Chertsey & Shepperton Regatta held on Saturday 28th July 2018
The Chertsey & Shepperton Regatta is a ‘pop up’ event which takes place in Dumsey Meadow, on the River Thames – a green field site with with a 350 metre course downstream on the Middlesex side of the river from near Chertsey Bridge to finish just before a bend in the river at the end of the meadow.
The weather was sunny and warm, most pleasant following the end of the recent heatwave the day before but there was a strong wind, fortunately in the same direction as the racing but made the row upwind to the start quite a test and more then a warm up. The Skiff club had the following entries:
Event Bow Stroke Cox
2 GHD W Taylor S Russell L Russell
3 GID J Davies R Davies L Russell
3 GID R Guy P Green J Previte
4GND D North J Pengilly L McKenna
4GND J Davies P Peev I Randall
6GVD K Shore S Russell A Haines
9 GIS R Clements
9 GIS W Taylor
10GNS S Russell
10GNS J Pengilly
10GNS R Guy
10GNS D North
10GNS R Davies
14MID V Gunn P Green J Previte
14MID M Clements R Clements H Clements
15MND M Moran R Maestri J Previte
15MND M Wrobel P Green S Randall
15MND M Booth J Pengilly L McKenna
16MED P Peev R Peev J Previte
16MED I Randall P Gregory M Clements
17MVD M Booth P Gregory S Randall
21LND S Randall M Moran I Randall
22LED A Balke M Wrobel M Clements
22LED S Randall I Randall F Kenden
26 LIS M Clements
26 LIS M Booth
Skiff club crews won 5 events, pot winners were:
- Miranda and Riley in MID, coxed by Helen ( all Clements)
- Paul and Monica in MND, coxed by Sarah
- Miranda in LIS
- Sarah and Isobel in LED coxed by Fran
- Fran and Paul in MVHD coxed by Sarah
Fran also managed to fit in a lunch date in Balham between winning the MVHD heat in the morning and the final in the afternoon, that’s multi tasking of the highest order. We were informed she skipped the dessert!
The punting events took place over a course on the Middlesex bank adjacent to the skiff course, with the wind making steering even more tricky than usual.
Skiff club winners were Sally and Sarah.
