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VALUES(57, 'story', 'Natioinal Rowing Championships of Great Britain', 1, 1284020520, 1284020520, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>The National Championships were held at the National Sports Centre in Nottingham over the weekend of 18/19 July 2009.<br />On Saturday Ben Rodford took part in open lightweight single sculls O Lwt.1X. There were 28 entries so the event took the form of a time trial over the 2000 metres course. There was a fresh breeze makng the going hard. Ben finished in 18th place with a time of 7 mins 2 secs.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(58, 'story', 'Henley Veteran Regatta', 1, 1284038400, 1284038400, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Friday 10th and Saturday 11th July 2009</span></strong><br /><br />The veterans\' regatta takes place the weekend after The Royal Henley Regatta. The veteran course is 1000 metres upstream on the Thames at The Upper Thames Rowing Club.<br /><br />Our coxless four of Jon Garner, Andy Jones, Martin Jones and Russell Thornton were entered in Vet D and had a great regatta.<br /><br />On Friday morning in their heat they were up against a City of Sheffield four who they beat by four lengths, returning a time of 3mins 29secs.<br /><br />Then Friday afternoon they raced in the quarter final against Nottingham  and repeated the result of the morning by crossing  the finish line four lengths in front. Their time against Nottingham was 3mins 31secs.<br /><br />They were in the semi final on Saturday. Their opponents this time were a crew from Norwich. Again our four crossed the line first, two and a half lengths ahead of Norwich. Their performance was consistent, with a time of 3mins 31secs - same as for the quarter final. <br /><br />In the final they had  close, hard battle with Walbrook. At the finish Walbrook were ahead by a third of a length with a time  of 3mins 36secs.  <br /><br />A very good and encouraging result for our Vet D four, to win the first three rounds so convincingly and to lose the final by just a third of a length.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(59, 'story', 'Ironbridge Regatta', 1, 1284008160, 1284008160, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Saturday 27 June 2009</span></strong><br /><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"></span></strong><br />The course for Saturday was 1000 metres downstream on the Severn.<br /><br />Our <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM2.4+</span></strong> crew of Jon Garner, Andy Jones, Martin Jones and Russell Thornton coxed by Ed Jones were narrowly beaten in their heat.<br /><br />Jon Garner and Russell Thornton entered in <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetD.2-.</span></strong> They won their heat but lost in the final.<br /><br />Martin Jones and Andy Jones also entered <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetD.2-</span></strong> but did not get through the heat being hampered somewhat by a crash !!<br /><br />Sarah Cook and Kalan Mai Waite did not manage to win <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WIM2.2x.</span></strong><br /><br />The best is kept for last. Kalan won her <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WJ18.1x</span></strong> event.<br /><br /><strong><span style=\"color:#ff6666;\">Sunday 28 June 2009</span></strong><br /><br />The Sunday course was a 500 metres sprint downstream.<br /><br />Sarah Cook and Russell Thornton entered open <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM2.2x</span></strong>. They took the lead at the start of their heat but could not maintain it to the finish.<br /><br /><div align=\"right\">Graham</div><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(60, 'story', 'Henley Royal Regatta (Qualifying races )', 1, 1284037800, 1284037800, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Friday 26 June 2009</span></strong><br /><br />Henley regatta is held on 1st to 5th July but because of the large number of entries, qualifying races are held to reduce the number. We had two crews entered in the Wyfold Challenge Cup for coxless fours. Gloucester A consisted of Ben Rodford, Dan Brawn, Tim Barnett and Sam Thornton, and Gloucester B was Dave Pollard, Toby Venn, Mike Lacey and Russell Thornton.<br /><br />The course is 2112 metres upstream on the Thames at Henley. Only fifteen of the forty six crews entered qualified to go on to the main regatta. Our A crew had a time of 7mins 18.osecs and the B crew returned a time of 7mins 28.2secs. The A crew failed to qualify by one to two seconds. So fame at Henley for our crews will have to wait for another year !!! Henley may be about show and tradition but, have no doubt, there is seriously good rowing there too.<br /><br /><div align=\"right\">Graham</div><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(61, 'story', 'Marlow Regatta', 1, 1284010920, 1284010920, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><strong><span style=\"color:#cc0000;\">Saturday 20 June 2009</span></strong><br /><br />We had one crew entered in the Regatta which is run over a 2000 metres course.<br />Our <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM1.4-</span></strong> crew of Ben Rodford, Daniel Brawn, Tim Barnett and Sam Thornton were in heat 1 of the four heats.  They were fifth of the six boats in the heat with a time of 6 mins 49.05 secs compared with the winning time by Thames Tradesmen of 6 mins 34.22 secs.   They did not make the final. It\'s a tough event !!<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(62, 'story', 'National Veteran Championships', 1, 1284016440, 1284016440, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><strong><span style=\"color:#cc0000;\">Sunday 14th June 2009</span></strong><br /><br />We had crews in eight events at the championships which were held at the National Sports Centre in Nottingham. There were six lanes on the 500 metres course.<br /><br />In <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetD.4-</span></strong> we had our established crew of Jon Garner, Andy Jones, Martin Jones and Russell Thornton. Our four won their heat with a time of 3 mins 31.9 secs then improved their time in the final to 3 mins 28.3 secs to take second place. A great result for the crew.<br /><br />Jon Garner paired with Russell Thornton and Andy Jones paired with Martin Jones to enter event <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetD.2-.</span></strong> Martin and Andy were in heat 1 and obtained a time of 4 mins 1.0 secs to take third place and progress to the final. In heat 2 Jon and Russell returned a time of 3 mins 59.9 secs giving them second place and also making the final. In the final Jon and Russell improved their time to 3 mins 58.3 secs and came in fourth of the six boats. Andy and Martin had a time of 4 mins 0.2 secs and had sixth place.<br /><br />Steve Lowe entered <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetC.1x.</span></strong> His time of 4 mins 8.8 secs in his heat, did not qualify him for the final.<br /><br />Steve also entered <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetC.IM3.1x.</span></strong> His heat time of 4 mins 18.6 secs gave him third position and a place in the final. He was fifth of the six finalists with a time of 4 mins 23.3 secs.<br /><br />Gerri Jones was in the straight final of <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">W.VetD/E.1x</span></strong>. She took third place with a time of 5 mins 0.2 secs.<br /><br />Gerri was in a double with Deirdre Squire in <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">W.VetD.2x</span></strong>. They had second place in the straight final with a time of 4 mins 49.1 secs.<br /><br />Gerri and Deirdre also entered <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">W.VetD.IM3.2x</span></strong>. They finished second of the three entrants with a time of 4 mins 29 secs.<br /><br />Russell Thornton raced in heat 1 of <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetE.1x</span></strong> No time was given but he did not make the final .<br /><br /><div align=\"right\">Graham</div><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(63, 'story', 'Peterborough Regatta', 1, 1283996280, 1283996280, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Sunday 7th June 2009</span></strong><br /><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"></span></strong><br /><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Sarah Cook, Larissa Lowe and Steve Lowe entered the regatta. Here is Steve\'s report on the day</span><br /><br /><br /><span style=\"color:#6600cc;\">A good standard event at the dedicated rowing facility in Peterborough over the \'sprint\' distance of 500m<br /><br />Steve Lowe started the day with the IM3 single. A storm brewed up for the race with driving wind and rain making conditions challenging. This along with the fact that there were no boats or bridges to bounce off meant that Lowe managed to cross out of his lane losing any hope of a challenge<br /><br />In the next event the  Double of Sarah  Cook and Larissa Lowe sailed through their qualification heat but saw some very strong looking crews including one in a GB boat that set the stage for a good final<br /><br />Steve in his second event of the day, the veterans single, again faced steering challenges this time with the marker buoys, losing any possibility of progressing to the next round<br /><br />Larissa, despite one false start, won the Vet C/D handicap, comfortably making up the 5 second handicap in the first 100m stroking down to 20 strokes per minute for the last 200m<br /><br />In the final event of the day for Gloucester the final of the Women\'s double IM1. The Gloucester crew went off hard with 3  crews in a line for the first 200m but were not strong enough to hold the position crossing the line in 3rd position<br /> </span><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(64, 'story', 'Bell Boats', 1, 1284031260, 1284031260, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Sunday 7th June 2009<br /></span></strong><br />It was the second time Bell Boat races have been held at the club. Juniors under eleven raced in the first session from 10pm to 12 noon. Then 11 to 18 year olds from 12 to 2pm and the seniors from 2pm to 4pm. The weather was kind with just cloud and some sunshine until the final at the end of the day when it just poured down.<br /><br />Youngsters from Tirlebrook Primary and Robinswood Primary made up the three teams in the first session- Titans from Tirlebrook ; Robins of Robinswood and the Put Togethers made up from the two schools. In the first race the Robins beat the Titans by one and a half lengths due mainly to the Titans running into the bank at one point. The Titans showed their potential in the second race easily beating Put Together by five lengths. In the third race Robins also got the bettter of Put Together but by only half a length.<br /><br />A draw decided the entrants for the last two races of the session. Put Together drew a bye into the final while Robins and Titan had to battle together in the semi. With improved techniques by now both teams in the semi paddled well with Titans winning by one and a half lengths in a good race. The final too between Titans and Put Together was a good race. Titans again proved their class and won by one and a half lengths<br />.<br />Each member of the winning crew received a medal and all crew members had a bar of chocolate.<br /><br />There were seven teams in the second session for the 11 to 18 year olds. They were Crossdressers; Inbetweeners; Blue Team; No 1 Team; Gladiators; Innsworth Scouts and Team Unknown. The first race was close. Inbetweeners beat Crossdressers by 3 feet. In the second race Blue Team beat No. 1 Team easily. The third race produced a win for Innsworth Scouts over Gladiators. Team Unknown had a bye to the next round. In the first semi final Blue Team beat Inbetweeners by three lengths. The other semi produced the closest race of the day, Team Unknnown beat Innsworth Scouts by just one foot.<br /><br />To give the teams that lost in the first round another race, Crossdressers paddled against Gladiators and Crossdressers won by a length. Then Crossdressers competed with No. 1 Team with Crossdressers again coming out winners by two lengths. The final to decide the winners of the session then took place between Blue Team and Team Unkown. Blue Team came out clear winners to take the title for the session.<br /><br />The adult\'s session had five teams ; 8 Plebs in a Boat; Team Shuttleworth; 46ers; Gloucester County Council and Rachael\'s Rowers.<br />The first race was won by 8 Plebs in a Boat who beat Team Shuttleworth by 3 lengths. Team Shuttleworth then had another race against Rachael\'s Rowers, who also beat them, but only by 2 feet. In the third race Gllucester County Council beat 46ers easily. 46ers second race was against Team Shuttleworth who beat them easily. The first semi final was between 8 Plebs in a Boat and Gloucester County Council who were beaten by 3 lengths. The other semi between Rachael\'s Rowers and Team Shuttleworth was won by Rachael\'s Rowers by 3 feet. The final, raced in a downpour, was between 8 Plebs in a Boat and Rachael\'s Rowers. 8 Plebs in a Boat came out champions of the session by 2 lengths<br /><br />The day\'s event ran smoothly thanks to all the club helpers. The teams obviously enjoyed the races and the clubs coffers were enriched by the entry and refreshments money. Another successful Bell Boats event buiding on the first one held in 2008.<br /><br /><div align=\"right\">Graham</div><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(65, 'story', 'Hereford Regatta', 1, 1284017280, 1284017280, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff6666;\">Mondat 25 May 2009</span><br /><span style=\"color:#ff6666;\">Spring Bank Holiday</span><br /><br />Jon Garner, Andy Jones, Martin Jones and Russell Thornton coxed by Rosie Jones raced in <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetC.4+</span></strong> and you can see a photograph of them winning the event in our Gallery.<br /><br />We had another win in event <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM3.4+</span></strong> thanks to Dave Pollard, Toby Venn, Mike Lacey and Sam Thornton and their cox Rosie Jones. Their pic shows the calm composure of the crew.<br /><br />Jon Garner and Russell Thornton gave us our third event win in <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM2.2-.</span></strong> I think they frightened the opposition into submission - see the pic.<br /><br />Martin and Gerri Jones raced in <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetD.2x</span></strong>. but lost out to a double from Dart Totnes.<br /><br />Steve Lowe was unable to gain a victory in either of his two events <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetC.1x</span></strong> or <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM3.1x</span></strong> but the Gallery has a fine photograph of him in action.<br /><br />Gerri Jones was in <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WIM2.1x</span></strong>. Although she did not win her event it seems from her photo that she was laughing on the way to the finish. What do you think ?<br /><br />Our <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">Nv.4+</span></strong> crew of Jon Phipps, Jon C, Harry Denne and Lee Godsell coxed by Sue Berry did well. They won their heat and the semi final but were beaten by a very polished crew in the final. There is a fine photograph of them on our Gallery page. It\'s really worth looking in the Gallery.<br /><br /><br /><div align=\"right\">Graham </div><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(66, 'story', 'Metropolitan Regatta', 1, 1284009360, 1284009360, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>The Metropolitan Regatta was held on the 2000 metres course at Dorney Lake in fine weather.<br /><br /><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Saturday 30th May 2009</span></strong><br /><br />Our<span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"> IM1.4-</span> crew of Rich Woods, Tim Barnett, Daniel Brawn and Ben Rodford raced in division A. They finished first of the six crews in their heat, returning a time of 7mins 16secs to progress to the final. They came fifth in the final with a time of 7mins 18secs against the winning time of 6mins 57secs attained by Nottingham RC.<br /><br />Our other <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM1.4-</span></strong> crew of Jonathan Garner, Andrew Jones, Martin Jones and Russell Thornton were in division B. They had a time of 8mins 2secs and took fourth place in their heat and did not qualify for the final.<br /><br />Our crew rowing in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM3.4</span>+</strong></span> was David Pollard, Toby Venn, Mike Lacey and Sam Thornton coxed by Rosie Jones. They returned a time of 7mins 44secs just a quarter of a second slower than Exeter University who took second place in the heat and so denied our crew a place in the final.<br /><br /><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Sunday 31st May 2009<br /></span></strong><br />Rich Woods, Tim Barnett, Daniel Brawn and Ben Rodford again rowed in <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM1.4-</span></strong> as Gloucester A crew. In the quarter final they produced a time of 6mins 50secs to take third place of the five boats and qualified for the semi final. Their time in the semi was 7mins 8secs giving them fifth place of the six crews.<br /><br />Our crew of David Pollard, Toby Venn, Mike Lacey and Sam Thornton also entered <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM1.4-</span></strong>, moving up two levels. In their quarter final they produced a time of 6mins 54secs in a close race to take fourth place. Gloucester were the last of three boats all finishiing within 1.2 seconds of each other.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(67, 'story', 'Bristol Avon Regatta at Saltford', 1, 1284017160, 1284017160, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Saturday 16th May 2009</span></strong><br /><strong><span style=\"color:#ff6666;\"></span></strong><br />The club entered twenty crews at Saltford. The Bristol Avon regatta returned to Saltford from Bristol docks in 2008. It is held on a 1000 metres straight on the river.<br /><br />The regular crew of Rachael Britnell, Karen Longstaff, Zoe Mandeville and Karen Drinkwater with Peter Hills their ususal cox entered <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">W.IM3.4+</span>. In the semi final they beat a four from Monkton Combe School by half a length then in the final Plymouth beat them by four lengths.<br /><br />Gerry Jones had a good day in the <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">W.VetD.1x</span> event. She beat an Avon Cunty sculler easily.<br /><br />Gerry combined with Deirdre Squire in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">W.IM3.2x</span> but they could not get the better of a women\'s double from Christchurch who beat them by two lengths.<br /><br />Deirdre and Aaron Squire raced as a double in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">Mx.Sen</span><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">.2x</span> but lost out to a Cotswold double by two and a half lengths.<br /><br />Sarah Mashiter represented Gloucester in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">W.J14.1x</span> but could not match her Avon County opponent who won easily.<br /><br />Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">W.J14.4x+</span> crew of Lucy Cooper, Cloe Jones, Hannah Locke and Jessica Westerby coxed by Hetty Watt also were beaten by a crew from Avon County.<br /><br />Tobie Bowdler and Nocholas Waters in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J15.2x</span> came second to a Wycliffe College crew in the Quarter finals.<br /><br />In <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J16.1x</span> a Wycliffe College sculler beat our Thomas Waters by four lengths.<br /><br />In a straight final Timothy Nichols in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J15.1x</span> was bettered by a Plymouth Sculler.<br /><br />Returning to the seniors, John Squire and James Dorer in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetE.2-</span> were second best to a pair from Avon County.<br /><br />We had two entries in event <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetD.2-</span> Johnathan Garner rowing with Russell Thornton and Martin Jones rowing with Andy Jones. Johnathan and Russel were up against a pair from Minerva Bath in the semi final and Gloucester won by two feet. Then our two crews competed against each other in the final when Martin and Andy came out victors by three lengths.<br /><br />Steve Lowe entered a sculling event again, <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetC.1x.</span> He had a good race but was two lengths behind the Hollowel Scullers boat at the finish line.<br /><br />David Pollard and Sam Thornton brought some glory to Gloucester in the <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J18</span><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">.2</span><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">x</span> event. In the semi final they easily beat a double from Plymouth then showed a Wycliffe College double the way to the finish line beating them by two lengths.<br /><br />David and Sam were joined by Mike Lacey and Toby Venn and cox Rosie Jones in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM3.4+</span> to compete in a semi final against a Bristol Ariel four. This was not to be another victory for Gloucester but it was close, just a third of a length in it at the line.<br /><br />The established Gloucester four of Jonathan Garner, Andy Jones, Martin Jones and Russell Thornton in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">Sen.4-</span> competed with a Monkton Combe School crew who lead Gloucester by five lengths at the finish.<br /><br />We had a crew in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">Nov.4+</span> which consisted of Jonothan Phipps, John Denne, Lee Godsell and Tim Cooper coxed by Sue Berry. They came out second best to a four from Monkton Combe School by three and a half lengths.<br /><br />In his second sculling event of the day Steve Lowe entered <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM3.1x</span> and met a Bath University sculler in the semi final. Steve was beaten by the Bath boat which went on to win the final.<br /><br />Paul Brooker, Mark Venn, Toby Venn and Mike Lacey coxed by Rosie Jones had a good battle with a crew from Minerva Bath in the straight final of event <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM2.4+</span>. At the finish line our crew were just a canvas behind Bath.<br /><br />But we had revenge against Bath University in event <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">W.Sen</span><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">.2x.</span> We were represented by Larissa Lowe and Kalan Mai Waite. Again it was a good race but Gloucester crossed the finish a length ahead of Bath.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(68, 'story', 'Evesham Regatta', 1, 1284013200, 1284013200, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Saturday 2nd May 2009</span></strong><br /><span style=\"color:#000000;\"></span><br /><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The weather was fine for the Saturday events on the 1000 metres upstream course. </span><br /><br />In the morning our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM3.4+</span> crew of Steve Lowe, Harry Denne, Lee Godsell and Jonathan Claridge coxed by Sue Berry lost to Monmouth School RC by four lengths.<br /><br />The established crew of Rachael Britnell, Karen Longstaff, Zoe Mandeville and Kim Drinkwater coxed by Peter Hills in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WIM3.4+</span> won their heat against Warwick Boat Club by half a length, but Llandaff RC beat them by three quarters of a length in the final.<br /><br />Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">NOV.4+ </span>crew of Jonathan Claridge, Lee Godsell, Jonothan Phipps and Tim Cooper coxed by Sue Berry, were up against Bristol Ariel in their heat. Bristol easily got the better of our crew but they enjoyed the experience of their first regatta.<br /><br />Steve Lowe racing in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VETC.1x</span> had a good day. In a straight final he beat a sculler from Staines BC by four lengths.<br /><br />Laurissa Lowe and Kalan Mai Waite also had a successful day in event <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WIM2.2x</span>. In their first heat they easily beat a double from Evesham. Then in their second heat they had stiffer opposition from Pengwern BC but still won by a length. They took the final comfortably, beating Staines BC by three lengths.<br /><br /><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Sunday 3rd May 2009</span></strong><br /><strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"></span></strong><br />The Sunday course was a 500 metres sprint downstream.<br /><br />India Parsons and Sam Staite entered in<span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"> WJ13A.2x</span> and did well to win their heat by two feet but did not manage to win the semi final. They raced well in this their first regatta and gained good experience.<br /><br />R Green and Noah Serafin in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J13A.2x</span> were beaten by a Reading RC double in a straight final.<br /><br />Gabriella Lowe had a close race in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WJ12A.1x</span>, losng out by a length to Ross RC in the final.<br /><br />It was a good event for Steve Lowe racing in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">NOV.1x</span>. He beat a Ross sculler by two lengths in his first heat, then he got the better of  a Bristol Ariel sculler by one length in his second heat. However Steve lost to a better sculler from Evesham by three and a half lengths in the semi final.<br /><br />Hannah Locke and Sarah Mashiter were entered in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WJ14A.2x.</span>  A double from Ross got the better of them by a length.<br /><br />Tim Nichols had a good race in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J15A.1x.</span> Tim was just a foot behind his opponent from Staines as they crossed the line.<br /><br />Charlotte Allen, Alice Dibley, Bethanie Hamblett and Victoria Brown coxed by Jessica Sharples raced in event <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WJ15A.4x+. </span><span style=\"color:#333333;\">They were competing with a quad from Worcester RC who beat them by a length.</span><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(69, 'story', 'Wallingford Regatta', 1, 1284035400, 1284035400, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff6666;\">Sunday 3rd May 2009</span><br /><br />The regatta is held on the six/seven lane 2000 metres course at Dorney Lake, the venue of the 2012 Olympic rowing. The weather was fine but a strong crosswind made the water choppy in the higher number lanes. We had five crews entered in this prestigious regatta, competing amongst some of the best crews in the country.<br /><br />Two of the crews were juniors. Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WJ15A.4x+</span> crew was Laura Meadows, Hattie Neave, Lauren Williams, Alicia Green with cox Patrick Pollard, and our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J18A.4x-</span> consisted of Sam Thornton, Ben Marshall, Lyndon Cook and Dave Pollard. The senior crews were: Russell Thornton in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM2.1x</span>; Ben Rodford, Dan Braun, Tim Barnett and Rich Woods in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM1.4-,</span> and Toby Venn, Dave Pollard, Sam Thornton and Mike Lacey in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM1.4+</span><br /><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"></span><br />The <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WJ15A.4x+</span> crew began their day with an excellent row in their heat, to win it with a time of 7mins 52secs. In the final they again did very well to take fourth place with a time of 7mins 48secs.<br /><br />Russell had a hard race in heat A of his <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM2.1x</span> event and came in fifth of the six contestants with a time of 7mins 55secs compared with the winner\'s time of 7mins 24secs.<br /><br />Our crew racing in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM1.4+</span> should have been in IM3, but that category was full. However they put in a good performance and came sixth of the seven boats that were in the final. Our crew produced a time of 6mins 56secs to beat their local rivals Ross and they were just two seconds behind London who were in fifth place.<br /><p>Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM1.4-</span> crew also found they had tough competition in heat C of their event but secured fourth place out of the six entrants with a time of 6mins 36secs against the winner\'s time of 6mins 24secs.</p><p>All our crews had a good day\'s racing although they found it tough against the quality crews at Wallingford, but all gained good experience, particularly our juniors.</p><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(70, 'story', 'Nottingham City Regatta', 1, 1284016740, 1284016740, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Saturday 25th April 2009</span><br /><br />We had two crews entered in the Nottingham City Regatta which is held at the National Watersports Centre,  Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham. Our  <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J18 4x</span> crew consisted of Sam Thornton, Ben Marshall, Lyndon Cook and Dave Pollard. The senior crew racing in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">Intermediate 1 4-</span> was Ben Rodford, Dan Braun, Tim Barnett and Rich Woods.<br /><br />The <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J18 4x</span> crew were in lane three of the six lane 2000m course and were up against Nottingham RC and Derby/Burton. Nottingham won the event in 6 mins 53 secs with our quad taking second place in 7mins 2secs.<br /><br />There were seven crews entered in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">Intermediate 1 4- </span>in the afternoon division. Our crew were in lane four in heat 1 competing with three other boats. We won the heat with a time of 5mins 44secs. Bedford RC coming second with a time of 5mins 53secs<br /><br />The final of <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">IM1 4-</span> was contested by six boats. At the 500m mark Gloucester were lying third behind Burton Leander and Tyne RC but then steadily pulled ahead of them to be in the lead at the 1000m mark and went on to further increase their lead to win with a time of 7mins 25.9secs - over seven seconds ahead of Burton Leander in second place.<br /><br />The results at Nottingham are a brilliant start to the regatta season for the club. The J18 crew with Ben Marshall joining them did very well to take second place while our established senior four are continuing their very successful run.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(71, 'story', 'Head of the River Race', 1, 1283997420, 1283997420, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Saturday 21st March 2009</span><br />The Head of the River Race is on the Championship course on the Tideway from Mortlake to Putney. The race is for eights at all levels: Elite, Lightweight, S1, S2, S3, S4 and Novice with 409 crews taking part altogether this year. Gloucester had two crews in this large, prestigous event.<br /><br />Our crew in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 8+</span> was Dan Braun, Ben Rodford, Rich Woods, Tim Barnett, Graeme Hill, Toby Venn, Sam Thornton, Jon Garner coxed by Rosie Jones. They covered the course in 19mins 18secs compared with the winning time of Durham University 18mins 14secs. Their time put them in position 42 of the 81 entrants in S2.<br /><br />Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S3 8+</span> crew was Russell Thornton, Martin Jones, Andy Jones, Lyndon Cook, Mark Venn, Lee Godsell, Dave Pollard, Paul Brooker with Ed Jones coxing. They achieved a time of 20mins 12secs to attain position 71 of the 91 entrants in S3. Bristol University won S3 in a time of 18mins 39secs.<br /><br /><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Sunday 22nd March 2009</span><br /><br />Our Vet C crew of  Russell Thornton, Martin Jones, Andy Jones, Steve Lowe, Mark Venn, Paul Brooker, Lee Godsell, Jonathan Garner  coxed by Ed Jones raced over the championship courseon Sunday. They were 21st in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetC 8+</span> out of 41 entrants in the event, with a time of 21mins 42secs. The event winning time was 19mins 59secs by UL Tyrian.  Over all they were 75th out of 176<br /><br /><div align=\"right\">Graham</div><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(72, 'story', 'Gloucester Rowing Club Head of River', 1, 1284036780, 1284036780, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Sunday 8th March 2009</span><br /><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"></span><br />The Head courses were, 4 km from broken bridge to Simms bridge and a shorter 2.5 km one for juniors under fifteen, from turning bay to Simms bridge. There was some cold, heavy rain at the start of Division 1 and a strong south westerly wind blew along the course throughout the day.<br /><br /><br />Altogether 47 boats raced on the long course in division 1, scheduled for 11 am. The events included were :- S1, S3, Nv eights; S2, S4 quads; S2, S4, Vet E coxed fours; Vet B coxless fours; S3, Vet D, Vet F, J16 doubles; S2, S4, J18, J15 singles. On the short course in division 1, five crews raced in events WJ13, J14 doubles and WJ14 singles.<br /><br /><br />Division 2 started at 2 pm when 60 crews raced on the long course and nine crews on the short course. The long course events were :- S2, S4, VetE eights; S3 quads; S1, S3, VetF coxed fours; S4, VetC, VetE, J18, J15 doubles; VetE pairs; S1, S3, Nv, J16 singles. The short course events were :- J12, J13 coxed quads; J14 doubles; J13 singles.<br /><br /><br />In division 1 on the long course Gloucester had four crews. Gerri Jones won event <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS4 1X</span> in a time of 19mins 19secs. Charlotte Allen and Louise Nichols achieved a time of 18mins 19secs in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WJ16 2X</span>. Timothy Nichols in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J15 1X </span>finished in 19mins 27secs, and Georgina Lowe, in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WJ15 1X</span>, had a time of 20mins 18secs. On the short course in division 1 Lauren Williams did exceptionally well to win <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WJ14 1X </span>in a record breaking time of 11mins 38secs.<br /><br /><br /><p>In division 2 Gloucester had 10 crews on the long course. They fared as follows. Jon Garner, Sam Thornton, Toby Venn, Graeme Hill, Timothy Barnett, Rich Woods, Ben Rodford, Daniel Braun with cox Rosie Jones rowed in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 8+ </span>and came third in the event with a time of 12mins 56secs. Our other crew in the event was Paul Brooker, David Pollard, Martin Jones, Mark Venn, Stephen Lowe, Andy Jones, Lyndon Cook, Russell Thornton with cox Ed Jones. They took sixth place with a time of 14mins 9secs. Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">NV4+</span> crew was Lee Godsell, Johnathan Claridge, John Denne. Johnathan Phipps coxed by Peter Hills. They achieved a time of 17mins 2secs and came second to Loughborough. Tobie Bowdler and Nicholas Waters time was 17mins 5secs in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J15 2X</span> to take second place. Alicia Green and Hattie Neave had an excellent performance in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WJ13 2X</span> to win the event in a new record time of 17mins 21secs. The <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS3 4+</span> event was won by Rachael Britnell, Janet Godsell, Eleanor Cooper and Karern Longstaff coxed by Pete Hills in a time of 17mins 27secs. Ben Marshall again showed his capability to win his event, <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J16 1X</span> with a time of 17mins 33secs. Alistair Yates and Thomas Waters in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J18 2X</span> finished in 17mins 56secs. The established pair of John Squire and James Dorer in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetE 2X</span>, won their event in 18mins 17secs. Our women\'s novice crew consisting of Abigail Cooper, Lwando Squire, Verna Green and Janet Phipps coxed by Deirdre Squire in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WNV 4+</span> finished in 21mins 4secs. </p><p>We had five crews sculling for Gloucester on the short course in division 2. In <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J13 4X+</span> Lucy Hailes, Samantha Staite, John Helsby, Noah Serafin coxed by Laura Meadows won the event with a time of 11mins 47secs. Also sculling in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WJ13 4X+</span> Alena Antonijovic, India Parsons, Ben Rolfe, James Bird coxed by Jessica Sharples finished in 11mins 49secs to take second place. Freddie Wise sculling in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J13 1X</span> took first place with a time of 12mins 56secs while Rory Green came a very close second, in a time of 12mins 57secs. Patch Pollard was not far behind to take third place in a time of 13mins 3secs. </p><p>The number of senior and junior events won by the clubs were Evesham RC 3 senior 5 junior; Bristol City RC 2 senior; West of England University 4 senior; Avon and Somerset Police 1 senior; Hereford RC 2 senior; Bristol Ariel 4 senior; Dart Totnes 5 senior; Pengwern RC 3 senior; Ross RC 6 junior; Warwick RC 3 senior; Gloucester RC 3 senior 4 junior; Bewdley RC 1 senior; Loughborough BC 1 senior; Stourport BC 1 senior. </p><p>Inspite of poor weather the Head was again a great success, with all the crews enjoying some good racing. The organisation worked well with umpires, marshals and time keepers and helpers all doing their jobs efficiently. Fortunately, the rescue boats had nothing to do, while those preparing and serving the food in the clubhouse had a busy day.</p><div align=\"right\">Graham<br /><br /></div><p></p><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(73, 'story', 'Beth Rodford takes title at GB Winter Assessment Trials', 1, 1283994960, 1283994960, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>Beth Rodford has won two GB Winter Assessment trials in single scull, getting the better of champions Katherine  Grainger and  Annie Vernon also rising star Olivia Whitlam.  The trials were held over a 5 km course at Boston, Lincolnshire. The first took place in December 08 which Beth won in a time of  20mins 05.36 secs. The more recent was in February when Beth  won the event again, in a time of 20mins 09.09secs.    This was a great achievement by Beth, and  we wish her well for the final trial which takes place in Hazelwinkel, Belgium on  April 10th -13th.  <br /><br /><div align=\"right\">Graham         </div><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(74, 'story', 'Worcester Head of River', 1, 1284020580, 1284020580, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><strong><span style=\"color:#ff6666;\">Saturday 21 February 2009</span></strong><br /><br />The course is 6 km downstream. We had three crews entered in the Head. Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 4-</span> crew was Ben Rodford; Dan Braun; Tim Barnett and Rich Woods. The <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VETD 4-</span> crew consisted of Jon Garner; Andy Jones; Martin Jones and Russell Thornton. The third crew was entered in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J18 4X</span> and was made up of Ben Marshal; Dave Pollard; Sam Thornton and Lyndon Cook.<br /><br />However all three crews were put into <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 4-</span> with Toby Venn replacing Ben Marshal from the J18 Crew. Gloucester produced an excellent result. Ben Rodford\'s crew won the event with a time of 18mins 54 secs. Lyndon Cook\'s crew did exceptionally well to take second place with a time of 19mins 36secs. To round things off our Vet D crew made it a clean sweep to take third place with a time of 19mins 58secs.<br /><br />All three of our crews beat the local Worcester S2 4- crew which came in fourth place with a time of 20mins 9secs.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(75, 'story', 'Head of the Trent - Nottingham', 1, 1284035760, 1284035760, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff6666;\">Sunday 15th February 2009</span><br /><span style=\"color:#ff6666;\"></span><br /><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The head is raced over a 6000 metres course down stream in Nottingham from Clifton bridge to T S Orion. Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 8+ </span>crew was Jon Garner; Russell Thornton; Toby Venn; Sam Thornton; Tim Barnett; Rich Woods; Ben Rodford and Daniel Braun coxed by Rosie Jones. Their event was in Division one at 10 am. Their time was 16mins 16secs compared with a winning time of 15mins 14secs and were in fifth place out of nine entrants in their category and 9th overall.</span><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(76, 'story', 'Icicle Head Jan 17th', 1, 1284031320, 1284031320, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>Results are <a href=\"http://www.gloucester-rowing.org/pages/icicle_heads/icicle_results_Jan.html\">here</a><br /><br />Any queries to me.<br />The W4 result is slow, but correct for start and finish times reported. Did they really finish 10 mins after everyone else??<br /><br />Mark<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(77, 'story', 'Vesta Scullers Head', 1, 1284034560, 1284034560, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff6666;\">Saturday 6 December 2008</span><br /><br />The 55th Scullers Head  organised by Vesta Rowing Club takes place  on the four and a quarter miles, championship course on the Tideway, from Mortlake to Putney. First sculled in 1954, it is the largest single division single sculls race in the world and attracts  entries from all over the United Kingdom and the world, with standards ranging from internationals to novices.<br /><br />We had four entrants amongst the nearly 500 boats  in the Head. They were Ben Rodford, Beth Rodford, Russel Thornton and Sam Thornton.<br /><br />Ben was sculling in event <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S3 LWT</span>. He completed the course in 21mins 53secs to take sixth place in the field of fourteen. The event winner was just 18 secs quicker than Ben.<br /><br />Beth was in the women\'s elite event , <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WE</span>, with seven other contenders. She took second place with a time of 22mins 20secs, being 8 seconds behind the winner.<br /><br />Russell\'s event was <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">Vet D</span>. In the field of 19 boats Russell was eighth. He had a time of 23mins 16secs compared with the winning time of 22mins 3secs.<br /><br />Sam had twenty five competitors in his event, <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J18</span>. He finished in seventeenth position with a time of 22mins 37secs. The winner\'s time was 21mins 22secs.<br /><br />All our entrants did very well amongst such high quality competition in this prestigiuos head of river. To see Beth Rodford sculling in Gloucester colours brings pride to the club.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(78, 'story', 'Message from our Captain', 1, 1283998380, 1283998380, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>I\'d like to thank and congratulate all who took part in the two Evesham heads and secured the Victor Ludorum for the club. It was a tremendous effort by all and really impressive to see the size and breadth of the club\'s entries. It was also good to note the strong sense of club achievement during the prize giving after the event. It was a close run contest right to the end, and was only secured by the addition of two course records.<br /><br />I\'d like to think that the club can move forward with the realsiation of what we can achieve when we make the effort. I look forward to continued success in the head season, and some impressive results across the squads as we move into the regattas.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Russell Thornton<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(79, 'story', 'Evesham Head of River', 1, 1283993280, 1283993280, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Saturday 29 November 2008</span><br /><br /><strong>Gloucester Rowing Club win Victor Ludorum Prize</strong><br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Pride of place must go to our J18 crew David Pollard, Lyndon Cook, Haydon Sansom and Sam Thornton racing in event <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S3 4x-</span> 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.<br /><br />Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 2-</span> 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.<br /><br />Jon Garner, Toby Venn, Martin Jones, and Russell Thornton with Edward Jones as cox in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S3 4+</span> had a time of 17min 7secs and came second to a Stratford crew in their event.<br /><br />Tim Barnett and Rich Woods won their <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 2-</span> event with a time of 17mins 32secs.<br /><br />In event <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S4 4+</span> Andy Jones, Toby Venn, Paul Brooker and Daniel Brawn coxed by Edward Jones had a time of 17mins 39secs and won their category.<br /><br />Lyndon Cook and Dave Pollard won event <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J18 2x</span> with a time of 17mins 39secs.<br /><br />Event <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">N1x</span> was won by Ben Rodford in 18mins 26secs. (Incidentally the same time as a WS3 4x- crew from Bristol. )<br /><br />Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WJ15 4x </span>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.<br /><br />In event <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S3 2-</span> Jon Garner and Russell Thornton came second with a time of 18mins 52secs.<br /><br />Martin and Gerry Jones rowed in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VD2x</span> and won the event in 18mins 54secs.<br /><br />Sam Thornton won event <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J18 1x</span> with a time of 19mins 1sec, over a minute ahead of his nearest rival.<br /><br />Larissa Lowe and Sarah Cook made it another win for Gloucester in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS2 2x</span> with a time of twenty minutes exactly.<br /><br />Our faithful <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS3 4+</span> crew of Zoe Mandeville, Rachael Britnell, Karen Longstaff and Kim Drinkwater coxed by Pete Hills came in third in their event in 20mins 4secs.<br /><br />Ben Marshall raced in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J16 1x</span> and won his event returning a time of 20mins 10secs gaining another medal for Gloucester.<br /><br />James Dorer and John Squire raced in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VE 2-</span> 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.<br /><br />Sarah Cook raced in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS2 1x</span>. Sarah\'s time of 21mins 54secs gave her second place.<br /><br />We had two entrants in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WJ15 1x</span> 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.<br /><br />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.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(80, 'story', 'Evesham Head - 29 November 2008', 1, 1284016440, 1284016440, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>The club won the victor ludorum at the Evesham Senior Head following its successes at the Junior Head, eighteen crews were entered, eleven wins were recorded and 3 records fell to club crews. <br /><br />Here is the view from the 2 seat of the S2 4-:<br /><br />Having sat for an hour and a half at the front of the first division, the mens S2 4- started at half/three quarter pressure to warm up, rating 33. A stable platform and sharp blade work enabled the crew to lengthen out and lay down some beans. Rich Woods steered a beautiful course which included dodging the University of Birmingham coxless four who were reversing out of a bush. Rich put in a gently worded request for them to keep out of the way while a combination of extra beef from bowside and great steering got the boat through the S-bends at full speed.<br /><br />They then caught and overtook the Worcester S3 quad and had their sights set on Bristol Ariel and, though closing fast, ran out of course before they could get to them. However, they won the event, set a new course record and were at least as quick to get their hands around coffee and stickies in the club house.<br /><table class=\"normal\"><br /><tr><td>Time   </td><td>Crew  </td><td>Event    </td><td>Overall </td><td>Event </td><td>Name</td></tr><tr><td>15:39  </td><td>2/107 </td><td>S34x-    </td><td>  1     </td><td>1     </td><td>Cook L</td></tr><tr><td>15:59# </td><td>1/004 </td><td>S24-     </td><td>  4     </td><td>1     </td><td>Rodford B</td></tr><tr><td>17:07  </td><td>1/010 </td><td>S34+     </td><td> 10=    </td><td>2     </td><td>Thornton R</td></tr><tr><td>17:32  </td><td>2/122 </td><td>S22-     </td><td> 17=    </td><td>1     </td><td>Barnett T</td></tr><tr><td>17:39  </td><td>2/117 </td><td>S44+     </td><td> 19=    </td><td>1     </td><td>Brawn D</td></tr><tr><td>17:39  </td><td>1/024 </td><td>J182x    </td><td> 19=    </td><td>1     </td><td>Cook L</td></tr><tr><td>18:30# </td><td>2/154 </td><td>WJ154x+  </td><td> 37     </td><td>1     </td><td>Green A</td></tr><tr><td>18:26  </td><td>2/178 </td><td>N1x      </td><td> 35=    </td><td>1     </td><td>Rodford B</td></tr><tr><td>18:52  </td><td>2/136 </td><td>S32-     </td><td> 45     </td><td>2     </td><td>Thornton R</td></tr><tr><td>18:54  </td><td>2/143 </td><td>VD2x     </td><td> 46     </td><td>1     </td><td>Jones M</td></tr><tr><td>19:01  </td><td>1/074 </td><td>J181x    </td><td> 52=    </td><td>1     </td><td>Thornton S</td></tr><tr><td>20:00  </td><td>1/065 </td><td>WS22x    </td><td> 75     </td><td>1     </td><td>Lowe L</td></tr><tr><td>20:04  </td><td>1/051 </td><td>WS34+    </td><td> 78     </td><td>3     </td><td>Drinkwater K</td></tr><tr><td>20:10  </td><td>2/179 </td><td>J161x    </td><td> 83=    </td><td>1     </td><td>Marshall B</td></tr><tr><td>21:33# </td><td>1/046 </td><td>VE2-     </td><td>115     </td><td>2     </td><td>Dorer J</td></tr><tr><td>21:54  </td><td>2/181 </td><td>WS21x    </td><td>122=    </td><td>2     </td><td>Cook S</td></tr><tr><td>21:59  </td><td>1/106 </td><td>WJ151x   </td><td>124     </td><td>2     </td><td>Williams L</td></tr><tr><td>23:43  </td><td>1/104 </td><td>WJ151x   </td><td>142     </td><td>4     </td><td>Lowe G</td></tr></table><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(81, 'story', 'Stourport Small Boats Head of River', 1, 1284038340, 1284038340, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff6666;\">Sunday 9 November 2008</span><br /><br />In the morning there was doubt that division one would take place because of the strength of the wind - but it went ahead. The wind had dropped appreciably by the afternoon for division two, but then the rain came down in bucket fulls.<br /><br />In division one Sarah Cook and Laurissa Lowe in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS2 2x</span> did battle against the wind and a crew from the home club. They came out victorious against both with a time of 14mins 45secs - beating Stourport by 3 seconds !<br /><br />Russell Thornton also did battle in division one. He competed in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S3 1x</span> against two other singles both from Stourport. He split the Stourport crews, coming in second with a time of 14mins 33secs.<br /><br />In division two Russell Thornton and Sarah Cooke entered <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">XS2 2x</span>. While waiting 55 minutes at the start in the rain, they had to bale their boat three times.  That was probably their secret weapon - keeping the boat light - because they beat a composite crew from Loughborough Uni. and Gloucester Uni. with a time of 13mins 42 secs, beating their opponents by 31 secs.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(82, 'story', 'Fours Head', 1, 1284002100, 1284002100, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff6666;\">Saturday 8 November 2008</span><br /><br />The Fours Head was first held in 1955. It has increased in size over the years and now in excess of 500 boats race in four basic categories : quadruple sculls; coxless fours and coxed fours, with levels from Juniors up to Elite.<br /><br />The present day course, from Chiswick Bridge to Putney, is four and a quarter miles. It is the championship course for the University boat race between Oxford and Cambridge, but rowed in the reverse direction.<br /><br />The weather was fair for this year\'s race. However rowing into the fresh breeze which created choppy water, made the latter part of the race very hard going.  ( So Ben told me! )<br /><br />We had four crews entered in the Fours Head on the Tideway, two senior crews, a junior crew and a women\'s junior crew.<br /><br />The first senior crew was Rich Woods, Tim Barnett, Dan Braun and Ben Rodford, racing in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 4-.</span> Their time was 20 mins 37 secs compared with a winning time for the category of 20 mins 04 secs by an Eton College four. Our crew\'s time put them in twelfth place out of the forty four entrants. A good result.<br /><br />Our second senior crew was made up of Russell Thornton, Martin Jones, Toby Venn and Jon Garner. They also raced in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 4-</span> and came in 27 th place with a time of 21 mins 29 secs. A very creditable performance on the Tideway.<br /><br />Our women\'s junior eighteen crew had the experience of racing on the Tideway in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">W Jun 4x-</span> category. Laura Springham, Josie Ashworth, Kirstie Bicknell and Kalan-Mai Waite formed the crew. They came in eighteenth of the twenty eight entrants in the category, with a time of 22 mins 54 secs compared with the winning time of 21 mins 32 secs by Henley Rowing Club. A good result and a valuable experience which will give them encouragement for the future.<br /><br />Then there was our crew in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">Jun</span> <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">4x-.</span> The crew consisted of David Pollard, Hayden Sansum, Sam Thornton and Lyndon Cook. They produced a very quick time 20 mins 33 secs which gave them fourteenth position in the field of forty. The winning time was 19 mins 21 secs by a quad from Westminster School. Another good result achieved by this crew.<br /><br />This was a good event for the club with some good performances and some valuable experince gained by the juniors.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(83, 'story', 'The Gloucester Long Distance Head', 1, 1284033420, 1284033420, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff6666;\">Sunday 2 November 2008</span><br /><br />The start of the Head race was put back to 2 pm because a large boat was to move along the canal at 11.30 am, the original start time for the Head. However the boat didn\'t appear. We had decent weather for the event. It was cloudy, chilly with a fresh breeze against the boats during the race, but the rain kept away. The course for the Head was approximately six kilometres from Castle straight to Sims bridge.<br /><br />There were 34 boats taking part and  fourteen of them were from Gloucester.<br /><br />The quickest boat over the course was our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J18 4x-</span> of  Dave Pollard, Sam Thornton, Hayden Sansum and Lyndon Cook in a time of 22min 50 sec. An excellent performance.<br /><br />Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 4-</span> crew of Rich Wood, Dan Braun, Tim Barnett and Ben Rodford covered the course in 23 mins 24 secs.<br /><br />Our next quickest crew was  Russell Thornton, Jon Garner, Toby Venn and Martin Jones in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S3 4- </span>. in a time of 24 mins 30 secs.<br /><br />Next was our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WJ18 4x</span>- crew of Laura Springham, Josie Ashworth, Charlie and Kirstie Bicknell with a time of 27 mins 32 secs.<br /><br />Jack Whittington, Will Gilbert, Sam Coles, Ed Jones, Tom Waters, Ayrton Peel, Chris Beukowitz and Chris coxed by Nick Waters in our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S4 8+</span> finished with a time of 27 mins 43 secs.<br /><br />Then we had another junior crew  of  Ali Barnard, Joe Fox, Leo Kirby, Ali Yates coxed by Tobie Bowdler in   <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J16 4x+</span> finishing in a time of 27 mins 55 secs.<br /><br />Two juniors Lauren Williams and Hattie Neave entered in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS4 2x</span> and returned a time of 29 mins 02 secs.<br /><br />Beth Rodford, one of our Olympic oarswomen, borrowed a single boat to join the event in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WO 1x </span>and returned a time of 29 mins 23 secs.<br /><br />Steve Lowe in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetC 1x</span> covered the course in 29 mins 46 secs.<br /><br />Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WJ15 4x+</span> crew was Alicia Green, Hetty Watt, Lucy Cooper, Tori Brown coxed by Alice Dibley and they achieved a time of  32 mins 0 secs.<br /><br />Kalan Waite in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WJ18 1x</span> finished the course in 31 mins 28 secs.<br /><br />The <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS4 2x</span> crew of Laura Meadows and Beth Hamblett had a time of 33 mins 22 secs.<br /><br />In <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS4 4+</span> our crew of Ellie Cooper, Zoe Mandeville, Rachael Britnell, Jane Edmonds, coxed by Pete Hills finished in 33 mins 31 secs.<br /><br />Gerry Jones in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WVetC 1x</span> had a time  of 33 mins 47 secs.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(84, 'story', 'Pairs Head of River', 1, 1283999160, 1283999160, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Saturday 11 October 2008</span><br /><br />The Pairs Head is held on the Thames\' Tideway. The course is 4000 metres from Chiswick to Hammersmith Bridge downstream on the ebb tide. The event was held on a good, sunny day.<br /><br />Sam Thornton and James Brown entered in <span style=\"color:#3333ff;\">S4 2X</span> category and were sixth quickest out of a field of 23 crews. Their time was 13mins 1sec compared with the quickest crew\'s time of 12mins 22secs. This good race bodes well for this young crew.<br /><br />In <span style=\"color:#3333ff;\">S3 2-</span> we had Jonathan Garner and Russell Thornton representing our club. They too put in a good performance with a time of 13mins 36secs compared with a winning time of 13mins 3secs. Their time gave them seventh place in a field of seventeen.<br /><br />We had three crews entered in category <span style=\"color:#3333ff;\">S2 2-,</span> Rich Woods and Tim Barnett;  Aaron Squire and Toby Venn;  Ben Rodford and Daniel Braun.<br /><br />Rich and Tim put in another excellent performance taking second place in a field of twenty crews, with a time of 12mins 55secs, less than three seconds behind the winning boat. But knowing Rich and Tim I expect they will be disappointed at not getting first place.<br /><br />Aaron and Toby put in a creditable performance too against the tough opposition taking seventeenth place with a time of 14mins 8secs.<br /><br />Our crew of Ben and Daniel had a very good row. They were seventh in their category with a time of 13mins 23secs.<br /><br />This was a good day for Gloucester Rowing Club . We were well represented at the heads and had good performances.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(85, 'story', 'Wallingford Long Distance Sculls', 1, 1284025920, 1284025920, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>The club is sending 2 quads to this event - a J18 4x and a WJ18 4x. The course is set over 4km and they\'ll be up against the best crews both of their age and nationally, so the we wish them the best of luck and look forward to seeing how they got on.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(86, 'story', 'Ross Regatta', 1, 1284016440, 1284016440, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Monday 25 august 2008</span><br />Seniors<br /><br />Our crew in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">Nv 4+</span> was Steve Mandeville, Paul Brooker, Toby Venn and John Squire coxed by Patrick Pollard (Patch). We won the semi final and then went on to take the final too. So the crew raised themselves out of novice status as this was a qualifying event.<br /><br />Tim Barnett, Rhona McCallum, Katy Gallant and Ben Rodford with Patch as cox made up our crew in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">MxS3 4+.</span> The crew beat Liverpool Victoria in their semi final and also took  the final.<br /><br />Deirdre Squire, Rhona McCallum, Kate Beswick and Becky Thomas with John Squire as their cox in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS3 4+</span> had a good day, winning their two heats and the semi final only losing out in the final due to a bad start.<br /><br />The <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS3 8+</span>  crew was made up of Deirdre Squire, Rhona McCallum, Kate Beswick, Becky Thomas, Kim Drinkwater, Karen Longstaff, Zoe Mandeville and Rachael Britnell with Pete Hills their experinced cox. The crew successfully came through the semi final and in the final there was an exchange of words between the coxswains as the blades clashed.  The umpires deemed that we had entered our opponents water and so we were disqualified !!<br /><br />Deidre and Aaron squire were in category <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">MxS3 2x</span> but were unable to get through their heat.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(87, 'story', 'Gloucester Regatta', 1, 1284012300, 1284012300, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>We had a very successful regatta which returned to Gloucester after two years at Ross. The weather over the weekend was kind to us with cloud, some sunshine, and a south westerly breeze. Thanks to good organisation and willing helpers our first two day regatta ran smoothly.<br /><br /><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Saturday 23 August 2008</span><br />Veterans and Juniors<br /><br />In <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetD/E 4+</span> our crew, consisting of John Squire, Mark Venn, Paul Brooker and James Dorer coxed by Abbie Cooper, were up against another Vet D crew from Ross who got the better of us by 3/4 length.<br /><br />There were three crews in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetD 2x</span>. Gerry and Martin Jones put in a smooth performance to beat Llandaff (Weeks) by three and a half lengths in the heat then did a repeat performance winning the final against Llandaff (Thomas) by four lengths.<br /><br />Steve Lowe sculled ferociously in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetC 1x</span> but lost out by 2 1/2 lengths to Maunsell of Bewl.<br /><br />Russell Thornton was one of three crews in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetD 1x</span>. He had a close race against Atkinson of Dart Totness in the heat and came out the winner by 1/2 length. He then competed against Phillips of Bewl Bridge in the final who he beat by one and a half lengths.<br /><br /><br /><div align=\"left\"><span style=\"color:#ff6666;\">Sunday 24 August 2008</span></div><div align=\"left\">Seniors</div><br /><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\">Our crew in the <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">MxE 4+</span> was Tim Barnett, Rhona MacCallum, Katy Gallant and Ben Rodford coxed by Patrick Pollard (Patch). This new crew beat a composite crew of Bristol Ariel and Bristol City by one and a quarter lengths in the semi, then went on to conquer a four from Reading University in the final by a length - quite an achievement really when Tim could only manage to get his tall frame to do half slide because of the high rate set by the stroke.</div><br /><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\">There was another success for the club in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">NV 4+.</span> Our boat, crewed by Steve Mandeville, Paul Brooker, Toby Venn and John Squire coxed by Patch again, had a row over in the semi and went into the final fresh, to cross the finish line one and a half lengths ahead of the Bewdley four.</div><br /><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\">We had a boat amongst the six entrants in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">NV 2x</span> but we were eliminated in the heat by Walbrook. We lost by 3/4 length.</div><br /><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\">Sam Thornton represented the club in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">E 1x</span>. He did well in the heat to get the better of Plank of UK Police by just three feet. The tables were turned in the final when Mitchell of Wycliffe College crossed the line 3 ft ahead of Sam.</div><br /><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\">Dave Pollard was amongst the three entrants in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S4 1x</span>. In the semi he left Kelly of Christchurch two and a half lengths behind him at the finish. But in the final, Revechon of Cantabrigian, got the better of Dave by one and a half lengths.</div><br /><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\">Martin Jones and Steve Lowe were both entered in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">Nv 1x</span>. Martin had Bristow of RAF as his opponent in the semi and beat him easily. So it was Steve and Martin in the final. Steve\'s inexperience hampered him and Martin smoothly won the final easily.</div><br /><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\">The eight members in our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS3 8+</span> crew were Kim Drinkwater, Zoe Mandeville, Rachael Britnell, Karen Longstaff, Rhona MacCallum, Kate Beswick, Deirdre Squire, Becky Thomas coxed by Pete Hills. They had a straight final against Llandaff and were victorious, winning by one and a quarter lengths.</div><br /><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\">Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WNV 4+</span> crew beat the four from Bristol Ariel easily in the semi, but I don\'t know how they fared against Cambridge in the final. ( When I know I\'ll tell you !! )</div><br /><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\">Of the three boats in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS4 2x</span> our crew did not progress to the final, they were knocked out in the semi. Christchurch beat us by two and a half lengths.</div><br /><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\">Gerry Jones competed in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">Ws4 1x</span> where she came up against Cottrill of Evesham in her heat. Cottrill got the better of Gerry crossing the line one and a half lengths ahead.</div><br /><div align=\"left\"></div><div align=\"left\">Becky Thomas entered <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WNV 1x</span> but was no match for Bathe-Taylor of Avon County who won easily.</div><br /><div align=\"left\"></div><br /><div align=\"left\"></div><br /><div align=\"left\"></div><br /><div align=\"left\"></div><br /><div align=\"left\"></div><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(88, 'story', 'Stourport Regatta', 1, 1283991600, 1283991600, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff6666;\">Saturday 9 August 2008</span><br /><br />The weather was mixed - sunshine and showers. We had seven entries on the Saturday which was raced over 1100 metres downstream on the Severn.<br /><br />Tim Barnett entered <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">Nv 1x</span> but was knocked out of the event in the heat by Barbour of Bewdley RC.<br /><br />Tim was also in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S4 1x</span> and again lost out in the semi to a Stourport sculler. Tim was not at his best on the day.<br /><br />In <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 1x</span> we had two entrants Russell and Sam Thornton. In the semi Russell came second to Penny of Monmouth RC. Sam got through his semi and then he came up against Penny in the final. Sam took revenge for the Thorntons and Gloucester by beating Penny by a canvas in the final.<br /><br />Russell also competed in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetD 1x</span>. In the semi he beat Ferris of Monmouth RC and went on to win the final crossing the line ahead of Rhodes of Worcester RC.<br /><br />Sam took part in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J18 1x</span>. In his heat he got the better of Bunting of Ross RC then faced Sykes of Hollingworth Lake RC in the semi. Sam left Sykes a length behind him as he crossed the finish line. He then took the final in even more convincing style beating Smith of Hollingworth Lake RC by three and a half lengths. Sam in developing a habit of leaving opponents in his wake. Well done Sam.<br /><br /><span style=\"color:#ff6666;\"></span><br /><span style=\"color:#ff6666;\">Sunday 10 August 2008</span><br /><br />The sprint was over a 600 metres course upstream.<br /><br />Aaron and Deirdre Squire in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">MxS2 2x</span> lost their heat by a length to a Hereford double.<br /><br />In <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S3 1x</span> Aaron Squire beat Williams of Trent RC by 3/4 length in the heat but came second to Sanchez of Quintin RC in the semi.<br /><br />Deirdre Squire had Barker of Trent RC as her opponent in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS4 1x.</span> Barker was just 3/4 length too good for Deirdre.<br /><br />We had Toby Venn and Steve Mandeville competing in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S4 2-.</span> In the semi they easily beat a pair from Ross and went on to win the final too against a pair from Stratford. Well done Toby and Steve.<br /><br />Our four in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">Nv 4+</span> was John Squire; Paul Brooker; Toby Venn; Steve Mandeville coxed by Abbie. They got through the heat against Burton Leander but lost to Worcester A in the semi.<br /><br />Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS4 4+ </span>crew of Kim Drinkwater; Zoe Mandeville; Karen Longstaff; Rachael Britnell coxed by Pete Hills had something to prove, having previously lost to our B crew at Bewdley. (Though the B crew were not entered today.) They showed they meant business by fighting hard to take the heat against Hollingworth Lake RC by a canvas. Their next opponents in the semi were a four from Monmouth RC. They had to fight even harder in this. Approaching the finish our crew were half a length down but with determination and grit they drew level and crossed the line a foot ahead. After the first two races the final turned out to be a bit of a dawdle. Our ladies crossed the finish line two and a half lengths ahead of the Stourport four to win the event. Our ladies four had proved they are made of the right stuff. Very well done !<br /><br />Abbie and Ellie entered <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WNv 2x</span>. They were beaten by a Bradford crew who went on to win the final.<br /><br />Our eight in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS4 8+</span> was made up of Kate Beswick; Zoe Mandeville; Kim Drinkwater; Karen Longstaff; Rachael Britnell; Becky Thomas; Ellie and Abbie coxed by Pete Hills. It was a straight final against a Monmouth eight and our crew won the event convincingly by one and a half lengths.<br /><br />It was a successful regatta for Gloucester. We came away the winners of seven events. Congratulations to everybody.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(89, 'story', 'Bewdley Regatta', 1, 1284010020, 1284010020, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Saturday 26 July 2008</span><br /><br />Aaron and Luke Squire joined Dan Grant and Sam Churchill from Hallum in Sheffield to form a composite crew in category <span style=\"color:#333333;\">S4 4X-.</span> However they were moved up to <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S3 4X-</span> and had a straight final against a quad from Bristol Ariel RC who got the better of the composite crew.<br /><br />Aaron and Luke Squire were paired in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 2-.</span> They did not recover from a poor start and the Reading University pair won the heat.<br /><br />Nathan Davey in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">J14 1X</span> had a bye in the first round but lost to Evesham RC A crew in the semi final.<br /><br /><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Sunday 27 July 2008</span><br /><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"></span><br />Our crew in the <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS4 8+</span> was Deirdre Squire, Rhona MacCallum, Kate Beswick, Becky Thomas, Kim Drinkwater, Zoe Mandeville, Karen Longstaff and Rachael Britnell coxed by Pete Hills. It was a straight final against the home eight - Bewdley. Our crew went well from the start and, in the words of the official commentator, \"outclassed the opposition\" to win by two and a half lengths. A fine win for our women\'s eight.<br /><br />In <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS4 4+</span> our B crew of Deirdre Squire, Rhona MacCallum, Kate Beswick and Becky Thomas coxed by John Squire had an interesting first race. The steering broke on the boat of their opponents - Stourport. With the result that Stourport went over three blades of our boat but undeterred we rowed  on to take the heat.<br /><br />Our A crew in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS4 4+</span> made up of Kim Drinkwater, Zoe Mandeville, Karen Longstaff and Rachael Britnell coxed by Pete Hills met a four from Trafford RC in their heat. It was a hard fought race which our crew won.<br /><br />Then our A and B fours met each other in the semifinal. Everything clicked together for the B crew and to everyone\'s surprise beat the A crew by one and a half lengths.<br />The B crew then went on to face Derby in the final and again came home victorious, winning by two and a half lengths this time. A wonderful outing for our new <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS4 4+</span> crew.<br /><br />The composite crew of Aaron and Luke Squire, Dan Grant and Sam Churchill were moved up two categories from S4 4x to <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 4x</span>. They faced a Bridgenorth double in a straight final in which our crew raced well and lost by just three quarters of a length.<br /><br />John and Luke Squire had an outing in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">Nv 2-.</span> They raced against a Minerva Bath pair who got the better of John and Luke.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(90, 'story', 'title', 1, 1284070560, 1284070560, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"font-size:130%;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">National Championships</span><br /><br /></span><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: arial;font-size:130%;\" >!8th - 20th July 2008</span><span style=\"font-size:130%;\"><br /><br /></span><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-size:130%;\">Dave Pollard (<span class=\"906294005-29072008\">Gloucester Rowing Club/</span><st1:placename st=\"on\">Cleeve</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st=\"on\">School</st1:placetype>) teamed up with Ben Joakim (Christchurch Rowing  Club) to win a bronze medal in the J16 pairs competition at this years National  Rowing Championships at <st1:place st=\"on\">Nottingham</st1:place>. <span class=\"906294005-29072008\">David\'s usual partner, Steve Williams of Gloucester was  injured in a bike accident in June and so David paired up with the Christchurch  rower. After a few weeks of training together they entered the trials for the GB  vs France J16 match, but lack of race experience and nerves led to a  disappointing row, finishing 6th overall and 15 seconds behind the Evesham pair  that were selected. Determined to show what they were capable of, the boys  trained hard up to the National Championships and made a steady start in the  final At the halfway mark the boys </span>were<span class=\"906294005-29072008\">  </span><span class=\"906294005-29072008\">12</span><span class=\"906294005-29072008\">  </span>seconds behind Evesham who <span class=\"906294005-29072008\">led the  race.</span> <span class=\"906294005-29072008\">Moving smoothly past crews from Tees  and Newark the boys started to make up ground on the leaders, who were being  pushed hard by the Scottish pair from George Watsons College. With the gap  closing rapidly and a bronze medal guaranteed the gap between  Gloucester/Christchurch and Evesham  was reduced to just 3 seconds on the finish  line, with the Scots taking the Gold medal just ahead. </span></span></p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span><span style=\"font-family: arial;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;\"  ><span class=\"906294005-29072008\"></span></span><br /></span></p><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(91, 'story', 'Llandaff Regatta', 1, 1284035460, 1284035460, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Saturday 12th July 2008</span><br /><br />The regatta course was 650 metres downstream in a strong current finishing short of the weir on the river Taff in Cardiff. One boat  - not ours-  didn\'t turn quickly enough unfortunately, and went over the weir. Our club had entrants in five of the categories.<br /><br />The established crew of Kim Drinkwater, Zoe Mandeville, Karen Longstaff and Rachael Brittnell with Pete Hills as cox, were in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS4 4+.</span> Our crew beat Ross by two lengths in a straight final to win the event.<br /><br />In <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">NV4+</span> our crew was Steve Mandeville, Toby Venn, Paul Brooker and John Squire coxed by Abbie. We beat Llandaff in the first heat but lost out to Ironbridge in the semi final.<br /><br />Steve Mandeville, Paul Brooker, John Squire and James Dorer with Abbie again as cox formed our crew in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetD 4+.</span> We faced Monmouth in the semi final. It was a close race but we were beaten to the line.<br /><br />Our WS4 8+ crew were move up a category to <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS3 8+.</span> Our eight was Kim, Zoe, Karen, Rachael, Jane, Rhona, Kate and Katy coxed by Pete. We went straight into the semi final which we lost by two lengths to Bristol Ariel.<br /><br />Toby Venn and Steve Mandeville formed our pair in S3 2-. We went straight into the final against Llandaff, and won the event.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(92, 'story', 'Henley Veterans Regatta', 1, 1284031140, 1284031140, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Friday 11th July and Saturday 12th July 2008</span><br /><br />The Henley Vets is run over 1000 metres course upstream from Temple Island to Upper Thames Rowing Club. The weather conditions were good but there was a head wind.<br /><br />In <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetC 4+</span> we had our established crew of Chris Richardson, Martin Jones, Russell Thornton and Jonathan Garner. There were eight entrants in the event and our crew came up against Barwon of Australia in their first heat. The Australians got the better of our four, winning by one length, and went on to win the event.<br /><br />Jonathan Garner and Russell Thornton were in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetC 2-.</span> They had a bye in the first round then had Wallingford as their opponents in the second round. Our crew were beaten by Wallingford who went on to win the category.<br /><br />Russell Thornton was entered in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetD 1X</span> but had a disappointing event.  Russell was late but within 100 yards of the start when the zealous official let his opponent  start.<br /><br />Martin and Gerry Jones were in the <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">MxVetD 2X</span> event. There were three entrants and Martin and Gerry went straight in to the final against Norwich who won the event by two lengths.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(93, 'story', 'Juniors July Report', 1, 1284000180, 1284000180, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>Gloucester Rowing Club junior squad had a successful trip to compete at the Stratford upon Avon Regatta , where racing is held on a 750m course on a scenic stretch of river behind the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.<br />The WJ16 4+ (Josie Ashworth, Laura Springham, Leanne Phillips, Kirstie Bicknell and cox Ed Jones) have had a frustrating season. Selected to represent Wiltshire, Avon Gloucestershire and Wales in WJ16 VIIIs at the Junior Inter Regional regatta, their race was cancelled due to high winds. Dropping into a IV for the National Schools regatta the crew were one of Gloucesters\' best hopes for a top results but once again high winds meant no race. With summer holidays looming Stratford was their only chance for a race, so they went out determined to win. Racing the Stratford \'B\' crew in the first round the girls drew steadily away to win by a length and a half. Facing the home crew, Stratford \'A\' in the final the Gloucester girls came into the home straight almost level and had to turn on the power in the final sprint to pull away and win by a third of a length. The photo shows the victorious crew with the Annie Davis Challenge Vase, which was first presented in 1874. Clockwise from top left Laura Springham, Kirstie Bicknell, Leanne Phillips, Josie Ashworth, Ed Jones, with the event sponsors.<br />Neil Vines and Ben Marshall have been struggling to find their form in the J15 doubles this season, but a good win over long time rivals Llandaff saw them into the final of their event. They recorded a comfortable win over the Evesham crew in the final and will hopefully take this success on to the National Championships in July.<br />Another crew looking to race at the Nationals is the newly formed WJ14 double of Lauren Williams and Hattie Neave. In her first year of rowing Lauren is proving to be a formidable competitor and the double were out to make a point in their first race together. They did this with easy victories over Leicester and Stratford and are now training hard for the Championships at Nottingham. In the J18 doubles Sam Thornton and Lyndon Cook were never troubled by their opponents from Evesham and the King Edward VI School and added another tankard to their collection of trophies.<br />Special mention must go to the WJ14 quad of Alicia Green, Beth Hamblett, Lauren Williams, Charlie Allen and Jess Sharples Facing a crew from Leicester who had finished 5th at the National schools regatta the crew raced hard and came into the final straight slightly down. A determined push saw them draw level on the finish line to record the only dead heat of the day. Unfortunately a collision on the way back to the start for the re-row left Lauren with a bruised arm which reduced her effectiveness and the crew lost the rerowed race by a length.<br />Nathan Devaux-Davies was the sole Gloucester Junior at Ironbridge Regatta. However he represented the club well with two \'easy\' wins in the J14 singles event.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(94, 'story', 'Ironbridge Regatta', 1, 1284020040, 1284020040, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Saturday 28 June 2008</span><br /><br />We had three crews entered in the 1000m course on the Severn.<br /><br />Our crew in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">NV 4+,</span> competing against 14 others, was Steve Mandeville, Paul Brooker, Toby Venn and John Squire. We won the first heat against Peterborough City to go to the quarter final which we lost to Agecroft RC.<br /><br />In <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S4 2-</span> Toby Venn and Steve Mandeville went into the semi final which the Minerva Bath crew won.<br /><br />The established crew of Kim Drinkwater, Zoe Mandeville, Karen Longstaff and Rachael Britnell coxed by Pete Hills took part in the <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS4 4+</span>. In their first heat they beat a four from City of Oxford RC. In the semi final the other boat went into the bank, so our crew won that easily. Then our crew met old rivals Llandaff in the final. Llandaff won the event by two lengths<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(95, 'story', 'Henley Silver Goblets Cup M2-', 1, 1284016320, 1284016320, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Thursday 3 July 2008</span><br />This was Dave and Aaron\'s first outing together at Henley. So they were not too disappointed  that the official result of their first round race said their opponents won easily.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(96, 'story', 'Henley Wyfold Challenge Cup M4-', 1, 1284013500, 1284013500, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Thursday 3 July 2008</span><br />The opposition the next day in the second round was Molesey \'A\' who proved too strong  for our crew. Molesey won by a length and threequarters in a time of 7:22.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(97, 'story', 'Wyfolds crew through to the second round', 1, 1284020160, 1284020160, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>The Wyfolds crew consisting of Rich Woods, Tim Barnet, Graham Hill and Ben Rodford had their race postponed from 10:15 this morning to 4pm. They were drawn against Molesey \'B\', whom they beat by 2 lengths in a time of 7:29. In the second round, they meet either Newark or Molesey \'A\'.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(98, 'story', 'Henley Qualifiers - 27 June 2008', 1, 1284019140, 1284019140, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>The club has entered 3 crews into Henley this year Aaron Squire and Dave Hook in the Goblets, Rich Woods, Tim Barnet, Graham Hill and Ben Rodford in the Wyfolds and Jon Garner, Russell Thornton, Martin Jones, Chris Richardson and Rosie Jones (cox) in the Britannia Cup.<br /><br />The Britannia crew had to qualify, carrying on a tradition of doing everything with as many heats, races and repacharges as possible. Going in to a stiff head wind with 12 other hopefuls for 5 places, they pulled out all stops and had a very strong row. Unfortunately not strong enough as they came in the fastest of the non-qualifiers in a time of 8:13.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(99, 'story', 'Marlow Regatta', 1, 1284040440, 1284040440, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Saturday 21st June 2008</span><br /><br />Marlow Regatta took place on the lake at Dorney.<br /><br />Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 4-</span> crew of Rich Wood, Graeme Hill, Tim Barnett and Ben Rodford were hoping to do well after their win at the Metropolitan. There were fourteen entries in the category and they had a head wind to contend with. Our crew began well and won their heat to get to the final. Ben received some words of encouragement on his mobile just before the final, from Katherine Grainger, an Olympic quad oarswoman who was at Marlow, - \"No pressure on you but just kill the opposition.\"<br />They got off to a good start and were leading the race then a London four worked their way through the field and came up to our crew with 500 metres to go. Our four put in their practiced finish and just held off the London four to win by 0.19 seconds - about 3 feet. It was a really hard race and they felt that they had earned the plaque they were awarded for winning the \"Juniors Seniors - Fours Challenge Cup\".<br /><br />Another very good, morale boosting win for the crew. Dierdre rewarded them with a bottle of wine. Henley is next. If they could bag that one, Deirdre says it\'s worth a bottle of the best bubbly<br /><br /><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Sunday 22nd June 2008</span><br /><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"></span><br />We had Jonathan Garner, Russell Thornton, Martin Jones and Chris Richardson entered in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S3 4+</span> They came in third of the four crews in the semifinal.<br /><br />Sam Thornton took part in the <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S4 1x</span> category and achieved a creditable fourth place of the five crews<br /><p><br /></p><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(100, 'story', 'National Veterans Championships', 1, 1284038100, 1284038100, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Sunday 15th June 2008</span><br /><br />The championships were held at the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham. The course was 1000 metres with six lanes.<br /><br />Gerry Jones entered <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetD S3 1X</span> and came third in the event.<br /><br />Gerry Jones and Deirdre Squire were in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetC S3 2X</span> and achieved second place of the three entrants.<br /><br />Gerry and Deirdre also entered <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetD 2X</span> and finished in second place of the five entrants to receive a silver medal.<br /><br />Our wrinklies crew, as John calls them, of James Dorer, John Squire, Paul Brooker and Mark Venn with Abbie Cooper as their young cox, competed with five other crews in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VetD 4+.</span> They came in sixth.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(101, 'story', 'Metropolitan Regatta', 1, 1283996160, 1283996160, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#cc0000;\">Saturday 31st May 2008</span><br /><br />The regatta took place on Dorney Lake.<br /><br />Our crew in the <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S3 4+</span> category was Jonathan Garner, Martin Jones, Russell Thornton and Chris Richardson. There were nineteen boats in the event so there was plenty of opposition. We were in the first heat, consisting of seven crews, and came home third in a time of 7 mins 56 secs. Since only the first two boats go through to the final our crew went into the repechage with five others. Our crew did very well to win this race in a time of 7 mins 5 secs to join the other six crews in the final. We came sixth in the final in a time of 7 mins 12 secs, beating a crew from Guildford RC. This was a very good performance by our crew against a lot of good opposition.<br /><br />Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 2-</span> crew of Ben Rodford, Graeme Hill, Richard Wood and Tim Barnett were hoping to do well in the event, having disappointingly just been beaten to first place in the two previous outings. But there was plenty of good opposition in the other eighteen boats in the category. We started well and won the heat pulling ahead of Star, their nearest rival. In the final our crew had a good start and was in the lead. Nearing the finish the other crews put in the effort to catch up, Star again being closest behind, but with our crew\'s final push they held off the challenge to win comfortably by a length.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(102, 'story', 'Hereford City Regatta', 1, 1284034980, 1284034980, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#cc0000;\">Monday 26th May 2008</span><br /><br />The regatta took place on another wet and windy day.<br /><br />Our crew in <span style=\"color:#3333ff;\">WS4 4+</span> was Kim Drinkwater, Zoe Mandeville, Karen Longstaff and Rachael Britnell. In their heat they were matched with Ross who crossed the finish line ahead of our crew.<br /><br />Sam Thornton was in the <span style=\"color:#3333ff;\">Junior 18 1X</span>. Sam had a bye in his heat and went straight into the final which he did not manage to win.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(103, 'story', 'Monmouth Regatta', 1, 1284016260, 1284016260, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#cc0000;\">Saturday 24th May 2008</span><br /><br />The racing took place over a 750 metre course down stream with a strong following wind, which made it a bit tricky at the start.<br /><br />Martin and Gerry Jones entered <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VET D Intermediate 2X</span>. In their morning race they comfortably beat a crew from Llandaff RC to compete against a double from Monmouth in the afternoon. They also got the better of the Monmouth crew to win the event and so gain some points. Well done!<br /><br />Steve, Toby , Kevin &amp; Paul entered <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">NV 4+</span> and came up against a four from Bideford in their heat. Our four did well and won the race. They then competed against a crew from De Montford University who were just too good for our four, and we lost the semifinal.<br /><br />John Squire entered <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">VET E novice 1X</span> and lost out to a boat from Bradford on Avon, the only other crew in that event.<br /><br />Our <span style=\"color:#3333ff;\">WS4 4+</span> crew of Kim Drinkwater, Karen Longstaff, Zoe Mandeville and Rachael Britnell had an outing. They met a crew from Hereford RC in their heat. Although our crew rowed hard Hereford took the race.<br /><br />Deidre Squire and Gerry Jones formed a double in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS4 2X</span>. They had a bye in the first heat then in the semifinal faced a Bristol Ariel RC crew. The race was close and hard fought. At the finish Bristol were just half a length in the lead.<br /><br /><br /><span style=\"color:#cc0000;\">Sunday 25th May 2008</span><br /><br /><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The course was 1500 metres downstream with a following wind and some rain added in for goood measure.</span><br /><br />Jonathan Garner,Martin Jones, Russell Thornton and Chris Richardson were entered in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 4+.</span><br />They had a bye in their first heat, but were knocked out in the semifinal.<br /><br />Russell Thornton and Jonathan Garner paired in<span style=\"color:#000099;\"> S2 2-.</span> They were against a crew from Bradford on Avon who crossed the finish line first.<br /><br />Gerry and Martin Jones were again in <span style=\"color:#000099;\">VET D 2X</span> category. They had a bye in the first heat and went straight into the final which they again won. A very successful weekend for them, winning their event on both days.<br /><br />Gerry Jones doubled with Deirdre Squire in <span style=\"color:#000099;\">WS4 2X</span>. Gerry can\'t win them all and in Deidre\'s words they managed to lose their heat easily, by a number of lengths.<br /><br />Russell Thornton and Sarah Cook entered <span style=\"color:#000099;\">S2 2X</span>. Their opponents scratched from the event so our crew won by default.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(104, 'story', 'Wallingford Regatta', 1, 1284025320, 1284025320, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"><strong>Sunday 4 May 2008</strong></span><br /><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"><br /></span>Wallingford Regatta takes place in the six lane, 2000 metre course on the impressive Dorney Lake at Eton - site of the Olympic rowing.<br /><br />There were two Gloucester crews in the <strong><span style=\"color:#3333ff;\">S2 2-</span></strong> category. Russell Thornton and Jonathan Garner paired in one boat and Martin Jones and Chris Richardson in the other. In heat A, Russell and Jonathan achieved a time of 7m 59s and came in fifth, compared with the heat winning time of 7m 39s. Martin and Chris had a time of 7m 56s in their heat to come in fourth, against a heat winning time of 7m 37s. Since the first three in each heat go through to the final, neither of our crews made it. Nevertheless - creditable performances from both crews. It is tough at Wallingford !<br /><br />In category <strong><span style=\"color:#3333ff;\">S2 4-</span></strong> Gloucester again had two crews. Russell Thornton, Jonathan Garner, Martin Jones and Chris Richardson crewed one boat. The second was crewed by Ben Rodford, Tim Barnett, Graeme Hill and Rich Wood. I don’t know what happened to Russell’s crew. They came in sixth in their heat and no finish time was taken. Not an encouraging day for the crew. Ben’s crew came second in their heat. They were just one second behind the Star and Arrow crew who won in 6m 31s. So our crew went into the final against five other crews, including Star and Arrow again. Our crew gave it every thing they had but lost out by just one second again to Star and Arrow whose time in the final was 6m 41s. In spite of the fact it was an excellent performance by our crew no doubt they were disappointed, because  last year in this event they lost by a canvas to a Marlow four<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(105, 'story', 'Evesham Regatta', 1, 1284018840, 1284018840, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;\"><strong>Saturday 3 May &amp; Sunday 4 May 2008</strong></span><br /><br />We had just one senior crew entered in the Evesham Regatta. It was in the <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">WS4 4+</span></strong> category and consisted of Kim Drinkwater; Zoe Mandeville; Karen Longstaff and Rachael Brittnell coxed by Pete Hills. They entered the division one on Saturday morning and Sunday morning.<br /><br />On Saturday they came up against a four from Peterborough City RC who won by two lengths. On the damp, cloudy, Sunday morning our crew were paired, in their heat, with a four from Llandaff Rowing Club. We beat the Llandaff crew by quarter of a length. In the Final our opposition was the City of Oxford RC four. It was a good hard fought race which Oxford took by a canvas. An encouraging performance for our women’s four in their first regatta of the season.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(106, 'story', 'Men\'s Head of River', 1, 1284045780, 1284045780, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;\"><strong>Saturday 15th March 2008</strong></span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size:130%;color:#000000;\">The Men\'s Head of River Race takes place on the Tideway between Mortlake and Putney. Our <strong><span style=\"color:#3366ff;\">S2 8+</span></strong> crew entered in the race was Rich Wood; Graeme Hill; Ben Rodford; Tim Barnett; Russell Thornton; Jonathon Garner; Martin Jones and Chris Richardson. The cox was Rosie Jones.</span></span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;\">The crew had a creditable performance against the high quality opposition coming 26th of 62 boats in their category, with a time of 19mins 13secs. The category was won by a Durham University eight with a time of 18 mins 7secs. Overall our crew came 92nd of the 420 boats entered in the race.</span><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(107, 'story', 'Women\'s Tideway', 1, 1284025380, 1284025380, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;\">Saturday 1 March 2008</span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;\">Our WS4 8+ crew was Kim Drinkwater; Zoe Mandeville; Deirdre Squire; Karen Longstaff; Gerry Jones; Rachael Britnell; Rosie Jones and Jane Edmonds with Pete Hills as cox. Our boat came 27th of 55 crews in senior 4 and 154th out of 300 boats overall, with a time of 22mins 17 secs.</span><div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(108, 'story', 'Bristol Head', 1, 1284020460, 1284020460, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;\"><strong>Sunday 24 February 2008</strong></span><br /><br />Tim Barnett and Ben <span class=\"blsp-spelling-corrected\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_0\">Rodford</span> entered two categories as a double. In <span style=\"font-family:arial;color:#3366ff;\"><strong>NV 2X</strong></span> they had a time of 12m 21secs to win the event. They also won the <span style=\"font-family:arial;color:#3366ff;\"><strong>S3 2X</strong></span> category in a record breaking time of 12m 28secs. You just cannot do any better than that. Very well done Tim and Ben.<br /><br /><br />We had another boat in <span style=\"font-family:arial;color:#3366ff;\"><strong>S3 2X</strong></span>, the father and son crew of Russell and Sam Thornton. They took second place to Tim and Ben in a time of 12m 59secs.<br /><br /><br />In <span style=\"font-family:arial;color:#3366ff;\"><strong>S3 1X</strong></span> father and son, Russell and Sam, went head to head. Youth triumphed with a time of 13m 31secs bettering Russell\'s time by 24 seconds.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(109, 'story', 'Worcester Head', 1, 1284003720, 1284003720, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;\"><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Saturday 23 February 200<strong>8</strong></span></span><br /><br />Our <span style=\"font-family:arial;color:#3333ff;\"><strong>S2 8+</strong></span> crew members had a good range of ages and experience - from junior members Sam and Lindon to veterans Russell and Martin. The crew consisted of Russell Thornton; Martin Jones; Chris Richardson; Ben Rodford; Sam Thornton; Lindon Cook; Tim Barnett and Graeme Hill, coxed by Rosie Jones. In spite of Sam thinking that the juniors upset the rhythm of the boat a little, the crew came in just 10 seconds behind the winners.<br /><br />In the <strong><span style=\"font-family:arial;color:#3333ff;\">S1 4-</span></strong> category our crew of Russell Thornton; Tim Barnett; Ben Rodford and Graeme Hill won the event. We had another crew in this category. Juniors Sam Thornton and Lindon Cook joined Chris Richardson and Martin Jones. Although they didn\'t win, the crew gained good experience.<br /><br />Our women\'s crew in <span style=\"font-family:arial;color:#3333ff;\"><strong>WS4 8+</strong></span> was Kim Drinkwater; Zoe Mandeville; Deirdre Squire; Karen Longstaff; Gerry Jones; Rachael Britnell; Rosie Jones and Jane Edmonds with Pete Hills as their cox. Due to an admin mix-up our crew was entered as an octuple so our 8 rowed for time only. But they had the consolation of beating the other 8 entered.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(110, 'story', 'Scullers Head', 1, 1284039780, 1284039780, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"><strong>Saturday 1 December 2007<br /></strong></span><br />Ben Rodford was the only crew from Gloucester Rowing Club in the Scullers Head. There were 540 single scullers taking part in the event which took place over a 6850 metres course on the Tideway between  Mortlake and Putney. Although there were a large number of boats, Ben said the event ran smoothly, thanks largely to the experience of the crews taking part.<br /><br />In his category of <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"><strong>S3 1X lightweight</strong></span>, Ben did well to be fourth out of 20, amongst these experienced scullers. Overall Ben was 61st out of the 540 boats with a time of 22m 25s.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(111, 'story', 'Wycliffe Small Boats Head', 1, 1284038220, 1284038220, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"><strong>Saturday 1st December 2007<br /></strong></span><br />The race was held over a 2500 metres course on the canal from Parkend bridge to Wycliffe boathouse, on a chilling, windy and often wet day, that made it an unpleasant wait at the start for the crews. The boats faced the brisk head wind on the course so it was a hard race.<br /><br />We had three senior crews in the first division. In <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"><strong>S3 4+</strong></span> our crew of Chris Richardson, Martin Jones, Russell Thornton, Jonathan Garner coxed by Rosie Jones came in third of six entrants with a time of 9m 37s, the winning time being 9m 24s. Our <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"><strong>WS4 2X</strong></span> crew of Deirdre Squire and Gerry Jones had a time of 12m 32s which was slower the other four boats in the category. Tim Barnett’s improvement in his sculling technique enabled him to win <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"><strong>S4 1X</strong></span> in a time of 10m 54s.<br /><br />In division two there were three of our senior crews racing. The wrinklies crew of Mark Venn, James Stuart, Paul Brooker and John Squire with Dierdre Squire  coxing, in the <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"><strong>S4 4+</strong></span> category, had a time of 10m 34s giving them third place out of four entrants. Russell Thornton had his second race of the day sculling in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"><strong>S2 1X</strong></span> and did very well to win in a time of 10m 59s. In the <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"><strong>WS4 4+</strong></span> category our crew was Kim Drinkwater, Karen Longstaff, Carrie Mortinger and Jane coxed by Ellie. They came second in a time of 11m 49s, to the only other crew in this event.<br /><br />There was just one of our senior crews in division three. Russell Thornton in his third race of the day was partnered this time by Jonathan Garner in <span style=\"color:#3366ff;\"><strong>S2 2-</strong></span>. The pair did very well to win the event in a time of 10m 34s which gave Russell his second win of the day.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(112, 'story', 'Pangbourne College Head of River', 1, 1284037560, 1284037560, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"><strong>Sunday 11th November 2007</strong></span><br /><br />Thirty three of our Juniors travelled to Pangbourne College for the Junior Sculls Head race. The course is 3000m on the River Thames. The event is attended by Club crews as well as the top rowing schools.<br /><br />            J16 double scullers Dave Pollard and Steve Williams, unbeaten in their last four events, were looking for another good result at Pangbourne. Steve had only managed one light outing the previous weekend following a four week absence due to a rugby injury. The double set off steadily but soon hit their stride and quickly overtook the Bryanston School A crew that had started ahead. With the whole field now in sight they sculled efficiently down the course to record a seven second win over second placed Wallingford and third placed St Edwards School.<br /><br />            There was controversy in the J15 doubles, where Neil Vines and Ben Marshall have been one of the top crews in the country for the last couple of years. After a strong row where they overtook several crews and caught up with the leaders the duo were awarded a NRO (Not Rowed Out) result, as the timekeepers had failed to record them crossing the finish line. After some investigation the results could not be confirmed and the safe estimate left the Gloucester crew in joint first place with Dulwich College. This was disappointing for the boys as they had caught up with Dulwich (who had started ahead) and were overlapping them on the finish line.<br /><br />            Ben Marshall also took an excellent second place in the field of thirty one J15 single scullers, just behind the winner from Kings School Canterbury. Other good results in the singles were achieved by Sam Thornton who was 9th out of 23 J17 scullers and Dave Pollard who finished 6th in the J16 event ahead of 27 other competitors.<br /><br />            Long standing double partners Josie Ashworth and Laura Springham  took a close second place behind their rivals from Wallingford but have significantly closed the gap on the Oxfordshire crew since they last raced.<br /><br />            TheWJ15 quad of Lucy Wise, Tasha Cook, Amy Voysey and Becca Coates coxed by Patrick Pollard had a good row to finish third in their event  and were pleased to beat local rivals from Haberdashers School, Monmouth  as well as some good London based crews.<br /><br />            With eleven crews in the WJ14 quad sculls, the new Gloucester line up of Hattie Neave,  Laura Meadows, Beth Hamblett and Jess Rayer coxed by Nick Waters were out to make their mark. In the early stages of the race they eased past local rivals Evesham and were disappointed with their fourth place overall result. However, only four seconds separated the 2nd to 4th positions so or crew will be eagerly anticipating their next race against the Avon County and Molesey crews.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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VALUES(113, 'story', 'Juniors at Stourport and Monmouth Heads', 1, 1284034860, 1284034860, 2, 1, '', '<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>Twenty five crews from the Club Junior squad travelled to the Stourport and Monmouth Head of the River races and returned with 11 wins. The crews contained a mix of experienced Juniors and newcomers who have only started rowing this year.<br /><br />            Stourport Head is raced over a 2500m downstream course. Neil Vines, who won a silver medal at the 2007 National Championships in the double sculls, raced in  the J15 singles event and stormed home as a clear winner, beating some of the J18 scullers as well as his own age group. The J18 double scullers (Richard Sansum, Lyndon Cook) comfortably won their event. In the J16 age group, the new partnership of David Pollard and Steve Williams had little trouble adding a third successive win to their record, also setting a faster time than all the J18 crews. Nick Waters and Tobie Bowdler proved their strength in the J14 event cruising home ahead of a crew from the home club Stourport.<br /><br />            On the Sunday, on a slightly shorter course of 2300m the crews had the advantage of a slight stream but faced a strong headwind for the last 800m of the race. In the first division the J18 and J16 coxless quads were both racing. The J18 crew (Richard Sansum, Lyndon Cook, James Brown, Sam Thornton) finished second to a crew from Llandaff, but the J16s (David Pollard, Steve Williams, Hayden Sansum, Neil Vines) flew down the course, overtaking the Kings School Worcester ‘A’ crew after 1000m and pulling away from the Kings School Worcester ‘B’ crew to win by over 40 seconds in a very fast time.<br /><br />            In the second division the WJ15 coxed quad (Lucy Wise, Natasha Cook, Leanne Phillips, Becca Coates, Patrick Pollard) were fresh from their first win over a fast Ross crew at Worcester Regatta. They set off ahead of Ross and both the crews moved rapidly away from the rest of the field. The gap opened and closed as the crews raced down, but the Gloucester girls managed to hold the power on at the end of the race to win by two seconds. Hayden Sansum teamed up with Jack Whittington in the J16 doubles to race 4 other crews from Monmouth and Kings School Worcester. Putting in a determined row they eased away from the other crews to take the gold. The Men’s Novice 4 (Andy Sweet, Will Gilbert, Sam Coles, Tom Chew, Laura Springham) is a developing crew with Andy in his only third month of rowing. Despite their lack of racing experience they rowed very well to win the event and credit goes to Laura for getting the best out of the crew – to quote Andy “She was so scary we did not dare to let up!”<br /><br />            The final division saw another comfortable win for Bowdler and Waters in the J14 double sculls, overtaking their opposition from Monmouth in the early stages of the race. In the WJ16 double sculls the long standing partnership of Josie Ashworth and Laura Springham, who have twice represented the region at the inter-regional championships, won their race, finishing nine seconds ahead of the second placed Gloucester crew (Leigh Bowdler, Kirstie Bicknell) with both these crews well ahead of the other four crews in the event.  In the largest event of the day, the J16 single sculls, double partners Pollard and Williams had their own personal race inside the main event. In the end Pollard’s experience paid off and he finished 9 seconds ahead of Williams, with these two taking first and second places overall in a field of nine scullers.  Special mention must also go to Hattie Neave who raced her first singles event into the headwind, finishing in second place just 8 seconds behind a very good sculler from Ross Rowing Club.<div style=\"clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em\"></div>', '', 3);

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