The senior Northwich crews attended Bewdley Regatta on 27th July.
Stewart Plant wrote the following report:
Over recent weeks Northwich Rowing Clubs Senior Squad have
gone from strength to strength notching up wins across the North West and Midlands
at Burton, Bewdley and Warrington Regatta. Saturday 3rd August saw
the most recent win with the Men’s IM2 Coxed four taking the gold in the
Invitational Open Coxed Fours after beating Warrington RC in the final by over
4 lengths. The crew consisting of Sam Coverley at Stroke, Stewart Plant, Phil
Hewitt and John Johnson at Bow was coxed by Ellie Briegal received
their pots from the Mayor of Warrington Peter Carey. Earlier in the day
Northwich had been narrowly defeated in the Mixed IM2 Eights by a strong
Runcorn RC crew who went on to take the gold in the final.
July 27th saw two wins for the Squad at Bewdley
Regatta from a field of over 250 crews, along with a fantastic performance of
the Ladies IM3 Coxed Four made up of Emma Winsor at Stroke, Dee Ashmore,
Caroline Paterson and Jenny Jones at bow who lead their event for two rounds
before being beaten in the Semi Final by Agecroft RC. Sam Coverley and Adam
Webster took the gold in the IM3 Coxless Pair event with a win by 2 lengths
over Birmingham RC in the final. However the greatest success was held for the
last race of the day when the flagship race of the regatta saw Northwich beat
Warrick RC by 3 lengths in the final of the IM3 Coxed Eights after beating the University of Manchester BC and Royal
Chester in previous rounds. The crew was made up of Aaron Hiscox at stroke, Sam
Coverley, Phil Hewitt, Stewart Plant, Andy Kelsell, John Johnson, Nick Parkes
and Adam Webster at box was coxed by Jonty Moores and received their winning
pots from the Mayor of Bewdley, Linda Candlin.
The streak started at Burton Regatta on the 13th
and 14th July with two wins again for the squad. Liam Bromiley and
David Zimmer sculled their way to victory in the Novice Double Scull event,
having led the race to the half way point over the 1,100m course, their
opposition capsized resulting in a clear win for the double. Victory also came
for the crew of Alex Murphy at stroke, Stewart Plant, Sam Coverley and Adam
Webster, coxed by Sammy Overs when they won the IM3 Coxed Four event by 5
lengths in the Final against Leicester RC.
What has made the victories even better for the club is that
some of the members of the squad are graduates from the Learn To Row courses
held by Northwich RC, with John Johnson only graduating in March this year.
Club Captain Phil Hewitt said, "It's fantastic to see our senior squads
performing so well at a top regional regatta like Bewdley. The fact that most
of the squad have come from our successful Learn 2 Row programme is a great
testament to the ongoing development at Northwich Rowing Club."
