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HWR Results

Winners 1994

Open events

Event name and trophy	Event	Winner	Time	Verdict
Open eights \| The Sports Council Cup	O 8+	Bedford RC/Staines BC A Mitchell, J Nitsch, C Hodgson, C Dring, L King, G Rosenwein, J Bavington, Y Guise, H Bass	5:05	4½ lengths
Open coxed fours \| The Copas Cup	O 4+	Staines BC L King, C Dring, C Hodgson, G Rosenwein	5:35	Easily
Open coxless fours	O 4-	University of London BC/Thames RC/Queen’s Tower BC/Tideway Scullers School M Cook, S Davies, C Davies, E Jones	5:36	2¼ lengths
Open coxless pairs	O 2-	Edinburgh University BC A R Giersson, C Nisbet	6:01	1 length
Open quadruple sculls	O 4x	City of Sheffield RC/Runcorn RC/Agecroft RC/Sheffield University RC J Vickers, A Sanders, N Ashcroft, M Calvert	5:17	½ length
Open double sculls \| The W Peer Cup	O 2x	Tideway Scullers School/Henley RC H Bruce, R Rudkin	5:58	3 lengths
Open single sculls \| The George Innes Trophy	O 1x	Rowan Carroll – Nottinghamshire County RC	6:27	2¼ lengths

women's eight with medals — Bedford/Staines - winners of Open eights.

5 women with medals and silver cup — Staines BC - winners of Open coxed fours.

4 women with medals and Matthew Pinsent — University of London/Queen's Tower/Thames Tideway Scullers/TSS - winners of Open coxless fours - with Matthew Pinsent.

2 women's quads racing — City of Sheffield/Runcorn/Agecroft/Sheffield University beating TSS/Lea in the semi-final on their way to winning Open quads.

2 women being presented with medals and a cup — Helen Bruce (TSS) and Ruth Rudkin (Henley) - winners of Open double sculls - receive the W Peer Trophy from Bill Peer himself.

woman with large silver trophy — Barbara Peer (née Innes) hands the George Innes Trophy, originally presented to the regatta by her father, to Rowan Carroll of NCRA.

Lightweight events

Event name	Event	Winner	Time	Verdict
Lightweight coxless fours	Lwt 4-	Thames Tradesmen’s RC/University of London BC A Barclay, R Banister, M Myers, R Woolf	5:34	Easily
Lightweight pairs	Lwt 2-	Thames Tradesmen’s RC ‘A’ A Burford, C Brown	6:12	3½ lengths
Lightweight double sculls	Lwt 2x	Agecroft RC/Runcorn RC N Ashcroft, M Calvert	5:59	1¾ lengths
Lightweight single sculls	Lwt 1x	Sue Appelboom – Mortlake Anglian & Alpha BC	6:11	Easily

Club events

Event name	Event	Winner	Time	Verdict
Club eights	Cl 8+	Thames RC ‘A’ C Hill, L Baird, H Baird, K Giles, E Laverick, R Wyness, R Juracich, A Hitch, J Cook	5:05	1 length
Club coxed fours	Cl 4+	University College Dublin, IRL B Quinn, A Phelan, C Smith, V Lawrenson, D Wilson	5:41	3 lengths

College events

Event name and trophy	Event	Winner	Time	Verdict
College eights \| The PricewaterhouseCoopers Cup	Col 8+	Lady Eleanor Holles BC P Welch, M Hirsch, M Fry, B Lloyd, E Walsh, S Welch, L Baker, T Morris, A Chapman	5:17	3½ lengths
College coxed fours	Col 4+	University of Nottingham BC E Kingham, K Evison, K Shaw, B Gough, J MacDonald	5:56	½ length

Junior events

Event name	Event	Winner	Time	Verdict
Junior eight	J 8+	Groton School, USA M Jewett, B Sinnott, J Stager, S Fitzgerald, N Pile, I Linse, A Cromwell, L Malcos, S Goldstein	5:19	1½ lengths
Junior coxed fours	J 4+	Groton School, USA N Pile, J Stager, A Cromwell, I Linse, S Goldstein	6:08	2¾ lengths
Junior pairs	J 2-	St Leonard’s School BC J McHendry, S Brooker	6:05	½ length
Junior double sculls	J 2x	Kingston RC C Fox, N Ledger	6:03	Easily

women's eight — Groton School, USA - winners of Junior eights.

women's coxed four — Groton School, USA also won Junior coxed fours.

2 young women with medals — McHendry and Brooker of St Leonard's School - winners of Junior pairs.

More photos from HWR 1994

women's fours racing — Lea lead Warwick in a heat of Club coxed fours.

women's fours racing — Osiris beating Warrington in another heat of Club coxed fours.

women's doubles racing — Stourport/Bewdley lead Henley in a heat of Junior doubles.

women's eights racing — Weybridge lead OULRC in a heat of Club eights.

women's eight on start — Staines BC on the start in a Club eights race - they reached the semi final.

Official with young women — Di Ellis with athletes from Groton School.

Photos: John Shore.

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