Year: 2022
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Wallingford Long Distance Sculls
Wallingford RC organised another successful head, our Long Distance Sculls, one of the first autumn races for small boats, on 4.5km of our beautiful 10km stretch of river. The whole club came together to host 450 crews on a fine day with little wind and no rain. There was much exciting racing, including an incredible…
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Junior Scratch Regatta
Wallingford Juniors held a scratch regatta for all parents to come watch their children race – and eat pizza! In three hours blessed by late summer sunshine, our J14s and other juniors new to the sport experienced their first ever side-by-side racing, in doubles and quads. It was a great chance to meet old friends…
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Club cleaning
Could there be a better stretch of water to sit beside to re-gear and re-set 70 or so club sculling blades? We don’t think so! Just part of a monumental Club Day at Wallingford RC where senior, master and junior members got together to tidy, clean and organise our boathouse, gym, sculling shed and social…
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Excellent late summer racing
Our senior women raced brilliantly to win Isis Sculls in the Women’s Double Sculls category last weekend. This was an afternoon race, after their coach had made them do the usual club training in the morning… well done Ruth Haigh and Emma Butler for rounding off the summer with a great win. At the Vesta…
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Wins at Oxford City Royal Regatta
Wallingford RC put in some superb performances at Oxford City Royal Regatta last weekend, both at the longer distance on Saturday and the sprint distance on Sunday. There were wins for our Senior Womens 4+ of Emma Butler, Emily Booker, Ruth Haigh, Hazel Shepherd and cox Georgia Dowdeswell and our Mixed 2x of Chris Revell…
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New Director of Rowing at Wallingford
Wallingford Rowing Club is thrilled to have appointed Keith Settle as our new Director of Senior Rowing. Keith is a renowned coach, with nearly 20 years’ experience in winning programmes at Molesey, Shiplake College and Reading Rowing Club, bringing to our club a proven training structure, a cohesive approach and far-reaching ambitions. He joins Katie…
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Maidenhead Regatta
Wallingford RC sent 16 Junior crews to Maidenhead Regatta on Saturday 6th August and came back with 9 winners! Pictured are victorious crews from the morning division including our mixed quad who, racing in the Open Senior event, and with alumna Freya Sharp from Oxford Brookes University on board, dominated their opposition and brought bowman…
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Henley Town & Visitors Regatta
Wallingford RC entered 25 crews from all the age groups into this regatta, held on the site of Henley Royal Regatta, and uniquely racing three crews abreast along the Thames. We had five wins, in WMasC 4x, WJ16 1x, J15 1x, J14 1x and WJ14 2x, not a bad return for the day! Pictured are…
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British Rowing Junior Championships
Wallingford sent 19 crews to the British Rowing Junior Championships this weekend, with many of them experiencing Holme Pierrepont for the first time. There was some fantastic racing, the highlights being Lucy Mead bringing home a silver medal in WJ14 1x in her first ever multi-lane race in a single, and Tabby Gauden and Annie…
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Boat-naming ceremony for our new Hudson
Well, nearly new! It’s been at the club for two years but missed its naming ceremony due to the pandemic, so we made up for it today. It’s a lovely Hudson 2x, funded by the amazing Wallingford-based charity 1155 who organise the town’s fireworks and Santa sleigh, and who support a host of other charitable…
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