Author: 99acadoux
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Update on 24-hour sponsored erg
As you all probably know, the Wallingford Juniors organised a 24-hour sponsored erg in May this year, raising an incredible £14,000 to be shared equally between Ukrainian charities and the boat club. £5,000 of that money was donated to MSF (Medecins Sans Frontieres), and £2,000 to DEC (Disasters and Emergencies Committee.) We have just received…
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WRC at the Head of the Charles River
The weekend of 22/23rd October saw two crews from Wallingford racing at the largest head race in the world, in Boston, USA. Our Grand Masters Womens 8 (that’s US parlance for an average 60-70 years age group) of Rachael Haycock, Katie Kapernaros, Becky Waller and Lou Wymer with some crewmates from other UK clubs, produced a…
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Reading SBH
Wallingford RC had an unprecedented 11 wins at Reading Small Boats Head at the weekend, from the Women’s Masters F quad sculls (average age 60+) to J15 coxed quads (age 14). Excellent organisation as always from our neighbouring club, and the sunny, warm weather we have become used to at Reading in recent years. Some…
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Wine and Nibbles at the boathouse
Here at Wallingford RC we believe in rowing hard and playing hard! As well as our forthcoming Club Dinner, much-loved “tea and toast” between sessions at the weekend and a raft of junior celebrations, we have just got our Members’ Room back into action (it had sadly become a repository for spare riggers and dust…)…
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Pairs Head
Many congratulations to Emma Butler and Sam Hammond for winning Womens Masters B 2- at this year’s Pairs Head! A sterling effort particularly considering the work done the previous day at Wallingford Long Distance Sculls. Our mens crews did well too, finishing 2nd and 6th in Club and Intermediate 2- respectively. Our newly appointed Director of Senior…
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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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