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OMBC colours have seen action for the first time at Henley Veterans Regatta. Unfortunately I was ill during the week before so the composite VetC double with Maidstone Invicta lead to the halfway line then started losing water to Ardingly with a final verdict of 4 lengths. The race showed me that the week off had been more detrimental than I thought so I scratched my single. The training for next year will start as soon as I shake off the bug.
The colours may see further action later in the summer... anyone interested please send me an email...
2007
A very quiet year in the rowing front due to my commitments attempting to get Maidstone Invicta to qualify for Henley!
Not had many enquiries from OM rowers but I have renewed the WARA membership.
Might bring MIRC to Monmouth Regatta 08 so might try to pull together an OM crew or two?
Regards
James
22-12-06
Happy Christmas to Everyone
Updates since Henley 2006 will be happening shortly!
Please start thinking about Monmouth Regatta 2007
Regards
James
Latest News
23-06-06
Our gallant boys raced their hearts out today at the Henley qualifiers improving on their 2000m time at Dorney by 8 seconds... given that they were racing upstream and that the Henley course is an extra 112m long that's a fantastic improvement. However it was not enough to qualify. Matt Richardson reported that two of the five selected for the qualifying races, namely Thames and Belfast, were simply in a class of their own and took the two places on offer.
Photos of this historic OMBC outing can be seen and ordered at:
http://www.jetphotographic.com/showphoto.php?id=107112
http://www.bigblade.net/rowing/events/2006/hqr06/byevent/223%20Old%20Monmothians.html
20-06-2006
Marlow - crew were 1st to 500m, 2nd to 1000m but then had a bad last 1000m and did not qualify for the next round, good learning experience and crew now know to focus their training on the second part of the race.
Henley - details of qualifying race below
THE WYFOLD CHALLENGE CUP - START: 4.20 p.m. Friday 23rd June 2006
198 Belfast Rowing Club 'B'
204 City of Oxford Rowing Club 'B'
215 London Rowing Club 'D'
223 Old Monmothians' Boat Club
228 Thames Rowing Club 'B'
TOTAL: 5
SUBJECT TO WITHDRAWALS, THE FASTEST TWO CREWS WILL QUALIFY
15-06-2006
Confirmation of OMBC entry to Henley - is 223 a lucky number? Qualifiers on Friday 23rd June will tell......
THE WYFOLD CHALLENGE CUP
(Holders: Army Rowing Club)
197 Belfast Rowing Club 'A'
198 Belfast Rowing Club 'B'
199 Birmingham Rowing Club
200 Burway Rowing Club
201 Cardiff City Rowing Club
202 City of Cambridge Rowing Club
203 City of Oxford Rowing Club 'A'
204 City of Oxford Rowing Club 'B'
205 City of Sheffield Rowing Club
206 Combined Services Rowing Club
207 Furnivall Sculling Club
208 Henley Rowing Club
209 Lea Rowing Club
210 Leander Club
211 Llandaff Rowing Club
212 London Rowing Club 'A'
213 London Rowing Club 'B'
214 London Rowing Club 'C'
215 London Rowing Club 'D'
216 Marlow Rowing Club
217 Milton Keynes Rowing Club
218 Mitsubishi Boat Club, Japan
219 Molesey Boat Club
220 Monmouth Rowing Club
221 Norwich Rowing Club
222 Nottingham & Union Rowing Club
223 Old Monmothians' Boat Club
224 Quintin Boat Club
225 Royal Chester Rowing Club
226 Staines Boat Club
227 Thames Rowing Club 'A'
228 Thames Rowing Club 'B'
229 Tyne Rowing Club
230 Vesta Rowing Club
231 York City Rowing Club
Total entries: 35 (2005: 48)
To be reduced to 32 entries by Qualifying Races
13-06-06
OMBC to race at Marlow Regatta, held on Dorney Lake, Eton on 17th June, in S2 coxless fours in a straight final at 10.20am. The crew, rowing as an Old Monmothians/Monmouth composite, is racing Leicester University, London, Lea, Milton Keynes, Staines and Reading University. If you are nearby please go along to support them. I can confirm that their entry for Henley Royal has gone in and I'll keep you informed of their progress here.
The School's 1st 8, looking to add to their bronze medal at National Schools, are racing in their first heat at 11.20 in S3 8+ and the J14 8x are racing in a straight final at 16.50.
05-06-06
Club Secretary appointed.... Alun Brown, ex-pupil and current master, has been appointed the Club's first Secretary.
30-05-06
Hmmmm... the Regatta that never was.... our commiserations go to all at Monmouth Rowing Club who's hard work and record entry (417 crews) went to waste with the cancellation of racing (both days and Hereford Regatta on Monday was cancelled too) at around 11.30am on Saturday.
River levels had been running high during the week leading to the cancellation of J15 and under races but a sudden increase even higher and the large amount of debris (one piece I saw would have made Nelson proud - mast and all!) lead to the Regatta Committee to make their hard decision.
The OMs who were there would like to thank Nick Hartland, Captain Monmouth RC, for organising the boat we were to race in and to Sue Griffiths (nee Jones) and husband John for their help with our entries. We hope to be back next year.
AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND - Discussions in the rain suggested that we have sufficient OM interest to consider entering the Ross Regattas in August as this year Gloucester Regatta is being held at Ross on the Saturday (due to construction work at Gloucester), Sunday is the Vets and Juniors Regatta at Ross and Monday is Ross Regatta itself! Plenty of racing to be had for any interested OMs. Given the location I need as much notification as possible to arrange boat and blade loans so please contact me as soon as possible. Cheers James.
HENLEY - the OM coxless four is still on for Henley... I 'll keep this website posted with the latest news as and when I receive it...
NATIONAL SCHOOLS - congratulations to the 1st 8 for winning bronze in the Child Beale Cup... haven't heard other results yet other than that everyone raced with heart in the trying conditions.
22-05-06
Great news from OMBC......
Saturday 27th May sees 2 OM crews race over 750m at Monmouth Sprint Regatta.
First off is myself in a composite S2 pair (with Ed from Maidstone Invicta, formerly St Peters School, York) at 12noon against my old college Imperial with the other half of the draw including a fast Hereford crew and a very fast Reading University crew (including World Indoor Rowing Champion, Graham Benton). Fingers-crossed we will be in the final at 17.00.
We also have a S4 quad in a straight final with Llandaff. Our scratch crew is made up of OMs Andrew Williams, Mark Lewis and Matt Richardson with Alex Woodward on loan from Monmouth RC. A close race is expected but I think our boys will have the upper hand.
If that wasn't enough OMBC action, we have a S1 coxless four racing on the next day, Sunday, over the full 1500m course at Monmouth Regatta.
The crew of Matt Richardson Alun Brown, David Blackham and Mitch Corrigan have been training together with the goal of trying to qualify for the Wyfold Challenge Cup at Henley. The lads are all on the coaching roster at the School with Matt and Alun both being former pupils. They face Imperial College at 11.46am and then a final (we hope) against the Welsh team racing as Rebecca at 16.39. If any OMs out there have a spare "lightish" coxless four in their clubhouse not in use for the month run up to HRR and could lend/rent it to the lads then please contact me on ombccaptain@hotmail.co.uk
Both days will see Matt, Mark and myself also competing for our respective clubs (Monmouth, Abingdon and Maidstone Invicta) and I expect there will be other OMs about too.
Please come along and support. Any OMs likely to be supporting at Monmouth Regatta please let me know or find me over the weekend near a large blue tent at the end of the regatta field with the Maidstone Invicta contingent (lovely lilac and black are our club colours!) and three havoc-causing ankle-biters nearby...
18-04-06 Looks like OM colours will be racing at Monmouth Sprint Regatta and Monmouth Regatta in May - more OMs very welcome to join us in our efforts..... meanwhile Rob Hollis made the finals of the GB Senior Trials in coxless pairs and is therefore very likely to make the GB World Championship squad this year along with Tom James, the Welshman from the Cambridge Blue Boat for the last 2 years.
16-04-06 The OM club have kindly offered to provide a token in recognition of Derek's long-service to us all (38 years and lots of tea drunk). Derek will be invited to the OM Henley dinner and the presentation will take place there. Book your tickets via www.oldmonmothians.co.uk . The Dinner will also be the reunion of a 1956 School crew, fifty years on.
