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HWR Results

Winners 2018

Crew and coach with trophy
Vesta RC, winners of Lester Trophy. (Photo: Tony Holmes.)

Championship events

Trophy
Event
Winner
Time
Verdict
The Ron Needs Challenge Cup – for eights
C 8+
Birmingham University BC/Durham University BC/Leander Club/Marlow RC/Molesey BC/ Plymouth ARC/Tideway Scullers School/University of Bristol BC/University of London BC
Margaret Saunders (TSS), Oonagh Cousins (ULO), Eleanor Stewart (ULO), Holly Dunford (MBC), Hannah Scott (LDR), Heidi Long (MAR), Lauren Irwin (DUB), Chloe Brew (PLA), Autumn Mackay (UBI)
4:41
1½ lengths
The Avril Vellacott Cup – for coxless fours
C 4-
Molesey BC ‘A’
Emma McDonald, Lucy Primmer, Rebecca Edwards, Katie Bartlett
4:57
½ length
The Redgrave Challenge Vase – for coxless pairs
C 2-
Leander Club
Natasha Harris-White, Laura Meridew
5:35
2 lengths
The Borne Cup – for quadruple sculls
C 4x
Newcastle University BC
Amy Bowman, Nicole Lamb, Lola Anderson, Frances Russell
5:00
½ length
The W Peer Cup – for double sculls
C 2x
Edinburgh University BC/University of London BC
Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne (ULO), Lucy Glover (EHU)
5:15
Easily
The George Innes Cup – for single sculls
C 1x
Cara Grzeskowiak – Capital Lakes, AUS
5:41
4 lengths
The Parkside Trophy – for lightweight coxless pairs
CLwt 2-
Commercial RC, IRL
Hazel O’Neill, Ruth Morris
5:39
1 length
The Haslam Trophy – for lightweight double sculls
CLwt 2x
Exeter University BC
Susannah Duncan, Danielle Semple
5:16
Easily
The Godfrey Rowsports Trophy – for lightweight single sculls
CLwt 1x
Fiona Chestnutt – Newcastle University BC
5:53
3 lengths

Aspirational events

Trophy
Event
Winner
Time
Verdict
The Colgan Foundation Cup – for academic eights
AA 8+
Oxford Brookes University BC ‘A’
Elizabeth Haskins, Francesca Molyneux, Emily Paul, Esme Booth, Johanna Gannon, Ella Morgan, Aly Vogelzang, Madeleine Dobson, Aisling Humphries-Griffiths
4:46
1¼ lengths
The Invesco Perpetual Challenge Cup – for club eights
AC 8+
Tideway Scullers School ‘A’
Kate Wagstaff, Katie Potter, Cecilia Ricks, Alicia Keith, Kirstyn Luton, Lara Emma Catherine Valt, Rowi Mortimer, Anna Terry, Antonia Stutter
4:53
3 lengths
The Cathy Cruickshank Trophy – for academic coxless fours
AA 4-
University of London BC
Maud Moir, Kathryn Barnhill, Catherine O’Leary, Olivia Rogerson
5:08
½ length
The Lester Trophy – for club coxless fours
AC 4-
Vesta RC ‘A’
Jamie-Rose Larkin, Louisa Emkes, Ruth McKellar, Robyn McGregor-Ritchie
5:11
3 lengths
The Chairman’s Trophy – for quadruple sculls
A 4x
Molesey BC
Sophie Heywood, Marie Grant, Xanthe Weatherhead, Emma Boyns
5:06
1 length
The Rosie Mayglothling Trophy – for double sculls
A 2x
KSRV Njord, NED
Elke Sanders, Ingeborg de Koningh
5:32
4 lengths
The Bernard Churcher Cup – for single sculls
A 1x
Siena Hayes – Cardiff University RC
5:58
2½ lengths
The Fiona Dennis Trophy – for lightweight single sculls
ALwt 1x
Laura McDonald – Edinburgh University BC
6:21
Easily

Development event

Trophy
Event
Winner
Time
Verdict
The Frank V Harry Cup – for coxed fours
D 4+
Agecroft RC ‘A’
Emma Bleasdale, Catherine Pringle, Matilda Donnachie, Holly Miller, Ceri Armit
5:29
3 lengths

Junior events

Trophy
Event
Winner
Time
Verdict
The Peabody Cup – for junior eights
J 8+
Green Lake, USA
Sophie Wolfson, Morgan Asher, Megan Suehring, Laurel Aronson, Anna Garrison, Mackenna Cameron, Sophie Dixon, Carmen McNamara-Smith, Lucy Grim
5:02
2 lengths
The Groton School Challenge Cup – for junior coxed fours
J 4+
Putney High School BC ‘A’
Jasmine Moore, Lucy Miles, Molly Gradidge, Annabel Zedda James, Lucy Thomas
5:23
¾ length
The Bea Langridge Trophy – for junior quadruple sculls
J 4x
Henley RC
Charlotte Orr, Sophia Hahn, Georgina Robinson Ranger, Isabel Jonsson
5:03
¾ length
The Rayner Cup – for junior double sculls
J 2x
Molesey BC ‘A’
Ellie Alexopoulos, Daisy Leppard
5:42
Easily
The Di Ellis Trophy – for junior single sculls
J 1x
Georgina Dooley – Agecroft RC
5:57
Easily

J16 events

Trophy
Event
Winner
Time
Verdict
The West End Amateur Rowing Association Trophy – for J16 coxed fours
J16 4+
Kingston RC
Amber Harwood, Elizabeth Shelton, Hannah Medcalf, Emma Quin, Isabelle Conder
5:29
3 lengths
The Nina Padwick Trophy – for J16 quadruple sculls
J16 4x
Henley RC
Georgia Brown, Carla Russell, Hannah Hills, Charlotte Rowley
5:12
½ length

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