletes for the Home Countries Regatta. 8 Maidenhead athletes were subsequently selected to represent either England, Scotland or Wales in the forthcoming event. |
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