London Sport
Rowers put the Great into Marlow
11:40am Friday 10th February 2012
FIVE Great Marlow School pupils warmed up for the Junior Great Britain rowing trials in a fortnight by honing their groove at a time trial regatta at Hampton Head.
Between them, they returned with a gold and two silvers against some of the best crews around.
Despite temperatures plummeting below zero and ice on the water delaying the start, Emma Boddy, Jack Head, Graham Lyons and Ellie and Bethany Osborn all showed their class.
Head and Lyons teamed up with Vinay Narang and Sam Haynes to take gold in the coxless four, while Ellie and Bethany Osborn took silver against arch rivals Bedford Girls School.
The sisters then crewed with Philine Hamelink and Charlotte Money to add another silver in the WJ16 doubles while Boddy’s new partnership with Becca Taylor also took a stride forwards.