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Wingfield Sculls - 5th November 2009 Graeme Coleman competed in the Wingfield Sculls, a prestigious sculling competion held each year on the Tideway (Putney to Mortlake).
Graeme's write-up: "A 300 mile round trip for a 20 minute slog along a windy, choppy stretch of tidal water, against opposition I realistically had no chance of beating might not sound on the face of it like the constituents of a good day out. The reality of my first Wingfields Challenge against the top two scullers in the world was quite the opposite. My race tactic was simple, get out quickly, push until I was ahead and wash the opposition down. As unlikely as this was, given my opposition, this has always been my tactic for head to head racing. The Tideway has claimed some high profile names in the past; maybe it would help me out this time. By the time we boated the tide was nicely flowing in against the prevailing head wind creating tough conditions. This is something you just don’t get on the Trent! Head down off the start, I looked up after 5 rocky strokes and to my surprise I was still pretty much level, conditions were rough but this didn’t stop Campbell quickly getting into his stride and powering past me (no surprise there). On my left Drysdale seemed to be struggling. I went for a big push to get ahead but caught a crab, nearly a roller. I recovered but had gone from a few feet up to nearly a length down! I pushed again (in hope rather than expectation) and managed to get back on terms. Unfortunately the only way to stay in contention was to keep pushing, by the time we approached the mile post Drysdale had edged ahead and was clear. I tried one last push to stay with him, this lasted about 3 strokes but with clear water he moved in front and my bit part contribution to the Wingfield Challenge was over. What followed was a long, predictable (and painful) 15 minutes. Drysdale had recovered his form and went about chasing down Alan, who was close to matching the course record which is incredible given the head wind. The final result showed up the true gulf in class between the decent amateur and the top pro’s. I was asked afterwards if I felt I was the only true Amateur in the race, of course I was but the event wouldn’t be what it is if the best in the world didn’t take part." Results: 1st Alan Campbell, 20m 27s; 2nd Mahe Drysdale 20m 37s; 3rd Graeme Coleman 21m 45s
Home Countries International Regatta 2003- Coach Update We are all filled with National pride as a powerful performance from our senior crews brings gold medals in the men's eights and coxless fours, back to Nottingham after they represented England in the Home Countries International Regatta at Inniscara, Ireland. The coxless four raced as they have done all season, leading from the word go and holding off a spirited effort from the Irish boat at half way to win by 1 length over scotland and 2 lengths over of the Irish and Welsh. The earlier Irish effort had taken its toll and allowed Scotland through to the silver medal position in the closing stages. The heavyweight mens national squad from Ireland were expected to win the Blue Ribband event, the men's eights, but England (all NURC) again led out of the the blocks and watched the rest of the field closely as they worked hard to get back on terms. The strength of the Irish began to have an effect on the race with 800 meters to go as they closed down on England, drawing level at the 1750m mark. A powerful effort from from the Nottingham boat saw them hold off the final challenge and raise the packed grandstand to their feet as the verdict went in their favour by 0.4 secs.
Gold for England, an all NURC Victory
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