photo courtesy of Ben Marsden
After years of COVID and high waters, Marlow Spring Regatta finally returned in full spring glory with sunshine and a full day of fine competition.
With the Phyllis Court Time Trial providing a solid basis for the initial time handicaps, the racing was quite competitive. The system is not perfect as a number of competitors hadn’t made it to PCTT, some of the new rowers are on a steep improvement which means they provide a moving target of times, and conditions simply change to favour different rowers. But, a lot of these competitors will be coming to the big adaptive event of “The Season” at this same venue, Marlow TOWN Regatta, and these results will inform an even more competitive draw for then. And the timing database isn’t just to assign racing handicaps, but also to help set up the races with as closely matched races as possible leading to over half of the events being Even starts.
Congratulations to the winners
- Open PR3 1x – Chris Boys, Guildford
- Womens PR3 1x – Claire Parker, Falcon
- Sup Ada 2x B – Adam Hussain and Rory Whelan, Marlow
- Sup Ada 2x A – Stephen Montague and Jonathan Wiegandt, Marlow
- Open Fixed Seat 1x – Stephen Montague, Marlow
- Sup Ada 2x C – Jamie Tennant and Allistair Gillies, Marlow
- Sup Ada 2x D – Ben Hamilton and Caitlin Armstrong, City of Oxford
- Mixed Sup Ada 2x – Helen Cooper and Paul Thomas, Marlow
- Women Sup Ada 2x b – Selina Collingwood and Helena Barker, City of Oxford
Additional photos from the day can be found here.
photo courtesy of Ben Marsden
Great blog Bruce. Brilliant to have so many adaptive rowers competing at Marlow Springs yesterday! A superb start to the adaptive regatta season.