The Veteran’s Head of the River
The crew entered this year for the Vets head was a mixed vet D crew.
This was Liz Spencer, Christiane Mills, Ken Mills, Mike Arnott, Paul Spencer, Tony Hogsbjerg, Tricia McGrillen and Rosemary Hogsbjerg, with Claire Everest coxing. They were starting 2nd from last and so had a long row past the start to their marshalling point. Their only opposition in the race was a Weybridge - Yare composite who were starting behind them. After the first minute they started to pull away from their opposition. It then took what felt like an eternity to reach Hammersmith Bridge but once past the bandstand the finish seemed to appear out of the blue. They overtook a number of crews and at one point going through the middle of two crews. The crew couldn’t tell me how many boats they overtook as they lost count! They finished 111th with a time of 21.37.09 beating their opposition by 21 seconds. They also finished 3rd out of 7 mixed crews. I think that this was a good result by the crew.
Women’s Head of the River Race
Sudbury Rowing Club ladies had a crew competing at the Women’s Head of the River Race in London at the weekend.
Men’s Head of the River Race and Veteran’s Head 2022
Two crews from Sudbury raced on the tideway over the weekend.
Vet’s Head of the River Race
On Sunday last the veteran men’s eight of Sudbury Rowing Club set off for London to take part in the Veterans Head of the River Race. This annual race is run on the Thames over the famous Boat Race course, in reverse, and attracts the very best crews fro