Winning Crews
 
In both the boys J16 age group and the girls J18 age group categories, Maidenhead pulled off a double by winning both the singles and doubles in these age groups.
 
In the boys J16 age group Ertan Hazine and Alex Ryde did extremely well to win the J16 2x’s in a time of 15mins 27secs, ahead of two Hampton doubles.
 
Ertan Hazine went on to also win the J16 singles event in a time of 16min 31s from eleven competitors and 32 seconds ahead of Hyman of Claires Court School.
 
In the girls WJ18 age group Louise Entwistle and Ally Brooks finished in a fast time of 15min 54s and 53 seconds ahead of Molesey BC.
 
Ally Brooks went on to win her single sculls at WJ18 level in a time of 17mins 40s, 20 seconds ahead of her nearest rival and against a strong field of 35 scullers.
 
Robert Ashburner competed in J15 single sculls and he won his division in a time of 17min 7s against 11 other scullers in his age group.
 
The sixth win came from a fast WJ14 double of Gabby Watson and Fifi Bevan who competed one year up to win WJ15’s event in a time that was also faster than the winning WJ16 double. So an excellent achievement from these young guns. Their time of 17min 30s placed them 23secs ahead of Molesey BC.

Other Finish Positions
 
Louise Entwistle moved up to try WS2 single sculls and was pushed hard down the course eventually overtaken by the older sculler from Wallingford and ended up finishing 2nd in a time of 17min 24s out of the six scullers in this higher sculling class.
 
In the boys J16 double sculls Maidenhead athletes Ross McCorriston and Simon Lilley and the crew of George Poynter and Robert Ashburner did well to finish in 4th and 5th place out of 10 boys double at this age group.
 
Carmel Bevan racing in WJ15 sculls did well to finish in second place, just 8 seconds behind Anderson from LEH. 24 scullers competed in this age group. Gabby Watson finished in 4th place in a time of 18min 56s, Fifi Bevan finished in 5th place in a time of 19min 15s and Lexy Dobson in a loaned boat finished in 20th place in a time of 23min 27s. Gabby, Lexy and Fifi were all racing one year above their age group.
 
Katie Lion also finished 2nd out of 22 scullers competing in the WJ16 age group. Lion finished 16 seconds behind Cummings of Henley RC. Aimee Broadbent finished 13th in a time of 19min 26s with Maddie Reynolds finishing in 16th place in a time of 19min 47s.
 
In mens J18 single sculls Phil Clapp had some overtaking to contend with on the course but managed to finish 4th out of 60 scullers in a time of 16min 3secs. Tim Wildbore finsihed in 20th position in a time of 16min 53s.
 
In the WJ15 double sculls Maidenhead B crew of Anna Campbell and Lexy Dobson finished in 5th place in a time of 18min 40s.
 
In the WJ16 double sculls division Aimee Broadbent and Carmel Bevan finished in 2nd place in a time of 18min 16s.
 
In the WJ18 double sculls Katie Lion and Aimee Campbell finished in 3rd position in a time of 17min 27s which was not bad out of 13  crews.
 
In WJ18 single sculls Aimee Campbell had a good scull and managed to finish in front of some good scullers in 6th position out of 35 scullers in a time of 18min 22s.
 
In the boys J16 single sculls Alex Ryde finished high up in 3rd position out of 22 scullers in a time of 17min 8s.
 
The boys (Ross McCoriston, Simon Lilley, Michael Cleveland and Tom O’Rielly) also entered a J16 quad and after a good scull they finished in 3rd place, 36 secs behind the winning crew from Hampton School.
 
Next events include the Pairs Head in London on Saturday 14th and Reading Head on Sunday 15th.
 

Billy Brooks