Wallingford Regatta 2010
After wins at Quintin and Hammersmith Women’s Head and a fantastic squad result with the first boat coming 22nd in the Women’s Head of the River Race (4th & 21st in IM2 and 50th in IM3) there was expectation in the air for a another good summer performance for the Women’s Senior Squad following their [...]
Novice Cherry Poppin’ at Hammersmith Regatta
Congratulations to the Vesta Men’s Novice 8+ of (cox, then S-B): Celeste Boruvka, Martin Benfell, Martin Graham, Phil Pollard, Matthew Penny, David Blows, David Suter, David Howard and James Oddy who were victorious at Hammersmith Regatta last weekend. Vesta’s novice men raced at their first ever regatta on saturday, doubling up in novice and intermediate [...]
Hammersmith Women’s and Junior’s Head 2010
Congratulations our Vesta Senior Women’s 1st crew who won the IM2 W8+ pennant at the Hammersmith Women’s and Juniors’ Head on Sunday the 28th of February. The Women’s Squad as a whole performed admirably, with the 2nd and 3rd boats finished 6th and 4th respectively in their categories. Yet another fine effort from the squad [...]
Quintin Head 2010
On a cold, but Sunny morning, a flotilla of Vesta boats took to the water for the 2010 Quintin Head which runs from Hammersmith Bridge to the University Stone just before Chiswick Bridge. With entries in the IM1, IM2, WIM1, WIM2, WIM3, N and WN categories, the club was thoroughly represented at all levels of [...]
Fours Heads 2009
With the Fours Head being cancelled on Saturday due to terrible conditions, the Veterans Fours Head got underway on Sunday in mill pond like conditions. There were two crews representing Vesta taking part this year, both coming away with good results. A VetD.4x- comprising of Paul Mew, Robin Purkiss, Michael Hughes & Peter Simpson did [...]
Pairs Head 2009
Eight Vesta crews & one composite competed in this years Pairs’ Head of the River from Chiswick to Hammersmith Bridge. The girls were back, showing their class with a 1st/2nd finish in the IM2 2x category, Charlie Dempster and Kitty Lowings finishing just 5 seconds ahead of Kat Hedges and Lara Brock. Furthermore, the Vesta/Auriol [...]
‘Vittoria’ at the Boston Marathon!
Last Sunday our resident Italian masochist Gianni boated for the 2009 Boston Marathon. As the only person in the history of the event to actually enjoy 31 miles of non stop sculling, he was tipped as a favourite to come away with the coveted Novice 1x pot. With standard mainland European doggedness Gianni did Vesta [...]
Henley Town and Visitors’ Regatta
It didn’t look good when Mark was de-rigging his single after only the first race, but it had got much better by the last race of the regatta when Ryan Kane, Jeremy Rose, Chris Joynes and Will Laffan were celebrating victory by one foot in the IM1 (yes, IM1) 4- final. (Photo courtesy of Tim [...]
Molesey Amateur Regatta
A large contingent from all the squads had a good days racing at Molesey and recorded four wins. There was a long overdue novice win for the NV 4+ of Philippa Le Roux, Harriet Caldwell-Nichols, Janine Snape, Robyn MacCrimmon, steered by Kate Garratt, a huge win for Michael Hughes in his third Novice 1x final [...]
Vesta bring home Victor Ludorum at Kingston
The senior squads had a good day at Kingston Amateur Regatta with four wins. The senior women’s IM1 8 beat Cambridge Uni in the semi and then went on to beat the other two Cambridge crews in a close final for the first pot of the day. Harry then did the honours in the IM1 [...]