Walton's younger rowers did us proud at last week-ends Junior Inter-regional Champs at Nottingham. For most of them it was their first experience of a proper 6-lane regatta and they all performed brilliantly with every crew making the A final.

Sam Ball and Holly Jones showed their incredible potential by winning the bronze medal in the J16 pairs, even though they are only 14 and 15! They then teamed up with Julia Clarke and Joanna Fish to go one better and get the silver medal in the fours, Joanna raising the rate to 42 to come from a length down in 3rd place to snatch silver in a photo finish! Very mature racing from all four girls, and a credit to their coach Andrew Cook who won a club-record 4 JIRR medals as an athlete, and now 2 more as a coach!

Alex Jones, Sam Johnson (stepping in on the day for an injured James Burton), Matt Wade and Sam Knight rowed an excellent heat, and final to match the girls by getting the silver medal in the boys four too. Matt and Sam were denied a second medal, when very harshly disqualified for drifting out of their lane in a very fast J16 doubles final.

Sam Young, Dan Patton, Joe Taylor, Dean Robson, and cox Kieran Reals did very well in their first major regatta to make the J15 quad A final and finish a creditable 5th overall against very strong opposition.

Our youngest competitors Harry Gaywood, Ali Douglas, Ollie Knight, Callum Gathercole and cox Laurence Fain just missed out on the medals, with fourth place in the J14 quads. This bodes well for next year as several of them are still J13

GB Junior Trials Lydia, Nick and Angus attended Spring Assessment camp at Nottingham (with Nick and Neil coaching at various times). These three, along with Sam Knight and Ollie Tomalin will be attending the GB Junior Small Boats Regatta at Dorney on Sun 26th April.

The stream having dropped a bit and with the red boards down it was decided that the Hyne Cup would go ahead after all with just the more experienced crews racing. The Walton juniors were quickest followed by the Walton veterans and then the Weybridge veterans.The Weybridge women's eight beat a Walton girls octuple

Walton Junior 8+..................09:26
Walton Vet 8+........................09:40
Weybridge Vet 8+.................09:56
Weybridge Women's 8+.....10:21
Walton Girls Octuple....... ...11:01
Walton Novice Quad ......... 11:42

Those of you attending the Dinner Dance please send a cheque for £38 per person to Sarah at the Club or leave one with Len behind the bar

The Walton Rowing Club Dinner Dance will be on Saturday 21st March at Silvermere Golf Club, near Brooklands. Arrival time is 7.30 for 8pm and there will be a three course meal followed by dancing to live music. Tickets for the evening will cost £38 each and can be booked by putting your name on the list at the Club or by contacting Sarah Clarke on 01932 247437 or by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

During the course of the evening there will be a raffle to raise much needed funds for the rebuilding project.

Why not make up a table with friends or bring the crew you race or raced with in the Head!!