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Henley Womens Regatta sees Maidenhead Rowing Club race in 3 finals

Henley Women's Regatta was raced from Friday 19th to Sunday 22nd June over a slightly shorter version of the Henley Royal Regatta course. As Henley Royal Regatta offers few women's events, HWR is the pinnacle of the the year's rowing for many women's crews.
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10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION!

Maidenhead Rowing Club's 10 Year Anniversary Celebration Row Past followed by Champagne Breakfast! The New Boathouse was opened in June 1998 and Saturday 7^th June 2008 saw the spectacular 10^th Anniversary celebration of the opening of new clubhouse.
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Maidenhead Regatta - Saturday 9th August 2008, Dorney Lake, Eton

Once again the Rowing Regatta season is nearly upon us and Maidenhead Rowing Club has started planning for a bigger and better event than in previous years, Maidenhead Rowing Regatta.

In 2007 the Regatta attracted many rowers from rowing clubs throughout the country, achieving coverage on national radio and enjoyed hundreds of visitors from the region. The Maidenhead Rowing Regatta is becoming established as one of the most important social and sporting occasions for the East Thames Valley. Read more...

Wallingford Regatta: Two wins, two second place finishes

Several Maidenhead junior crews competed at Wallingford Regatta on Sunday 5th May at Dorney Lake, recording two wins and two second place finishes.

The event is the first major regatta of the season and is now the biggest one-day regatta in the UK, with 6 lane races every five minutes over 11 hours. Wallingford now uses the full 2000m course and is considered one of the most competitive regattas of the season. Conditions were generally good, but with a cross head wind varying during the day and making times generally slow.

River Status Chart

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.

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3 Wins at Henley Long Distance Sculls

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.

Junior Women Record Third Successive Win At Fours Head

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.

Upper Thames Small Boats Head

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.

GB Senior & U23 October Trials

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.

Weybridge Silver Sculls

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 .

Reading Small Boats Head

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.

Record Breaking Performance at Evesham Junior Head

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.

Maidenhead Most Successful Club with 4 Wins At Pairs Head

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.