Month: July 2024

Staines Regatta 27/07/2024 Our home regatta, where I am competing in a double and a quad on Saturday, we also entered a double for Sunday, but our entry was rejected due to a lack of competition. Masters E/F 2x semi final with Mark F (850m) Staines Boat Club (E) vs Eton Excelsior RC (E). Managed…

Molesey Regatta 20/7/2024 Jonathan K and myself racing in the masters C double sculls quarter final (850m) Staines Boat Club (C) vs Walbrook RC (C). Congratulations on the win to Walbrook. Unfortunately I managed to inspect the local foliage 250m into the course and lost us 15 seconds, we were already down by 2 1/2…

Kingston Regatta 13/07/2024 Mark F and myself racing in the Masters double Sculls semi-final (1000m): Staines BC (E) vs Kingston RC (E) Congratulations on the win to Kingston. Unfortunately we couldn’t ‘get it together’ on the day and were constantly fighting the boat and the river. River was very ‘choppy’ but despite that, we couldn’t…

A wonderful day at Henley Royal Regatta on, Thursday 4th July, with a number of other members of Staines Boat Club You may notice that I am not wearing Staines Green, I am wearing the original colours for Wycliffe College, the school where I learned to row. Wycliffe A dominating in the Diamond Jubilee Challenge…