Five Quintin members travelled to Seville to compete in the masters regatta and one of them (Tom Bishop, who else?) came away with a clutch of medals. The regatta took place over the weekend of 17th-18th October and Tom has sent in a report.
“Seville is a lovely venue and the sun shone enough that you had to keep in the shade and drink water all day. The course is on the edge of the city and dominated by a magnificent suspension bridge. I was surprised to see QBC vests in the crowd and to meet the guys from the coxless four who had a good race, gaining a good second place behind a strong crew. I think they will come again to masters events here. The Men’s Masters D coxless four: Dylan Jackson, Jon Donne, Matthias Boorman, Gideon Fackrell.
My racing over 1000m Saturday 17th October
12:49 Men’s Masters I single scull – first place
I raced in a boat borrowed Empacher single from Club Ginasio of Portugal. The heat I was in was for H (70+) and I (75+) singles and contained a quick Argentinian I sculler, Oscar De Dios, whom I have raced before at world masters. The rest of the race were age category H. I was led for half the race by one of the H scullers but when we reached 750 metres I put in a push and he didn’t come with me . So I went on the win overall by a few lengths.
14:45 Men’s Masters I double scull
A couple of hours after the single, I did a double in a boat from Ginasio club with Peter Watts from Tideway Scullers and competed in Ginasio colours. We went afloat scratch but the boat was well set up before we touched it and was a pleasure to row in. Again the race was categories H and I with Peter and me in the I category. We set off and found we had left the only other I crew behind, but there was an H double who by 30 strokes were clear water ahead of us. At this point I thought we would be left but they didn’t go any further ahead and gradually we overlapped and then at 750 m we called a push and flew past them and off to win. (ed. note: for those with long memories Peter Watts rowed at Quintin in the 1970s)
17:01 Men’s Masters H coxless four
At five o’clock I had the third and last race in a scratch coxless four (another Empacher) with Peter Watts and Mark Alloway, both from TSS, and Carlos Ferreira from the club Mark belongs to in Portugal called Ginasio. I was lumbered with both stroking and steering, each of which I find challenging in sweep. The Portuguese guy Carlos at 3 and Mark Alloway at bow had some interesting instruction translation issues mid-race and I weaved all over the place. We managed second I think and got a medal as we were the only H crew that turned up, the others being G. Well we did beat a couple of the G crews, Anyway my advice is to avoid scratch 4- rows if possible!
I missed the next day’s mixed racing and 500m sprints as I had to get back early Sunday Morning. The Saturday night beer, wine and food was good and the company from Ginasio club excellent. Well worth a trip should you think of doing masters racing in the autumn sunshine, but bring your suntan lotion.”
Tom Bishop
Full results may be found at https://remoandaluz.es/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/RESULTADOS-SRMR2026.pdf.
