Junior training at Holme Pierrepont

Flooding
The River Trent is in flood.
There will be no rowing until further notice.
For further advice, the new Health and Safety Advisor is Neil Bond (father of Junior Sculler Tom Bond)

Thames Trial Head at Dorney Lake
A huge field have entered for this Head race - 452 crews.

The junior boys and Junior girls entered with some good results, most notably:

J14 4x+ Callum Jones, Tom Selby, George Greenfield, Jake Buil coxed by Dominic Parnell came second with Reading taking first place;
J14 2x Tom Selby & George Greenfield came 3rd and Dominic Parnell & Callum Jones came 4th;


WJ15 4x+ came second

National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships
Only one entry this year - Callum Jones (aged 12) is competing in the Year 8 category.
Callum came home from Battersea with a silver medal to add to his growing collection of trophies. He made 867m in 3 minutes. His record is impressive:
2006 National Indoor rowing Championships J12 - gold
2006 Welsh Indoor Rowing J12 - gold
2007 National Indoor rowing Championships J13 - bronze & J14 team bronze
2007 national Junior Indoor Rowing Championships J13 - silver

Lincoln Head of the River
A small team from Newark attended this first Head race at Lincoln.
A large selection of photos can be found at http://www.ozfootball.co.uk/regatta.htm

Tom Bond (Newark) and Lawrence Arnold (Nottoingham) won there J15 2x with the fastest time for any junior crew. They were awarded their trophy by Andy Ripley, 1970’s  England and Lions rugby team member and David Hutchison of Lincoln’s Rotary International.Their winning time was 13.02 and they also came 17th overall.
Full Newark results were out of a field of 70

Nottingham City Regatta
The following crews are racing:

MNOV 4+ Edward Cottell, Sam Bonser, Ollie Saunders, Nick Parnell, coxed by Dom Parnell
An outstanding performance for this young crew in their first regatta as a novice coxed four. They won their heat to gain a place in the final as fastest qualifying crew by 2 seconds. The final was hotly contested for the first 500m but by the finish line the Newark crew were 5 boats lengths clear from opposition from Manchester University, Cardiff, Durham University and others. The crew now move up to Senior four status at their first attempt. They are coached by Paul Fenhoulet.

WS2 2x Felicity Bound & Philomena Doran
The double came second in their heat to reach the final but came in last place in a race won by former Newark member, Alice Leake now at Newcastle University.

MNOV 1x William
William cam in second on both days in the 2km and 1km race.

MNOV 1x, J19 1x Nick Parnell
Singles, doubles & pairs were cancelled on Saturday due to difficult conditions on the start. Nick came in 3rd on the Sundays 1km race.

J16 2x Rob Oakley & James Fraser
Race cancelled

MNOV 8+ Nottingham Rowing Club & Rob Oakley

York City Regatta
Novice Vet double Dave Cox and Clive Bound won their straight final.

The Junior boys section had a very successful day in some warm spring sun at the York City Regatta. They won four out of their eight classes with wins in the following:
J13 1x Dominic Parnell;
J13 2x Dominic Parnell & Callum Jones;
J14 4x+ Tom Selby, George Greenfield, Callum Jones, Jake Buil and coxed by Dominic Parnell;
J15 2x Tom Bond & Lawrence Arnold

Other entries were:
J14 2x Tom Selby & George Greenfield who reached the final;
J14 1x Jake Buil reached the semi-final and Chris Goodwin who lost out in the heats;
J 2- Rob Oakley & James Fraser lost in a straight final against York;
J16 4x- Rob Oakley, James Fraser, Tom Bond & Lawrence Arnold lost against York City;
WJ14 & WJ15 1x Hannah Wright reached the final of both events in her first regatta in a single scull.

National Schools Regatta
Friday saw the boys J14 4x+ with Callum Jones, Tom Selby, Jake Buil, George Greenfield and coxed by Annabel progress through the processional qualifier into the semi-finals. They came 3rd in the semi and took their well deserved place in the final against some very tough opposition. They came a very creditable 6th with a personal best time for 1km - knocking off some 20 seconds on their previous pb.

1 Windsor Boys' School 'B' 3:27.10
2 Yarm School B.C. 3:27.46
3 Hinksey Sculling School 3:29.48
4 Llandaff R.C. 3:30.45
5 Wycliffe Sculling Centre 3:32.01
6 Newark R.C 3:36.36

The girls J15 2x also competed in their processional race with Goergia Bryan and Hannah Wright qualifying for the semi. They missed out on a finals place and came 5th.

1 Molesey A 05:52.04
2 Runcorn 05:52.31
3 Henley 05:58.80
4 Headington B 05:58.95
5 Lady E Holles A 05:59.69
6 Latymer Upper A 06:02.56
7 Marlow 06:04.76
8 Star 06:04.80
9 Stoke 06:05.37
10 Lady E Holles B 06:05.76
11 St.Georges 06:06.67
12 Newark 06:07.39

Saturday was another story. The weather took a turn for the worse and became very nasty with high winds. Nick Parnell was withdrawn from his CH 1x for safety reasons and took no part in the competition. The girls J15 4x+ competed in their processional race and came 12th but all further racing was cancelled. Boats continued to race in all the processional races but Claire and Andy ended up on rescue duty on the pontoons for 3 hours trying to get crews safely out of the water. All boats were coming in with crews up to the saxboards in water. All crews should be congratulated - even with no one paddling all boats were pushed at high speed towards the landing stages and had to be "caught" to slow them down.

The Metropolitan Regatta
Women's Senior 2 Double Sculls - Felicity Bound and Philomena Doran       

Race 12                                     1/2 to F, 3/4 to R
1  Newark RC   7:58.16
2  Henley RC (A) 8:01.54
3  Upper Thames RC (B)  8:09.86
4  Marlow RC 8:10.21
5  Oxford Brookes Univ BC  8:20.11
6  Vesta RC (B) Scratched      

Final 

1  Durham Univ BC 7:25.24
2  Nottingham RC 7:25.62
3  Imperial College BC 7:29.25
4  Maidenhead RC 7:34.93
5  Henley RC (B)  7:46.21
6  Newark RC  7:50.80
7  Henley RC (A)  7:54.45

Junior Single Sculls                 Thamesfield Trophy

1  Windsor Boys' School BC (S Tyrrell) 7:29.23
2  Windsor Boys' School BC (A Towne)   7:29.81
3  Llandaff RC (Z Lee-Green)   7:30.37
4  Windsor Boys' School BC (J Howarth-Jarratt) 7:43.05
5  Newark RC (N Parnell)  7:58.80
6  Kings School Ely BC (L Dugdale)

Although Nick got to the first 500m in first place after a terrific start, he went off too fast and first place became 5th by the end of the race. Moral of the story - follow your race plan!

Peterborough Regatta
Bumper wins for Newark at the weekend on a rainy Saturday and a very hot Sunday.
Dave Cox and Clive Bound lost their novice sculling status with a win on Sunday in the MVetNov 2x.
Felicity Bound and Philomena Doran won WS2 2x on Saturday.
Callum Jones won the J13 1x with Dominic Parnell a close 2nd place.
Nick Parnell, Sam Bonser-Wilson, Edward Cottell, Ollie Saunders and Dominic Parnell narrowly missed out against Magdale College, Oxford on Saturday with a second place in the MS4 4+ but came through on Sunday to a win.
Hannah Wright won WJ14 1x.
Rob oakley won J16 1x
WJ15 4x+ narrowly missed a win against Star Club on Saturday and came second.
WJ15 2x won on Saturday and Sunday.

Womens Henley
Felecity Bound and Philomena Doran have entered as W 2x.

The progression of the Newark double can be seen in the above table.
They dropped out in the Semi-finals against the evntual winner of the event.

Peterborough Summer Regatta
Newark's Senior 3 coxed four produced stunning performances when it mattered at the Peterborough Regatta.
They became nick named the Schoolboy Crew and shocked many of their competitors and clubs.

Nick Parnell (17), Sam Bonser (16), Edward Cottell (16) and Ollie Saunders coxed by 12 year old Dominic Parnell won all their races in style to become a well deserved Senior 2 crew at the end of the 2008 regatta season.

Their toughest race was during the Sunday's 500m sprint. They reached the final as fastest qualifiers but were in a nail biting fight with Thames for the lead all the way down the course.

At the 250m mark Thames managed to pull ahead but Newark cox Dominic Parnell watched them like a hawk & called the shots with the Newark boys putting in a break for the finish line in the dying stages of the race. Both crews were given the same time but Newark had the advantage and were easily clear.

Saturday saw the crew being one of the slowest into the final of the 1000m event but again some mature coxing and gutsy rowing saw them take the win with an astonishing time of 3:17 for the 1000m race. Peterborough declared it to be one the fastest S3 races they'd had at the regatta. They were faster than the S2 4+'s and were 1 second off the S3 4+ course record help by Nottingham Boat Club at 3:16.


Bow Edward Cottell, 2 Ollie Saunders, 3 Nick Parnell, Stroke Sam Bonser cox Dominic Parnell
Collecting another set of trophies at Peterborough on the Sunday

Nick Parnell and Sam Bonser also entered the MNOV 2x and reached the finals in style. This was the first time Nick and Sam have raced together in a double and they won the final easily by 7 seconds to become S4.

Other junior boys put in some good performances. George Greenfield and Tom Selby rowed up an age group in the MJ15 2x. They equalled the course record coming second to Nottingham Rowing Club who beat the old record.

Callum Jones also rowed up an age group on both days in MJ14 1x and he broke the course record twice for MJ13 1x.
Results:
Saturday
S3.4+
1 Newark RC 3:17
2 Peterborough City RC 3:24
3 Warwick Graduates BC 3:28
4 Sons of Thames RC 3:44

W.S2.4x-
1 Newark RC/Peterbrough RC 3:33 NQ
2 Sudbury RC 3:37

J15. 2x
1 Norwich RC/Peterborough City RC NTT
2 Newark RC Selby
3 Newark RC Bond
4 Lea RC

W.S2.2x
1 Staines/Burway 3:42
2 St Neots 3:44
3 Newark RC 3:48
4 Leicester RC 3:50

W.J.15 2x
1 Norwich BC 3:50
2 Newark RC 3:51
3 Nottingham RC 3:53
4 Peterborough City RC –

J15.1x
1 Norwich RC Neale 3:46 NQ
2 Nottingham RC Huskinson 3:54
3 Newark RC Bond 4:18

J14.1x
1 Norwich RC Hoogland 3:53
2 Nottingham RC Harrison 3:56
3 Newark RC Jones 3:58
4 Nottingham RC Savage 4:15

W.J.16 1x
1 Deben RC 4:20
2 Newark RC Wilson 4:27
3 Cantabrigian RC 4:32
4 Newark RC Selby 4:41