The first regatta of the year kicked off on the weekend with a new layout for parking! The weather looked like it was going to be ok early Saturday morning but it’s Nottingham so that was too good to be true! The whole weekend had a strong headwind but this didn’t deter our strong Worcester team from getting some amazing results. 

We had 4 women racing, Amy, Emily and Katie in combined Senior/U23 and Evie in U18. Kicking off the whole regatta was the senior 500m k1, Emily and Amy made it through to a stacked final 1 where they came 5th and 9th with Emily improving her result in race 2 (for senior selection they had race offs) coming 2nd, Katie made it into final 2 securing 5th place. Katie then went on to race the 1000m coming 7th in the final.  It was an early one Sunday with K2 500m after it was moved from Monday, Emily and her partner came 2nd with Amy following in 4th and Katie in 7th. The next race was K2 200m where Emily came first followed closer by Amy in 2nd with under a second separating the two. In k1 200m Emily stormed ahead to take the win by 2 seconds with Amy coming in 3rd. The last race of the weekend was the 5k in which Katie came 4th. Evie came 6th in her 500m heat just missing out on a final but later fought through to final 2 of k1 200m to secure herself 5th. 

Doogal, Fergus and Louis all were racing in u14 with some amazing results between them in the k2 1000m louis came in 1st with Doogal in a very close 2nd only 1 second separating the 2 and Fergus in 4th. Doogal and Louis then went on to win the k4 500m. The k2 500m saw the same results as the 1000m with Louis, Doogal then Fergus. In k1 500m Louis came in 3rd with Doogal in 6th and Fergus in 9th. Fregus then went on to come 9th in the 200m and Doogal raced up in k4 in u18/16 and came 7th! It should be noted that Fergus was racing in u14 being only 12 so he should be very proud of these results! 

Freddy was racing in u16 and had a fantastic regatta making Final 2 in all his k1s, in the 1000m he stormed ahead to win his final, he carried on this form into the 500m to take 2nd and finally 3rd in the 200m. In a tough k2 1000m that was mixed with u18s he took 6th in final 2. 

Lochie raced in u18 taking 7th in the 1000m final and 9th in the 500m final in some tough races. He improved this standing in the 200m where he crossed the line in 4th place! In k2s he finished 9th in both the 500m and 1000m finals. 

Honourable mention for people that might be interested! Matt had an amazing regatta winning the senior/u23 men’s k2 1000m, 2nd in the k2 500m and 4th in both k1 500m and 1000m!

Hopefully looking at some selections for the 2024 season with these results!

It would be great to see an even bigger team at the June regatta on the 8th/9th so please get in contact with Rach or Dave if you would be interested! 

Well done everyone, some great results starting the season strong!