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Bull Cup Regatta

A group of excited GRC Juniors ar rived at Dorney in the sun to find the enormous grandstand and big screen are built, ready for the Olympics in two months time. A full timetable of nine and a half hours of six lane racing reaped one gold, two silver and two bronze medals at an event which involved more than 1,000 junior rowers from more than 150 clubs and schools.

Gold went to the WJ15 4x+ of Erika, Laura, Kirstin and Kate coxed by Frankie after a storming heat where they came first by 9 seconds. Silver went to and Amber in the WJ18 1x who narrowly missed out on gold and the WJ14 4x+ of Tilly, Hannah, Emma and Millie again coxed by Frankie. Bronze went to Kate in the WJ15 1x and Alex and Ed in the J18 2x. The medals were presented by Guin Batten, an Olympic silver medallist at the 2000 Sydney games.

Duncan and Robbie were finalists in the J14 2x and other incredibly close races led to Tom Davies missing out on the final of the J17 1x by 2 seconds after an impressive row, Erika and Kirstin missing out on the final of the WJ15 2x by 2/20th sec despite catching a crab and the J14 4x+ of Sam, Ryan, Harry and Sam coxed by Frankie also just being a couple of seconds off qualifying.

All the other competitors had an amazing experience racing at Dorney and judging by the smiling faces, enjoyed every minute. Issy gets a special mention for competitive spirit in the WJ14 2x with Poppy, who after a brilliant start came off her seat and rowing the rest of the race on the runners.