Alan Wylie, club president, reports from St. Neots;
“A large contingent of both juniors and seniors competed at St Neots at the weekend and produced some very fine rowing with many of our juniors progressing through to the semis and finals unfortunately not collecting any silverware but certainly putting up some great performances.
Three youngsters that perhaps deserve a special mention are Will French who not only gave a great performance in the final of the J12 sculls but also helped out Nigel Le Gassick now rowing for Mortlake Anglian as cox’un for their 4+. Will’s sister Elise sculling in her first regatta did very well in both the WJ16 and novice W1x events.
The latest addition to the Junior squad Bronwyn Redgrave sculled very well in the WJ14 1x .In WJ14 2x with Sophie Pritchard when in the lead they unfortunately strayed out of the racing lane and had to stop rowing but a terrific show for Bron’s first outing in Globe colours. Once again young Jack Davidson gave his all, progressing thru’ numerous heats before being pipped in the final. Jack also doubled with James French but unfortunately did not progress past the heats.
The seniors did very well with two mixed doubles in the same event Vicky and Michael Axton against Alex Johnson and Joe Hollier both doubles sculled well but we were denied an all Globe final. The quad of Joe, Mark Jacques, Will Laughlin and Michael Axton put up a great fight but were beaten in the heats by a short margin, Sunday saw Joe Regan sit in for Mark who was not available but the quad did not progress beyond the heats. Richard Vidal and his crewmate Richard Feeney sculled well in the masters B/C double sculls but were defeated by a short head
The hopes of some silverware now rested on our seniors Will Laughlin and Vicky Axton, both sculling in the singles events, Will missed out on a pot but Vicky after four heats and a final produced some splendid sculling to collect the laurels.
I almost forgot to mention Peter Rouse who sculled under the Globe banner progressed through the heats but lost in the final.
All in all a very enjoyable weekend my thanks to all the members for a great weekend and special thanks to the parents and friends who help with the logistics of organizing 13 boats and the rest of the gear needed for our athletes.”
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