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HWR Results

Winners 1988

GB women's eight racing at HWR
The GB National Squad eight - winners of Open eights. (Photo: John Shore.)

Open events

Event name and trophy
Event
Winner
Time
Verdict
Open eights | The Sports Council Cup
O 8+
GB National Squad
F Freckleton, A Barnett, J Prout, A Eyres, S Andrea, A Redgrave, E Chapman, A Gill, J Russ
6:53
1 length
Open coxed fours | The Copas Cup
O 4+
Tideway Scullers School
L Rokosh, K Miller, K Marwick, S Dancer, G Denney
7:31
4 lengths
Open coxless pairs
O 2-
GB National Squad
A Bonner, K Thomas
8:10
Easily
Open double sculls
O 2x
Tideway Scullers School ‘C’
A Page, C Baker
7:55
3 lengths
Open single sculls
O 1x
Alexandra Horne – GB National Squad
9:05
Easily

Lightweight events

Event name
Event
Winner
Time
Verdict
Lightweight coxless fours
Lwt 4-
Staines BC/Kingston RC
C Bush, K Smith, S Pratley, J Waldock
7:51
Easily
Lightweight single sculls
Lwt 1x
Carol-Ann Wood – Tideway Scullers School
8:34
Easily
b/w photo of 4 smiling women with medals
Kingston RC/Staines BC, winners of Lightweight fours. (Photo: Surrey Comet.)

University and college events

Event name
Event
Winner
Time
Verdict
University eights*
U 8+
University College Dublin Ladies BC
NTT
Row over
College eights (Division A)
Col 8+ (Div A)
Churchill College BC, Cambridge
E Crowhurst, S Cleveland, C Lee-Elliott, G Matthews, S Hesmondhalgh, C Testa, K Seymour, N Jackson, P Macfarlane
7:38
3 lengths
College eights (Division B)
Col 8+ (Div B)
St Hugh’s College BC, Oxford
S Clark, B Trinder, A Austin, J Anson, A Jack, F Hall, A Tatton-Brown, C Plumb, J O’Connor
7:34
1½ lengths
College coxed fours
Col 4+
Henley College BC
5:37
Easily

*Although this event attracted four entries, disappointingly, three scratched due to doubling up, leaving UCD to row over. UCD then took part in an invitation race at the end of the day against the GB National Squad.

Status events

Event name
Event
Winner
Time
Verdict
Senior II coxed fours (Division A)
WSII 4+ (Div A)
Agecroft RC
M Calvert, C Leech, M Penny, C Lewis, S Hitchen
8:12
2½ lengths
Senior II coxed fours (Division B)
WSII 4+ (Div B)
Cantabrigian RC
M Tercel, R Tubbs, J Hale, C Hale, S Hellawell
8:13
3 lengths
Senior II coxed fours (Division C)
WSII 4+ (Div C)
New Hall BC, Cambridge
S Jackson, K Cliffe, R Cane, L Cane, H Gregory
8:12
Easily
Senior II single sculls
WSII 2x
Louise Moss – Birmingham RC
8:56
3 lengths

Junior event

Event name
Event
Winner
Time
Verdict
Junior coxed fours
J 4+
Maidenhead RC/Hereford RC/Royal Chester RC/Athena Ladies RC
7:57
Easily
Junior coxless pairs
J 2-
Kingston RC/Upper Thames RC
M Pettite, K Herbert
8:39
NRO

At this inaugural Henley Women’s Regatta, racing took place over a 2,001m downstream course. Some events were split into divisions to reduce the total number of races in the programme as the regatta only had permission to run for a single day.

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