On a glorious (for once) June day a dozen or so volunteers turned up at the boathouse to erect the first of two boat tents which will house the single sculling boats while the boathouse is being rebuilt. With the boxes of parts unpacked it was a challenge to make...
The men’s 8 at Henley Royal Regatta. Our 8 beginners crew only got together for a few outings this year before Henley, unfortunately they didn’t qualify but it’s given them a thirst to try again next year. It was still a beautiful day out and everyone had lots...
Our women’s lightweight pair of Sophie Young and Jess Hardwick were victorious at Henley Women’s Regatta today, beating a Molesey / University of Surrey pair by ½ length in a close-fought final. Our crew had a bye to the final, but their opponents had...
Tom Bishop had a very successful weekend at the British Rowing Masters Championships in Nottingham 15-16 June On Saturday he was the only QBC competitor on sculling day, competing in H4x Composite crew with Lee Brown and Rod Stewart UTRC, plus Pete Atkinson of...
In other news – One of our members, David Nicol, is a surgeon at the Royal Marsden Hospital. A new series of Channel 4’s ‘Super Surgeons’ is to be broadcast weekly on Tuesdays at 9pm, with the first episode being this evening 18th June. David...
Our racing masters squad came home with the medals on Sunday evening, having competed in both Masters G and Masters H eights at the national masters championships. The course was the usual 1000m at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. Their first race was at 12:08 in the...
