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HWR Results

Winners 1989

b/w photo of coxed fours racing
Putney Town RC, winners of Senior II Coxed Fours Group A, approach the finish of their heat. (Photo: John Shore.)

Open events

Event name and trophy
Event
Winner
Time
Verdict
Open eights | The Sports Council Cup
O 8+
Radcliffe College, USA
4:48
1 length
Open coxed fours | The Copas Cup
O 4+
Radcliffe College, USA
5:23
3 lengths
Open coxless fours
O 4-
University of London Women’s BC
NTT
Row over
Open coxless pairs
O 2-
GB National Squad
5:44
2 lengths
Open quadruple sculls
O 4x
GB National Squad
4:59
Easily
Open double sculls
O 2x
GB National Squad
5:33
Easily
Open single sculls
O 1x
Ali Gill – GB National Squad
6:22
3 lengths

Lightweight events

Event name
Event
Winner
Time
Verdict
Lightweight eights
Lwt 8+
GB National Squad
NTT
Easily
Lightweight coxless fours
Lwt 4-
GB National Squad
NTT
Easily
Lightweight pairs
Lwt 2-
GB National Squad
5:50
2 lengths
Lightweight double sculls
Lwt 2x
GB National Squad
NTT
4½ lengths
Lightweight single sculls (Division A)
Lwt 1x (Div A)
Helen Mangan – GB National Squad
6:08
¾ length
Lightweight single sculls (Division B)
Lwt 1x (Div B)
L Endema – Maidenhead RC
NTT
DQ

Club and college events

Event name
Event
Winner
Time
Verdict
Club eights
Cl 8+
Thames RC
4:59
1½ lengths
College eights (Division A)
Col 8+ (Div A)
Wolfson College, Oxford
5:10
¾ length
College eights (Division B)
Col 8+ (Div B)
Osler House, Oxford
5:13
2½ lengths
College coxed fours
Col 4+
Henley College
5:37
Easily

Status events

Event name
Event
Winner
Time
Verdict
Senior I coxed fours
WSI 4+
Lea RC
5:26
1¼ lengths
Senior II coxed fours (Division A)
WSII 4+ (Div A)
Putney Town RC
5:37
¾ length
Senior II coxed fours (Division B)
WSII 4+ (Div B)
Lea RC
5:41
1 length

Junior event

Event name
Event
Winner
Time
Verdict
Junior coxed fours
J 4+
Lady Eleanor Holles BC
5:38
4 lengths
Junior double sculls
J 2x
Henley College BC
5:57
4½ lengths

The regatta was raced downstream over 1488m. 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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