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...
The club had one crew competing in the Head of the River Race on Saturday. Starting with a bow number of 215, they finished 156th overall in a time of 20 min. 5.3 sec. The crew: Duncan Repton (bow), Alexander Apkarian, Lucas Launay, Andrei Bachnak, Daniel Hegarty,...
Bill Dennis, a stalwart of the club since the late 1970s, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 5th at the age of 79 after suffering an aggressive cancer. He will be remembered as one of the original “barflies”, competing in head races and regattas in...
