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illnesses dogging their season. They refused
to let the difficulties affect their commitment
or ambition and they performed very strongly
at Henley. In beating one of the best crews
in the USA, Lawrenceville, and the German
school, Ratsgymnasium, Osnabruck, before
losing to the eventual winners, St Paul’s, they
represented the School extremely well and
they raced with a real commitment to each
other that is an example to the rest of the
Boat Club – see the picture on P5.
For a few of our senior rowers the season
extended into the summer. Tilly Catlin (
Esher
CofE High
) was selected to row in the pair
at the Coupe de La Jeunesse, the European
Championships, for Great Britain while
Hugo Marsh (
Davenies
) was selected for
the Great Britain Team at the Junior World
Championships in Rio.
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ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE
Rowing
By Peter Rudge, Master i/c Rowing
Last term was a very positive one for the Boat
Club with both boys and girls across all year
groups enjoying real success.
The Shell boys’ A crew had an excellent
year. In reaching the final at the National
Schools’ Regatta and finishing 5th in the
country they became the most successful
Shell A crew in the School’s history and the
first to reach the final since 2005. The Shell
girls’ A crew were determined not to let the
boys have all the limelight and they were also
fantastic last year, winning several events and
beating several boys’ crews along the way. It
was great to see them finish off their season
by winning their final event of the year at
Reading Town Regatta so convincingly.
The Fourth Form girls and boys both won
last term and the last few weeks of the term
were especially encouraging. The boys won
the J15 eights event at Bedford Star Regatta
and the girls were also successful at the same
regatta in a four. Their season finished at
Reading Town Regatta where both squads
won their fours’ event. They have worked
hard throughout the year and it was good to
see their tenacity rewarded.
At the senior level the girls finished the
term with some great victories at Bedford Star
Regatta and, by reaching the second round
at the prestigious Women’s Henley Regatta,
showed that they are capable of performing
at an extremely high level. They have been
tireless in working to raise the standard of
girls’ rowing at the School and their efforts are
clearly starting to pay off.
On the boys’ side the term was a
frustrating one with several injuries and
The magnificent J14 crew: champions at Birmingham Regatta, Thames Ditton Regatta, Reading Town
Regatta and Bedford Star Regatta, and semi-finalists at the National Schools’ Regatta
The J14 boys’ A crew, the most successful Shell crew in the School’s history.
Elizabeth Dorey
(Cherwell)
, a new
Lower Sixth Sports Scholar, played
Touch Rugby over the summer for
the regional U18 mixed team, the
Southern Mavericks, and the Lions,
the England U18 squad.