Henley Royal Regatta, 2008

Tim Earnshaw was in action last week at Henley Royal Regatta and has sent in the report below. I must say it was great to see our club kit out on this very special stretch of water...any more takers for next year??!!

“I had the honour last week of representing Deben Rowing Club at Henley Royal Regatta. We entered a composite crew in the Visitors’ Challenge Cup. Rowing with members of Meles Boat Club, The Tideway Scullers School and Upper Thames Rowing Club we drew Oxford Brooks University in the first round. Oxford Brooks were a 'selected' crew and were, sadly, just to fast for us. None the less it was a fantastic experience to participate again and a real thrill to race over the historic course.

HRR 2008 was also the 20th anniversary of the Tideway Scullers School win in The Thames Challenge Cup (of which I was fortunate enough to be a part). The Stewards very kindly granted us a row past the enclosures during the Saturday tea break and this was dedicated to the lives of Alec Hodges and Marcello Minale who were great rowing philanthropists who did much good for the sport of rowing. In the event we ended up rowing down with Hampton School who won the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup that year. Needless to say it got a bit competitive but it great to be able to celebrate the lives of Marcello and Alec in that way.”