Find out what's going on at the club and in the Eastern Region rowing-wise.

19/04/2008 Great Britain Junior Trial Regatta

St.Neots Rowing Club were represented at the Great Britain Junior Trial Regatta by 4 girls and 1 boy. Only crews and scullers that had already competed at the 3 long distance trial or had met the ergo standard were permitted to race.

The Trial Regatta is run in exactly the same way as that for the British Olympic Team. It starts with a time trial over 1900m then crews are seeded into semi-finals from which their position determines which final they progress to. This way all crews end up with a ranking.

In the first time trial, for the Women’s Pairs, Jo Fitzsimons with her partner, Jenny Arnold, of Henley led off the 15 crews. Natalie Bream with Almeda Gare of Molesey started second and the Saints Junior 16 pair of Polly Hetherington and Bethany Astell started in 5th place. As the crews came down the course it was obvious that Fitzsimons was moving very fast and so their time proved, covering the course 14 seconds quicker than the second crew from reading. Bream also rowed very well, finishing less than a second slower. Hetherington and Astell had performed extremely well at the Spring Assessment finishing in 4th place, and following performances on a training camp were expected to repeat this. Over the first half of the course they were on target with the 4th fastest time, however then disaster struck in the form of a muscle pull in Astell’s chest which prevented her from pulling very hard. Despite this and moving across the lake for lane 1 to lane 7, they finished the race in 9th place. However after a visit to the Phyiso the pair was withdrawn.

In the semi-final the remaining St.Neots girls were drawn together and in adjacent lanes. Fitzsimons got the quicker start and pulled out a lead and then just sat there in front. Breams pair also looked comfortable in 2nd place to make sure that both pairs made it into the A Final for ranking 1 to 6.

In the final Fitzsimons knew that her main opposition would come from the reading crew that had won the other semi-final, however, their race plan dealt with this threat. From the starters command GO Fitzsimons’ pair shot out to a lead which was 3 seconds at the 500m marker, 6 seconds at the 1000m and 11 seconds at the finish. Bream finished in a strong 3rd place. This is the 5th year running that St.Neots have had a rower in the top pair.

In the Boys single sculls Sam Howell was the St.Neots representative. Last year he finished 19th in the time trial and then worked his way up to finish 13th. This year he finished 12th in the time trial to lift him into the A/B semi-finals. In his semi he went too hard in the first 3rd of the race and paid the inevitable price and faded to 6th. He changed his race plan to be more realistic and in the B final attacked the 2 scullers that, on time were just ahead of him, and in doing so let the tussle for the top places go. This strategy worked very well and he finished in a very creditable 4th place to lift him to a ranking of 10th. The St.Neots coach, Martyn Rooney, said "It was a day of ups and downs. Jo Fitzsimons is hitting top form at the moment and should do well for Great Britain at the upcoming Munich Regatta. I was a bit disappointed with Natalie Bream and her partner as I had though that they could finish second. However it was most upsetting for the young girls to have to withdraw after such promise, but I am sure once Bethany Astell has received treatment and rehab they will be back. Sam Howell also responded very well in the final following a poor race plan in the semi".

13/04/2008 Great Britain Under 23 Trials

Jacqui Round gains selection for Duisburg International Regatta

In 2007 Jacqui Round, of St.Neots Rowing Club, became the first home-grown rower to represent Great Britain at a ‘Senior’ event when she raced in the Women’s Quad at the World Cup event in Amsterdam. Unfortunately this was followed by a shoulder injury at the final trials and she had to miss the World Under 23 Championships.

However Round is made of hard stuff and worked very hard on her recovery strategy and kept the cross-training going. At the national team ergo test last month she was one of the top performers with a new personal best time of 6:55. She then stroked her eight to 4th place in the Women's Head of the River Race, the best ever result for a St.Neots member.

She suffered a further set back when after, being invited to the Senior Team’s trials in Belgium, her pair’s partner suffered an injury and they had to withdraw. She was then given a new partner, Vicky Bryant of Durham. Despite having very limited time together they performed well at the Under 23 trials finishing as the 3rd fastest pair. There then followed a series of seat races where individuals on each side of the boat are tested against others from their side, that is strokeside or bowside. Round moved herself up the rankings to be the top strokesider. Her best performance came in a pair with Kirsty Miles of Oxford Brooks University and this pair have been selected to represent Great Britain at the Duisburg International Regatta on 16 -18 May. They will also form part of an eight with other U23 rowers.

03/03/2008 National Junior Sculling Head

The juniors attended the National Junior Sculling Head at Henley, which is considered to be the first ‘major’ event of the year for them. In a strong headwind the club were represented by a WJ18 4x and a MJ16 4x, the first time we have entered a boys’ crew. The girls of Natalie Bream (17), Polly Hetherington (16), Jo Fitzsimons (17) and Bethany Astell (15) started 4th based on last years result. In the first 1k of the 3k race they were being caught by a crew from Sir Williams Borlase School and Bedford High School who having started in front, were pulling away. However it was our girls who paced themselves better in the strong head wind, and in the last 1k moved away from SWB and up on BHS to finish in a very strong 2nd place and claim the Silver medals. With 3 of the crew eligible next year the Gold medal will be the target for 2009. The boys’ crew of Sam Howell, Huw Jarman, Thibault Jeangout and Alex Davies had a strong start and overtook a crew at the end of the island. After this they steadily made ground on the next crew finishing just a short distance behind on the finish line. They finished in 11th place from 32 starters a good result.

01/03/2008 WHORR

Natalie Bream took part in a GB Junior combined WE8+ at the WHORR on 1 March, achieving 12th place, whilst Jacqui Round came in 4th with her Nottingham crew.

17/02/2008 Cambridge Winter League

The second leg of the Cambridge Winter League successfully took place on 17 February in ideal conditions, with the men’s novice 4X coming in a creditable 19th overall while the women’s novice 4X+ fared less well in their debut race, but nonetheless completing the course intact. Well done to Huw Jarman as the fastest J14 sculler.

02/02/2008 Peterborough Head

Natalie Bream won the WJ 1x, followed by Polly Hetherington, Bethany Astell and Rachael Crockford. Sam Howell was second in MJ 1x and Dominic Chapman and Thibault Jeangout were 7th in MS3 2x. Jo Fitzsimons had her first race since recovering from a back problem teaming up with Natalie Bream, Polly Hetherington and Bethany Astell in the WE 4- which they won. Rachael Crockford and Helen Knowles both raced in a Cambridge 99 eight.

01/12/2007 Hampton Junior Head

The Hampton event is the biggest Junior head race of the year attracting over 500 scullers in singles and doubles. The St.Neots Junior Team put in some top class performances. Sam Howell after his disappointing race at the recent GB trial bounced back to finish 4th fastest sculler on the day from a field of 159. Howell also raced in the Junior 17 double sculls with clubmate Dominic Chapman. This was a big step up in the class of competition for Chapman and the duo did well to finish 12th from 89. Also in double sculls, the Junior 16 event, were Thibault Jeangout and Alex Davies who finished 11th from 22.
In the Women’s junior events Natalie Bream was the fastest of the Saints girls with a time of 10:11.1 which gave her 2nd place in the Junior 17 event. Jo Fitzsimons was just behind in 10:11.7 for 4th place in the Junior 18 event only 2 seconds behind the winner. These results were from fields of 22 and 26 respectively. The younger girls also did well, Polly Hetherington, recently awarded the St.Neots’ club’s Most Promising Junior award finished a very strong 3rd place in the Women’s Junior 16 event with a time of 10:28.7, 7 seconds off the top slot. Bethany Astell is returning to form her time of 10:32.5 gave her 5th place from 32.
The girls also raced in double sculls. Fitzsimons and Bream raced in the Woman’s Junior 18 event but lacked their usual pace and had to settle for 2nd place 2 seconds behind their local rivals from Bedford High School. Hetherington and Astell had a stormer of a race winning the Women’s Junior 16 event in a time of 9:38.5, just 7 seconds behind their older clubmates.

25/11/2007 Star Small Boats Head

The younger section of had a good day at the Star Small Boats Head winning the Men’s Junior 14 single, double and quad sculls. In the Single Huw Jarman showed is continuing improvement winning in a good time. In the doubles the Saints duo Josh Dexter an Ben Peacock won in a time of 6:51 with the other St.Neots pair, Danny Sadler and Daniel Pepplar-Jones in 2nd place. These two doubles then combined in the quads and again came out on top winning from a field of 11. Rachael Crockford and Hannah Miller took the Women’s Junior double sculls ahead of the local club.

18/11/2007 British Indoor Rowing Championship

The Junior squad went to the 2007 British Indoor Rowing Championship at the Birmingham National Indoor Arena on Sunday. Racing in J16 Sam Howell improved on last years performance managing to just squeeze ahead of James Fox of Peterborough to take the outright win. Natalie Bream stepped up to J18 this year, coming 9th just ahead of Jo Fitzsimons in 10th. Natalie improved on last years performance by 5 seconds and Jo by nearly 9 seconds. Rachael Crockford also knocked 5 seconds off her time from last year taking 20th place. Thibault Jeangout and Alex Davies also competed at J16 coming 16th and 42nd respectively. Dominic Chapman competing in J18 came 49th.

17/11/2007 GB Trials

A number of Juniors attended the GB Trials at Boston this weekend including Beth Astell, Polly Hetherington, Natalie Bream, and Hannah Miller. Results to follow shortly.

17/11/2007 Cambridge Winter Head

Three crews competed at the Cambridge Winter League on Saturday. Club Captain Alison Brown together with Sarah Porteus, Sarah Davis and Marguerite Pain competed in a S4 4+ setting a time of 12min 37secs. In the same division a Mens Novice crew of Jon Heaney, Andy Hayward, Mick Lawrence and Steve Fox in a coxed quad completed the 2500m course a time of 10:08 which was a good performance bearing in mind this was the first time the crew had rowed together. In the final division in a S3 4+ of John Heaney, Chris Richie, Mick Lawrence and Steve Fox set a time of 10:24.

27/10/2007 Huntingdon Head

Rachael Crockford takes 2 wins in Junior and S4 single sculls on Saturday at Huntingdon Head. Racing over the 4.5Km course in increasingly windy conditions with a number of tricky corners Rachael produced strong performances to completely overwhelm her opposition. The rest of the club also performed well taking 6 wins in all. Tibo Jeanout and Dominic Chapman took a win in Novices Doubles, Ed Porteus, in his last race for the Club before leaving for Canada, Darren Cantell Mick Lawrence and Steve Fox took the S3 4+ win. Andy Major and Clive Emmerson won S2 Doubles and John Knights racing in a Huntingdon/St Neots composite Vet E/F took the win in a Double. The Eight narrowly missed out on a 7th win for the club after hitting another boat which had lost control just in front of the Eight and veered across their path. The Eight managed to restart but lost a significant amount of time and consequently missed out on the win by 16 seconds.

14/10/2007 Bedford Autumn Small Boats Head

The Juniors attended the Bedford Small boats Head on Sunday and came away with quite a few wins, in fact 7 wins, two 2nd places and two 3rd places and some impressive performances from this years beginners who come 5th in the J15 4x+ which is one age group and only their second race. Sam Howell posted the fastest Single Scull time of the day with a finishing time of 7minutes 25 seconds. Winners were; Sam Howell in J16 1x, Natalie Bream 1st with Jo Fitzsimons 2nd in WJ 1x and then pairing up in in WJ 2x to win again beating the opposition by 28 seconds, Polly Hetherington and Beth Astell WJ16 2x with Polly also taking the win in WJ16 1x. Sam and Beth teamed up for a Mixed Senior 2 Doubles race against adults and won that too in MxS2 2x and finally Jo, Natalie, Polly and Rachael Crockford jumped into a coxed 4 to win WJ 4+. Alex Davies and Dom Chapman came 3rd in the Novice Doubles again competeing against adults so another strong showing from them. Racing pictures cane be found in the gallery

07/10/2007 St Neots Head

Another successful Small Boats Head for St Neots with good weather, calm river and great racing. Running 5 divisions this year we had our largest entry ever. The fastest crew was a St Neots J16 Quad comprising Alex Davies, Tibo, Huw Jarman and Sam Howell finishing the 2.7Km course in 9 minutes 8 Seconds. St Neots did particularly well winning 21 events in all.

06/10/2007 Sam Howell Wins at Pairs Head

Sam Howell competing in a composite Double with James Fox from Peterborough has won the J16 events at this years Pairs Head. This is the second time the pair have won this event.

29/09/2007 Rowers versus Runners

Steve Fox is going to be racing against teams from Riverside Runners on Sunday 29th September. In a challenge suggested by Richard Furbank of Riverside Runners, Steve will be racing against the runners from St Ives back to St Neots. The Runners have 10 relay teams racing against Steve. The race starts at 9.00am Sunday morning and they should reach St Neots sometime between 11 and 12. Hopefully

27/09/2007 New Captain Elected

At the recent Annual Members meeting Alison Brown was elected as Captain. The position of Ladies Vice-Captain with responsibility for running the Ladies Squad has not yet been filled. Anyone who would like to consider taking the role on should contact Alison Brown. Mick Lawrence was elected as the Mens Vice-Captain.

27/07/2007 Unlucky last night at Bumps

After making 3 straight bumps St Neots were hoping to earn their blades this year with a forth. However, City 2 the crew we were chasing had other ideas and decided to completely commit to catching the boat in front of them and made an incredible start to catch their opposition in the first 300m. St Neots then had a comfortable row-over and will be starting from 14th next year. Well done to everyone who took part, crews and bank support teams and especially to Kat and Dominie for some brilliant coxing over the 4 days.

25/07/2007 St Neots goes Bump

St Neots are doing very well in this year's Cambridge Town Bumps having bumped 2 nights in succession. Tuesdays bump occurred after only 400m of racing with the crew maintaining a stroke rate of 41 to blast through the Cantab 4 crew. Wednesday was a lot tougher but St Neots were able to maintain a high rate which eventually Rob Roy 4 could not live with and after keeping a lengths separation until 1st Post Corner suddenly caved in and were quickly overhauled in the Gut

15/07/2007 Sam Howell makes Coupe de la Jeunesse GB squad

Despite suffering from tiredness after racing 5 times in 4 days at Henley, Sam Howell stepped up and showed he is an exceptional talent by impressing the selectors with his commitment and determination after such a busy racing and trials schedule. Sam has been picked to stroke the Junior Quad.

15/07/2007 Jo Fitzsimons selected for Beijing

Jo Fitzsimons has been selected for the Junior World Championships being held at the new Olympic facilities in Beijing in August. She has been selected to crew the top girls boat, the coxless 4. She is suffering a back injury picked up during selection but we wish well and hope she recovers quickly. Well done Jo !

15/07/2007 Quarts Success!

Two great wins for the Seniors at Bedford Quarts on Sunday. Helen Knowles fresh from winning at Henley Veterans in a Cambridge based 4+ composite crew on Saturday, changed disciplines to win Womens Novice Veteran 1x.
In a very closely fought final of the S2 Doubles, Ed Porteus and Clive Emmerson held off a strong challenge in the last 50 metres of the race to win by 2 feet.
An S4 Quad of Will Spring, Darren Cantell, Chris Richie and Steve Fox performed well in their first race together loosing to the eventual winners by only half a length after having given away that half length with a poor start..

09/07/2007 International Honours for St Neots Girls

Tuesday this week St Neots attended trials for the GB France international regatta. They put in strong performances all day and by the end 4 of them, Natalie Bream, Polly Hetherington, Beth Astell and Rachel Crockford were selected to row in the GB Eight. Well done girls

22/06/2007 St Neots attending Womens Henley

This year St Neots are sending 2 crews to compete at Henley Womens Regatta on 22-24 June. Both boats will be in the Junior Quad Sculls event. Good Luck.

22/06/2007 Jacqui Round selected for GB Team

It's been a busy year for Jacqui Round having attended and won a number off U23 international events. This hard work has now been rewarded with selection for the Senior GB Team to race in the World Cup Series in Amsterdam.

08/06/2007 Oustanding Henley Performance

Sam Howell racing in a composite Quad crew with rowers from Peterborough and Star made it through to the Final of the Fawley Challenge Cup. The crew comprising of Sam, Adam Neil and James Fox of Peterborough and Josh Butler of Star, far exceeded expectation ands produced some impressive victories on the way to the final, beating 2 Australian crews and Windsor Boys School along the way. In the final a composite crew from Henley and Maidenhead proved too strong but Sams crew has great potential and will be back for another try next year.

28/05/2007 Success at the National Schools Regatta

St Neots has struck Gold at the National Schools Regatta with 2 Golds, a Silver and a Bronze. Beth Astell and Polly Hetherington secured gold in their double and combined with Lauren Thompson, Ellie Milne and Kat Davies in the coxed Quad to win Gold again. Sam Howell took Bronze in the J15 single sculls event and followed that up with Silver in the next age group up J16

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	Find out what's going on at the club and in the Eastern Region rowing-wise. 19/04/2008 Great Britain Junior Trial Regatta St.Neots Rowing Club were represented at the Great Britain Junior Trial Regatta by 4 girls and 1 boy. Only crews and scullers that had already competed at the 3 long distance trial or had met the ergo standard were permitted to race. The Trial Regatta is run in exactly the same way as that for the British Olympic Team. It starts with a time trial over 1900m then crews are seeded into semi-finals from which their position determines which final they progress to. This way all crews end up with a ranking. In the first time trial, for the Women’s Pairs, Jo Fitzsimons with her partner, Jenny Arnold, of Henley led off the 15 crews. Natalie Bream with Almeda Gare of Molesey started second and the Saints Junior 16 pair of Polly Hetherington and Bethany Astell started in 5th place. As the crews came down the course it was obvious that Fitzsimons was moving very fast and so their time proved, covering the course 14 seconds quicker than the second crew from reading. Bream also rowed very well, finishing less than a second slower. Hetherington and Astell had performed extremely well at the Spring Assessment finishing in 4th place, and following performances on a training camp were expected to repeat this. Over the first half of the course they were on target with the 4th fastest time, however then disaster struck in the form of a muscle pull in Astell’s chest which prevented her from pulling very hard. Despite this and moving across the lake for lane 1 to lane 7, they finished the race in 9th place. However after a visit to the Phyiso the pair was withdrawn. In the semi-final the remaining St.Neots girls were drawn together and in adjacent lanes. Fitzsimons got the quicker start and pulled out a lead and then just sat there in front. Breams pair also looked comfortable in 2nd place to make sure that both pairs made it into the A Final for ranking 1 to 6. In the final Fitzsimons knew that her main opposition would come from the reading crew that had won the other semi-final, however, their race plan dealt with this threat. From the starters command GO Fitzsimons’ pair shot out to a lead which was 3 seconds at the 500m marker, 6 seconds at the 1000m and 11 seconds at the finish. Bream finished in a strong 3rd place. This is the 5th year running that St.Neots have had a rower in the top pair. In the Boys single sculls Sam Howell was the St.Neots representative. Last year he finished 19th in the time trial and then worked his way up to finish 13th. This year he finished 12th in the time trial to lift him into the A/B semi-finals. In his semi he went too hard in the first 3rd of the race and paid the inevitable price and faded to 6th. He changed his race plan to be more realistic and in the B final attacked the 2 scullers that, on time were just ahead of him, and in doing so let the tussle for the top places go. This strategy worked very well and he finished in a very creditable 4th place to lift him to a ranking of 10th. The St.Neots coach, Martyn Rooney, said "It was a day of ups and downs. Jo Fitzsimons is hitting top form at the moment and should do well for Great Britain at the upcoming Munich Regatta. I was a bit disappointed with Natalie Bream and her partner as I had though that they could finish second. However it was most upsetting for the young girls to have to withdraw after such promise, but I am sure once Bethany Astell has received treatment and rehab they will be back. Sam Howell also responded very well in the final following a poor race plan in the semi". 13/04/2008 Great Britain Under 23 Trials Jacqui Round gains selection for Duisburg International Regatta In 2007 Jacqui Round, of St.Neots Rowing Club, became the first home-grown rower to represent Great Britain at a ‘Senior’ event when she raced in the Women’s Quad at the World Cup event in Amsterdam. Unfortunately this was followed by a shoulder injury at the final trials and she had to miss the World Under 23 Championships. However Round is made of hard stuff and worked very hard on her recovery strategy and kept the cross-training going. At the national team ergo test last month she was one of the top performers with a new personal best time of 6:55. She then stroked her eight to 4th place in the Women's Head of the River Race, the best ever result for a St.Neots member. She suffered a further set back when after, being invited to the Senior Team’s trials in Belgium, her pair’s partner suffered an injury and they had to withdraw. She was then given a new partner, Vicky Bryant of Durham. Despite having very limited time together they performed well at the Under 23 trials finishing as the 3rd fastest pair. There then followed a series of seat races where individuals on each side of the boat are tested against others from their side, that is strokeside or bowside. Round moved herself up the rankings to be the top strokesider. Her best performance came in a pair with Kirsty Miles of Oxford Brooks University and this pair have been selected to represent Great Britain at the Duisburg International Regatta on 16 -18 May. They will also form part of an eight with other U23 rowers. 03/03/2008 National Junior Sculling Head The juniors attended the National Junior Sculling Head at Henley, which is considered to be the first ‘major’ event of the year for them. In a strong headwind the club were represented by a WJ18 4x and a MJ16 4x, the first time we have entered a boys’ crew. The girls of Natalie Bream (17), Polly Hetherington (16), Jo Fitzsimons (17) and Bethany Astell (15) started 4th based on last years result. In the first 1k of the 3k race they were being caught by a crew from Sir Williams Borlase School and Bedford High School who having started in front, were pulling away. However it was our girls who paced themselves better in the strong head wind, and in the last 1k moved away from SWB and up on BHS to finish in a very strong 2nd place and claim the Silver medals. With 3 of the crew eligible next year the Gold medal will be the target for 2009. The boys’ crew of Sam Howell, Huw Jarman, Thibault Jeangout and Alex Davies had a strong start and overtook a crew at the end of the island. After this they steadily made ground on the next crew finishing just a short distance behind on the finish line. They finished in 11th place from 32 starters a good result. 01/03/2008 WHORR Natalie Bream took part in a GB Junior combined WE8+ at the WHORR on 1 March, achieving 12th place, whilst Jacqui Round came in 4th with her Nottingham crew. 17/02/2008 Cambridge Winter League The second leg of the Cambridge Winter League successfully took place on 17 February in ideal conditions, with the men’s novice 4X coming in a creditable 19th overall while the women’s novice 4X+ fared less well in their debut race, but nonetheless completing the course intact. Well done to Huw Jarman as the fastest J14 sculler. 02/02/2008 Peterborough Head Natalie Bream won the WJ 1x, followed by Polly Hetherington, Bethany Astell and Rachael Crockford. Sam Howell was second in MJ 1x and Dominic Chapman and Thibault Jeangout were 7th in MS3 2x. Jo Fitzsimons had her first race since recovering from a back problem teaming up with Natalie Bream, Polly Hetherington and Bethany Astell in the WE 4- which they won. Rachael Crockford and Helen Knowles both raced in a Cambridge 99 eight. 01/12/2007 Hampton Junior Head The Hampton event is the biggest Junior head race of the year attracting over 500 scullers in singles and doubles. The St.Neots Junior Team put in some top class performances. Sam Howell after his disappointing race at the recent GB trial bounced back to finish 4th fastest sculler on the day from a field of 159. Howell also raced in the Junior 17 double sculls with clubmate Dominic Chapman. This was a big step up in the class of competition for Chapman and the duo did well to finish 12th from 89. Also in double sculls, the Junior 16 event, were Thibault Jeangout and Alex Davies who finished 11th from 22. In the Women’s junior events Natalie Bream was the fastest of the Saints girls with a time of 10:11.1 which gave her 2nd place in the Junior 17 event. Jo Fitzsimons was just behind in 10:11.7 for 4th place in the Junior 18 event only 2 seconds behind the winner. These results were from fields of 22 and 26 respectively. The younger girls also did well, Polly Hetherington, recently awarded the St.Neots’ club’s Most Promising Junior award finished a very strong 3rd place in the Women’s Junior 16 event with a time of 10:28.7, 7 seconds off the top slot. Bethany Astell is returning to form her time of 10:32.5 gave her 5th place from 32. The girls also raced in double sculls. Fitzsimons and Bream raced in the Woman’s Junior 18 event but lacked their usual pace and had to settle for 2nd place 2 seconds behind their local rivals from Bedford High School. Hetherington and Astell had a stormer of a race winning the Women’s Junior 16 event in a time of 9:38.5, just 7 seconds behind their older clubmates. 25/11/2007 Star Small Boats Head The younger section of had a good day at the Star Small Boats Head winning the Men’s Junior 14 single, double and quad sculls. In the Single Huw Jarman showed is continuing improvement winning in a good time. In the doubles the Saints duo Josh Dexter an Ben Peacock won in a time of 6:51 with the other St.Neots pair, Danny Sadler and Daniel Pepplar-Jones in 2nd place. These two doubles then combined in the quads and again came out on top winning from a field of 11. Rachael Crockford and Hannah Miller took the Women’s Junior double sculls ahead of the local club. 18/11/2007 British Indoor Rowing Championship The Junior squad went to the 2007 British Indoor Rowing Championship at the Birmingham National Indoor Arena on Sunday. Racing in J16 Sam Howell improved on last years performance managing to just squeeze ahead of James Fox of Peterborough to take the outright win. Natalie Bream stepped up to J18 this year, coming 9th just ahead of Jo Fitzsimons in 10th. Natalie improved on last years performance by 5 seconds and Jo by nearly 9 seconds. Rachael Crockford also knocked 5 seconds off her time from last year taking 20th place. Thibault Jeangout and Alex Davies also competed at J16 coming 16th and 42nd respectively. Dominic Chapman competing in J18 came 49th. 17/11/2007 GB Trials A number of Juniors attended the GB Trials at Boston this weekend including Beth Astell, Polly Hetherington, Natalie Bream, and Hannah Miller. Results to follow shortly. 17/11/2007 Cambridge Winter Head Three crews competed at the Cambridge Winter League on Saturday. Club Captain Alison Brown together with Sarah Porteus, Sarah Davis and Marguerite Pain competed in a S4 4+ setting a time of 12min 37secs. In the same division a Mens Novice crew of Jon Heaney, Andy Hayward, Mick Lawrence and Steve Fox in a coxed quad completed the 2500m course a time of 10:08 which was a good performance bearing in mind this was the first time the crew had rowed together. In the final division in a S3 4+ of John Heaney, Chris Richie, Mick Lawrence and Steve Fox set a time of 10:24. 27/10/2007 Huntingdon Head Rachael Crockford takes 2 wins in Junior and S4 single sculls on Saturday at Huntingdon Head. Racing over the 4.5Km course in increasingly windy conditions with a number of tricky corners Rachael produced strong performances to completely overwhelm her opposition. The rest of the club also performed well taking 6 wins in all. Tibo Jeanout and Dominic Chapman took a win in Novices Doubles, Ed Porteus, in his last race for the Club before leaving for Canada, Darren Cantell Mick Lawrence and Steve Fox took the S3 4+ win. Andy Major and Clive Emmerson won S2 Doubles and John Knights racing in a Huntingdon/St Neots composite Vet E/F took the win in a Double. The Eight narrowly missed out on a 7th win for the club after hitting another boat which had lost control just in front of the Eight and veered across their path. The Eight managed to restart but lost a significant amount of time and consequently missed out on the win by 16 seconds. 14/10/2007 Bedford Autumn Small Boats Head The Juniors attended the Bedford Small boats Head on Sunday and came away with quite a few wins, in fact 7 wins, two 2nd places and two 3rd places and some impressive performances from this years beginners who come 5th in the J15 4x+ which is one age group and only their second race. Sam Howell posted the fastest Single Scull time of the day with a finishing time of 7minutes 25 seconds. Winners were; Sam Howell in J16 1x, Natalie Bream 1st with Jo Fitzsimons 2nd in WJ 1x and then pairing up in in WJ 2x to win again beating the opposition by 28 seconds, Polly Hetherington and Beth Astell WJ16 2x with Polly also taking the win in WJ16 1x. Sam and Beth teamed up for a Mixed Senior 2 Doubles race against adults and won that too in MxS2 2x and finally Jo, Natalie, Polly and Rachael Crockford jumped into a coxed 4 to win WJ 4+. Alex Davies and Dom Chapman came 3rd in the Novice Doubles again competeing against adults so another strong showing from them. Racing pictures cane be found in the gallery 07/10/2007 St Neots Head Another successful Small Boats Head for St Neots with good weather, calm river and great racing. Running 5 divisions this year we had our largest entry ever. The fastest crew was a St Neots J16 Quad comprising Alex Davies, Tibo, Huw Jarman and Sam Howell finishing the 2.7Km course in 9 minutes 8 Seconds. St Neots did particularly well winning 21 events in all. 06/10/2007 Sam Howell Wins at Pairs Head Sam Howell competing in a composite Double with James Fox from Peterborough has won the J16 events at this years Pairs Head. This is the second time the pair have won this event. 29/09/2007 Rowers versus Runners Steve Fox is going to be racing against teams from Riverside Runners on Sunday 29th September. In a challenge suggested by Richard Furbank of Riverside Runners, Steve will be racing against the runners from St Ives back to St Neots. The Runners have 10 relay teams racing against Steve. The race starts at 9.00am Sunday morning and they should reach St Neots sometime between 11 and 12. Hopefully 27/09/2007 New Captain Elected At the recent Annual Members meeting Alison Brown was elected as Captain. The position of Ladies Vice-Captain with responsibility for running the Ladies Squad has not yet been filled. Anyone who would like to consider taking the role on should contact Alison Brown. Mick Lawrence was elected as the Mens Vice-Captain. 27/07/2007 Unlucky last night at Bumps After making 3 straight bumps St Neots were hoping to earn their blades this year with a forth. However, City 2 the crew we were chasing had other ideas and decided to completely commit to catching the boat in front of them and made an incredible start to catch their opposition in the first 300m. St Neots then had a comfortable row-over and will be starting from 14th next year. Well done to everyone who took part, crews and bank support teams and especially to Kat and Dominie for some brilliant coxing over the 4 days. 25/07/2007 St Neots goes Bump St Neots are doing very well in this year's Cambridge Town Bumps having bumped 2 nights in succession. Tuesdays bump occurred after only 400m of racing with the crew maintaining a stroke rate of 41 to blast through the Cantab 4 crew. Wednesday was a lot tougher but St Neots were able to maintain a high rate which eventually Rob Roy 4 could not live with and after keeping a lengths separation until 1st Post Corner suddenly caved in and were quickly overhauled in the Gut 15/07/2007 Sam Howell makes Coupe de la Jeunesse GB squad Despite suffering from tiredness after racing 5 times in 4 days at Henley, Sam Howell stepped up and showed he is an exceptional talent by impressing the selectors with his commitment and determination after such a busy racing and trials schedule. Sam has been picked to stroke the Junior Quad. 15/07/2007 Jo Fitzsimons selected for Beijing Jo Fitzsimons has been selected for the Junior World Championships being held at the new Olympic facilities in Beijing in August. She has been selected to crew the top girls boat, the coxless 4. She is suffering a back injury picked up during selection but we wish well and hope she recovers quickly. Well done Jo ! 15/07/2007 Quarts Success! Two great wins for the Seniors at Bedford Quarts on Sunday. Helen Knowles fresh from winning at Henley Veterans in a Cambridge based 4+ composite crew on Saturday, changed disciplines to win Womens Novice Veteran 1x. In a very closely fought final of the S2 Doubles, Ed Porteus and Clive Emmerson held off a strong challenge in the last 50 metres of the race to win by 2 feet. An S4 Quad of Will Spring, Darren Cantell, Chris Richie and Steve Fox performed well in their first race together loosing to the eventual winners by only half a length after having given away that half length with a poor start.. 09/07/2007 International Honours for St Neots Girls Tuesday this week St Neots attended trials for the GB France international regatta. They put in strong performances all day and by the end 4 of them, Natalie Bream, Polly Hetherington, Beth Astell and Rachel Crockford were selected to row in the GB Eight. Well done girls 22/06/2007 St Neots attending Womens Henley This year St Neots are sending 2 crews to compete at Henley Womens Regatta on 22-24 June. Both boats will be in the Junior Quad Sculls event. Good Luck. 22/06/2007 Jacqui Round selected for GB Team It's been a busy year for Jacqui Round having attended and won a number off U23 international events. This hard work has now been rewarded with selection for the Senior GB Team to race in the World Cup Series in Amsterdam. 08/06/2007 Oustanding Henley Performance Sam Howell racing in a composite Quad crew with rowers from Peterborough and Star made it through to the Final of the Fawley Challenge Cup. The crew comprising of Sam, Adam Neil and James Fox of Peterborough and Josh Butler of Star, far exceeded expectation ands produced some impressive victories on the way to the final, beating 2 Australian crews and Windsor Boys School along the way. In the final a composite crew from Henley and Maidenhead proved too strong but Sams crew has great potential and will be back for another try next year. 28/05/2007 Success at the National Schools Regatta St Neots has struck Gold at the National Schools Regatta with 2 Golds, a Silver and a Bronze. Beth Astell and Polly Hetherington secured gold in their double and combined with Lauren Thompson, Ellie Milne and Kat Davies in the coxed Quad to win Gold again. Sam Howell took Bronze in the J15 single sculls event and followed that up with Silver in the next age group up J16 If you have any news item you'd like added to this page contact web@st-neots-rowing.com.

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