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Junior Athlete's Win 4 Golds, 1 Silver & 2 Bronze at Coupe De La Jeunesse |
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Tuesday, 01 August 2006 |
 Five talented Maidenhead junior athletes were selected to represent GB at the Coupe de la Jeunesse which was held in Groningen, Holland on 29th & 30th July.
Competing at this top European Championship event was the culmination of a tough year of training and being involved in GB selection trials over 10 months to gain selection to the GB team and compete at this prestigious regatta. This regatta was an opportunity to see how well GB junior crews are doing against 12 other European nations.
 Five magnificent Maidenhead junior athletes not only made the GB team but all came home with at least one medal. Louise Entwistle was selected as the Captain of the GB girls squad and went on to support the GB team and lead from the front by winning the Womens 2x sculls competition on both days with her GB partner Ruth Walzac from Hollingworth Lake RC. On the Saturday Louise took Gold for GB, Hungary took Silver and the Netherlands took Bronze. On the Sunday GB again took Gold with Austria taking Silver and Switzerland taking Bronze.
 Phil Clapp of Maidenhead raced in the single sculls event for GB on both days and he also demonstrated that he is one of the best junior scullers in Europe as he went on to win Gold on both days and in style. On the Sunday Phil took Gold for GB from Austria who took Silver and Italy who took the Bronze. Maidenhead coach Tom Jost also selected to be GB coach to Phil Clapp was delighted with both days results.
David Jones of Maidenhead competed in the GB double scull with Josh Wedlake from Walton RC. On the Saturday they sculled strongly to take a Bronze medal and on the Sunday they changed tactics to ensure they were in the race at halfway and this helped them improve their result to take the Silver medal. The Netherlands took Gold and Italy took Bronze.
Ally Brooks and Sophie  Delaney both from Maidenhead RC competed in the GB junior quad scull competition where they made the A final on the Saturday finishing 5th. On the Sunday with slightly different race tactics the girls quad raced well and were in Silver medal position leading the Netherlands until the last 200m. On the line France took Gold, the Netherlands just piped GB for Silver and the GB quad were pleased to take home a bronze medal from this tough event.
Billy Brooks Captain of juniors at Maidenhead and coach to the GB JW double scull said “This was another significant milestone in the development of junior scullers at Maidenhead RC. To assist the GB team to win this event overall and, by supplying local junior athletes that all won medals at this European level event, is not only a credit to the GB team but especially to the Maidenhead junior athletes, coaches and the club members at Maidenhead that help out all year. These Maidenhead athletes were not available to compete at National Championships this year because of GB training so it was good to see them all move on to win European junior medals.
We are grateful to our local sponsors who’s support is vital to ensure we maintain the most up to date equipment available to help these high performance junior athletes continue to compete and the highest of European levels and their goal of competing at the 2012 Olympics”.
Final placings for all Nations competing at the Coupe De La Jeunesse were as follows:
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Country |
Total Points |
Boys Points |
Girls Points |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
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Great Britain |
248 |
138 |
110 |
14 |
4 |
3 |
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Italy |
193 |
129 |
64 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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France |
182 |
101 |
81 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
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Netherlands |
137 |
78 |
59 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
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Switzerland |
99 |
55 |
44 |
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1 |
4 |
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Spain |
98 |
62 |
36 |
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2 |
1 |
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Austria |
77 |
53 |
24 |
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3 |
2 |
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Ireland |
68 |
48 |
20 |
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3 |
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Portugal |
64 |
38 |
26 |
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Hungary |
46 |
20 |
26 |
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1 |
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Belgium |
18 |
18 |
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Billy Brooks
Captain Juniors |
