Stratford upon Avon Boat Club enjoyed a great day’s racing at the annual City of Oxford summer regatta held on Saturday 15 August. The Women’s Junior 15 Quadruple sculls crew were victorious winning comfortably by three lengths against a crew from City of Cambridge. The Stratford crew members are Claire Teakle (stroke), Olivia Hansen, Isabella Rosso, Sofia Ward (bow) and Emily Brooks (cox).

Stratford crews also made the finals in several other events including Women’s Novice double sculls Catherine Simpson and Danielle Raymond competing at their first regatta; Junior Boys Conrad Bird & Isaac Herring and Junior Girls Isabella Rosso & Claire Teakle J15 sculls.

Said coach Mark Holden, “All Stratford’s crews enjoyed some competitive racing over 1 km on the Isis, a picturesque stretch of the River Thames. The Club is now looking forward to this weekend’s local regatta at neighbouring Warwick Boat Club and a final regatta of the season at Ross on Wye on 29/30 August to close what has been a very successful season for the Club.”

Many thanks to all who joined us on Saturday 20th June 2015 on the banks of the Avon, opposite the RST for a great day of rowing.

Our Annual Regatta wouldn’t be possible without the support of our fabulous sponsors, listed on the left – THANK-YOU!

Sadly no pots but some really good performances across the board and a particular mention for Theo Mordaunt & Sofia Ward in a great final race against City of Oxford.

Conditions were very challenging with gusting wind and a strong field including several clubs from the Upper Thames region and the likes of City of Oxford and RGS High Wycombe.  Some of our juniors were rowing up and some competing for the first time against senior crews and with three wins and valuable experience gained, with this being the final Head, we are now eagerly looking forward to Regatta season.

J13A1x, Jeffrey Flambert, 4th of 5, 12.02

WJ13A4x+, SUA-Hill, 1st of 2, 09.42    WIN

J14A1x, Nathan Wiesheu, 6th of 8, 10.23

J14A4x+, SUA-Gould Yates, 4th of 5, 09.53

WJ14A2x, Autumn Lily Kiel & Jessica Wiesheu, 13th of 13, 10.57

WJ14A4x+, SUA-Neville, 3rd of 8, 09.10

WJ14A4x+, SUA-Griffiths, 7th of 8, 09.57

J15A1x, Conrad Bird, 8th of 10, 09.46

WJ15A1x, Georgina Cherry, 4th of 5, 10.14

J15A2x, Khalid Ahmad & Max Beishon, 4th of 5, 08.47

WJ15A2x, Theo Mordaunt & Claire Teakle, 4th of 7, 10.00

WJ15A2x, Issy Finch & Lois Battersby, 6th of 7, 10.20

WJ15A4x+, Jasmine Key, Katie Evans, Lois Battersby, Robin Connolly, cox Izzy Moore, 5th of 5, 10.15

J16A1x Isaac Herring, 8th of 12, 09.34

WJ16A1x, Esme Booth, 2nd of 8, 09.33

WJ16A1x, Laura Tiller, 7th of 8, 10.33

J16A2x, Ben Evans & Alex England, 4th of 4, 09.25

WJ16A2x, Milly Flambert & Lamorna Jarvis, 2nd of 6, 09.22

WJ16A2x , Jessica Cann & Niamh Mackey, 4th of 6, 09.48

WJ16A4x-, Jessica Cann, Laura Tiller, Esme Booth & Niamh Mackey, 5th of 8, 08.33

WJ16A4+, Theo Mordaunt, Liv Hansen, Georgina Cherry, Claire Teakle, cox Emily Brooks, 3rd of 4, 09.22

WJ17A2-, Cassie Bird & Phoebe Winter, 1st of 1, 09.40

Nov4+, Conrad Bird, Isaac Herring, Khalid Ahmad, Ben Evans, cox Izzy Moore, 2nd of 5, 08.24

IM2.4x-, SUA-Smith, 1st of 2, 07.11    WIN

WIM3.2x, Harriet Buckley & Lucy Weston, 8th of 8, 09.53

WIM3.4+, SUA-Lodge, 6th of 8, 09.46

MxNov2x, Jane Connolly & Richard Nelson, 3rd of 4, 10.45

WMasD1x, Jane Connolly, 2nd of 2, 13.22

MasD2x, Jo Wyles & Phil Marshall, 4th of 4, 10.02

MasE2x, Tom Doherty & Gary Clay, 1st of 4, 08.40    WIN

MasE.Nov2x, Tom Doherty & Gary Clay, 2nd of 2, 08.36

MasF/G2x, Simon Moore & Joe Moore, 3rd of 3, 09.50

In a composite MasD 8+ crew with Bridgnorth, Tom Doherty and Richard Nelson won their class at Runcorn by a large margin. In fact they beat all bar 7 crews in the event including 2 IM1 ,2 IM2, 6 IM3, and all 6 other MAS A,B,C,crews.

This composite crew is in training for the Vets Head of The River and will be coxed by our own Jen Clements, so this was a very promising performance for the Tideway next week.

Despite a valiant effort by a very depleted junior squad, they didn’t manage to secure any wins this time and neither did our seniors, however our veteran crews battled the cold and the fog in the morning to secure two wins.

Division 1

MasD.2x  Tom Doherty & Gary Clay, 22:18.503,1^st of 3   WIN

MasD.2-  Richard Nelson & Simon Beard, 22:39.855, 1^st of 2   WIN

Division 2

MasD.4+  Gary Clay, Richard Nelson, Simon Beard, Glynn Hawkins, cox Jen Clements, 22:02.678, 2^nd of 3

SUA-Reeder, SEN.4+, 20:07.697, 2^nd of 2

SUA-Bird, W.J18A.8+, 22:13.922, 2^nd of 2

SUA-Maher, W.IM3.2x, 25:00:778

SUA-Bird, J15A.4+, 22:39.199

KES-Beighton, NOV.4+, 21:49.322, 2^nd of 3

A very successful day across the whole squad at Northampton with 9 wins.

J14.A4x+  Dominic Furey, Howard Gould-Yates, Jack Smith, Jacob Iggulden, cox Maddie Winsper, 2^nd of 3, 09.15

WJ14A.4x+  Lauren Willis, Natalie Lincoln, Lara Davies, Izzy Marsden, cox Becky Stokes, 1^st of 4, 08.22   WIN

WJ14A.4x+  Ellie Gray, Libby Dwyer, Maddie Griffiths, Maddie Winsper, cox Amy Neville, 2^nd of 4, 08.30

WJ15A.1x  Georgina Cherry, 1^st of 3, 08.55   WIN

WJ15A.1x  Charlotte Cox, 2^nd of 3, 09.35

J15.A2x  Khalid Ahmad & Ben Evans, 3^rd of 4, 08.02

WJ15A.2x  Izzy Rosso & Claire Teakle, 1^st of 5, 08.25   WIN

WJ15A.2x  Theo Mordaunt & Sofia Ward, 2^nd of 5, 08.32

WJ15A.2x  Issy Finch & Lois Battersby, 4^th of 5, 08.58

WJ15A.4x+  Georgina Cherry, Jasmine Key, Katie Evans, Robin Connolly, cox Ben Evans, 1^st of 2, 08.50  WIN

J16A.1x  Issaxc Herring, 2^nd of 10, 08.17

J16A.1x  Conrad Bird, 5^th of 10, 08.33

J16A.1x  Max Beishon, 6^th of 10, 08.40

WJ16A.1x  Esme Booth, 1^st of 4, 08.26   WIN

WJ16A.1x  Laura Tiller, 2^nd of 4, 08.48

WJ16A.2  Rianna Ngombe & Grace Harkin, 2^nd of 4, 08.46

WJ16A.2  Jessica Cann & Rebecca Stokes, 4^th of 4, 09.04

WJ16A.4x-  Laura Tiller, Jessica Cann, Esme Booth, Niamh Mackey, 1^st of 3, 07.34   WIN    31/167

NOV.4+  Conrad Bird, Isaac Herring, Khalid Ahmad, Ben Evans, cox Emily Brooks, 2^nd of 4, 07.32

W.NOV.8+  Theo Mordaunt, Olivia Hansen, Izzy Rosso, Charlotte Cox, Claire Teakle, Issy Finch, Lois Battersby, Sofia Ward, cox Emily Brooks, 1^st of 3, 07.33   WIN

IM2.2-  Richard Nelson & Simon Beard, 1^st of 2, 07.56   WIN    47/167

NOV.2x  Gary Clay & Thomas Doherty , 1^st of 6, 07.20   WIN

MasD.2x  Gary Clay & Thomas Doherty , 2^nd of 2, 07.24

KES Crews:-

IM3.8+  KES-Armstrong, 1^st of 5, 06.31 (Fastest boat of the day!!!)   WIN

NOV.4+  KES-Beighton, 1^st of 2, 06.58   WIN

NOV.2x  KES-Danks-Smith, 2^nd of 6, 07.59

Our Masters IM1 Quad won their category in impressive style at the Monmouth Christmas Head on 7th December Read more

Frank Hamilton, Harry Stirling, Ben Gittus Smith and Denis Bradulin went to a quality Head hosted by Monmouth Rowing Club. In the morning division they all joined forces in a IM1 Quad and impressed onlookers, winning their category in style, beating a strong Bewdley boat in the process.

Then in the afternoon division team mates became competitors as Harry and Frank took on Ben and Denis (as well as three other crews) in the IM1 doubles. Youngsters Harry and Frank managed to hold off Ben and Denis to win by just one second, the Stratford boats again leading all other opposition to win the catagory.

Thanks go out to host club for lending the boys a boat to row in after theirs suffered a broken rigger just minutes before getting on the water.