Congratulations to Mo, Vicky, Fi and Liz for winning the most successful Veterans at Molesey! They trained hard with fabulous coaching from John Keech to win the following races:

2007 & 2008

Veteran Fours Head

2008

Thames Valley Trials
Molesey Veteran Head
National Veteran Championships
Finalists at Veteran Henley
Molesey Amateur Regatta in a mixed eight

2008 Head Season:
Weybridge Silver Sculls (Vix in 1x)

Good luck to them this year!

Sunshine, warm temperatures and a mirror-like Thames welcomed the eulogilistically named Supra-Novices to HORR 2008.

The largely inexperienced crew of (from bow to stroke) John Thompson, Ian Bott, John Bruton, Alex Heally, Nick Hallwood, Jonathon Cotterill, Mike Trotman and John Parker, coxed by Joel Bruton, showed several late changes from the original selection, leaving only a one night “practice-run” to perfect their teamwork, two days before the race.

A further late change of boat, necessitating last-minute changes to rigger settings, could have given further support to any “God is against us” brigade, but certainly not this crew who took everything in their stride with a shrug and a smile.

However, despite the aforementioned problems, the crew performed faultlessly to record a final position of 392 (from 410 starters) in around 22 minutes, almost certainly substantiating the somewhat excessive alcohol consumption at The Albion later.

Special thanks to all concerned, particularly Ted, Rachel and David for all their coaching efforts.