Notts City Regatta

Two weeks after BUCS Regatta and exams are upon (almost) everyone, forcing most of the club's athletes to put some of that training and racing time into early morning and late night sessions in the library. However, there were still Loughborough Students in attendance at Notts City Regatta, with a particularly strong attendance from the senior girls.

James Ingle, 3rd in the M.Nov.1x (Photo: Ed Fisher)

First up was the Women's Novice Eight, where six of our girls and cox Nat Egginton joined up with two of the Nottingham RC girls to form a crew that won their heat and came third in the final. In the Coxed Fours, Nat again took control of Alex Beviss, Fiona Robinson, Emily Quimby and Kat Aguilar-Agon, coming 2nd in the Novice race while new Women's Captain Kirsty Brown jumped into NRC's IM2 boat which came 5th.

Hannah Wright got the girls under way in the sculling events, finishing 4th in the Elite Lightweight Single. Next up, Ruth Mckellar and Caitlin Boyland came 3rd in the IM3 Double. Sarah Bonar and Bethan Lloyd then took 2nd place in the IM2 Double before teaming up with two of the NRC girls to win the IM2 Quad!

Singles were generally the boat of choice for the few boys racing this weekend. Four of the boys on the club's Talent ID scheme were due to race in the Novice Single, however Ben Colman was forced to pull out due to a forearm injury. Unfortunately Jon Stimpson caught a crab that caused him to fall in and British Rowing to kindly deliver a racing incident report to the committee's inbox, leaving two members left to finish. Matt Brazkiewicz, who had to miss BUCS Regatta, came 6th while James Ingle (BUCS Regatta Novice 1x silver medalist) came 3rd. In the IM3 Single, Ayrton Carlton and new Men's Captain Alex 'Bertie' Watkins brought home a 1-2 for Loughborough Students Rowing! Stuart Walker was also racing, sitting at bow for NRC in both their IM2 and IM3 eights, finishing 6th and 4th respectively.

We're looking forward to a good weekend of racing again next time out, at Peterborough Regatta and Metropolitan Regatta.. watch out for us in Peterborough and at Dorney!

Alex 'Bertie' Watkins not posing (Photo: Ed Fisher)