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Veterans Fours Head 2022

The 2022 race took place on Sunday 20 November, starting at 1 p.m

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The course is 7km and raced from the annual University Stone at Mortlake to Putney Pier, on the ebb tide.

It's the same course as the Oxford/Cambridge boat race but in reverse.

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The event is limited to 260 entries in the following boats: quads (4x), coxless fours (4-) and coxed fours (4+) for open, women's and mixed crews in all masters categories from A to J.

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On the day 233 of the 260 entries recorded a time with 27 boats not starting.

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Doncaster Rowing Club had 2 crews racing:

Mas E 4x- of Chris Taylor (4), Stephan Weller (3), Rick Rolt (2) and Phil Haigh (1)

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Mas D 4x- of Paul Batchelor (4), Phil Bell (3), Ed Bradley (2) and Brian Smith (1)

A fast stream and suprisingly good weather lead to some fast times on the Tideway.

 

Against stiff competition the Mas D 4x- managed 10th fastest boat overall and 4th in their category with a time of 19 mins and 52 sec.

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The Mas E 4x- completed the challenging course in 22mins 43 sec finishing 17th in their category.

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Both crews are looking forward to returning in March 2023 for the Vesta Veterans Head.

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The full list of times is available here: Veteran Fours Head - Results and Prizes (vetfourshead.com)

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