Loughborough Boat Club
The
National Watersports Centre at Holme Pierrepont provided the setting for four
wins for Loughborough Boat Club at their own regatta, attended by the Mayor of
Charnwood, Councillor Mike Jones. The event,
held jointly with the National Veterans Regatta, attracted its biggest ever
entry with more than 550 entries in total and 169 races taking place at four
minute intervals throughout the day over the six lane 1000m course.
Kerry
Trembling took the Women’s Novice Single Sculls in convincing style. Having
won through to the final she had squeezed ahead of her closest
Marie
Guingouain added another sculling win to her collection when she won the
Women’s Senior 2 Single Sculls by a 3 second margin, again beating a
Trembling
and Guingouain joined other Club members Katja Lange and Katy Smith in the
Women’s Senior 3 Quad and made it a double win for the day. They commanded the
race from start to finish to achieve an easy victory over
Nick
Logan continued to show good form as he won the Men’s Senior 2 Single Sculls
and just missed out in the Senior 1 event. In a hard fought Senior 2 final he
gained an early advantage and managed to maintain a one second lead throughout
the race over the second placed Nottingham Boat Club sculler.