Tideway Scullers School

The weekend brought great success at the Pairs Head, the first tideway head of the season.

The elite double of James Dunley and Mike Hennessy won overall, twenty-five seconds clear of the rest of the field, and secured the headship for the club for a third year in a row (or five years in a row, counting wins in composite crews).

A further three pennants were claimed: Gareth Sharpe and Stephen Robinson in S2 pairs, Dickie Clarke and Frank Llewellyn in Vet E pairs, and Lucas Dalglish, along with Anna McNuff of ULWBC, in mixed S1 doubles.

Jo Al-Janabi and Pat Canning posted the fastest time in Women’s Vet D/E/F doubles by a comfortable margin, but found that their youth was not on their side as they lost the pennant on handicap to the sole Vet F double in the category.

As last year, the club was out in force, with eighteen crews and four composites starting, and club members from all sections – junior, senior and veteran, men and women – taking part.