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AGM awards winners

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Big Congratulations to the following for this years awards

Rower of the Year: Mike Hazelwood – perfect sculling technique, GB trials and done well in them.

Most Improved: Phoebe Winter & Imogen North finishing 4th at The National Schools
Championships in WJ14 2x – a tremendous result; I would also like a mention and well done to other
J14’s – Cassie Bird has sculled brilliantly through the year and Will Gladstone has demolished his
local J14 sculling opposition so much so that he has been racing up an age group.

Services to the Club: Alex Beckett, Edward Lewry, Franklin Hamilton, Harry Stirling for giving a lot of
their time to coaching the 2011 / 2012 J13 group and taking the fund raising initiative for the 4xproject;
there should be a mention of Josh Danks-Smith for his tremendous musical work not to
mention is devotion to his sculling technique and the results it has produced.

Derek Eardley Trophy for Coxed Ivs’–
Jenny Kneeland, Ben Gittus-Smith, Simon Picken, Ben Twiney, Peter Molson
Rower of the Year
Junior Winner: Mike Hazelwood (Challenge Cup)
Senior Winner – None
Most Improved
Junior – Phoebe Winter & Imogen North (Phoebe took the trophy home)
Senior Winner – Simon Picken (The Peter Chadwick Memorial Trophy)
Veteran Winner – Ray Coyte (no trophy presented as was not present).
FYN Winner – Richard Nelson (no trophy presented as was not present).
Captain’s Award – Simon Picken
Services to the Club
Junior Winner – Alex Beckett, Edward Lewry, Franklin Hamilton, Harry Stirling (Harry took the trophy home)
Senior Winner – Ian Scott

 

 

Stratford Men Win at Henley

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Henley winning crew

Gutsy determination was certainly on the cards for Stratford men this weekend as they stormed their way to success at Henley Town and Visitors regatta.

Whilst all eyes were focussed on the Olympic opening events Stratford’s senior men proved they could show just as much commitment to win their coxed four event.

Henley is well known as rowing Mecca and so the crew knew they would be up against some stiff opposition when they realised they had to race a higher division than normal.

The 3-abreast side-by-side racing uses part of the Henley Royal Regatta course and to begin with Stratford was at a disadvantage as the crew of Peter Molson (bow), Ben Twiney (two), Simon Picken (three), Ben Gittus-Smith (stroke) and Jenny Kneeland (cox) found themselves in the middle of a fast on-coming stream.

Stratford had a solid start and pushed past Oxford Academicals within the first 10 strokes. Wolfson College Oxford saw this as an opportunity to push against Stratford and attempted to match Stratford’s call, Stratford responded and emptied the tank striding past Wolfson at rate 35 and continued in this vain to the finish line and first place.

Being the highest category coxed boat (IM 2) the Stratford crew were presented their pots by Henley-on-Thames Mayoress Elizabeth Hodgkin. The crew was also presented with the Henley Town Trophy and is the first British crew in three years to have won.

For more information on membership and rowing check out our Facebook page: Stratford-upon-Avon rowing club

London 2012 Race Schedule

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London 2012 Race Schedule

Boat class Heat Repechage Quarter-finals Semi-final Final
Women
Single Scull (W1x) 28 July 29 July 31 July 2 Aug 3 Aug
Pair 

(W2-)

 28 July 30 July – – 1 Aug
Double Scull (W2x) 30 July 31 July – – 3 Aug
Quadruple Scull (W4x) 28 July 30 July – – 1 Aug
Eight 

(W8+)

 29 July – – – 2 Aug
Men
Single Scull (M1x) 28 July 29 July 31 July 1 Aug 3 Aug
Pair 

(M2-)

 28 July 30 July – 1 Aug 3 Aug
Double Scull (M2x) 28 July 29 July – 31 July 2 Aug
Four 

(M4-)

 30 July 31 July – 2 Aug 4 Aug
Quadruple Scull (M4x) 28 July 30 July – 1 Aug 3 Aug
Eight 

(M8+)

 28 July 30 July – – 1 Aug
Lightweight
Women’s Double Scull (LW2x) 29 July 31 July – 2 Aug 4 Aug
Men’s Double Scull (LM2x) 29 July 31 July – 2 Aug 4 Aug
Men’s Four (LM4-) 28 July 29 July – 31 July 2 Aug

Rock and Row great success

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Many, many thanks to everyone and the musicians in particular for the most splendid and successful find raising evening last Friday. Thanks too to Debbie Honychurch at the Golden Cross for her kind hospitality and donation to the fund.

With Rock n Row One and Lucy Hornchurch’s efforts in appalling conditions at the Stratford half marathon, we now have over £1000 towards the cost of the new 4x-.

 


Rock and Row 20th July

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An evening of live music performed by members of Stratford upon Avon boat club!

At the Golden Cross Ardens Grafton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bands include: Socially Oarquad; Alex Charlie; Frizzy; The Pogies; Jenny Kneeland; Lucy and the Strokes
And others!

Pig Roast also available for purchase on the night

£5 Adults
£3 under 16s
(admission only)

Benefactors’ Day rowing evening

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KES had their Benefactors’ Day rowing evening in the Club grounds on this coming Wednesday evening 04 July 2012.

Good fun had by all. here are some images of the awards:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regatta thanks, makes it all worth while

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Hi, I am writing to thank you all for putting on the regatta last Saturday even with the weather!

I just wanted to share with you something that makes it all worthwhile.

Due to the weather effecting the timescale slightly our 2 J14 quads, one boys and one girls were due to put to the water at about the same time. As we only had one cox we quickly asked one of our rowers sisters (who is very shy and has just started to learn coxing with ourselves) to jump into the boys quad. I say asked, we didn’t really give her any time to think about it. Your stewards were really helpful in finding some weights to bring her up to the minimum requirement, and away she went.

In a really close race we managed to win by just a couple of feet. Our coach said that of all the events of the day seeing this little girl who is usually very shy, smiling from ear to ear and even doing a little victory fist pump! was by far the most memorable.

She now can’t wait to continue coxing and start to learn to row sometime later this year.

Thanks again

Justin Jackson

Cardiff & Vale Schools Rowing Academy Treasurer