Kidderminster Shuttle, 1 November 2007

Crew cut it on Trent

Picture of Winning crew: Bewdley Rowling club's senior four coxed eight crew won their race at the Burton Head time time trials. Crew (left to right): Richard Crowther; Will Keen-Tomlinson; Dorian Hughes; Jeff Nielson; Duncan Pratchett; Jon Brooks; Matt Thomas; Jack Barke.

BEWDLEY rowing club's senior four coxed eight crew grabbed an impressive victory at the Burton Head time trials on the River Trent.

The club had sent six crews to compete in the inaugural competition on Saturday, with two racing the longer winter race format for the first time and coping well with blustery winds and scattered showers.

The novice crew of Duncan Pratchett, Will Keen-Tomlinson, Dorian Hughes, Jeff Nielson, Richard Crowther, Steve Price, Jon Brooks, Jack Barker and cox Matt Thomas had not raced over a course longer than 750 metres before, but they showed what they are capable by setting the second fastest time of the day on the 3500m stretch of water.

The men's coxless four team of Matt Thomas, Craig Robinson, Simon Collingridge and Matt Collier also impressed by winning their event.

Rowing and Regatta, November 07
 
Top winter training tips

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Simon Barbour
Club:  Reading University BC (president)  (Ed: and Bewdley RC!!!)
Age: 20
Height: 183cm
Recent Achievement:  Second round in the Temple, HRR 2007

My training tip for winter would be to know your body.  Last winter I was flying up until Christmas, I set a new 2k personal best just before term broke up, and was part of the four that came fourth in Senior 2 at the Fours Head.

Over the Christmas break, however, I picked up a chest infection that knocked me back a lot.  I tried to rush my recovery from it and consequentially relapsed.  This cycle of trying to get back to early and getting ill again dragged on until the summer’s racing.  Have been one of the quickest guys in the squad at Christmas, I squeezed into the last place in the boat for Henley.  Had I just backed off when I stared to feel ill, and allowed myself adequate recovery, I could probably have got back into full training a lot earlier.

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