Henley Royal Regatta - 1994 results
From the rec.sport.rowing newsgroup, forwarded by Rachel Quarrell.
See also brief results.
From the rec.sport.rowing newsgroup, forwarded by Rachel Quarrell.
See also brief results.
From: ward@mondas.demon.co.uk (Peter Ward) Subject: Final HRR times (full) + comments (RQ) Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 16:57:32 +0000 Message-ID: <773686652snz@mondas.demon.co.uk> In article <1994Jul4.022809.24306@oxvaxd> tamsin@vax.oxford.ac.uk writes: Further comments..... > > Steward's Cup: France bt London RC, 1:58 - 3:16 - 6:44, verdict 1.5 L. > > in no mood to take lightweights seriously in a slight head-cross wind. No > surprises, but I have seen the London four rowing better. I think they were justifiably a little tired after making the final in 2 events! > > Wyfold Cup: NCRA bt Lea, 2:00 - 3:21 - 6:54, verdict 0.5 L. > > Excellent race, proving you can never drop the Lea far enough behind to be able > to relax properly. Another impressive lightweight crew... The NCRA crew were somewhat suprised to win this one! NB Two ex-international lightweights in the Lea crew. > > Prince Philip: NCRA bt Leander, (unsure) - 3:24 - 6:59, verdict 2/3 L. > > A good match over the early bit of the course, then the County pushed through > effectively and held a late spurt by Leander. I gather there was a bit of > pull-round from stroke side - certainly the Leander cox was up the middle of > the course for the bulk of the race. Having put out the UL coxed four the > previous day by a slightly larger margin, the NCRA heavyweights must now be > favourites to bag the 4+ spot if Jorgen decides to send one to Indianapolis. Stop press: NCRA are doing a Commonwealth Games VIII for the moment - the latest 4+ is Nolan & Hamilton from the UL/Molesey crew with MacClennan & Morrison from the Leander crew. Incidently the cox is Thompsett of UL as Jorgen wasn't too pleased with Adrian Ellison's appalling steering on Sunday! (And with all those Olympic and World medals too!) Watch out for their Lucerne performance. > > Britannia Cup: Belfast bt UL A, 2:06 - 3:32 - 7:14, verdict 1 L. > > One of the better races of the day, the margin being minimal for a fair way, > then Belfast made good use of the lack of Berkshire stream through the > enclosures and started taking fully half a seat a stroke to stretch it over the > line. A stone lighter, this crew contains a guy I used to cox only two years > ago as a very poor prospect in the OUBC squad - a hell of an improvement, as he > has only rowed a few years. > UL looked to have a good chance of winning this until one of their guys passed out at the end of the semi (after being ill last week) and was stretchered off. The other three buried themselves pulling him along after Remenham. They had a sub from the B crew on Sunday so a good performance for a scratch crew. Not many people saw the UL coach in tears and the Belfast coach dancing around on Saturday evening! > > Diamond Sculls: Muller bt Hansen, 2:13* - 3:42 - 7:35, verdict Easily. > > Am I allowed to comment that I don't think scullers like the elongated Henley > course, as they seem to reckon the race is over by Remenham, and the status quo > remains from then on, in most races. Perhaps Muller has just pysched out the > opposition properly. Previous comments in Reuters post. > Perhaps Xenon's frighteningly fast 6.39 at Paris had something to do with it? > > Queen Mother Cup: Germany (Treviris) bt LRC, 1:54 - 3:13 - 6:36, Easily. > > The London quad is in fact exactly the same crew as the 4- in the Stewards, so > they had already lost once today. I gather they only got into a quad together > a few weeks ago, but made the final with no trouble. Let's put it this way, > the Germans had a lead of 3 lengths by the Barrier, which is about 1/4 up the > course, just past the 500 mark. UK sculling has a long way to go... I'd say the main problem with UK sculling is that most of the best scullers spend all summer rowing. The London boys would undoubtably make a top class quad given time. PS If the Stewards stich up the draw as far as stations are concerned, then they must be very good at weather prediction as the fastest station is very dependent on conditions. I'm not saying they don't stitch it up in other ways mind you....