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Schools' Head 2008
4th March 2008
On Tuesday 4th March, Grace Tolino (bow), Laura Cole, Kate Smith, Colette
Abel (str) and Brooke Dunlop (cox) of the Twickenham junior squad, packed
off to Chiswick to race in J16 W4+ as Twickenham’s first ever (?)
entry to the Schools’ Head. After arriving at their marshalling area
15 minutes early, in a bitterly cold wind, the race start was delayed
due to choppy water, and much to stern pair’s dismay, was cut from
the long course to the short course.
The four rowed up to the start at Chiswick Pier, and got off to a fairly
strong start. Due to a small collision with a buoy, Pangbourne College
were able to make an early gain on them, and just before Hammersmith Bridge,
were less than a length behind. However, the Twickenham crew is built
of strong stuff and our girls pushed back. Steaming along, rating 31,
they were able to push away from Pangbourne with every stroke, before
going on to overtake 2 crews from the more experienced WJ 4+ category,
and finishing less than a length behind another. The girls finished 3rd
in their category with a time of 12:58, just five seconds off 2nd position,
and 13 seconds ahead of Pangbourne.
