Unofficially Thames Rowing Club

Marlow regatta is regularly one of the toughest in the Men’s calendar, attracting leading British and foreign crews hoping to catch the Steward’s eye and gain early qualification for HRR. Thames managed to successfully qualify four boats by the end of Saturday’s racing.

 Thames Cup Eights

 The club’s top crew was racing in Senior Eights and after a slow start they rowed through to win their heat in the second fastest time of 5:50 giving then direct qualification for their final. Sadly they were not able to repeat this performance in the final but learnt some important lesson and gained qualification for HRR.

 The second eight raced in IM2 Eights and unfortunately did not progress past the heats. They will now be focussing on the Henley qualifiers this Friday evening.

 Britannia Coxed Fours

 The top 4+ impressed by rowing past London RC in the last 500m to win their heat and progress to the semi. They finished a close 4^th in their next race and missed a place in the final by 0.4 seconds. The crew were disappointed but seemed pretty happy the following morning when they learned they had pre-qualified for HRR. Congrats to Andy and Jonathan who are currently ‘Henley virgins’.

 Wyfold Coxless Four

 The top 4- raced in the Senior event and raced well in their heat finishing second, but with only one through to the final they headed to the rep where they qualified comfortably. They final produced some fast times and Thames fought on securing yet another crew’s place at HRR.

 Visitor’s Coxless Four

 Racing in a composite crew with the Army and London this crew has finalised its line up fairly late in the season. Their heat was their first race together and put them in the rep with the top two straight through to the final. The next race was fairly easy as only two crew turned up at the start with both getting a place in the final. The final proved to be their best effort of the day finishing 3^rd, turning over crews from Leander and CUBC along the way. By Sunday lunchtime the Steward’s had also decided to pre-qualify this crew for HRR.

The Junior Men’s squad was also represented with Harry racing hard in the single fighting through to his rep, and a composite quad with Westminster School qualifying for the final in a tough event