The men were represented by Dave Gramolt and Rob Pinckney, with the latter winning Vet F 4x in a composite crew with Occoquan BC.

Elspeth Pinckney, Rosemary Thom, Gilly Williams and Jo Al-Janabi spent much of the summer training in quad with the aim of racing in women’s Vet D 4x at Zagreb. The crew turned in an excellent result, and a personal best for the crew. They also split into two Vet D doubles and both crews (Rosemary/Gilly and Elspeth/Jo) finishing fifth in their respective heats. Also, on Sunday, Rosemary and Jo raced in a mixed quad with scullers from Ardingly.

Alan Campbell finished fourth out of a very competitive field in the men’s single sculls, improving from sixth place at Dorney last year, while Mahe Drysdale completed a hat-trick of world titles in the same event.

In the men’s lightweight singles, Alasdair Leighton-Crawford won the B final, finishing seventh overall, while Rodrigo Ideus, racing for Colombia, finished nineteenth and former TSS member Tim Colson (Canada) was ninth. Past club captain Rod Chisholm, racing for Australia, won the B final of the lightweight men’s four and secured the boat’s Olympic qualification.

Kaarin Scanlan, also of Colombia, took twenty-first place from a large entry in the women’s lightweight single sculls and her compatriot Melissa Shokoufandeh – who trained at TSS in the run-up to Munich – was twenty-eighth in the Olympic-class women’s openweight singles.

Finally, an honourable mention must go to James Clarke, son of Dickie Clarke, for bringing home a gold medal in the lightweight men’s four.

They came from fifth at 1500 metres to third place on the line, sculling through Poland in the last few strokes.

In other international news, Ali Leighton-Crawford has been confirmed as a member of the GB team for the World Championships in Munich. He has also been shortlisted for the European Championships team.

The highlight of Sunday’s racing was undoubtedly the men’s single sculls, which saw Alan Campbell take the silver medal – just 0.29 seconds behind Mahe Drysdale.

Tash Howard turned in an excellent performance in the women’s pairs, finishing fourth in the A final with new partner Natasha Page.

Alasdair Leighton-Crawford came eighteenth overall in the men’s lightweight single, while former club member Tim Colson, representing Canada, was ninth overall.

Rod Chisholm, rowing for Australia in the lightweight men’s four, was fifth in the A final. Nora Fiechter raced the heavyweight women’s single for Switzerland and finished fifteenth overall.

The club had three crews in the WJ13 2x event, which led to an all-TSS final, won by Rachel and Thea H-B in a close race over Mimi and Phoebe. Cat and Isabel were unlucky to go out to a strong Calpe crew in the first round.

The J13 girls’ quad – Mimi, Thea H-B, Rachel and Phoebe, coxed by Otto – were racing up a year and did well to come second out of three in their heat. Although this meant they were knocked out, the crew that beat them went on to win.

Jenny and Jess won their first haet in the WJ14 2x, but lost in a tough semi-final. The start of their doubles race having been delayed by half an hour, the girls then had to jump straight into their singles. They raced well, but both went out in the first round.

Alan Campbell has won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta for the second time.

In an eagerly anticipated final he held off the challenge of Mahe Drysdale – last year’s winner, racing in the colours of West End RC, New Zealand – to win by a length and a quarter.

Phoebe and Emma had a comfortable win in the WJ13 doubles, and the WJ13 quad of Eleanor, Rachel, Thea H-B and Mimi, coxed by Phoebe, won their final in a very tight race against Henley.

Daniel decided he couldn’t miss out so, after training that morning and racing the day before, he raced and won the J15 singles.

In addition to the three wins, there were some fine performances from the rest of the group, including Thea V posting the fastest time of the event in her semi-final of WJ14 singles. The WJ12 double of Sophie and Hermione were only narrowly beaten in the final – an especially good result as they were racing up a year, actually being J11. The J12 mixed quad, with only one outing under their belts, raced well but went out in the first round to the only all-boy crew in the event.