This list of OMs involved in rowing is by no means complete, because information comes in dribs and drabs. Accuracy is not guaranteed...
Chris Alcock
- i/c at Eastbourne Coll;
Julian Chalmers
- Thames RC; Rupert Davies - Kingston Univ 1st VIII (Treasurer);
*Rowley Douglas
- Oxford Brookes. Coxed the winning England VIII at the Home Countries.; Chris Hayward - i/c Rowing at Berkhamsted; Jeremy Hepworth - Queens Tower and Thames. Winner of the Wyfold Fours; Sarah Hepworth - President of Westminster Coll BC, Oxford; *Luke Howells - Thames Tradesmen RC; *Ed Hodgson - Captain of Pangbourne in 1996, now with Oxford Brookes senior squad; Emmie Lycett - Oxford Brookes womens squad; Louise MacEwen - Birmingham Univ; *Jeremy Morris - vice-Captain, Caius, Cambridge; Anthony Prince - Nottingham Univ; Hannah Quayle - Selwyn, Cambridge; Justin Ormand - Captain of St Catharine's, Cambridge; Nick Weldon - Univ of the West of England; *Steve Williams - President of Oxford Brookes 1996/7. Represented England at Home Countries, winning in the eight and in coxless fours.; Adele Willis - Bristol Univ.
As usual, several of these are carrying on the tradition of service of leadership by Monktonians in clubs. It is particuarly pleasing to see a Monktonian heading Oxford Brookes University, with which we have traditionally strong links. Duncan Smith was President of the then Oxford Poly, and since then there has nearly always been a mention of The Poly in this Newsletter. Your Secretary recently enjoyed an afternoon watching training at Wallingford with Brookes on a cold November day, and it was good to see an enthusiastic and purposeful squad being inspired and lead by an oarsman who learnt rowing and leadership skills in MCSBC.
Five of these oarsmen (* in the list) joined present members of MCSBC to row in a Senior II eight at this years Boston Marathon, where they broke the record. Two records there are now held by Bluefriars. This crew was the first Bluefriars crew for many years to get together in the way that was originally envisaged by Charles Grimwade in the 1960s. It was a happy occasion, and the younger oarsmen still at Monkton were privileged to row with a cox and stroke who had rowed for England only a month previously.
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