This weekend saw rowers from around the world flock to Henley-on-Thames for the prestigious Henley Women’s Regatta. I raced alongside Reading University RC member Lucinda Gooderham in the Elite 2- for the Redgrave Trophy.
Newcastle University RC was the first challenge on the Saturday to get through to the semi-final on the Sunday. We managed to stamp our authority on the 2- from early on in the race and by the end of Temple Island we pulled away to clear water and comfortably lead the race managing to cruse down the course at 22 stokes per minute. Also through to face us in the semi-final was Vesta B while on the other side of the draw Vetsa A would battle it out with Barnes Bridge Ladies for a spot in the final showdown of the Elite 2-.
The first race down the track on Sunday morning was the semi-final between Vesta A and Barnes Bridge ladies. This saw a tight battle between the 2 crews with Vesta A edging infront to a 1 length win. We then followed down the course and again made light work of the opposition with again a comfortable lead from early on in the race. We got to watch plenty of racing before our final at 15.05 although the weather wasn’t the kindest an was quite wet with intermittent blue skys.
The challenge was on could we go out for our 3rd verdict of easily. Sat on the start line Vesta A alongside we waited for the flag. It had got a lot choppier than our earlier race and Vesta used to the tideway managed to hold on longer that we would have liked but we stayed with our plan and pulled away from them for yes you’ve guessed it our 3rd easily verdict.
I just hope this bodes well for European selection later on in July.
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