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			HOME COUNTRIES INTERNATIONAL CARDIFF BAY WALES 26th July Following her success at the National Rowing Championships Tina Thomas was selected to row for England in the Home Countries International regatta in both the Womens Junior Single and the Womens Junior Quad Scull, in the Single event Tina came 3rd after a disappointing Scull, however, the Quad won in fine style leaving the other crews in their wake. This weekend was most successful with the club winning 9 events in all, with this level of success we look forward to the next season being even better. BURWAY REGATTA 27th JULY At our own regatta the winners were:- Tom Barras - Junior 14 Single Luke Tweddell - Junior Single Luke Tweddell and Peter Bonner - Junior Double While not quite as successful as at Staines the previous day all club crews raced well. STAINES REGATTA 26th JULY The club had a very good day winning 5 events and just missing out winning the Victor Ludorum for the most successful club. The winners on the day were:- Tom Barras - Junior 14 Single Tom Barras and Mike Simargool - Junior 15 Double Luke Tweddell - Junior Single Luke Tweddell and Peter Bonner - Junior Double Charlotte Weeks and Richard Ellera - Senior 3 Double These wins along with some other good performances from the club made it a very successful regatta, thanks must go to all members who helped to organise getting the boats and crews to Staines on time. National Championships 2008 At this years national Rowing Championships the club had it's most successful year ever winning 3 Gold medals in all. This year the following members raced at Nottingham all with great distinction. Thomas Barras - WON J14 Singles Gold with a stunning finish in a most exciting race keeping ahead of the 2nd placed by just .24 of a second. Well done Tom lets hope this is the first of many. Tina Thomas - WON Womens Junior Singles Gold by taking the lead in the final after 1000 meters and went on to win in stunning form. This is Tina's first year of competitive single sculling that has seen her progress through from early trials to the final selection trials for the GB Womens Junior squad, just missing out on the last day of trials by a very narrow margin. With this win at the Championships Tina is sure to gain much confidence to move forward to the next round of trials that will start later in the year, we all wish her well. Tina also raced in a composite Womens Junior quadruple scull, sitting in the bow seat steering, they also won in grand style winning Gold and giving Tina her 2nd Gold medal of the day some thing that has not been acheived by a Burway Junior before. As an additional reward to winning both the Single and the Quad final Tina has been selected to represent England in both events the Quad and the Single for the forthcoming Home Countries International Regatta that is to be held at Cardiff this coming Weekend 26th July. We all wish Tina well in this her first representitive regatta. Jack Barrett - Jack entered the Open Under 23 Singles event and after qualifying through the time trial raced in the semi final coming second thereby reaching the final. Unfortunately Jack sustained a shoulder injury 1 hour before the final and was taken to hospital for treatment. This meant scratching from the final, a great dissapointment as you can imagine. Jack is now on the recovery road and hopes to be back in the boat soon, we all wish him well. Luke Tweddell and Peter Bonner - Luke and Peter entered Junior Double Sculls event and reached the semi finals where they unfortunately did not finish in the first 3 that would have qualified them for the Final. Justin Thomas and Jonathan Lucking - Justin and Jonathan entered Junior under 15 Doubles where they had to take part in a time trial to find the fastest 12 from 25 entries, unfortunately they missed out getting through but both enjoyed the experience, and with this being their first nationals look forward to returning next year. Luke Tweddell - Luke entered the Junior Singles event and had to take part in a time trial to find the fastest 12 from the list of entries, after a good scull in what was a very competitive field Luke just missed out on qualifying for the semi finals. This was a stunning set of results and shows what can be acheived with hard work and dedication. 2nd – 6th July – Henley Royal Regatta Jack Barrett represented the club in the Prince of Wale challenge cup (Men’s Quads) in a crew with scullers from Henley Rowing club and Marlow Rowing Club, they were knocked out in the first round to a crew from Riverside Rowing club, America. 29th June - Egham regatta Three crews represented the club today, all of whom won. First off was the J13 girls double of Sophie Tweddell and Helen Cowley. Mike Shimogoul and Thomas Barras won the J14 doubles and Sophie Tweddell won the J13 women’s single sculls. 22nd June - Thames Valley Regatta In the junior single Sculls, both Luke Tweddell and Peter Bonner won their heats and progressed to the final, where they had to race each other one on one, it was a good, fast paced race, however, Luke taking a length and ¼ advantage manage to beat his fellow club mate. Thomas Barras progress to the final of the junior under 14 singles to win in a relatively comfortable race, beating his opponent by over 3 lengths. Sophie Tweddell, and Helen Cowley, both made it to the final of the women’s under 13 singles. In a three way contest, the small Burway scullers raced well and hard but were unable to beat their opponents. Sophie came second with Helen close behind. 21st – 22nd June - Marlow International Regatta Jack Barrett raced senior 1 and Under 23 singles over the two days. Winning his heat in the senior singles he made to straight through to the final, however, he 3rd in the final. Jack also made the final of the under 23 single sculls and also came 3rd in that event. Ricky Cowley raced men’s senior 4 single sculls, making it into the final he was laying in 5th place when we put in a big sprint to the finish, rowing down two of his opponent securing 3rd place. 20th – 22nd June – Henley Women’s Regatta Christina Thomas represented the club in a composite crew of Burway RC/Sudbury RC/Canford RC/Staines BC. Making short work of their opposite in the quarter final, the composite crew came up against a tough quad from Marlow RC in the semi final’s. It was a close race, however, disaster struck when a member of the Burway Composite caught a crab and lost by a length. 14th June - Reading Regatta Christina Thomas made it to the final of the women’s junior under 18 quads in a composite crew. Racing well throughout the day, they came up against a tough University of London quad who won by less than a length. 31st May – 1st June – Metropolitan regatta Christina Thomas raced in two composite quads in women’s senior 1 and Elite coxless quads. Both crews had only the pervious day to train together. Racing some tough crews the quad came 2nd and 4th respectively. Jack Barrett races on both days competing in the senior one singles event in both, again facing tough competition, Jack managed a respectable 4th place in both finals 23rd – 25th May – The national Schools Regatta A small group of athletes went to up to Nottingham this year, Justin Thomas qualified for the J15 singles event making it into the first 18 of 36 entries, however, drawing a tough semi finals race where the first two progressed to the final, Justin was unlucky and came third, just missing out. Luke Tweddell and Peter Bonner tried to qualify for the championship double event; they rowed hard but were not able to make it into the top 18. 17th May - Thames Ditton Regatta Jack Barrett representing the club, racing the senior 2 single sculls, making it to the final he had a tough race which he lost by a length. Ricky Cowley was also representing the club in the novice single sculls, getting through the first two rounds comfortably. However, after catching a crab in the semi finals Ricky opponent got the upper hand and managed to beat Ricky. 11th May – Ball Cup The single scullers of the day were Luke Tweddell, Peter Bonner (both J1x) and Sophie Tweddell (WJ13 1x) Racing six abreast at Dorney lake, all three athletes made it into their respective finals, however, only Luke medaled with a Silver as Peter came 4th and Sophie 5th. After a short recovery from their singles race Luke and Peter raced hard to get into to the final where they won quite comfortably. Sophie, who teamed up with Helen Cowley in the WJ13 2x also took gold in a dominating row. The under 16 boys Coxless quad of David Butler, Simon Warren, Ashley Tickner, and Sam Cumber, had a straight final against five other crews, but over the 1000m they were untouchable pulling away from the field by the first stroke and taking gold quite comfortably. The under 15 coxed quad had a harder time, winning their heat they were confident going into the final, but with five crews fighting for the gold the race was taken to the line and the boy’s were knocked back into 5th place. 5th May – Marlow Spring regatta Seven crews made it to the final, of which, 5 Won. Luke Tweddell and Christina Thomas, won the under 18 Singles events, and Thomas Barras won the junior under 14 singles event. The junior under 16 boy’s quad of David Butler, Simon Warren, Ashley Tickner, and Sam Cumber, raced well to win their event, and Luke Tweddell, raced again, this time in the junior doubles with Peter Bonner, winning their race comfortably.