Following a solid winter and some good training outings in previous weeks Quintin’s H8 (from bow: Huw Jones, Graham Bagnall, Slavo Radosevic, Jonathan Ferris, Fred Jefferies, Andy Tompkins, Geoff Peel, Ian Hyslop, cox Jane Adams) was raring to go on race day. The...
A mixed crew led by our very own Mike, whose experience is double that of all our combined years, with much of the crew having only learnt to row in the last four years. We are delighted to be the newest kids of the QBC racing block this weekend. The weather...
This crew took to the water for the first time in its entirety on the day, but we had enjoyed close to a full crew for 3 previous weeks. The weather was good, we had enjoyed a fabulous outing on the Saturday, and we were convinced we were going to win our class. This...
Vesta’s Masters Head race day seemed to come around in a flash! Being a mixed VIII was a fantastic experience despite the fact that we’d had very little opportunity to train together as a full crew – I count twice! We were fortunate with the weather, there had...
While our eights were focussing on the two major head races on our home waters, Tom Bishop travelled further afield to concentrate on his sculling skills. There were two head races in Amsterdam over the weekend with one for pairs/doubles, “Tweehead”, on...
The Vesta International Masters Head took place on Sunday with 277 entries. 240 crews were placed and one crew rowed for time only, but the race had to be abandoned with crews on the course as there was a medical emergency and the RNLI lifeboat was called out. Sadly...
