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Tuesday, 05 June 2007 |
 The Metropolitan Amateur Regatta is seen as one of the toughest events leading up towards Henley Royal and Henley Womens events. The Women's squad entered an eight and 2 coxed fours and Vickie Sims teamed up with Reading RC in the Women's Lightweight Double Sculls.
Although primarily a senior regatta, the Maidenhead entry this year was complimented by Juniors Ally Brooks, Phil Clapp and Adam Lilley, all gaining top three slots in their events, performing well at this high senior level.
Saturday 2nd June
The Women's S2 Coxed Four of Helen Stewart, Anne Rees, Claire Wallace and Keri Johnson, coxed by Vickie Sims were comfortably ahead in their heat until Thames sprinted past them in the last 250m. Both crews qualified for the final where Maidenhead finished 3rd behind 2 very strong crews from Molesey and Agecroft.
| Race 84 |
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| 1 Molesey BC |
01:49.3 |
03:45.5 |
05:43.8 |
07:39.9 |
| 2 Agecroft RC |
01:52.7 |
03:50.3 |
05:48.6 |
07:42.2 |
| 3 Maidenhead RC |
01:57.8 |
04:03.0 |
06:09.4 |
08:07.9 |
| 4 University of Limerick |
01:58.9 |
04:02.6 |
06:07.6 |
08:08.7 |
| 5 Thames RC |
02:00.3 |
04:07.5 |
06:15.3 |
08:18.9 |
The Women's Senior 3 Eight had an enforced change with Vickie Sims subbing in for Keri Johnson due to there being too many points in the crew. They finished 2nd in their heat with a strong performance. However, in the final they couldn't repeat the effort and a poor row saw them trailing the rest of the field.
| Race 116 |
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| 1 Thames RC |
N.T.T. |
03:33.3 |
05:15.6 |
07:01.2 |
| 2 Osiris BC (A) |
N.T.T. |
03:32.7 |
05:17.8 |
07:07.8 |
| 3 Agecroft RC |
N.T.T. |
03:38.7 |
05:25.1 |
07:11.4 |
| 4 Barnes Bridge Ladies RC |
N.T.T. |
03:37.0 |
05:24.0 |
07:11.6 |
| 5 Univ of West of England RC |
N.T.T. |
03:39.8 |
05:28.1 |
07:20.2 |
| 6 Maidenhead RC |
N.T.T. |
03:47.4 |
05:38.3 |
07:33.2 |
The Senior 3 Coxed Four were outgunned in their heat, finishing at the back of the field and out of the competition.
Junior competitor Phil Clapp raced in the Mens Elite Quad event, with Alex Walker and Drew Ford from Henley RC and John Collins from Tideway Scullers in a Junior Composite Crew. It was a straight final between the Juniors, two Irish Crews and a U23 Composite from Durham University, Tees RC and Tideway Scullers. The Juniors led from the start, only raising their rate in the last 250m in response to a late push from the Galway/Skibereen composite, winning with a time of 6:15.
| 1 Junior Composite Crew |
01:31.0 |
03:06.4 |
04:42.1 |
06:15.2 |
| 2 Galway RC/Skibereen RC |
01:33.1 |
03:07.6 |
04:43.4 |
06:16.7 |
| 3 Durham UBC/Tees RC/Tideway SS |
01:33.5 |
03:08.7 |
04:43.4 |
06:17.8 |
| 4 Shannon RC, Eire |
01:32.9 |
03:09.6 |
04:48.1 |
06:29.3 |
The crew then repeated the performance 2 hours later in the final of the Mens Senior 1 Quad event, this time competing against a Henley crew together with the same Irish quads they met in the Elite event. Leading the field from the start they again they crossed the finish first in a time of 6:16.
| Race 103 |
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| 1 Junior Composite Crew |
01:31.7 |
03:06.1 |
04:42.7 |
06:16.5 |
| 2 Galway RC/Skibereen RC |
01:33.1 |
03:08.5 |
04:45.5 |
06:18.9 |
| 3 Henley RC |
01:32.8 |
03:08.1 |
04:45.9 |
06:19.9 |
| 4 Shannon RC, Eire |
01:31.9 |
03:07.0 |
04:45.0 |
06:20.8 |
Ally Brooks also competed for Maidenhead RC on the Saturday in Womens S1 Eights as part of a junior composite 8 that was given a trial to see how they would go against other leading crews at this level. Ally stroked the junior composite crew who did well to take 3rd place in the final in a good time of 6:55. Auriol Kensington/Furnivall finished in first place, Reading Rowing Club second, 7 seconds ahead of this junior composite crew.
| Race 98 |
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| 1 Auriol Kensington/Furnivall ScC |
01:38.9 |
03:18.4 |
05:01.3 |
06:43.7 |
| 2 Reading RC |
01:39.8 |
03:20.3 |
05:05.7 |
06:48.8 |
| 3 Junior Composite Crew |
01:40.0 |
03:23.4 |
05:11.1 |
06:55.7 |
| 4 Durham University BC |
01:41.4 |
03:26.7 |
05:14.4 |
06:59.8 |
| 5 Osiris BC |
01:42.5 |
03:27.6 |
05:14.8 |
07:00.4 |
| 6 Grosvenor RC |
01:43.4 |
03:30.8 |
05:23.1 |
07:15.1 |
Sunday 3rd June
The Women's Senior 3 Eight and the Senior 2 Coxed Four raced again, but neither progressed past their heats, finishing 7th and 4th.
Vickie Sims teamed up with Reading RC to compete in the Women's Lwt Elite Double Sculls. They led the field from the start and enjoyed a comfortable victory.
| Race 66 |
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| 1 Maidenhead RC/Reading RC |
01:49.7 |
03:46.9 |
05:43.6 |
07:39.8 |
| 2 Eton Excelsior RC |
01:54.0 |
03:52.7 |
05:52.1 |
07:50.7 |
| 3 University of London Women's BC |
01:54.9 |
03:57.3 |
05:59.5 |
08:00.2 |
| 4 York City RC |
01:53.8 |
03:56.5 |
05:59.3 |
08:03.2 |
Adam Lilley raced in the Junior Single Sculls for the Thamesfield Trophy, again a straight final with strong competition particularly from Windsor Boys. Lilley sculled well to secure a second place behind Firminger from Windsor Boys, and 2 seconds ahead of the third placed Butler from Star Club. 4th, 5th and 6th place scullers are all GB squad scullers so an excellent result for Adam.
| Race 31 |
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| 1 Windsor Boys' School BC (B Firminger) |
01:47.2 |
03:44.2 |
05:41.4 |
07:36.6 |
| 2 Maidenhead RC (A Lilley) |
01:48.3 |
03:47.6 |
05:47.9 |
07:44.9 |
| 3 Star Club (J Butler) |
01:49.4 |
03:49.9 |
05:50.6 |
07:46.8 |
| 4 Windsor Boys' School BC (S Kleshnev) |
01:51.7 |
03:51.8 |
05:51.8 |
07:53.6 |
| 5 Windsor Boys' School BC (A Towne) |
01:48.0 |
03:49.2 |
05:53.2 |
08:07.4 |
| 6 Walton RC (JW Wedlake) |
01:52.0 |
03:54.2 |
06:02.9 |
08:11.5 |
| 7 Windsor Boys' School BC (E Fousset) |
01:58.2 |
04:07.5 |
06:24.2 |
08:26.3 |
In one of the last races of the day Phil Clapp again teamed up with John Collins of Tideway Scullers competing in a straight final for the Elite Double Sculls. After an excellent start and leading to the first 500 they couldn’t hold off a strong and experienced Cambridge University and Star Club composite, finishing a creditable second place behind the CUBC and Star composite ahead of the third placed Tideway Scullers double.
| 1 Cambridge Univ BC/Star Club |
Elite |
01:38.6 |
03:17.9 |
04:58.5 |
06:38.7 |
| 2 Maidenhead RC/Tideway Scullers |
Elite |
01:38.2 |
03:19.9 |
05:02.2 |
06:45.0 |
| 3 Tideway Scullers' School |
Lwt |
01:39.7 |
03:22.4 |
05:05.2 |
06:46.1 |
| 4 Upper Thames RC |
Elite |
01:40.8 |
03:24.8 |
05:11.4 |
06:57.7 | |
