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ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE
Last term’s focus for the Boat Club was on
pre-season land training and we had more
girls and boys working hard in preparation
for this term than ever before. On the
water the emphasis was on quality rather
than quantity but our elite rowers, both the
boys’ and girls’ senior squads, were busy and
raced at several events.
Rowing
By Peter Rudge, Master i/c Rowing
Our first event of the year, Wallingford
Long Distance Sculls, saw a fantastic debut win
for new Lower Sixth pupil Siobhan Mottram
(
The Misbourne
) in the U17 single sculls
category while our second event, Reading
Small Boats Head, saw the winning streak
continue. The boys were successful with the
four of Ben Sthamer (
New College
), Karl Rieger
(
Rothesay Netherwood
), Jamie Johnstone (
The
Beacon
), Noah Phipps (
The Marlborough
),
and Jamie Galbraith (
St Hugh’s
) winning their
event. There was a win for the girls’ double of
Siobhan Mottram and Eloise Kiely (
Windlesham
House
) while Siobhan Mottram also won again
in the afternoon with our GB international,
Tilly Catlin (
Esher CofE High
). Other impressive
results at Reading included Rupert Singfield
(
Cherwell
) coming second in his single event
while the boys’ quad of Charlie Smith (
The
Beacon
), David Willcox (
Wallingford
), Charlie
Gosling (
Eaton House The Manor
) and Hugh
Reilly (
Davenies
) also came fourth overall on
the day beating Leander in the process and
only behind crews from Reading University.
Finally the Boat Club had an extremely
busy day at Pangbourne Junior Sculls. In the
morning the senior boys raced in both a
quad and a coxed four. The coxed four came
second behind Winchester but ahead of crews
from Eton, Shiplake, Canford and Bedford
Tilly Catlin (
left
) with one of the three silver medals
she won at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in Hungary
last summer (see page 7).
Swimming
By Rebecca Clark, Head of Swimming
Swimming at St Edward’s continues to develop;
the sport was oversubscribed owing to its
popularity last term. There were beginners,
intermediate, advanced competitive swimmers
and triathletes in the pool at any one time.
Catherine Phillips was an invaluable addition
to the coaching team. A swimmer herself,
she brought a wealth of knowledge and
expertise to poolside. First team swimmers
competed successfully in galas against Stowe,
Bromsgrove, Bedford, Oundle, Abingdon,
Bradfield, Cranleigh and Cheltenham College
in our biggest fixtures programme since the
re-establishment of competitive swimming.
There was a real team spirit and vibrancy
on poolside with increasing numbers either
in the development group or in the squad.
School records were broken by Casper Sunley
(
Cheam)
, Amélie Waters (
Lycée International
de Valbonne
) and Sascha Clark-Jones (
Christ
School while the best result of the day was
the quad of Hugh Reilly, David Willcox, Felix
Obholzer (
Hampton)
and Charlie Gosling
beating Eton’s top boat to win their event and
finish as the fastest crew of the entire day. In
the afternoon the boys raced again and split
down into pairs and singles. Highlights here
included Hugh Reilly coming fourth overall
in his single while David Willcox came eighth
overall. In the pairs, Charlie Smith and Rupert
Singfield excelled to win the junior coxless
pair event and were also the fastest pair of
the day into the bargain. On the girls’ side the
quad of Siobhan Mottram, Tilly Catlin, Kirsten
Pearce (
Dr Challoner’s
) and Molly van der
Heiden (
Farmor’s
) raced well finishing third
in their event in the morning. The standout
performances were in the afternoon when
the girls raced in singles. Siobhan Mottram
continued her run of great results to come
second in the junior 17 event while Tilly Catlin
came second in the junior 18 event. With two
wins, four seconds, a third and a fourth it was
a very successful day for the Boat Club.
Finally, at the very end of term, it was
great to see 54 rowers prepared to give
up part of their holiday to prepare for this
term with a training camp at School that will
undoubtedly have set them up for more
success in the coming months.
Church Cathedral
). Swimmers who have put
in excellent races in competition this term
are Ademide Adewunmi (
British International,
Lagos
), Amélie Waters, Amber Walkinshaw
(
Dragon
), Maddie Catchpole (
Dragon
),
Antonia Lewis (
Marlston House
), Lizzie Dorey
(
Cherwell
), Hannah Monks (
Headington
),
Alexia Demetriou (
Kampala International
),
Natalia Elezovic (
Fulham Prep
), Millie Tozer
(
Banda, Nairobi
), Gong Limsong (
Chulalongkorn
University Demonstration School
), James Bazeley
(
Cottesmore
), Ben Hutchinson Kurczij (
The
Beacon
), Frank Wates (
Cottesmore
), Matt
Thornton (
Wheatley Park
), Louis Wright
(
Caldicott
), Vladimir Farenkov (
Moscow
Education Centre 1239
), Pasha Tinkov (
Anglo
American School of Moscow
), Gleb Izmaylov
(
Bishopstrow
), Misha Kirillov (
Elstree
), Fike
Adebiyi (
Day Waterman College
), Felix Parr
(
Christ Church Cathedral
), Casper Sunley, Sascha
Clark-Jones, Paul Beckers (
Lycée Français
Victor Hugo
), Martin Ho (
Yuen Long Merchants
Association Secondary
), Maximilian Heil
(
Cherwell
) and visiting Australian swimmer and
exchange pupil Ciaron Loh (
The King’s School,
Parramatta
). The team gained an overall win
against Cheltenham College in the final fixture
of the term and are looking forward to meets
against Abingdon and Oratory this term as
well as the prestigious Bath Cup and Swimming
Relays at The London Aquatics Centre, Queen
Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Frank Wates
(
Cottesmore
)
Casper Sunley