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2010 SPRING TERM

Many of the A,B, and C boys are racing on Saturday 6th Feb at Hampton Head.

Some of the girls raced at the Thames Valley Time Trial on 31st January. The coxless quad were first out of one, and the two doubles finished 8th in the J18 and J16 events. Claire Rafferty put in a strong performance in the WJ18 singles finishing 5th out of 11. She loved it so much she then raced twice more in fours with Poole Rowing Club.

2009 AUTUMN TERM

Excellent results all round from the boys at Henley Sculls. Placings included 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th; all in a high class field.

Harry Aitchison and Claire Rafferty are preparing for the GB junior sculling trials on 21st November and we wish them the very best.

Most of the Club will be competing at Pangbourne Junior Sculls on Saturday 14th November...details to follow.

A nice result for Harry Aitchison and Claire Rafferty in the Pairs Head of the River. We have not entered a crew in this event as long as I can remember. Harry and Claire were 4th out of 11 in Intermediate 3 mixed double sculls. They overtook 5 crews and were faster than one of the IM2 doubles. 182nd overall out of nearly 400 boats. Congratulations to Pete Wells on his 7th place overall.

Five event wins at Monkton Head ! Well done to Claire Rafferty (W Jun and W IM2 1x), Harry Aitchison (J16 1x), Lizzie Post & Hannah Caplin (W Nov 2x), and the C Boys Quad Scull (J15 4x). It was a good day all-round. Details will follow, Claire was the 2nd fastest Womens' single out of 13 and Harry the 4th fastest out of lots.

Congratulations to Harry Aitchison on an impressive 7th place out of 24 in the J16 singles at Wallingford Long Distance Sculls.

Traditionally we have smaller numbers on the river in the Autumn, but we have been blessed with good weather and the spirit is high. We welcome two new coaches...Bryony Britten from Auriol Kengsington, and Adam Mackenzie, from Bristol University. So far we have had a successful training day at Saltford (with thanks to Avon County), during which we saw Jimmy's 'advanced' group pull in at the pub during steady state to rehydrate, and a friendly time trial at Canford (see Results). The first main event, involving almost everyone, is Monkton Head on Saturday 10th October. Harry Aitchison and Claire Rafferty have been training hard in preparation for GB Junior Trials.

2009 SUMMER TERM
BSBC WIN 20 EVENTS IN REGATTAS

Final successes from the year.....

The Club won no less than FIVE of the seven events entered at Reading Town Regatta: Womens' Intermediate 2 Doubles, Womens' Intermediate 3 Fours, Mens' J15 Quads, Womens' J15 Quads, Womens' J14 Quads...an outstanding day.

Although painfully close to qualifying (2 or 3 seconds off) the Boys' 1st VIIII put in a superb row at Henley. This is a young crew, and the plan is a long term one...to commit now to return next year stronger and faster and qualify for the Princess Elizabeth Cup 2010.

Representing Bryanston at the National Rowing Championships on 17th/18th July:
Harry Aitchison in Mens' J15 Singles.
Henry Hill/Tom Hughes-Chamberlain in Mens' J15 Doubles.

ANOTHER GOOD WEEKEND (20/21st June)
Six event wins including a clean sweep for the D Boys' Quads at Tewkesbury. The A,B, and C crews all won their events against a total of 24 other crews. The D Quad finished runners-up to the C in the third event. At Thames Valley Park Regatta, Claire Rafferty won the WJ17 Singles and Jimmy Leigh and Harry Aitchison won the Mens' Junior Doubles.

Monday 22nd June: The Senior Girls braved the waves to go out in two coastal fours at Bournemouth Rowing Club whilst a certain coach sat on the beach.

MARLOW TOWN REGATTA - SAT 13TH JUNE
Not much luck here for our crews. Claire Rafferty won her heat of WJ17 singles nicely to reach the final, and finished runner-up to a William Borlase sculler (6th at National Schools'). The C girls quad raced well to get 2nd out of 3 in their heat. There were various good races but no glory until SAM HOARE romped home with the Mens Novice single sculls title in one of the last races of the day.

WESSEX JUNIOR REGATTA at BRYANSTON - SUN 14TH
A great day. Fantastic weather yet again. A particularly strong performances from the D Boys in singles (Tom Newitt and Rob Dewar were first and second) and from the D Boys C Quad coxed by Dan Poulton, who won their event.

WALTON REGATTA Although we didn't manage any pots there was excellent and close racing all day from ALL our crews. Harry Aitchison (single), Henry Hill/Tom Hughes-Chamberlain (double) and the D Boys A quad all got through their first round, the latter beating Hampton A by 3 feet in a real thriller. The quad then beat Tideway Scullers to reach their semi-final where they came up against a very classy Windsor Boys Quad.

NATIONAL SCHOOLS' REGATTA
Seven crews competed...more than in recent years. Three of them did well enough to get through the initial time trial stage into semi-finals: Harry Aitchison was 11th in his time trial out of no less than 40 MJ15 Single scullers, and the D Boys A and B Quads both got through. The best result came from the D Boys B quad who took the bronze medals in the MJ14 4x+ (ii) event. BSBC have not come back with medals for 13 years !!! Well done to Alex Cruickshank, Fergus Simpson, Rufus Martin, Dougie Stewart, and James Daniels.

BSBC WON SEVEN EVENTS ON SATURDAY 16th May!!
At Thames Ditton Regatta MJ14 B Quads (Moore, Briggs, Backhouse, Rowe, Jay) and MJ15 Fours (Geake, Aitchison, Hill, Hughes-Chamberlain, Hughes).

At Bristol Avon Regatta MJ16 Double Sculls (Harvey bradley-Hole, Bertie Meyer), WJ15 Singles (Mia O'Toole), and a clean sweep for the Senior Girls: W Sch/J Coxless Quads (Claire Rafferty, Laura O'Brien, Kate Bertram, Jo Linney) W Novice Doubles (Jo Linney, Laura O'Brien), and W Intermediate 3 Single Sculls (Claire Rafferty)

We had three crews at WALLINGFORD REGATTA on Sunday 3rd May. Results were good, particulalry for the D Boys A Quad who, from a field of 15 boats, finished runners-up in a thrilling six-boat final, just holding off three Windsor Boys' crews.

Spring term:

Claire Rafferty and Oscar Petit competed in the Junior Indoor Champs on Tuesday 17th March. Claire did well (8:02 for 2km), but perhaps was not at her best, and finished in the middle of her event. Oscar Petit achieved an outstanding 4th place in a very large field of Year 11 boys. He completed 1740m in six minutes. An average split of 1:43 (try it !)

A new erg record for C boys...Harry Aitchison did 2000m in 6:49 and Phil Hughes in 6:50 !!

Mark Lilley, genius and boatman, has set up a website for rowing images from our training and events. This is at
www.turbolink.co.uk/bsbc. It is password protected and we will only give access to rowing parents...email gse for the password. We have some great pictures that Mark took at Wimbleball.

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