Thames Valley Park Regatta

Thames Valley Park Regatta provided the J15 squad a final opportunity for the 2018-2019 boats to perform against National level crews. The J15s performed well throughout the day, with the racing divided into a morning and afternoon division.

In the morning racing all three of the VIIIs progressed through to their finals. The J15 boys VIII were too strong for Canford and Oratory School, however the final against the heavily favoured Norwich School VIII was a step too far, the boys didn’t go down without a fight and stayed with the Norwich School boys for the race. The boys second VIII raced a fantastic semi-final in the octuples to progress to the final, eventually finishing in 3rd place. The girls J15 VIII raced up a category in the J16 girls’ event, despite this they pushed a strong Lady Eleanor Holles School girls VIII to the line.

The afternoon racing saw the girls J15 octuple again race an LEH girls crew in the final, again pushing them all of the way and finishing in 2nd place. The girls J15 coxed four raced up a category in the J16 coxed four event and finished in 2nd place to LEH again! The boys (tier 2) coxed four progressed to the final with a win of 2 foot over Monmouth School. In the final they were side by side with a strong Whitgift crew, going into the final 50 metres still level the King’s crew push gave them 2 foot with which to win the event with, a fantastic way to complete the day and chance for the whole squad to cheer their teammates in.