Hammersmith Head

Feb 28, 2026

The club entered six crews for the Hammersmith Head this year, rowing over 4,000M from Chiswick Bridge to Hammersmith Bridge. Our star crew was the Open Masters H eight, which won the Open Masters E/F/G/H handicap category in a time of 11 min. 47.6 sec, the fastest Quintin crew of the day. The results for all the club’s crews are summarised below, listed in finish time order, before adjusting for handicap. Well done to all thiose taking part!

Bow No.CrewCategoryRaw TimeH’cap TimeCat. Posn.
320Mas HMas E/F/G/H11:47.6*10:48.61 of 12
206Mas DMas B/C/D12:11.611:42.66 of 7
329Mas GMas E/F/G/H12:54.5*12:16.511 of 12
271WMas CWMas B/C/D12:55.412:42.46 of 11
273WMas DWMas B/C/D14:00.813:30.810 of 11
275WMas D (devt.)WMas B/C/D14:56.114:26.111 of 11
* includes 5 sec. penalty

The winning crew: Huw Jones (bow), Graham Bagnall, Rod Stewart, Richard Lonergan, Slavo Radosevic, Andy Tompkins, Geoff Peel, Ian Hyslop (stroke), Hilary Cook (cox).

The full provisional results may be found at https://www.hammersmithhead.com/_files/ugd/c62524_3d2233afde654deaa9de6dd789f8faaa.pdf.

Crew photos may be found at https://quintinboatclub.org/gallery/image.php?ref=3692.

The winning Mas E/F/G/H crew

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