This premier sporting event held on Sunday 27 May, at the rowing club on the river Weaver is a high quality, busy event attracting crews from around the country. The club prides itself in making the regatta a successful and enjoyable day for spectators and competitors alike.
This year the sunshine was an added bonus for everyone but a challenge for the athletes on the water to keep cool and hydrated; the essentials being a hat, sunscreen and a bottle of water!
The club was delighted to welcome visiting crews from within the NW region and further afield namely Pengwern RC, Wellbeck College RC, Bradford RC and Lancaster Schools RC. The spectators were entertained with some exciting races and very close finishes. Northwich RC entered approx 30 crews covering all status categories with many crews having closely fought races.
It was the Junior squad who excelled returning 7 wins.
The older Junior girls and boys racing at Senior status winning Mixed IM3 coxed Four, Womens IM3 Eight and the younger 13, 14 and 15yr girls and boys racing extremely well during the day with many of them having several rounds to reach the finals namely the Junior 13 double and Women’s Junior 14 coxed quad.
The Eights races are always exciting to watch heralding the end of the days racing. The Junior girls who have recently been deprived of competition, due to adverse weather cancelling their events, were fired up for their race, a straight final, against Wellbeck College RC, Loughborough in Women’s Intemediate 3 coxed Eight, winning comfortably by five lengths. The final two races were highly charged Challenge Eights with the NRC junior girls and boys racing against their rivals from the Grange School. The NRC boys Eight was delighted to win their race by a comfortable two and a half lengths and the Grange girls Eight winning by a half length in a hard fought race to the finish line.
WINNING CREWS
Mixed IM3 coxed Four beating Wellbeck College RC by one and a half lengths
Alex Walton, Rebecca Jones, Nathan Jump, Liam Adamson
cox Libby Weltman
Women’s Intermediate coxed Eight beating Wellbeck College RC by five lengths
Libby Welman, Olivia oakes, Samantha Over, Izzy Philips, Kristina Purchas, Ashlene Hudson, Bethany Chaplin, Katie Meenan, cox Chloe Weston
Junior 16 double scull savoring their win against strong competition from Queens Park High School
Nathan Jump, Finn Lawton
Junior 15 double scull winning a close race against Runcorn RC by three quarters of a length.
Jake Dutton, Harrison Blake
Junior 13 coxed quad beating Pengwern RC in the first round and winning comfortably against their neighboring rivals Royal Chester RC.
George Crouchley, Fergus Brown, Greg Murphy, Lawrence Williams,
cox Jack Hudson
Junior 13 double scull who were on the water for some time racing in a large entry of eight crews and doing extremely well to reach the final against Royal Chester RC beating them easily showing off their sculling skills and boosting their confidence for future events.
Greg Murphy, Lawrence Williams.
Women’s Junior 14 coxed quads Two NRC WJ14 crews were represented in this large group and were also on the water for some time. Each crew raced well beating The Grange RC and Royal Chester RC in their heats to then meet in the closely contested final. The winning crew crossing the line with a one and a half lengths lead.
India Trigg, Callie Bloodworth, Emma Roberts, Victoria Gargner, cox Sam Platt
