Year: 2023
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Head of the River Race
Congratulations to our men’s crew on finishing 105th on Saturday. The crew was a mix of our senior men’s squad and our masters squad with only one practice outing beforehand, so overall we think it was a decent result. Thanks especially to Wallce Fisher who morphed seamlessly from Novice coach to expert cox for the day!
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Schools Head of the River
Our girls “A” crew had a storming row to win a silver medal in WJ16 Championship 8s, the first top three place for any Wallingford crew in a number of years. It is unusual for Wallingford to put out junior 8s, let alone be less than 6 seconds from winning it! The crew of Elin…
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Avon Spring Head
Congratulations to Chris Revell who was fastest overall sculler, and winner of Open 1x, at Avon Spring Head. Held at Saltford, half way between Bath and Bristol, Chris won in just under 13 minutes. Not far behind was Andy Hull, second in Mas C 1x. Great to have two committee members racing in singles at…
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Victory at the Women’s Eights Head of the River Race
Our Women Masters “F” eight had a storming row to win not only their category but also the outright Masters pennant in todays Women’s Head! This is an amazing result showing what a depth of talent we have in our Masters squad. Laura Forrest, Janet Dutton, Alice Brown, Rachel Edge, Judith Carr, Jenny Taylor, Julia…
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Reading University Head
A great head race today, though a touch chilly, and with success for our Juniors ahead of the Schools Head and Junior Sculling Head in March. Our WJ16 4x of Annie, Tabby, Lucy and Zara won their event in style by some 20 seconds – pictured here with top supporter Bosch the dog. Our J15…
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Trafford Head of the Bridgewater
Wallingford RC won two events at this race thanks to Ruth Haigh, visiting old haunts but representing her current club. Congratulations to Ruth on winning both W 2x and O 2x (but in a mixed crew.) She also came second in her 1x by only 8 seconds, pictured. Three races in one day and two…
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Launching Junior and Adult Learn to Row Courses
Come to learn how to row on the best and most beautiful stretch of the River Thames! We can promise that you will learn new skills and get fitter, we can ensure that you will have fun, and we hope that you may even fall in love with the sport enough to want to take…
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Henley 4s & 8s Head
Firstly, our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the UTRC masters rower who sadly died following a suspected heart attack at this Head race. It is a tragic reminder that health and safety must be taken seriously at all times for rowers of all ages, during events and training. The organisers decided not…
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Wycliffe Big Head
Our juniors won three events at Wycliffe Big Head on Saturday 4th February. In lovely conditions, and surprisingly warm for Wycliffe, our J16 4+ beat their nearest opposition by 26 secs, and our WJ16 8+ (pictured with medals) beat theirs by 41 seconds. The boys, including a J15, looked strong at half-way and continued to power…
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Christmas Erg challenge
Inspired by Keith Settle, our Director of Senior Rowing, thirty-nine members of the Club smashed a Christmas challenge to rack up the approx. 2,500 kilometres between Wallingford and Kyiv. In total we rowed, erged, swam, biked (distance divided by three!), ran or walked 3,213,393 metres from 19th December to 1st January to raise money for the British Red…
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