By Mrs Reeves (Director of Rowing)

All of our BGS rowers were in action again last weekend (18th and 19th May) competing at two very exciting, and beautiful, venues.

On Saturday, our Year 9 rowers headed to Blenheim Palace to compete at Blenheim Palace Junior Regatta. Staged on a stunning lake in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, the event offers a rare opportunity for young and, often, first-time scullers to experience multi-lane competitive racing in a friendly and welcoming environment. Our year 9s competed in quads racing over 500m. Following the time trial, three of our quads qualified into the B final, and two into the A final. In two incredibly close finals, our quads put in some fantastic rows to finish placed 2nd-6th overall in their event. The day concluded with arguably the best ice cream of the season so far!

On Sunday, Year 9-13 travelled to London and competed on the Royal Albert Docks at Poplar Regatta. Ahead of the National Schools Regatta this coming weekend, this was a fantastic event for all of our crews to experience multi-lane racing on a 2km course with the added excitement of rowing next to the planes landing at London City Airport! With the majority of crews entering, making competitive finals, and a win for our J14 Quad in one of their first multi-lane events! Well done to everybody that raced.!

With the rowing season well and truly in full swing, we again would like to extend a huge thank you to everybody in the BGS community for coming down to the riverbanks and supporting our rowers. We now look forward to a big weekend ahead at the National Schools’ Regatta, followed closely by Peterborough Regatta as our second race during the half term break.