Twenty-three members of the Junior squad had an outstanding weekend between Friday, July 18th and Monday, July 21st at the 4-day British Rowing Club Championships at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham, bringing home two gold and one silver medals from 13 entries.
Conditions were good on Friday before becoming changeable and wet for the remainder of the weekend necessitating some changes to the published schedule.
Following his success in the GB v France Match the previous weekend sixteen-year-old Quinn Mosley (above) produced another stellar performance by winning gold on Friday in the J18 single sculls from a massive entry of 96 before a second success on Saturday, this time from a field of 67 entries, saw him take gold again in the J16 single sculls. On both occasions he was the fastest overall in the time trial to qualify for the knockout stage, going on to win his semi-final and the A final later the same day.
Friday
Durham ARC had entries in 3 events on Friday.
Quinn was 1st in the J18 1x time trial in 5.38.5, while Patrick Lakey was 56th in 6.12.9 which unfortunately wasn’t enough to take him through to the next stage with only 24 to qualify. Semi-finals and finals were contested side by side over 2000 metres in 6 lanes. Competing against older athletes Quinn won the first semi-final in 7.54.59 and then the A final in 7.44.93 to secure his first gold medal.
J18 A final result here
With 36 to qualify from an entry of 38 Louisa Scott and Charlotte Foster won through to the E final of the WJ18 2x by taking 30th place in a time of 6.29.2 and then placed 3rd in the E final in 8.52.36.
WJ18 2x E final result here
Last to start on Friday was Izzy Maddison who was in a large field of 65 starters in the WJ16 1x in which a time of 7.13.6 wasn’t quite enough to take her into the final stages.
Saturday
Quinn was DARC’s only entry on Saturday in the J16 1x, completing the morning time trial in 5.27.5 to take 1st place and go into the afternoon semi-final. Alec Thompson of Lambton RC was 2nd fastest in 5.28.2. Quinn went on to win the first semi-final in 7.40.11 to go into the A final which he also won, adding a new Championship record of 7.19.17 to the J15 1x record he set in 2024, securing his second gold medal of the weekend, with Alec taking the silver in 7.25.34.
J16 1x A final result here
The J16 1x A final is available to watch from 8hr 6m in the Saturday livestream here.
After receiving his medal Quinn said: “I was very tired after yesterday, but it was a very good race. I’m really happy to come away with two medals. I’ve put a lot of work in, and it’s nice to see it pay off. I’m looking forward to some rest now!”
Quinn’s coach, Martin Tyler, said: “I couldn’t be more proud. It’s been a hard journey, but he’s had a fantastic season. He won GB vs France last weekend, he got a silver in the National Schools competition two weeks ago, although he’s two years below that age group. We’re very much looking forward to the U19 programme next year. I just need to push him on; he’s very keen to learn. A super athlete with very supportive parents. The whole club is very proud of him.”
WJ15 4x+
Sunday
Two entries on Sunday both reached C finals.
From a field of 45 Elizabeth Belsey, Iris Mitchell, Livvy Terry, Gem Anderson and cox Scartett Nicholson placed 13th in the time trial for the WJ15 4x+ with a time of 6.02.3, taking them into the C final, and only missing a semi-final place by 0.5 seconds. They went on to win the C final in 7.56.84.
WJ15 4x+ C final result here
Also on Sunday Izzy Maddison, Louisa Scott, Sophie Hancill and Charlotte Foster qualified for the C final of the WJ18 4x- after setting a time of 5.48.4 to take 18th fastest position in the time trial. A time of 7.53.18 then gave them 6th place in the C final and 18th place overall.
WJ18 4x- C final result here
WJ14 2x
Monday
Six crews took to the water on Monday racing over 1000 metres.
After topping the time trial in 3.41.9 and winning the semi-final in 4.08.4 to take them into the A final Florence Wilks and Lucy Stewart (Lambton RC) secured second place and a silver medal in 3.55.26 after an epic battle with Exeter RC in the A final of the WJ14 2x.
WJ14 2x final result here
The WJ14 2x A final is available to watch from 8hr 25m in the Monday livestream here.
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Madelaine Carty and Georgia Curry started among a huge entry of 63 for the WJ15 2x but were unable to reach the final stages after a 44th place in the time trial in 4.00.1.
After a 10th place time trial result and 6th place semi final Aidan Lawlor and Simon Graham (Durham School) found themselves in probably the closest race of the weekend with only 0.75 seconds separating 1st and 5th in the B final of the J15 2x, finishing in 5th after a 5 way photo finish,.
J15 2x final result here
After 5th place in the C final in the quad on Sunday Iris Mitchell was back in action in the WJ15 1x, reaching the C final again and placing 3rd in 4.23.25.
Result of WJ15 1x final here
The last day concluded with the J14 4x+ and WJ14 4x+.
J14 4x+
William Tew, Hunor Pinter, Dominic Lee, Sam Hancill and cox Scarlett Nicholson in the boys quad hit the water in a hugely talented field finishing 7th in the time trial and then 3rd in their semi final, earning them an A final spot in which they finished 6th in 3.37.86 after a photo finish with Marlow.
J14 4x+ A final result here
The girls J14 quad was in our last race of the weekend with Poppy Holmes-Morris, Eve Hollowbread, Cherry Liu-Hill, Hana Anderton and cox Sophie Hancill finishing 5th in the C Final in 4.07.01 after a 13th place finish in the time trial saw them narrowly missing out on a semi-final place.
WJ14 4x+ C final result here
WJ14 4x+
Summary of finals
- J18 1x 1st in A final – gold
- J16 1x 1st in A final – gold
- WJ14 2x (Durham/Lambton) 2nd in A final – silver
- J14 4x+ 6th in A final
- J15 2x (Durham/Durham School) 5th in B final
- WJ15 4x+ 1st in C final
- WJ15 1x 3rd in C final
- WJ14 4x+ 5th in C final
- WJ18 4x- 6th in C final
- WJ18 2x 3rd in E final
Photos from AllMarkOne are available here.
Durham ARC finished joint 31st of the clubs entered in the Overall Victor Ludorum standings.
A fantastic weekend for the Club and for rowing in the North saw all of the Wear based clubs reaching A finals and three of them returning with medals.
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