After 2-lane racing at our home regatta last weekend there was a different experience on offer at Tees Regatta on Saturday as 21 entries representing Durham ARC took on the water at the 850 metre 4-lane buoyed course at the River Tees Watersports Centre.
Good organization saw 130 races squeezed into a 10-hour window, with many events being seeded into bands to accommodate larger numbers of entries and ensure that each race was a straight final.
The first win of the day went to the Open 4+ in band 4 by means of a disqualification, a great achievement for the crew taking their second victory in two weekends in their first season of regatta racing.
There was a second place for the J18 girls in their first event of the day in the WJ18 2x band 1 which was followed up by a third place for Seren Williams in the WJ18 1x band 1 and a second place for Izzy Maddison in the WJ18 1x band 2, both in division 2, before a third place for the WJ18 4x- band 1 in division 3.
The Women’s Masters had 3 entries in division 1, Jenny Conroy taking second place to St Peter’s School in the Women’s 1x band 2, while Aisling Dutton was second to Tyne ARC in a WMasCD 1x handicap, and Deirdre Bruce in WMasE 1x finished third to Lakeland and Talkin Tarn in a WMasEFG 1x race.
In division 2 the Women’s Masters C coxless quad followed up last week’s success in their first regatta by taking second place to Tyne United by a length.
Also in division 2 the second win of the day, and their first regatta success, went to the Women’s 2x band 2 who won easily against St Hild & St Bede College, while the Women’s 2x band 1 finished second to Yarm School.
The J15 girls coxed quad had two entries – the WJ15 4x+ in band 1 finishing 3rd behind Yarm School and St Peter’s School, and the band 2 quad having an easy victory over Tees RC. In division 3 the J15 girls 2x band 1 took second place to St Peter’s School.
After taking second place by a quarter of a length to Tyne United in division 1 in the J15 2x band 3 the J15 boys went one better in division 3 by achieving the third win of the day by overcoming St Peter’s School and Tyne United.in the J15 coxed quad band 2.
Having started their campaign in division 1 with third place against two Yarm School crews in the J14 4x+ the J14 boys continued with another third place in the J14 2x band 1 in division 2. Success was to follow in division 3 with the final victory of the day, and his second in as many weekends, going to Daniel McConway who achieved a 4-length win in the J14 1x band 2.
The MasH 4x- finished ahead of the Tees MasH 4x and took second place to the Tees MasJ 4x in the MasHJ 4x- event.
Wins were achieved in four events –
- Open 4+ band 4 Ranson
- Women’s 2x band 2 Wilding
- J15 4x+ band 2 Tew
- J14 1x band 2 McConway
Results in summary –
- J14 1x band 2 McConway – 1st
- J14 2x band 1 de Lucas – 3rd
- J14 4x+ band 1 de Lucas – 3rd
- J15 4x+ band 2 Tew – 1st
- WJ15 4x+ band 1 Liu-Hill – 3rd
- WJ15 4x+ band 2 Black – 2nd
- J15 2x band 3 Pinter – 2nd
- WJ15 2x band 1 Wilks – 2nd
- WJ18 4x- band 1 Williams – 3rd
- WJ18 2x band 1 Williams – 2nd
- WJ18 1x band 1 Williams 3rd
- WJ18 1x band 2 Maddison – 2nd
- Open 4+ band 4 Ranson – 1st
- Women’s 1x band 2 Conroy – 2nd
- Women’s 2x band 1 Dutton – 2nd
- Women’s 2x band 2 Wilding – 1st
- WMasC 4x- Colclough – 2nd
- MasD 4+ Matthews – 2nd
- WMasD 1x Dutton – 2nd
- WMasE 1x Bruce – 3rd
- MasH 4x- Green – 2nd
Results of all races are available on Oar-online here.
Well done to all competitors and thanks to Tees Rowing Club for an outstanding day.
The National Schools Regatta returns to Dorney Lake next weekend and Wansbeck Regatta is on May 30th.