Lots of Chesterton crews have been racing over the past month or so. Here is a brief round-up of how we did. But first some pictures:

Small Boats Head, 5 October 2024

Eight crews raced the 2600m River Cam course:

Women Novice 4x- (S Felicity Parker, 3 Marija Milosavljevic, 2 Angela Barkes, B Rachel Newby). A great race from the Novice 4x- crew coming first in their category. Time 13:36.3

Women 4+ Senior (cox Karen Momber, S Louise Atkin, 3 Beccy Garrill, 2 Christina Wuensche, B Gill McGuire). Another good race for the 4+ crew who won pots – the first for most, and probably due to them being chased by a 4x- crew of 16-year-olds! Time 13:25.0, Adj 13:07.0

Mixed 2x- (Lorraine Turvill and Steve Humphrey). Lorraine and Steve raced in Pye & Mash and came second in their category. Time 13:35.5, Adj 12:46.5

Women 4x- Superhoops (S Lorraine Turvill, 3 Dawn Hawkins, 2 Anne Roberts, B Meg Richards). Superhoops had a good race coming second in their category to their rival crew Quadrangle from Champs. Time 13:44.2, Adj 12:40.2

Women 1x- (Felicity Parker). Felicity raced as a single scull and came third in her category. Time 16:05.9

Women 4+ Masters (cox Rachel Newby, S Christina Wuensche, 3 Karen Momber, 2 Vero Escudero, B Caroline Coetzee). The Masters 4+ boat had a good solid race coming third in their category. Time 14:43.5, Adj 13:54.5

Men 4- Skip One (Ralph, David O’L, Jon H, Willam) A reasonable row for a scratch crew and considering David’s first time racing on bowside. No steering incidents for a change! First in category. Time 11:51.9

Videos here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1x_BlvWjq8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJTRK3Yw8Yw

Men 4- Skip Two (Paul H, William, Dave R, Simon)

First in category. Time 12:39.8

Autumn Head, 12 October 2024

Chesterton entered five boats, racing over 2600m on the River Cam.

Men 4- Skip Solo (Ralph, Harry, Klaus, Dave R) A good row (in practice for IVs Head) despite the rate not being high enough for Harry. Dropped to r28 around corners, mostly around 30ish with splits at or below 2:00 down the reach. Slight skirmish with the bank at the finish line probably cost us a few seconds - but happy that we beat the 8+! First in category. Time 11:22.5

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErCuer1E3P4

Men 8+ Late 8 (Simon, William, Paul H, Luke, Dave B, Owen, Nils, Roberto, Alex Caz) More ergs needed - at least Owen removed his anorak before racing! Fourth in category. Time 11:48.8

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLTrNqun11c

Women 8+ Senior Moments (cox Meg Richards, S Lorraine Turvill, 7 Sarah Burgess, 6 Louise Atkin, 5 Beccy Garrill, 4 Christina Wuensche, 3 Karen Momber, 2 Eszter Campbell, B Anne Roberts). It was a solid and consistent race for the senior crew, coming second in their category. Time 12:06.4, Adj 11:34.4

Women 8+ Inglorious Masters (cox Karen Momber, S Claire Hancock, 7 Cecile Gani, 6 Mareike Collis, 5 Sigita Siliunaite, 4 Vero Escudero, 3 Kate Winter, 2 Shonu Das, B Caroline Coetzee). Despite the deteriorating weather in Division 3, the Masters crew had a great race showing commitment and responsiveness. Time 13:05.6, Adj 12:33.6

Women 4x- Superhoops (S Lorraine Turvill, 3 Dawn Hawkins, 2 Anne Roberts, B Meg Richards). Looking strong and together Superhoops beat their rival crew, Quandrangle from Champs. Many congratulations to them! Time 13:19.8

Isle of Ely Head, 3 November 2024

With five crews entering, it was a good day of racing at the Isle of Ely Head for Chesterton. It was a super early start for the rowers in the first division with races starting at 9am, but the crews were rewarded for their efforts.

Mixed 2x- (Lorraine Turvill and Steve Humphrey). Lorraine and Steve raced the 3km course in Pye & Mash, coming first in their category. They were pretty much the fastest boat that morning, coming second only to an 8+ of boys! Time 13:02.87, Adj 12:07.87

Women 4+ Novice (cox Rachel Newby, S Caroline Coetzee, 3 Karen Momber, 2 Vero Escudero, B Sigita Siliunaite). The novice 4+ also raced the 3km course coming first in their category. Time 14:58.95, Adj 14:13.95

Three Chesterton crews raced the 5km course:

Women 1x- (Felicity Parker). Felicity raced as a single scull coming third in her category behind 99s. Time 28:19.57

Women 4+ Club B (cox Nicky Mathew, S Sarah Burgess, 3 Gill McGuire, 2 Christina Wuensche, B Jo Raskin). The senior 4+ crew had a great race, with first off-Cam racing for three of them. They stuck to their race plan and came first in their category. Time 24:21.25, Adj 23:42.25

Women 4x- Superhoops (S Lorraine Turvill, 3 Rachel Newby, 2 Anne Roberts, B Meg Richards). The Superhoops crew started strong but unfortunately were forced into the reeds by an overtaking crew. Even so, they came first in their category beating the Isle of Ely. Time 24:03.42, Adj 22:39.42

Winter Head, 9 November 2024

Five Chesterton crews took part in this exciting, drama-filled Winter Head event racing over 2500m on the River Cam.

It was a busy event with over 50 boats taking part in each Division. There were only around 10 seconds between crews setting off and with many crews not being from the area and maybe not so used to giving the racing line or enough space to allow safe overtaking. This meant more clashing of blades than we would usually expect!

Men 4- Club B, Skip (S Ralph Hancock, 3 WIlliam Connolley, 2 Klaus Okkenhaug, B Dave Richards) An early start for the men who gave a strong performance racing in Division 1. Despite getting confused and thinking they were in Bumps, leading to a mild clash of blades with another crew, they came second in their category. Time 10:39.2

Men 8+ Club B, Radio Pye (cox William Connolley, S Simon Emmings, 7 Dave Richards, 6 Owen Walker, 5 Chris Wood, 4 Paul Holland, 3 Jon Hatchett, 2 Dave Byrne, B Alex Cazacu) Came third in their category. Time 10:21.5

Women 8+ Club B, Senior Moments (cox Meg Richards, S Lorraine Turvill, 7 Sarah Burgess, 6 Louise Atkin, 5 Beccy Garrill, 4 Masha Netchaeva, 3 Gill McGuire, 2 Eszter Campbell, B Jo Raskin). A strong performance from the Senior Moments crew in an exciting race, and clashing with St Ives, who had not pulled over to allow room for overtaking. Senior Moments came fourth in their category, and were very pleased with their race, annoyingly two seconds slower than the 99s crew. Time 10:58.8

Women 8+ Masters E, Inglorious Masters (cox Anne Roberts, S Claire Hancock, 7 Karen Momber, 6 Vero Escudero, 5 Sigita Siliunaite, 4 Christina Wuensche, 3 Kasia Barbusinska, 2 Shonu Das, B Caroline Coetzee). A super race by the Masters 8+ crew coming second to Champs only by two seconds! Time 11:30.7, Adj 10:44.7

Women 4x- Masters E, SuperHoops (S Lorraine Turvill, 3 Dawn Hawkins, 2 Anne Roberts, B Meg Richards). Another strong performance from the Superhoops crew in an exciting race, coming second in their category. Time 12:02.4, Adj 11:14.4

Well done to all crews taking part! More to come over the Winter months.