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The second blog for The Yorker from the University of York Riding Club
The novice men’s VIII of Chris Morgan, Ed Grande, Ed Scobie, Mike Page, Reece Clough, Rob Mills, Will Fane-Gladwin, Paul Ong and Lara Wainwight (Cox), came 22nd out of 48 teams, with a time of 10.15.8.
The senior men’s intermediate coxed VI came 20th out of 37, and 16th out of 34 in the intermediate VIII division.
The VIII beat Leeds, turning the tables from two weeks previously at the White Rose Head, and both senior men’s crews beat Lancaster in their respective divisions, giving UYBC the upper hand in time for Roses 2011. John Appleton (Senior Men’s Captain) reported that both men’s crews raced well and came off the water with plenty of enthusiasm to get back into training to develop on the performance of the day.
The women’s squad saw similar success, with the senior women’s first VIII coming 5th out of 14 crews with a time of 18:34.1, and impressively there were just 5 seconds between them and second place!
The women’s second VIII also performed well with the crew of Francesca Charlton-Jones, Tamara Bowler, Eloisa Cackett, Alice Duton, Amelia Allen, Jo Holand, Amy Finch and Evelien Rutgers and cox Ngaio Simpson came 25th out of 34 crews with a time of 12:06.3.
UYBCs performances this year have been outstanding, given the competition being significantly better funded and resourced. Senior women’s captain, Ngaio Simpson, said she was extremely proud of the women’s performances and is looking forward to Women’s Head of the River later this term and especially Roses 2011 next term.
Appleton added “as underdogs we are fast becoming a force to be reckoned with”.
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