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Our girls and boys put on a storming performance at Wycliffe Big Head to win both WJ18 and J16 8s. This was the first race in an 8 for these boys since last summer so it was pleasing to win by 17 seconds despite having to stop twice at narrow bridges. Meanwhile our senior men…

The club has taken delivery of a very special new boat named “Tony & Anna”. Tony Wheel was our Junior coach for many years, winning several Nat Schools gold medals and Henley Women’s Regatta trophies, as well as sending a crew to the GB-France match. He was also a dedicated committee member and bedrock of…

Friday saw the Annual Dinner, held at the Wallingford Sports Park, and ably organised by Liberty. There was much eating, drinking and dancing, plus a few fundraising games. Guests of honour were our wonderful boatman Rob and his wife Julie. Awards were given to: Nick (Senior Men), Steph (Senior Women), Sally (Masters Women), David M…

Our Women’s Masters F crew had a storming row at yesterday’s Quintin Head in London, winning their E/F category by 27 seconds, and the overall Women’s Masters category by 5 seconds once handicaps had been applied. They were exceptionally pleased to be racing again, and in the sunshine to boot. We also boated three WJ18…

Our WJ18 8+ went to Ely to train and race against a Cambridge University Women’s crew. Very exciting for our Juniors to be side by side with the prestigious light blues, and on a totally different stretch of water than our usual Upper Thames! Thank you CUWBC for hosting us.

The second club quiz of the year, in Crowmarsh Village Hall, with wacky rounds and entertaining questions, superbly organised by Jules Woodall and team. Many thanks to Waitrose, Lidl and Tesco for providing the food, and to all donors of raffle and auction prizes – very much appreciated. As befits the family focus the team…

We took a small group of Seniors and Masters to this Head, mercifully taking place thanks to the lack of recent rain. We had very encouraging early season wins from our men’s O 4- of Nick, Lucas, Damen and Alex, with Nick and Alex then combining to win O 2- in the afternoon division. There…

On Sunday 27th October the club decamped to Gloucester where we raced in their Autumn Head for the first time, on a gloriously sunny, warm and mercifully flood-free canal. We enjoyed 12 wins, ranging from our super-quick WMasF 4x of Jenny, Rachel, Julia and Alice to our youngest J15 2x of Atti and Jasper. Many thanks…

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…

This regatta, another of our summer favourites, saw a number of firsts. Our Learn to Row graduates won the Explorer Mixed 4x+ category, winning three races en route, their first ever competition, and with just one man on board to boot (instead of the usual two.) These 50 year olds were bouncing with excitement after…