Evesham Head of River
Saturday 29 November 2008
Gloucester Rowing Club win Victor Ludorum Prize
The great, concerted effort made by Gloucester at Evesham Head, building on the points already gained by our juniors at Evesham Junior Head in October, brought home the Victor Ludorum prize of six sections of Connect-a-Dock floating staging, 30 feet long in total. The prize was accompanied by an engraved silver cup. The competion was very close, with Stoke / Trentham club winning the same number of events as Gloucester, but Gloucester won the prize because we broke two more course records than Stoke / Trentham. Gloucester scored 26 points (8 of which came from the Junior's head) to Stoke's 24 with Evesham Rowing Club gaining 22 points.
We had eighteen crews racing in the two divisions, including a very strong contingent of juniors again. Many of our crews brought home one of the specially commissioned medals, for winning their event. There were 98 crews in division one in the morning and 76 crews in division two in the afternoon. The Head was run over a 4000 metre course up stream on the Avon, finishing near the club house. The forecast fog came to little but the weather was very cold and damp, particularly for divisioin one.
Pride of place must go to our J18 crew David Pollard, Lyndon Cook, Haydon Sansom and Sam Thornton racing in event S3 4x- They were the first crew to cross the finish line, winning their event with a time of 15min 39 secs - the quickest boat of the day.
Our S2 2- crew of Rich Woods, Tim Barnett, Daniel Brawn and Ben Rodford won their event and set up a new course record for S2 2-with a time of 15mins 59secs.
Jon Garner, Toby Venn, Martin Jones, and Russell Thornton with Edward Jones as cox in S3 4+ had a time of 17min 7secs and came second to a Stratford crew in their event.
Tim Barnett and Rich Woods won their S2 2- event with a time of 17mins 32secs.
In event S4 4+ Andy Jones, Toby Venn, Paul Brooker and Daniel Brawn coxed by Edward Jones had a time of 17mins 39secs and won their category.
Lyndon Cook and Dave Pollard won event J18 2x with a time of 17mins 39secs.
Event N1x was won by Ben Rodford in 18mins 26secs. (Incidentally the same time as a WS3 4x- crew from Bristol. )
Our WJ15 4x put up a great show winning in 18mins 30secs and setting a new course record in their event. The winning crew was Alicia Green, Hattie Neave, Lauren Williams and Laura Meadows.
In event S3 2- Jon Garner and Russell Thornton came second with a time of 18mins 52secs.
Martin and Gerry Jones rowed in VD2x and won the event in 18mins 54secs.
Sam Thornton won event J18 1x with a time of 19mins 1sec, over a minute ahead of his nearest rival.
Larissa Lowe and Sarah Cook made it another win for Gloucester in WS2 2x with a time of twenty minutes exactly.
Our faithful WS3 4+ crew of Zoe Mandeville, Rachael Britnell, Karen Longstaff and Kim Drinkwater coxed by Pete Hills came in third in their event in 20mins 4secs.
Ben Marshall raced in J16 1x and won his event returning a time of 20mins 10secs gaining another medal for Gloucester.
James Dorer and John Squire raced in VE 2- and broke the previous record for the event with a time of 21mins 33secs but were beaten to first place by an even better crew from Nottingham who had a time of 20mins 32secs.
Sarah Cook raced in WS2 1x. Sarah's time of 21mins 54secs gave her second place.
We had two entrants in WJ15 1x Lauren Williams and Georgie Lowe. Lauren came second in the event with a time of 21mins 59secs and Georgie came fourth in 23mins 43 secs. A great effort by these two girls, battling up stream in singles on a raw morning.
The concerted effort of the members that won the Victor Ludorum at Evesham has shown the talent, strength, and dedication within Gloucester Rowing Club. It bodes well for the future.
Gloucester Rowing Club win Victor Ludorum Prize
The great, concerted effort made by Gloucester at Evesham Head, building on the points already gained by our juniors at Evesham Junior Head in October, brought home the Victor Ludorum prize of six sections of Connect-a-Dock floating staging, 30 feet long in total. The prize was accompanied by an engraved silver cup. The competion was very close, with Stoke / Trentham club winning the same number of events as Gloucester, but Gloucester won the prize because we broke two more course records than Stoke / Trentham. Gloucester scored 26 points (8 of which came from the Junior's head) to Stoke's 24 with Evesham Rowing Club gaining 22 points.
We had eighteen crews racing in the two divisions, including a very strong contingent of juniors again. Many of our crews brought home one of the specially commissioned medals, for winning their event. There were 98 crews in division one in the morning and 76 crews in division two in the afternoon. The Head was run over a 4000 metre course up stream on the Avon, finishing near the club house. The forecast fog came to little but the weather was very cold and damp, particularly for divisioin one.
Pride of place must go to our J18 crew David Pollard, Lyndon Cook, Haydon Sansom and Sam Thornton racing in event S3 4x- They were the first crew to cross the finish line, winning their event with a time of 15min 39 secs - the quickest boat of the day.
Our S2 2- crew of Rich Woods, Tim Barnett, Daniel Brawn and Ben Rodford won their event and set up a new course record for S2 2-with a time of 15mins 59secs.
Jon Garner, Toby Venn, Martin Jones, and Russell Thornton with Edward Jones as cox in S3 4+ had a time of 17min 7secs and came second to a Stratford crew in their event.
Tim Barnett and Rich Woods won their S2 2- event with a time of 17mins 32secs.
In event S4 4+ Andy Jones, Toby Venn, Paul Brooker and Daniel Brawn coxed by Edward Jones had a time of 17mins 39secs and won their category.
Lyndon Cook and Dave Pollard won event J18 2x with a time of 17mins 39secs.
Event N1x was won by Ben Rodford in 18mins 26secs. (Incidentally the same time as a WS3 4x- crew from Bristol. )
Our WJ15 4x put up a great show winning in 18mins 30secs and setting a new course record in their event. The winning crew was Alicia Green, Hattie Neave, Lauren Williams and Laura Meadows.
In event S3 2- Jon Garner and Russell Thornton came second with a time of 18mins 52secs.
Martin and Gerry Jones rowed in VD2x and won the event in 18mins 54secs.
Sam Thornton won event J18 1x with a time of 19mins 1sec, over a minute ahead of his nearest rival.
Larissa Lowe and Sarah Cook made it another win for Gloucester in WS2 2x with a time of twenty minutes exactly.
Our faithful WS3 4+ crew of Zoe Mandeville, Rachael Britnell, Karen Longstaff and Kim Drinkwater coxed by Pete Hills came in third in their event in 20mins 4secs.
Ben Marshall raced in J16 1x and won his event returning a time of 20mins 10secs gaining another medal for Gloucester.
James Dorer and John Squire raced in VE 2- and broke the previous record for the event with a time of 21mins 33secs but were beaten to first place by an even better crew from Nottingham who had a time of 20mins 32secs.
Sarah Cook raced in WS2 1x. Sarah's time of 21mins 54secs gave her second place.
We had two entrants in WJ15 1x Lauren Williams and Georgie Lowe. Lauren came second in the event with a time of 21mins 59secs and Georgie came fourth in 23mins 43 secs. A great effort by these two girls, battling up stream in singles on a raw morning.
The concerted effort of the members that won the Victor Ludorum at Evesham has shown the talent, strength, and dedication within Gloucester Rowing Club. It bodes well for the future.