2013 - 2014 Head / Regatta season

• Maidenhead Regatta 10th August

WMas.D1x (Anne Jones)

WMas.D.2x (Emma & Cathy)

Mas+J14 2x (Kosta & Michel)

WMas.8+ (Christina, Sarah M, Simone, Janette, Amanda, Sarah F, Cathy, Emma, cox Kosta)

• Burway Regatta 27th July

Mas.C/D.4+ (Doug D, John E, Paul W, David S, cox Jacqueline)

• Staines Regatta 26th July

WMas.D.2x (Janette & Cathy)

Mas.C/D.4- (Doug D, John E, Paul W, David S)

• Kingston Regatta 12th June

MixMas.E.4x (Doug D, Simon D, Janette, Cathy)

MixMas.C.8+

• Twickenham Regatta 25th May 2014

A huge thank you to all who helped with the preparation and the running of the regatta. It was fantastic to see so many of you last Saturday.

I am happy to report the first 4 Masters' pots for this summer. Congratulations to all winners.

W.Mas.C.2x (Anne & Emma)

W.Mas.D.4x (Anna, Janette, Cathy, Emma)

Mas.H.1x (Robert Bailey)

Mas.D.4- (Doug D, Paul W, David L, Simon D)

• Masters National Championships 18th May 2014

Another successful year at British Rowing Masters Championships for Twickenham Rowing Club

On Sunday the 18th May the TwRC Masters followed the senior squads to Nottingham to participate in the annual British Rowing Masters Championships. There were record numbers of entries and though this is a competitive event there was the usual lively atmosphere of friendly rivalry and support between clubs. Sunday was a beautiful day but despite the sun shining there were challenging gusty winds with crews finding themselves either racing into a head-wind or blown off-course. The boats were being blown sideways from the stake boats so the umpires put a shortened start protocol into operation and a very abrupt 'attention - go' was called as soon as everyone was lined up. As staying in position for more than a couple of seconds was highly optimistic, many boats were caught by surprise.

This regatta was the squad’s first opportunity to put to the test Kosta’s new winter training schedule and our personal performance after the difficult winter with training at Littleton Lake instead of our river. The training efforts were reflected in all the crews performance on water and in the overall results with many crews being significantly faster than the nearest competitors. Results and congratulations go to:

7 Gold Medals:

W.E.NOV.1x Cathy Almond

W.D.NOV.1x Anne Jones

W.A.NOV.1x Sarah Field

W.C.NOV.2x (Anne Jones & Emma Fadlon)

W.A.NOV.2x (Sarah & Jacqueline Rudenko)

Mx.D.2x (Frank & Debbie Dorling)

W.C&D.NOV.4x (Anne Jones, Janette Bradnick, Cathy, Emma Fadlon (stroke))

3 Silver Medals:

H.1x Robert Bailey

C.2x (Kosta Kolimechkov & Frank)

Mx.E.4x (Doug Davidson, Simon Delph, Cathy Almond, Debbie Dorling)

2 Bronze Medals:

W.A.NOV.1x Jacqueline Rudenko

Mx.C.2x (Kosta Kolimechkov & Debbie Dorling)

Special thanks to James Sirmon for towing the trailer to and from the event (although not racing himself) and to Henry Rogers for photographs and video. Henry also competed here having been encouraged back into the competitive scene by Kosta after a number of years; he posted two very respectable race times competing as I.1x and H.4x.

Photos and Results (at the time of writing are provisional and with errors and some name transpositions) are available from:

http://www.masterschamps.org/index.asp

More photographs can be found here:

http://www.pbase.com/hhmrogers/2014_national_masters_championships

• Veterans 8s Head 30th March 2014

Mas.C 8+ (cox Emma, Kosta, Hugh, Berend, Kit, Frank, Ali, Pete, Harry composite crew)

• Quintin Head 25thJanuary 2014

Mas.B 8+ (cox Louise, Kosta, Hugh, Berend, Peter, Frank, Ali, Doug K, Harry composite crew)

• Wallingford Head 8th December 2013

Mas.B 4- (Berend van Wachem composite crew)

• Walton SBH 7th December 2013

Very well done to those who raced last Saturday, I think we all had a wonderful time.

Single sculls

• Mas.C 1x Doug Knox 83rd overall, 2nd in category (12:19.1mins)
• WMas.A.Nov 1x Sarah Field 204th, 1st in category (13:11.9)
• WMas.E.Nov 1x Cathy Almond 295th, 1st in category (14:33.5)
• WMas.C.Nov 1x Nicki Lyon 299th, 3rd in category (14:48.9)
• WMas.C 1x Nicola Ansell 303rd, 2nd in category (14:59.8

Double sculls

• Mas.B 2x James T & Doug K 28th position overall, 1st in category (10:59.3)