The club raced at the Cambridge Autumn regatta on Sunday, September 8 over a distance of 550 metres, writes Sarah Adair.

Wins came from Alice Ray and Mark Smith in mixed master b/c double sculls, making it through to the final and going on to beating the City of Cambridge team.

The mens' open eight progressed to the final, beating Milton Keynes, then in the final Norwich. This was Edward Adams, Mark Smith, Dan Nash, Tom Starling, Maksim Marganovic, Dan Fazackerley, Daniel Grant, Iain Rickerby coxed by Ollie Shepherd.

Adams, Grant, Majanovic and Toby Ray won the open coxless quad in a straight final against Cantabrigian.

Starling, Marjanovic, Fazackerley and Nash won the final against Globe in open coxed fours with Ollie Shepherd coxing.

James Johnson-Keay, Charlie Eastoe, Ollie Burgess and Seth Dovey won the last event of the day for Huntingdon in a junior 15 coxed quad, Isabella Dovey coxing. This was Seth Dovey’s first race for the club and the crew beat Sudbury by one length.

J15 coxed quad from left to right are: James Johnson-Keay, Charlie Eastoe, Isabella Dovey, Ollie Burgess and Seth Dovey.J15 coxed quad from left to right are: James Johnson-Keay, Charlie Eastoe, Isabella Dovey, Ollie Burgess and Seth Dovey. (Image: Sarah Adair)

Other crews in finals were Iain Rickerby, Mark Smith, Alice, Ray and Louise Bocking, mixed masters quad. Women’s master C coxed quads Rebecca Howard, Rachel Starling, Angie Tabb and Sally Donald. Johnson-Keay and Eastoe in junior 15 double sculls. Shepherd and Howard in mixed double scull.

Others racing on the day were Sophia Baugh and Isabella Dovey in women junior 17 double sculls. Jack Bennett and Tom Hancock junior 16 double sculls, Bennett also in junior 16 single sculls.

Burgess and Grant and Johnson-Keay also raced in their junior single sculls event. Logan Ives entered for the first time in men’s open single sculls, he rowed really well but did not get the win against City of Cambridge.

The week before (September 1) Huntingdon put a mixed eight  crew into the Great Ouse marathon which was over a distance of 22km rowed from Denver to Ely.

Mark Smith, Tom Staling, Maksim Marjanovic, Iain Rickerby, Louise Hinkley, Alice Ray, Emily Warren-Barret, Rebecca Howard coxed by Ollie Shepherd achieved a time of one hour and 38 minutes.