What a magnificent day! Huge congratulations to the organisers for setting up a superb regatta, and to the many volunteers who made it happen. The weather was kind, it ran pretty much on time, and lots of excellent racing.
How impressive is it that a club of our size can run a regatta like that? It’s not just the first multi-lane regatta of the season but also one of the big ones – a win at Wallingford Regatta is a significant achievement, setting you up for the summer. Lots of thank yous flew in from competitors all over the venue, in the trailer park, on the finish rafts, at race control, the coaches’ cycle path, everywhere.
The whole club should be proud. Congratulations also to our crews who raced brilliantly, especially to the Women’s 4- (pictured at the start) who put in two stunning performances to eventually finish second to a crew from Upper Thames, and the WJ16 8+ who beat their nemesis from earlier in the year but also finished second. Well done Wally!
Wallingford Rowing Club 