Suffolk Indoor Rowing Champs. 2012

Hello everyone!

As you know the Suffolk Indoor Rowing Championship took place last Saturday. Thanks to all those who came and 'beasted' themselves - it was impressive to see the effort and commitment of all who rose to the challenge.

In the senior section, honours go to Chris Game and Emilie Wix. Well done to you both.

We also had class wins for Joseph Brierley, Rosie Streat, Olivia Haywood Smith, Dylan Ward, Katy Wilkinson-Selter, Megan Stocker, Louise Rickard, Steve Cooper, Regine Watts, Michael Streat, Sue Stockton, Caroline Huddy, Ken Anderson, John Churcher, Emilie Wix, and Alaistair Humphrey.

Click here for a link to the results. Many thanks to Michael S. for co-ordinating these.

Finally thanks to Sue, Ken, Chris and all the other organisers and helpers on the day - if nobody does it, nothing happens!

Regards

Steve C.

Club Secretary

Triumph for Holly Game and the Cambridge University Women's Boat Club

On the 25 of March, Holly Game (seat 5) rowing in The Woman's Boat race at Henley won against Oxford in dramatic style.

After leading by 2 lengths Cambridge's no 2 caught a crab, allowing Oxford to catch up and leaving the result down to a sprint for the line.

See the following link for a description of the race:
http://www.henleyboatraces.com/news/race-report-2012/

Pictures of the Crab:
http://www.girtoncollegeboatclub.com/node/99

Video of overtaking Oxford:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbXl7tUSWLA&feature=related




Holly is now back at Cambridge training for the Cambridge Small Boats regatta, where she will be competing in a pair, and for the British Universities regatta where she will be competing in the 8 and 4. Holly is hoping to trial for Team GB next year and wants to improve her sculling over the summer with the help of DRC.

Club member Holly Game selected for Cambridge Blue Boat

After trialling since September, Holly Game has been selected for a seat in the Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club (CUWBC) Blue Boat which will race the Oxford University Women’s Boat Club in the prestigious rowing race at Henley in March. Trialling has involved 4 hours of exercise a day with 5am starts during term time, 6 hour sessions on the Ouse at Ely on Saturdays and Sundays, and a training camp at Soustons in south-west France.

For further information see :- http://www.cuwbc.org/

Holly is shown here at stroke in the Fairbairns race in November.

Vesta Scullers' Head, 2011

On Saturday, Emilie, Malcolm and Spence took part in the Scullers' Head on the Thames.

For those that don't know, the Vesta Scullers' Head is the largest single-division processional single sculls race in the world, and is held over the 4.25 mile championship course from Mortlake to Putney. First sculled in 1954, this year’s race involved almost 500 scullers, attracting entries from all over the United Kingdom and the world, with standards ranging from internationals to novices.

Provisional results suggest that alll three Deben scullers did fantastically well, with Emilie winning her category, Malcolm coming 4th in his, and Spence also getting a cracking time.

Very well done to you all!!

Full results can be found here.

Here is Emilie in action!

DRC on Deben Radio

Deben Radio is a community radio station currently available via the internet, covering news and events in and around the Woodbridge area. Each month a 45 minute sports programme is compiled by Dee McLeavy covering all the activities in the area. This includes reports from the Shufflers, Woodbridge Rugby Club, the football club and swimming club, among others.

DRC is represented by Catherine Larner, giving a report on our activities over the previous four weeks. You can listen to October's report here

Or listen to the full round-up by going to http://www.debenradio.com/ and clicking on the October Sports Programme.

Catherine will be recording each report in the final week of each month, so if anyone has ideas for contributions, they should let her know by emailing catherine@catherinelarner.com

We also plan to record a feature item about the club in the next few weeks.