Vesta Rowing Club » henley t and v http://www.vestarowing.co.uk Tearing up the Thames since 1870 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:34:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Summer 2011 Regatta Summary http://www.vestarowing.co.uk/summer-2011-regatta-summary-1754 http://www.vestarowing.co.uk/summer-2011-regatta-summary-1754#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:34:23 +0000 Aga http://www.vestarowing.co.uk/?p=1754 With the three big Henleys out of the way, members of various Vesta squads have been busy enjoying the delights of the Great British Summer regatta circuit. The following are the Vesta wins recorded this summer.

  • The women’s development squad followed up a fantastic season with a win at Richmond Regatta in W.IM3 8+ (crew:  A. van Den Berg, S. Schorm, S. Barton, S. Head, S. Schlosser, V. Harvey, R. Withers, T. Hudson, V. Taylor (cox)).

  • CORRECTION: Kingston Regatta passed with a few entries and at least TWO wins:

  • o    Mas C 4- Peter Simpson, James Weatherstone, Fred Beaud, Bryan Williams beat Kingston GS Associates

  • o    Nov 2x James Ulner and Nico Russman

  • … Fortunately we were back on winning form at a rainy Molesey Regatta, with no less than four wins – all in sculling:

  • o   Gianni Galavotti finally popped his novice sculling cherry in style, with wins at both Nov 1x and IM3 1x

  • o   Athene McGregor-Macdonald and Natalie “Red” Demblon also lost their novice status, in the W.Nov 2x

  • o   Martha Kelly notched up a win in W.IM3 1x

  • Back in Henley-on-Thames (for Henley Town and Vistitors) Vesta claimed more silverware, this time with some help from our friends:

  • o   Emi Furuhata lost her novice status in the W.Nov 4+ in conjunction with HSBC RC

  • o   Kat Hedges defended her quad title in the W.IM2 4x with alma mater club Eton Excelsior.

  • And last but not least, in the Barnes and Mortlake Regatta, Mas C 2x was won by Peter Simpson and Frederic Beaud who beat Putney Town in the semi-final and Cygnet in the Final to win.

Well done Vesta! Now back to the ergos to prep for the new season ahead!!

- Martha and Aga

]]> http://www.vestarowing.co.uk/summer-2011-regatta-summary-1754/feed 0 Henley Town and Visitors’ Regatta http://www.vestarowing.co.uk/henley-town-and-visitors-regatta-653 http://www.vestarowing.co.uk/henley-town-and-visitors-regatta-653#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:32:17 +0000 Gaby http://www.vestarowing.co.uk/?p=653 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.

Victory in IM1

(Photo courtesy of Tim Hodges, in case you hadn’t guessed.)

In the meantime a record number of crews had qualified for finals and there were four Vesta wins in the W IM2 4x, the IM3 4+ , IM2 1x and IM1 4- categories.

The club’s sculling fraternity deserves a special mention: in a large entry of Vesta scullers Harry Bond lost the Elite final against a GB sculler in Mahe Drysdale’s boat by only one foot and in a close Vesta/Vesta final Jeremy Burke beat Michael Hughes by just three feet. In a race that looked like the master craftsman was passing on his trade to the young apprentice, the master was lucky to win in the very last few metres of the race.

Congratulations to the novice, sorry senior, four that won IM1 4- on the very last stroke to win their second pots in a week. Novice at Staines, IM1 at HT&V – a fantastic result!

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