{"id":2223,"date":"2024-05-28T17:18:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T16:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2024-05-31T09:57:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T08:57:52","slug":"monmouth-regatta-sunday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/2024\/05\/28\/monmouth-regatta-sunday-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Monmouth Regatta &#8211; Sunday Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day two of \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouthrc.org.uk\/regatta\">Monmouth Regatta<\/a>, 750m sprint races today\u00a0 and I set off from my folks home bright and early once again.<\/p>\n<p>The forecast for today was originally thunderstorms, so hopefully those pass us by and we can have some racing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.16.26.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2235 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.16.26-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.16.26-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.16.26-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.16.26.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have any races this morning, I am only racing this afternoon, but I will lend moral support and act as boatman for Mark F and Mark G who are racing in the open 2x category this morning.<\/p>\n<p>We take the 2x off the trailer and attach the riggers ready for the first round of the open 2x tree.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-16.15.59.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2219 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-16.15.59-300x90.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-16.15.59-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-16.15.59-768x229.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-16.15.59.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>There is a chance of an all Staines final if all goes to plan.<\/p>\n<p>The first race is against Aberystwyth University, this looks to be a novice crew and they win this round &#8216;easily&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-16.58.41.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2229 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-16.58.41-300x184.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-16.58.41-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-16.58.41-768x471.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-16.58.41.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second round is against an adaptive crew who had no other suitable category to race in, this was also classed as &#8216;easily&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.04.03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2231 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.04.03-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.04.03-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.04.03-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.04.03.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Staines &#8216;Junior&#8217; pairing of Jake G and Theo T , having received a &#8216;bye&#8217; into the second round were up against Cardiff University who were the winners of the first round, they also won their race &#8216;easily&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.00.55.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2230 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.00.55-300x170.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.00.55-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.00.55-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.00.55.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This had then set the stage for an all Staines final and a father vs son grudge match.<\/p>\n<p>The trash talk started early and included a full on &#8216;gun show&#8217; from Jack G, Mark G and Mark F.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.05.35.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2232 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.05.35-300x190.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.05.35-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.05.35-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.05.35.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>On paper, the masters should have this one in the bag with 2K times of 6:35 for Mark G and 6:55 for Mark F vs 7:05 for Jack G and 7:45 for Carlo T.<\/p>\n<p>The stage set, off they go for the final race.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monmouth 750m Open 2x Final\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_bGpZguFzC4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Juniors&#8217; shoot off the start like a rocket whilst the &#8216;masters&#8217; being 20kg heavier, set off slightly slower but then start to chase them down.<\/p>\n<p>Mark G has a few steering issues staying away from the bank and also catches a few mini crabs, so by the time they are nearing the finish line it is a foregone conclusion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.12.11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2233 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.12.11-300x160.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.12.11-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.12.11-768x409.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.12.11.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jake G is not going to let his father, Mark G, live this moment down any time soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/445366154_10233186468227417_4235615272307421748_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2256 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/445366154_10233186468227417_4235615272307421748_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/445366154_10233186468227417_4235615272307421748_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/445366154_10233186468227417_4235615272307421748_n.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That was the last race of the morning session and also the only medals for Staines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.14.33.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2234 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.14.33-300x272.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.14.33-300x272.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.14.33-768x696.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-28-at-17.14.33.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Mark G headed off home with his family, unsure if his son&#8217;s head would fit in the car following the win over his father, Jake apparently did not shut up about his win the entire two and a half hour journey home!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day two of \u00a0Monmouth Regatta, 750m sprint races today\u00a0 and I set off from my folks home bright and early once again. The forecast for today was originally thunderstorms, so hopefully those pass us by and we can have some racing. I don&#8217;t have any races this morning, I am only racing this afternoon, but&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2223"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2258,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions\/2258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.hslracing.com\/fitness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}