19 abingdon.org.uk In December, the Boat Club ventured north for a weekend racing in the Rutherford Head. The mild weather meant conditions were glorious with great performances by the rowers. We took on crews from across the north east including Newcastle, Durham and Edinburgh universities as well as taking home wins in the J18 eight, quad and coxed four events. A thoroughly enjoyable trip was had by all. In November, six rowers and one cox made the trip to Boston for the first instalment of GB Rowing assessments of the season. To be eligible, rowers needed to meet ergo standards, something which current Captain of Boats, Eddie did comfortably, posting the top score in the entire country. The weekend's racing then involved all rowers racing over 5000m in a single scull, the first single sculling race of the season for a number of them. Congratulations to all and especially to Eddie who finished 11th overall out of 201 racers. GB early ID trial Rutherford Head On 16 November, nine swimmers competed in the English School’s National Swimming Relays, Birmingham. The U15 team finished 21st in the freestyle relay, moving up 13 places from their qualification rank of 34th, and came 13th in the medley relay, narrowly missing out on a spot in the national final. The U18s came 12th in the medley relay and, having qualified for the final in the freestyle relay, finished 8th in the country. Sport Abingdon On 4 December, ten students from Fourth Year to Upper Sixth, travelled to Rockstar Climbing Centre in Swindon, to train with, and compete against, Cokethorpe School. The students thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to experience a commercial climbing wall with the competition made up of ten boulder routes at V1-6 level. Congratulations to all who participated and especially to Fourth Year, Daniel on coming joint 1st with another Cokethorpe student. Scaling new heights National swimming
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