One of the highlights of the summer season, Bedford Regatta offers crews the intense nature of one on one racing on the narrow Great Ouse river. With crews often scraping the bank as they hug the inside of the bend, spectators need to watch their legs if sitting too near the edge. Another glorious day of sunshine and great racing had the bank packed with supporters and FASBC put on another fantastic spread in hosting everyone just near the finish line.
With crews involved in 35 races from 9:30 in the morning till 19:30 at night, it was a long day with seven Abingdon crews involved in event finals. Three crews ended up taking home wins in J16A and B eights and J18 coxed fours.
A big thank you to all the coaches, teachers and parents for making it such a wonderful whole club day. The rowers now have two weeks of training before we all head to Nottingham for this year’s National Schools’ Regatta. For those parents who rowed themselves this should be slightly nostalgic with National Schools’ being held in Nottingham prior to 2015 when it moved to Dorney Lake.
