Henley Rowing Club

Founded 1839

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Henley Rowing Club entered ten crews at the Fours Head of the River Race on the Tideway last saturday coming first in one category, second in two others and with four crews in the first 27 finishers.

Henley's Junior Men had an excellent race winning a well deserved Junior Quad Sculls pennant in a fast time of 18.47 minutes which put them in 21st position overall out of the 500 crews that took part. The Quad was stroked by Chris Clark with, Drew Ford, Alex Walker and Tom Pocock in the bow seat.

Another excellent result was Henley's Senior 1 Coxless Four, stroked by Jasper Hasell with Charlie Friend, Ross Barnes and Adam Wood at bow who came second in the category behind Oxford Brookes with only 3 seconds separating them over the 4 1/2 mile course.

The Henley's Womens Junior Quad also did very well coming second in their category behind Maidenhead. It was a good result for Henley in this Junior event considering they can still compete in this same category for the next two years.

Captain, Ian Desmond said the club performed well overall although there was some disappointment with the Mens Senior 2 Quad with their 20th position. At recent events they had shown every signs of doing better however their overall position was not helped by a 10 second penalty, probably awarded for being late at the start due to equipment failure.

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