The Women’s Eights Head of the River Race took place this Saturday over the traditional championship course from Mortlake to Putney, starting two minutes early at 12:13 pm. The club entered three crews, but on the day one of them fell short of personnel with no substitutes available and had to scratch.
The race was won by the Leander Club in a time of 18 min. 18.4 sec. The Masters pennant was won by the Upper Thames/Strathclyde Park/Bedford/Blacksheep/Bristol University composite Masters D crew in a time of 20 min. 25.5 sec. Our Masters C crew finished 217th in a time of 22 min. 16.6 sec. and were sixth of the seven Masters C crews. Our Masters D crew finished 288th in 23 min. 34.7 sec. and were ninth of the ten Masters D crews. There were 327 entries in the race but thirteen crews did not start, leaving 314 to complete the course.
A great experience for all our competitors (and a long paddle back from Putney!).
The full results may be found at https://www.wehorr.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/WEHoRR-2026-Results.pdf.
Thanks go to all the organisers and volunteers on the day, including from the club Richard White, Adrian Ballardie and Roger Hine who were part of the timekeeping team at the start.
Crew photographs may be found at https://quintinboatclub.org/gallery/index.php?ref=3707.
Left to right: Benedict Weir, Sophie Robinson, Kira Vermang, Teresa Redondo-Lopez, Francesca Keys, Polly Atkinson, Rita Parekh-Patel, Abi Klapp, Jose Gonzalez Cotera (cox), Elliott Kemp (Coach), Simon Hunt (cox), Jacqui Sutherland, Heather Chapman, Ainslie Rimmer, Roberta Gargiulo, Jacqueline Marie, Kasia Wroblewska, Lorna Anderson, Kirsty Russell-Duff.
