The first race of 2018 saw a good medal haul from the clubs crews. It was a cold start to the day with snow falling during division 1. Despite the conditions the men’s 8+ had an encouraging start to the year winning the headship 40 seconds ahead of the following crews. With HORR getting closer all the time they look forward to bringing a bit more cohesion in the crew and can’t wait to step on again at Head of the Trent. The men’s coxless four had a solid race and despite the reeds jumping out at them in the finishing straight they took the win by 28.2 seconds.We also had success in all our women’s crew boats. The coxed four felt they improved on the race they had at our winter league the week before and found they were able to hold the rate better which showed as they finished 26.2 seconds ahead of their closest rival. The coxless four also started well and improved on their start from those in training, this gave them the early advantage of overtaking the other crew in their event and they could then work on putting a solid performance in. The women’s junior 18 double also had the satisfaction of overtaking 2 of their opposition and stayed strong as they came into the crosswind to win by a margin of 25 sec. We had some great performances in the women’s singles with Annie coming in second just 10 seconds behind the winner with Lucy coming in third and Kate fourth.Showing there was life in the old dog yet, our masters F eight beat their rivals by a staggering 2 minutes and 23.7 seconds. We also had a masters C coxed four who raced for time only.

Posted by Nottingham Rowing Club on Sunday, January 21, 2018

The first head race of 2018 saw a good medal haul from the Nottingham Rowing Club at the Boston head on Sunday. It was a cold start to the day with a headwind increasing the chill factor quite considerably. Snow started to fall during the first division. The first division was raced over 5000 metres and the course is straight apart from one corner just before half way. The second division which was due to be raced over 3000 metres was cancelled due to the weather. Luckily the club crews were concentrating on the longer distance.

Despite the conditions the Men’s eight had an encouraging start to the year winning the headship 40 seconds ahead of the following crews. With Head of the River Race getting closer all the time they look forward to bringing a bit more cohesion to the crew and can’t wait to step on again at Head of the Trent at the end of February. The Men’s coxless four had a solid race and despite the reeds jumping out at them in the finishing straight they won by 28 seconds.

The club also had success in all our Women’s crew boats. The coxed four felt they improved on the race they had at the local winter league the week before and found they were able to hold the rate better which showed as they finished 26 seconds ahead of their closest rival. The coxless four also started well and improved on their start from those in training, this gave them the early advantage of overtaking the other crew in their event so they could then work on putting in a solid performance.

The Women’s Junior 18 double scull also had the satisfaction of overtaking 2 of their opponents and stayed strong as they came into the headwind to win by a margin of 25 seconds. We had some great performances in the women’s singles with Annie coming in second just 10 seconds behind the winner with Lucy coming in third and Kate fourth.

Showing there was life in the old dogs yet, the Masters F eight beat their rivals by a staggering 2 minutes and 23 seconds they actually past the opposition in the first 1000 metres. At least two of the crew were suffering from the bug that has been going around. The Masters C coxed four raced for time only as there was no opposition for them.

Dez Atkins, the senior coach said “Overall a successful day for the club and the crews have moved on with their performance improving”