With the end of exams in sight, this weekend saw Loughborough Students racing at three regattas over the course of this weekend.
Coronation Regatta
The Coronation 60th Anniversary Regatta was a unique one-off regatta held on a 1000m stretch stretch of the Thames at Windsor Castle's Home Park. Competing in Nottingham colours as part of the NRC High Performance squad, Sarah Bonar and Bethan Lloyd were in the winning Senior 4x and Elite 4x. Pippa Whittaker also joined up with Nicky Spencer from NRC, winning the Elite 2x.
Marlow Regatta
At Marlow Regatta, Nottingham's winning Senior 4- featured Craig Turner and Alex Evangelidis. This boat should now be qualified to defend the Wyfold Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in the first week in July. Last year's Wyfold winning crew had three current or former Loughborough Students. Alex Watkins stroked the NRC IM2 8+ which was unfortunately knocked out in a tough heat and Ayrton Carlton raced in the IM1 4- that finished 5th. Ed Couldwell, back in action after excess fatigue forced him to take some time off training, unfortunately missed out on the final in the Senior 1x.
Nottingham Sprint Regatta
Closer to home was the Nottingham Sprint Regatta, which used by some of the girls to aid their final preparations for the following week's Henley Women's Regatta. Ruth Mckellar, Caitlin Boyland, Kirsty Brown, Fiona Robinson, Alex Beviss and cox Nat Egginton made up two thirds of the winning Nottingham Novice 8+, beating Nottingham Trent University BC. In the IM3 4+, the girls crew of Ruth, Kirsty, Caitlin, Nicky and Nat won against Loughborough Boat Club. A crew of this year's Novice Boys, who you may remember won at Leicester Regatta, finished second in the IM3 4+, just pipped by NRC in the final.
Next week, Henley Women's Regatta!
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