Lake Rowers compete at International Events.

Last weekend Stuart Sykes was part of the Team England competing in the Home International against teams from Scotland, Wales and Ireland at the national Watersports Centre in Nottingham. He was racing over 2,000 metres in the single sculls and with a partner in the double sculls. In the doubles he and his partner were dominant and led the race from the off to win Gold by a 10 second margin. In the singles he found the competition a little bit stiffer and even though he battled valiantly he was beaten into fourth place, the difference between winning and fourth was less then 4 seconds. The points that Stuart contributed to the team meant that the England Juniors won the Duncan Trophy by 2 points from the Irish and the England Team won the event overall.

Stuart Sykes

Ruth Walczak was the second Hollingworth rower to be representing her country in the World U23 Championships held at Racice in the Czech Republic. She was competing in the strokes seat of the coxless fours. Their first heat was the semifinal which they won putting them straight through to the final. On reflection Ruth would have liked to have been in the repercharge to enable the crew to get more racing experience before the final. In the final this lack of racing experience, the crew only having been put together 3 weeks before the event, was a deciding factor and they missed out on a medal by less than 2 seconds and the Gold by 6 seconds. The women’s eight won the Gold beating the USA, Poland and Canada. As a little consolation Ruth has been asked to seat race for this Women’s eight to compete in the European Championships to be held in Brest, France during September. We wish Ruth every success in getting into this crew.

Ruth Walczak