The Record 2014 - 2015

SPORT

Rowing Pete Rudge, Master i/c Rowing

The year was a very positive one for the Boat Club. The senior girls had some great victories at Bedford Star Regatta and, by reaching the second round at the prestigious Women’s Henley Regatta, showed that they are capable of performing at an extremely high level. On the boys’ side the season was dogged by injuries and illnesses but nevertheless they performed very strongly at Henley and beat Lawrenceville, one of the best crews in the USA, and the German school, Ratgymnasium Osnabruck, before losing to the eventual winners, St Paul’s. The Fourth Form boys won the J15 eights event at Bedford Star Regatta and the girls were also successful at the same regatta in a four. At the Reading Town Regatta both squads won their fours’ event. The Shell boys’ A Octo reached the final at the National Schools’ Regatta and finished 5th in the country, thus becoming the most successful Shell A crew in the School’s history. The Shell girls’ A crew won several events and had a particularly convincing victory at Reading Town Regatta. Tilly Catlin was selected to row for Great Britain in a pair at the Coupe de La Jeunesse, the European Championships, while Hugo Marsh was selected for the Great Britain Team at the Junior World Championships in Rio. Boys 1st VIII Sam Gillingham, Charlie Gosling, Sam Hamilton-Peach, Albert Mitchell, Hugh Reilly, Rupert Singfield, Charlie Smith 2nd VIII Aleks Elezovic, Jonathan Evans, Jamie Johnstone, Hugh Macer, Felix Obholzer, Karl Rieger, Charlie Smith, Joe Zietman; Cox: Alexandra Ellis

(HRR only), Oscar Von Hannover, David Willcox; Cox: Hugo Marsh

Schools’ Head: 9th 2nd Coxed Four

Henley Royal Regatta: Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup Wednesday (beat Lawrenceville School, USA) Thursday (beat Ratsgymnasium Osnabrück, Germany) Friday (Lost to St Paul’s) Schools’ Head: 6th National Schools’ Regatta: 7th 1st Coxed Four Sam Gillingham, Sam Hamilton-Peach, Albert Mitchell, David Willcox; Cox: Hugo Marsh National Schools’ Regatta: 3rd

Aleks Elezovic, Jamie Johnstone, Felix Obholzer, Charlie Smith; Cox: Jamie Galbraith National Schools’ Regatta: 3rd J16 Jamie Burr, Fergus Cameron Watt, Nick Elliot, Henry McCrum, Valentin Peiker,

Noah Phipps, James Rhys-Evans, Ned Stewart; Cox: Max Hinton Schools’ Head: 10th

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