Maidenhead Rowing Club junior athletes at this years 2008 National Rowing Champs Maidenhead Rowing Club Win 5 Golds, 3 Silvers and 1 Bronze in what was an excellent demonstration of top junior club sculling and rowing at the highest levels at this years National Rowing Champioships held at Holme Pierrepont Nottingham 18th, 19th & 20th July.

Three Maidenhead crews were also selected to represent England at the home Countries match against Scotland, Ireland and Wales in Cardiff next weekend.

Maidenhead crews selected for England.
JW 8+
The womens junior eight were up against a strong crew from LEH School, Nottingham composite and a selected Welsh crew. Maidenhead got off to a good start and led by 1/2length at 500m and at 1,000m they had opened up a lead of 1.5lengths over LEH with the other crews a further two lengths behind. This very strong Maidenhead crew continued to power down the course and at the line they finished an impressive 4 lengths (12 seconds) ahead of second place LEH crew to take the title and win the England slot. Maidenhead National Champions are Ally Brooks, Francesca Lovely, Alice Ancora, Sophie Delaney, Alicia Parker (Rob Roy), Aimee Broadbent, Aimee Campbell, Sophie Wedlake and cox Zoe Broadbent. Coaches Billy Brooks, Simon Ramskill and Ben Tipney.

Race: 536 Womens Junior Eights (WJ8) F 2000m
500m 1000m 1500m FINISH DIFF
1 5 MDR(O) Maidenhead RC/Rob Roy BC 01:48.2 03:39.7 05:36.1 7:41.08 0.00
Brooks/Lovely/Ancora/Delaney/Parker/Broadbent/Campbell/Wedlake/COX Zoe Broadbent
2 6 LEH() Lady Eleanor Holles School BC 01:50.5 03:44.7 05:46.1 7:53.40 +12.32
J Benstead/C Black/L Bruce/A Elkington/C Johnston/J Jolliffe/S Perkins/S Young/D Kilner
3 4 HMA(V) Haberdashers Monmouth/Avon Cou 01:54.4 03:50.7 05:52.1 8:00.12 +19.04
K Bassett/J Clarke/H James/F Jarrett/F Madler/H O Driscoll/R Truman/H Tyers/N Jaafar
4 3 TEN(O) Tees RC/Nottingham RC 01:58.1 03:57.4 06:00.1 8:09.33 +28.25
B Rose Bryan/M Gross/A Lavelle/E Lindley/E Lyons/H Raynor/R Vojvodic/J Wratten/C Hernon

Second Gold medal.
OJ 4-
The boys coxless four raced their final against a number of top rowing schools and two Welsh crews. The final was an excellent race with Maidenhead racing head to head all the way down the course with the Welsh A crew from Rhwyfo Cymru. After 500m Maidenhead led by half a second, this was the same at 1000m at 1500m Maidenhead had increased its lead to just over 1 second and racing head to head to the line Maidenhead crossed the line first (by 1.3secs) to take the National title and win the important England vest. Maidenhead National Champions are Robert Ashburner, Adam Lilley, Alex Ryde and George Poynter. Coach Tom Jost assisted by Rob Davies.

Race: 540 Open Junior Coxless Fours (OJ4-) F
1 5 MHD() Maidenhead RC 6:55.33 0.00
R J S Ashburner/A Philip Lilley/A Ryde/G.Poynter
2 6 CYM(A) Rhwyfo Cymru 6:56.70 +01.37
J J Bennett/C Kinloch/M Turner/E Whitehead
3 4 DBQ(H) Durham Sch BC/Bradford GS BC/Q 7:02.77 +07.44
G Brown/S Ciampolillo/J Pinner/C D Scrimshaw
4 2 CYM(B) Rhwyfo Cymru  7:04.21 +08.88
B Myers/R Pearse/H Richards/R Tod
5 3 BDS() Bedford School BC:07.24 +11.91
I Cherezov/E Miller/T Walton/E Watkiss
6 1 ASR() Aberdeen Schools RA 7:54.19 +58.86
O Hamlet/L Masson/L Morton/J Wright

Third Gold medal
JW 2x
The junior womens double event involved two Maidenhead junior internationals, doubling up  from the eight. This Maidenhead crew won its semi-final with ease by 13 seconds. In the final they had to race soon after the eights final so were still feeling the effects. This experienced crew got off to a good start but was led by a Lea RC crew to the 250m mark. By 500m Maidenhead had drawn level and at the 1,000m mark they commenced a second half pace build and drew away to cross the finish line 10 seconds ahead of Lea RC with the other crews a further 14 seconds behind. Maidenhead National Champions are Ally Brooks and Sophie Delaney who were also selected to represent England. Coaches Ben Tipney, Simon Ramskill & Billy Brooks.

Race: 547 Womens Junior Double Sculls (WJ2x) F 2000m
500m 1000m 1500m FINISH DIFF
1 5 MHD() Maidenhead RC 01:58.4 04:04.2 06:08.9 8:14.66 0.00
A Brooks/S Delaney
2 6 LEA() Lea RC 01:59.4 04:05.5 06:14.7 8:24.71 +10.05
Z Forkin/T Tijssen
3 4 NRC() Nottingham RC 02:02.5 04:12.4 06:25.6 8:39.24 +24.58
V Bramley/E Lindley
4 2 SCP() Strathclyde Park RC 02:07.3 04:18.5 06:32.2 8:41.21 +26.55
J Campbell/C Santoni
5 3 DAT() Dart-Totnes ARC 02:06.5 04:16.0 06:30.2 8:44.64 +29.98
J Rice/R Willoughby
6 1 KCA() The Kings School Canterbury BC 02:16.4 04:37.7 06:58.0 9:22.83 +1:08.17
C Fukushima/S Lloyd

Fourth Gold medal.
JW 152x.
Maidenhead Rowing clubs younger members, J15 girls and J14 boys crowned their season with impressive wins at this National level. Fifi Bevan and Gabby Watson have trained hard all season and winning a Gold medal and National Championship title was just reward for the commitment to training they have put in all year. This win was by an impressive margin of 16.9secs. Coaches Maggie Bevan & Rob Davies.

Race: 384 Womens Junior Under 15 Double Sculls (WJ152x) F 2000m
500m 1000m 1500m FINISH DIFF
1 3 MHD() Maidenhead RC 02:16.7 04:31.2 06:47.0 9:12.98 0.00
F Bevan/G Watson
2 6 ETX() Eton Excelsior RC 02:16.0 04:38.4 07:02.3 9:29.88 +16.90
S Lindon-Morris/E Quarrington
3 5 CLS() Chester-le-Street ARC 02:25.2 04:47.8 07:14.9 9:47.30 +34.32
A Hussey/R Lilley
4 4 ROS() Ross RC 02:28.0 04:53.8 07:25.8 9:59.26 +46.28
K Hudd/L Hudd
5 2 MOC(B) Monmouth Comprehensive School 02:31.8 05:00.6 07:44.4 10:26.58 +1:13.60
G Hancock/S Reed
6 1 WTN() Warrington RC 02:35.7 05:08.0 07:51.7 10:32.05 +1:19.07
A Bailey/E Clark

Fifth Gold medal.
OJ 14 coxed quad.
Jamck Beaumont has been improving rapidly this year. Jack who is still only J14 had already proved how fast he can assist a crew boat move when he won through seat trials for a Maidenhead J18 quad to compete at Henley this year.

Now stepping into his own age category as part of a composite crew with Marlow Jack assisted his crew win through to the finals and then led from the start to open up a two length lead over Windsor Boys Schools. Racing hard to the finish they crossed the line  to cross the line 6.4secs ahead and take a National Championship Gold medal.

Race: 397 Open Junior under 14 Coxed Quad Sculls (OJ144xCxd) F 2000m
500m 1000m 1500m FINISH DIFF
1 6 MDM(R) Maidenhead RC/Marlow RC 01:51.2 03:54.2 06:05.3 8:07.37 0.00
J Beaumont/T Hillsdon/R Hughes/C James O Toole/P Trickett
2 3 WBS(D) The Windsor Boys School BC 01:53.2 03:58.1 06:12.5 8:13.82 +06.45
H Clemance/H Gilmour/L Anthony Longman/A Robertson/N Laws
3 5 WYC() Wycliffe Sculling Centre 01:56.5 04:02.6 06:11.6 8:15.60 +08.23
R Camm/M Crouch/N Devaux-Davey/D Zan-Kreyser/E Hughes
4 4 YRM() Yarm School BC 01:52.0 03:55.9 06:09.9 8:17.43 +10.06
A Philip Grundmann/R Kessell/N Theos/B Joshua Tombling/A John Rickard Merson
5 2 HIN() Hinksey Sculling School 01:57.6 04:01.7 06:15.1 8:20.82 +13.45
O Barratt/D Bowen/F Myatt/T Swan/H Smith
6 1 UTC() Upper Thames RC 01:58.1 04:06.1 06:21.3 8:32.21 +24.84
J Jackson/O Morgan/S T Mottram/A Steele/J Mottram

Three Silver medals.
WJ15 coxed quad.
This was a fine achievement for these young Maidenhead girls to win a Silver medal. The girls raced hard and only made the final through the repechage. This young crew raced hard and beat a number of top sculling schools and clubs. At the line they were only 1 second behind the Gold medal crew from Henley RC. Lexy Dobson, Megan Haines, Henrietta Junkins, Kate Ryde with cox Lynton Fricker. Coaches Orlando Fricker and Laura Lion have greatly assisted this crew achieve this result.

Race: 396 Womens Junior under 15 Coxed Quad Sculls (WJ154xCxd) F 2000m
500m 1000m 1500m FINISH DIFF
1 5 HEN() Henley RC 02:10.8 04:26.1 06:51.5 9:10.55 0.00
A Fitzgibbon/J Antonia Gough/R Norman/B Stephens/C Stephens
2 6 MHD() Maidenhead RC 02:13.6 04:30.3 06:54.0 9:11.57 +01.02
A Dobson/M Haines/H Jenkins/K Ryde/Z Broadbent
3 4 QEH() Queen Elizabeth High School BC 02:12.9 04:31.3 06:54.7 9:15.54 +04.99
S Charlton/C Glendenning/K Hastie/N Lamb/G Mills
4 3 NWK() Newark RC 02:12.7 04:32.2 06:58.0 9:23.24 +12.69
O Martin/H Powell/C J Taylor/H Wright/R Wright
5 2 STA() Star Club 02:14.3 04:33.3 07:03.0 9:29.90 +19.35
C Cook/E Rose Grimley/V Huckle/E North/A Grimley
6 1 MAR() Marlow RC 02:23.4 05:01.0 07:55.6 10:36.28 +1:25.73
J Jackson/G Rees/R Reeve/F Trotman/M Rogers

WJ16 2x
Maidenhead’s crew of Gabby Watson and Fifi Bevan who earlier won a Gold medal at WJ15 level now moved up to WJ16 level. In the semi-finals Maidenhead RC had one crew in each semi-final and both Maidenhead crews impressed by winning their semis.

The final was as expected tough. Off the start both Maidenhead crews featured at the top. At the 500m mark Watson and Bevan led and they also led at the 1,000m mark. During the third 500 Sir William Borlase moved through to take the lead and Maidenhead A crew battled to the finish line to take a much-deserved Silver medal.
Maidenhead’s B crew will take heart that they won the semi-finals and put up the fastest time. Unfortunately this doubles final was only 12 mins after the Eights final so with no time to recover they did well to complete the course and finish 5th. Both crews pleased with their results.

Race: 538 Womens Junior under 16 Double Sculls (WJ162x) F 2000m
500m 1000m 1500m FINISH DIFF
1 3 SWB() Sir William Borlase's School B 01:58.9 03:59.1 06:03.5 8:09.80 0.00
F Scambler/H Shimmin
2 5 MHD(A) Maidenhead RC 01:56.3 04:01.0 06:08.4 8:14.94 +05.14
F Bevan/G Watson
3 4 SCP() Strathclyde Park RC 01:57.0 04:01.9 06:11.3 8:22.66 +12.86
N Irvine/F O Prey
4 1 TSS() Tideway Scullers School 01:58.3 04:06.8 06:17.2 8:29.68 +19.88
S Lonergan/R Phelan
5 6 MHD(B) Maidenhead RC 01:57.5 04:05.5 06:16.7 8:31.62 +21.82
F Lovely/S Wedlake
6 2 LEA() Lea RC 02:0

OJ 1x
Ertan Hazine performed well at these Championships. Despite giving away 2 years in age to this sculler from Marlow Ertan pushed this sculler all the way to the line and finished only 0.8secs off taking the Gold medal. This was an excellent performance and no-doubt will set Ertan up well for next season.

Race: 520 Open Junior Sculls (OJ1x) F 2000m
500m 1000m 1500m FINISH DIFF
1 6 MAR(C) Marlow RC 01:57.1 03:54.9 05:55.0 7:52.27 0.00
J Hockley
2 5 MHD() Maidenhead RC 02:00.5 04:01.7 05:59.4 7:53.09 +00.82
E Hazine
3 2 LLA() Llandaff RC 02:01.4 04:03.1 06:02.3 8:02.74 +10.47
Z Lee-Green
4 3 HER(B) Hereford RC 02:05.8 04:09.9 06:16.3 8:14.71 +22.44
J Coombes
5 4 NEW() Newcastle University BC 02:05.1 04:08.0 06:14.1 8:14.86 +22.59
M Wilkojc
6 1 QEH() Queen Elizabeth High School BC 02:09.2 04:15.3 06:19.6 8:20.42 +28.15
C D Scrimshaw

Bronze Medal.

Jack Beaumont doubling up at National Champs did well to take this Bronze medal in J14 singles to add to his Gold won in the quad. This should give Jack the confidence to develop his single speed further and look to win a Gold in the single in future years.
 
Race: 373 Open Junior under 14 Sculls (OJ141x) F 2000m
500m 1000m 1500m FINISH DIFF
1 4 BUR() Burway RC 02:15.3 04:35.9 06:57.2 9:10.54 0.00
T Barras
2 5 STK() Stoke Rowing Association Trent 02:14.1 04:36.4 06:59.0 9:10.78 +00.24
L Harrison
3 3 MHD() Maidenhead RC 02:14.6 04:37.7 07:02.0 9:24.01 +13.47
J Beaumont
4 6 ROS() Ross RC 02:24.2 04:52.7 07:38.9 10:05.19 +54.65
E Surman
5 1 CLS() Chester-le-Street ARC 02:33.0 05:17.9 08:15.4 10:50.56 +1:40.02
J Dowdle
6 2 WYC() Wycliffe Sculling Centre 02:34.3 - 08:15.7 11:06.28 +1:55.74
N Devaux-Davey

Other placings:
OJ16 1x
Robert Ashburner raced well in the J16 singles event and finished 4th in the final.

WJ14 4X+
In a fiercely contested J14 event this young Maidenhead crew of Grace Allington, Emma Birch, Zoe Broadbent, Hanna Wallace competed well and finished 3rd in their heat and fourth in the repechage missing out on a place in the final.

Race: 198 Womens Junior under 14 Coxed Quad Sculls (WJ144xCxd) RA 2000m
500m 1000m 1500m FINISH DIFF
1 3 HEN() Henley RC 02:11.5 04:35.3 07:00.1 9:19.55 0.00
E Louise Barrett/H Douglas/G Roberts/J Unsworth/M Arnold
2 6 TEE() Tees RC 02:16.9 04:42.3 07:13.1 9:34.84 +15.29
A Fairs/B Henderson/I Leigh/N Winship/H York
3 4 EVE() Evesham RC 02:23.7 04:55.0 07:24.4 9:43.75 +24.20
L Attwood/N Bradley/Z Tredell/O Walklett/H Pawlowski
4 5 MHD() Maidenhead RC 02:20.7 04:49.3 07:20.8 9:44.26 +24.71
G Alington/E Birch/Z Broadbent/H Wallace/A Dobson
5 2 CAL() Calpe RC (Gibraltar) 02:28.6 05:00.9 07:32.0 9:55.69 +36.14
K Dudley/L Linares/A Lugaro/K Rodriguez/C Russo
6 1 HAB() Haberdashers Monmouth Girls Sc 02:26.6 05:00.6 07:35.0 10:02.67 +43.12
C Arnold/E Dumoitier-Rich/J Hancock/K Lewis/E Richards

OJ162x
Tom Leverrington and Sam Mccoriston did really well to race in the heats and win through to 6th place in the final.

Heat
Race: 174 Open Junior under 16 Double Sculls (OJ162x) EB 2000m
500m 1000m 1500m FINISH DIFF
1 3 SWB() Sir William Borlase's School B 02:05.7 04:18.3 06:33.2 8:41.72 0.00
R Connell/J Tabor
2 4 STP() Stourport BC 02:07.5 04:22.1 06:39.1 8:51.51 +09.79
A Barnett/A Enkov
3 5 MHD() Maidenhead RC 02:04.9 04:22.4 06:43.1 9:01.33 +19.61
T Leverington/S Mccoriston
4 1 KSW(B) The King's School Worcester BC 02:11.1 04:35.1 06:58.3 9:15.27 +33.55
S East/D Thompson
5 2 WRC() Wallingford RC 02:24.1 04:49.0 07:20.5 9:38.58 +56.86
J Roberts/D Terzino

Final
Race: 542 Open Junior under 16 Double Sculls (OJ162x) F 2000m
500m 1000m 1500m FINISH DIFF
1 6 GWC() George Watson's College BC 01:48.5 03:42.9 05:38.1 7:35.25 0.00
A Gilmore/C Mabon
2 4 YRM() Yarm School BC 01:51.2 03:50.2 05:46.7 7:46.45 +11.20
R P Jones/J A Kessell
3 3 WEY() Weybridge RC 01:54.1 03:52.9 05:50.3 7:48.85 +13.60
J Coxhead/J Shepherd
4 5 SWB() Sir William Borlase's School B 01:54.5 03:53.9 05:55.2 7:57.23 +21.98
R Connell/J Tabor
5 2 TSS() Tideway Scullers School 01:55.8 03:55.7 05:56.2 7:59.22 +23.97
D Peter Ashworth/O Williams
6 1 MHD() Maidenhead RC 01:58.1 04:05.2 06:12.8 8:23.61 +48.36
T Leverington/S Mccoriston

WL 1x
Competing in a single Natalie did well to make the final six in this tough competition.

Race: 554 Womens Lightweight Sculls (WL1x) F 2000m
500m 1000m 1500m FINISH DIFF
1 6 TSS(B) Tideway Scullers School 02:08.1 04:31.5 06:53.6 9:11.86 0.00
E Johnstone
2 5 MAA(A) Mortlake, Anglian & Alpha BC 02:11.7 04:40.8 07:18.0 9:31.74 +19.88
D Mallinson
3 4 CLY() Clyde ARC 02:16.5 04:49.8 07:20.3 9:41.69 +29.83
I Walsh
4 3 MAA(B) Mortlake, Anglian & Alpha BC 02:13.6 04:48.1 07:31.3 9:50.10 +38.24
C Aitken
5 2 VRC() Vesta RC 02:19.4 04:58.8 07:37.3 10:00.19 +48.33
C Gilliver
6 1 MHD() Maidenhead RC 02:19.7 05:02.3 - 10:09.67 +57.81
N Trinder

WJ 1x
Aimee Campbell sculled well to compete against juniors that had been going through this years GB trials. This was a good performance at this level.

Race: 507 Womens Junior Sculls (WJ1x) SFA 2000m
500m 1000m 1500m FINISH DIFF
1 6 HAB() Haberdashers Monmouth Girls Sc 02:07.9 04:24.4 06:40.8 8:54.73 0.00
P Christie
2 5 TYN() Tyne RC 02:05.6 04:23.3 06:42.0 8:56.37 +01.64
D Hardy
3 3 STN() Staines BC 02:10.4 04:30.7 06:47.9 9:02.53 +07.80
E Corless
4 4 WRC() Wallingford RC 02:10.2 04:29.2 06:49.7 9:11.81 +17.08
L Parsons
5 2 MHD() Maidenhead RC 02:12.0 04:33.5 06:57.8 9:20.17 +25.44
A R S Campbell
6 1 WTN() Warrington RC 02:16.2 04:42.6 07:10.1 9:34.98 +40.25
K Mcquillian