Across The Line: Catching up with results at Marlow Regatta and Cambridge Bumps
Find out what’s been going on across the UK as well as the action from Marlow Regatta and Cambridge May Bumps
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We’re Across The Line! Join us to look back on a thrilling weekend of racing from across the UK.
London march on after an emphatic win
We’re getting to the business end of the season and London RC are sharpening up at just the right point in the season. They saw off every challenge that was laid out in front of them, including putting seven seconds into their Putney neighbours, Thames RC. It was a tremendous performance, however, everything is still to play for as coach Stu Heap and the men of London RC look to avoid history repeating itself at Henley Royal Regatta next week. Oxford Brookes University BC placed second and third, with their student crew managing to put three seconds into Durham University BC suggesting the Temple Challenge Cup could once again be a mouthwatering affair with Harvard University, ASR Nereus, and others still to join the party.
On the junior side of things, we saw St Paul’s School BC step up in the absence of Shiplake College. They were 12 seconds ahead of their closest rivals Bedford School BC while Radley College BC, Latymer Upper School BC, and St Edward’s School BC all found themselves in the C Final.
Speaking of the juniors, it was yet another victory for The Windsor Boys’ School BC. What’s worth noting though is that Molesey BC, who were fifth at National Schools’ Regatta have been building momentum nicely and were within 1.3s of Windsor as they crossed the finish line. What is perhaps worrying for all the other clubs across the UK is that Windsor’s ‘B’ crew were third, less than two seconds behind Molesey. Perhaps Windsor were saving some juice for their second lot of racing as the crew were back in action later that afternoon, taking on the very best of British men’s sculling in the Championship event. Reading University ran out comfortable winners but the plucky schoolboys raced to a fifth place finish beating two other Reading boats in the process.
Josh Knight had a brilliant regatta in the Championship Single Scull. After winning the time trial, he topped the A Final, ahead of Ben Parsonage and Hinksey Sculling School’s Herbie Austin-Baker. All three of these scullers will be back in action on Friday at the Qualifiers for Henley Royal Regatta. They’ll be in a field of 28 scullers hoping to qualify for the Diamond Challenge Sculls but only the fastest five will qualify.
In the Coxless Fours, the all-star line roster from Oxford University – featuring two Olympians in Nic Kohl and Nick Rusher claimed the top prize ahead of Thames RC who had just the one Olympian on board in the form of James Rudkin. Over the next couple of week or so, it’s certainly worth keeping an eye on the Canadians from the University of British Columbia, who were sitting in third position with 500m gone but dropped back to finish fifth.
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While Shiplake College BC’s 1st Eight may not have been in action, their J14s showed a huge amount of promise racing in the J14 Octuple Sculls. Nine boats raced the time trial and it was the Bees who won gold ahead of Windsor, and Claires Court School BC.
Did you miss any of the action? Don’t worry you can catch up on the results from racing here.
Lady Margaret and Jesus top the rankings at Cambridge May Bumps
Lady Margaret College BC stay top of the Men’s rankings after four days of racing on the Cam. It was a particularly special day for the club who retained the Men’s Headship on their 200th anniversary. For the women, Jesus College BC had a terrific seconds day which saw them take the Headship from Caius College BC, a result which started a downwards spiral for Caius. Jesus were bolstered by Boat Race talent as Sarah Sharp, Tash Morrice, and Grace Forward linked up with their college teammates for a stellar few days racing. The top ranked crew coming into the event would also be bumped by Trinity Hall College BC to finish third overall in the May Bumps standings.
One of the biggest risers across the racing was Peterhouse M1. The crew contained Cambridge University Boat Club President Luca Ferraro, alongside John Morris, Ed Parkhouse, Gabriel Mahler, James Robson, Simon Hatcher, George Bourne, stroked by Olympic champion Tom Ford and were scoxed by Maisie Dixon. Over the four days of racing, the crew rose eight places and were one of four Peterhouse crews (M1, M2, M3, and W1) to receive ‘blades’ which are awarded for crews who make at least one bump each day. Sadly for Peterhouse, they couldn’t complete the ‘blades’ sweep as M4 was awarded ‘spoons’ having been bumped every time they took to the water.
It was also a terrific few days for Darwin College M1 who rose eight places and moved into the second division of racing. Hughes hall BC W1 rose six places while Selwyn College BC W3 climbed up a division while they bumped up seven places
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Catch up on all of the action from Henley Women’s Regatta which saw over 2000 athletes compete across three scintiliating days of racing.
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That’s all from Across The Line this week!
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