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Monday, 22 November 2004 |
On Sunday Maidenhead had a fantastically enthusiastic turnout for this
year's indoor rowing championships, there were 18 entries altogether young and,
erm, well not quite so young.
There were some slight differences to the format this year. Firstly the
under 16s didn't have to do a full 2K, they raced 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4
minutes, etc. according to their age. And secondly all the ergos were connected to
the scoreboard and with a staggered start that meant competitors could see
where they were in relation to people in their row and an adjacent row. This
last innovation actually made it harder for spectators to determine who had
finished first.
Let's start off with the over 40s women. Karon Philips came second in her
event out of 13 with a time of 7.46. First was Anna Bailey (again) with a time
of 7.25.
Then there was Maggi's event, and well at least she finished it, coming 6th
out of 14 with 8.10 against the winning time of 7.42.
We had three entries in the WJ12 event; Rebecca Reeve, Fifi Bevan and Lexy
Dobson. They had to row for 2 minutes. Out of 25 entrants, Rebecca was 4th (by
6 metres, shame) with 471m, Fifi was 6th with 458m and Lexy was 8th with
450m. So all 3 girls were pretty close to each other. The winner, Gemma Haseldine
from Team Tri managed 498metres.
For the WJ13s we also had 3 entries; Carmel Bevan, Anna Campbell and Emma
Kerns. They had to row for 3 minutes. Out of 80 entrants Carmel came 12th with a
distance of 718m, Anna was 13th with 717m and Emma was 15th with 712m. Again
all 3 girls were pretty similar.
The winner of the event was Ruth Wyhman from Evesham with a distance 782m.
Rob Ashburner was entered in the MJ13 event which also had to row for 3
minutes. Rob finished 11th out of 82 with a distance of 796m. Daniel Ashworth of
TSS won with a distance of 885m (Anna remembers him as the boy who rowed into
the side twice)
For the WJ14 event we once again had 3 entries; Rebekah Kerns, Aimee
Broadbent (a fairly new member currently in the beginners group) and Maddie
Reynolds. These girls had to row 4 minutes. Out of the 77 entrants Rebekah came 6th
with 1032m, Aimee came 19th with 974m and Maddie came 22nd with 966m. The
winner was Laura d'Urso from City of Derry BC with a distance of 1076m.
Matt Powell came 5th out of 69 in the MJ14 event with a distance of 1139m,
the winner was Chris Johnsone from Warrington RC who pulled 1204m.
Aimee Campbell was our entry in the WJ15 event. The athletes had to row for
5 minutes. Aimee came 6th out of 61 with a distance of 1287m against the
winner, Emily Harrington of Peterborough with 1341m.
For the MJ15 event again we had 3 entries. They were Phil Clapp, Matt Reeve
and Timothy Wildbore. Phil came 2nd out of 107 with a distance 1508, Matt was
8th with 1455m and Timothy was 46th with 1318m. The event was won by Don Page
of Prince William School who raced 1513m.
Finally, Finbarr Bevan entered as an MJ18 lightweight for Maidenhead. He
failed to do a PB but still came 10th out of 52 with a time of 7.04 for 2k. The
winner was Bob Hewitt of Scarborough RC with a time of 6.33.
Well done to all competitors and their chauffeurs. |
