The club ended its most successful year ever with 8 wins at Oxford Royal. It’s the only regatta we go to upstream of us on the Thames, and pretty much the closest too – though Henley and Reading might hold this claim. The racing was ferocious on a notoriously difficult course to steer, with our Masters men coming out top in F 4x and our Masters women in F 2x.
It was the last ever Junior race for our WJ18s before they head off for the grown-up world of university rowing, Emma showing the way by winning in her 1x. Any potential sadness about leaving was obliterated by the incredible summer weather, overnight camping, the famous City of Oxford disco, and the fact that all six who’ve come up through the club from J14 managed at least race each and a whole weekend together, firm Wallingford friends.
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