Norfolk Sculls

This weekend saw some Deben members heading back to Norwich, this time for the Norfolk Sculls.

Megan Stocker, Neil Cawthorn and Michael Streat, James Parkinson (pictured left) and the Wix-es all took part, some of them competing in two events.

Emilie and Spence (shown below with their pots) won the Mixed IM2 doubles event in a time of 22:14 and Emilie came second in the Women's IM2 single sculls event with a time of 23:33. I'm sure you'll all agree that these are fantastic results and well-deserved considering all the training they have put in since joining the club and learning to row earlier this year. The first of many pots for these two, we hope...

Many thanks also to Ed English who learnt to row at DRC and very kindly sent these pictures to me, even though he now rows at Norwich.

Suffolk Young Sports Personality, 2011

And the winner is... CLIO!

Yare Cup, 24 September 2011

The annual Yare Cup took place in Norwich last weekend and two crews from DRC took part, with James P. also going along to support them and film the action.

In the Men's Open 4+ category with a time of 16:55 were Mark S., Guy P., Ken A. and Tristan C. with Sue S. coxing. Here they are in action:

Untitled from James Parkinson on Vimeo.

Emilie and Spence competed twice, once in the Mixed 2x (with a time of 16:08) and once in the Novice 2x, for which their time was 16:09. Well done on your first races and we look forward to seeing the red and yellow socks in action again soon!

Here is a video of Emilie and Spence in action with a couple of additions to the DRC kit:

Untitled from James Parkinson on Vimeo.

Goodbye and Good Luck to School Leavers

This summer sees long-time junior members Clio Aubugeau-Williams, Em Chitock, Chris Lawrence and Hannah Shire leaving school and heading out into the world. They have all been a great asset to the club and it has been a privilege to see them growing up during their time at DRC.

Since joining the club 5 years ago Clio, in particular, has made a startling progression winning 18 'pots' and 12 medals, as well as representing GB for the past 2 years. In recognition of this achievement and as Clio will shortly head to UCL, with rowing at Imperial College, the committee awarded Clio life membership on Saturday 17 September, 2011.

The committee is very appreciative of the contributions made by all the school leavers and we look forward to welcoming them back as students during their holidays, joining the growing number of out-of-county university student members of the club.

Good luck!

2011 AGM

This will be held at 8pm on 27 October at the club and formal notification will be sent out shortly. If you are interested in joining the committee, please speak to William or any of the existing committee members.

Any motions to be discussed are to be lodged with Nicola Notcutt no later than 25 September.

European Medals for Clio

Rather belated congratulations to Clio for winning two European Gold Medals and one Silver Medal with her crews at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in Austria!!

British Rowing Championships, 2011

Chris Jillings reports:

Congratulations to Clio for coming home from the weekend's racing with two Silver medals!

Her GB Junior quad raced in a straight final for the Women's 4x, but were dealt a lesson from the gun by a powerful Nottingham crew. They were, however, comfortably the next best boat.

At the end of the day, in the finale Women's 8+ event, her GB Junior boat cruelly had gold snatched from their grasp as their half-length lead evaporated with 500m to go, when one of her team-mates caught a whopper! They mounted a spirited attack but lost by half a length - boo hoo!