The club entered six crews for the Hammersmith Head this year, rowing over 4,000M from Chiswick Bridge to Hammersmith Bridge. Our star crew was the Open Masters H eight, which won the Open Masters E/F/G/H handicap category in a time of 11 min. 47.6 sec, the fastest...
Sadly, the decision had to be taken on Friday to cancel the Quintin Head, as the PLA fluvial flow flag was set to ‘red’ and there was the likelihood of more rain before race day. As the fates would have it, the flag turned to ‘amber’ on...
Our annual plum puddings race was held on Sunday, followed by a Christmas party. There were 22 crews listed to take part in the race but unfortunately Paul Gunn’s scratch coxless four encountered steering problems on their way to the start and decided not to...
The club held a Christmas Dinner Dance on Saturday at the George IV pub in Chiswick High Road. A good time was had by the 70+ people who attended (that’s numbers, not age). Captain Duncan gave a short speech, followed by an impromptu one from Simon Hunt, sequins...
The club had six quad sculls and three coxless fours racing in the Vet Fours Head on Sunday plus an interest in a coxed four composite with Bruce Lamka and his Ancient Mariners from Seattle, USA (coxed by our Ellie Paterson), and Tom Bishop’s composite quad...
