NEWS ARCHIVE
Send in your news, plans and results to pengwernbc@yahoo.com. Pictures of Pengwern crews in action are especially welcome - include details of who, what event and which regatta.
More Tideway racing for Pengwern
2/12/07
Sculler Kathryn Weaver entered the gruelling Vesta Scullers Head alongside 400 competitors this Saturday. Racing Senior 4 and up against Tideway based scullers she turned in a time of 26min 5sec - well done, and yet again just about the only representative from the West Midlands to make it to this major event.
Kathryn in action
More racing
Two further results from the weekend - Mark Devaney finished 120th at the Scullers Head (racing in Grosvenor colours) in a time of 22.52.14. - finishing 14th in the S3 catagory
Meanwhile Daniela Baur continued her winning ways at Wycliffe Small Boats Head in the WJ18 1x
Junior Head Racing
25/11/07
Two Pengwern Junior crews participated in this Saturday's Shrewsbury School Head. The scratch crews only formed 4 days in advance of the event, and some on the day, acquitted themselves well against squad juniors from the School and visiting King's Chester crews.
Despite suffering a broken rudder string the first division quad... more
Weekend Wins
12/11/07
Gareth gets a win! Stourport Small Boats Head saw Pengwern Novice sculler Gareth Davis in fine form - scoring his first win. He was actually 6th fastest single sculler overall, and 50 seconds ahead of his nearest Novice rival.
Gareth in action
Meanwhile Daniella Baur continued her winning ways in Northwich - coming first at the short Autumn Head in Women's Junior 18 single sculls.
Pengwern crew on the Tideway
3/11/07
Pengwern Women's Quad followed up their win at Chester Long Distance Sculls with a good showing at the Head of the River Fours race in London today. Racing in a very competitive Senior 2 event they completed the Boat Race course in 23 minutes 34 seconds. They were the only crew from a West Midlands club in their section - well done!
Pengwern Quad on the Tideway 3rd Nov 07 Fours Head
(Picture courtesy of Dave Bishop)
Sculling at Gloucester Regatta
25/08/07
Late season Gloucester Regatta saw Pengwern scullers Gareth Davies and Andy Dawson enter Novice 1x. Gareth had a brilliant run in his first competitive sculling regatta and moved easily through heats including a dead heat re-row. To his surprise he got to the final and only lost out by three-quarters of a length.
Andy lost out in an early round of Novices and met tough opposition in Vet C.
Gloucester pics - 25th August
Gareth moves ahead
Close heat racing
CLUB CEILIDH
Tickets are selling fast for the club ceilidh to be held at the clubhouse on 1st September, so book now to avoid disappointment - tickets are available from James Smith (tel 07970 670694, e-mail James_Smith@nfumutual.co.uk) or Joss Elliott (tel 07793 908403, e-mail josselliott@supanet.com).
Carry Tay has very kindly agreed to provide curry and rice on the night (chicken and vegetarian options available) for just £4, so if you do not wish to bring your own food it is no longer necessary.
The club will be open from 7.00pm until late, with the Ceilidh beginning at around 8.30pm. Hope to see you there for what promises to be a fun night for all.
Autumn Plans
14/8/07
The development squad have plans for Boston Marathon on 16th September. They are looking for more crew members and other possible entries - contact
Dave Webb. Last year Senior 2 double Natalie and Daniella completed the 50km course in 4 hours 28 minutes
Fours Head is likely to be over-subscribed again this year so early entry is advisable.
Late season regattas - Gloucester (this year at Ross due to access problems at home), Ross Veteran and Junior and then Ross Regatta happen this August Bank Holiday weekend. Worcester Autumn (just 450m) is in early September.
Win at Warrington
4/8/07
Lone Pengwern sculler Andy Dawson picks up pot for Veteran B/C 1x at Warrington Regatta. Despite losing out in an early round of Novice sculls Andy got the better of his younger Vet B opponent in the straight B/C final.
Warrington win
Ceilidh - 1st September. 7pm till late for Joss Elliott's trans-Atlantic row in December. More details...
Stourport Regatta - if you are racing at Stourport Regatta be sure to get photos and details of how you got on to the website
Warrington Regatta
31/7/07
Novice sculler Andy Dawson goes to Warrington this weekend, "There are so many Novice sculls they've split us into 2 divisions, and I've got a straight final in Vet B/C in the afternoon."
Bewdley Off!
21/7/07
Yet another regatta is forced to cancel. Bewdley is off citing expected heavy flooding. This is the 3rd local regatta - picture and report on the Ironbridge website show how it's been since June.
Busy racing at Llandaff Regatta
18/7/07
Pengwern Novice VIII had a busy time at Llandaff regatta last weekend.
Racing in Novices and Vet C meant tight turn arounds for the crew on the shortened course (due to high river). With new members on board they had two straight finals with a home VIII plus City of Bristol but lost out in both. Better luck at Bewdley!
Novice VIII Llandaff last Saturday (14th July)
Straight finals for Pengwern 8
12/7/07
The Pengwern 8 travels to Llandaff this Saturday for two straight finals in Novice and Vet C categories.
Shrewsbury School win at Henley
8/7/07
In an epic race Shrewsbury School first 8 win through by 1 foot! Canadians Brentwood College School took them right to the line in a thrilling Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup.
A foot is the tightest margin Henley allows - anything under that is considered a dead heat and they have to re-row. Well done Shrewsbury School!
6/7/07 Burton cancelled!
News just in - Burton Regatta cancelled due to continued floods.
Local Regatta entries
Bewdley Regatta entry is open via OARA - get your entries to Club Captain Natalie Horton.
July Plans - 1/7/07
Henley Royal Regatta
This week is Royal Regatta week and a coach is set to take club members down for a day of international racing, Pimms and strawberries on Wednesday.
The Pengwern 4s missed out on qualifying for the Wyfold on Friday - Andrew Weston writes, "both 4’s raced well and finished in identical times. Unfortunately not quick enough for the main event, however it has given club members a taste of Henley which will hopefully bode well for the next year".
Development Squad
The Pengwern Novice 8 has plans for Llandaff, Bewdley and Stourport regattas. Dave Webb has sent in details of their interactive website - you'll need a Username and Password from him to access.
Other Plans
Junior Squad members will be taking the trailer to Burton Regatta mid-July. Novice sculler Andy Dawson will also be at Burton then Bewdley and Warrington.
Contributions to the website
The Pengwern website is starting to be updated regularly. Send in your news, plans and results to pengwernbc@yahoo.com. Pictures of Pengwern crews in action are especially welcome - include details of who, what event and which regatta.
Regatta News - 27/6/07
Pengwern crews at Henley
This Friday sees two Pengwern crews at qualifying races for Henley Royal Regatta. Pengwern 'A' and 'B' coxless fours have entered the Wyfold Challenge Cup for top club crews.
Ironbridge Regatta cancelled
News just in - local regatta at Ironbridge set for this weekend has been cancelled due to flood conditions, and more rain on the way.
November 12th 2006: British Indoor Rowing Championships, NIA,
Birmingham.
Congratulations to Pete Summers who won came second in his
category in the British Indoor Rowing Championships on 12th November 2006. Pete
came in with a very respectable time of 6:41.3 taking Silver in the 55-59
Heavyweight Men's category.
November 4th 2006: Northwich Head, Northwich.
Pengwern
crews made it up to the Northwich Head on Saturday 4th November. Two crews came
away with medals in their categories with wins for Natalie and Daniella Manna in
WS3 2x with a time of 10:07.4; and Catherine and Charlotte in WS4 2x with a time
of 10:11.2. Natalie and Daniella were not content with just racing in the double
so they also raced each other in sculls coming in with respectable times of
10:58.5 and 11:13.8. Well done both crews.
November 1st 2006: Membership Renewal
It's Membership renewal time again
folks. Membership is due for renewal on the 1st November every year. Please
ensure that your membership is up to date as a list of all non members will be
presented at every Committee meeting. These people will not be permitted to use
club facilities until their membership has been renewed.
October 21st 2006: Dee Autumn Head, Chester.
7 Pengwern
crews made it up to the Dee Autmn Head on Saturday 22nd October. The crews all
did their best to hold off their respective opposition, however unfortunately
the mens and womens 4's and 8's lost out to the local crews. The men passed the
finsh line without being overtaken, however they were pipped by two faster
crews; to come 3rd fastest overall in the division. The women manged to hold off
their opposition for most of the course only being overtaken on the final bend
at the top of the home straight. The small boats all came away with medals in
their various categories with wins for Natalie and Daniella Manna in WS3 2x;
Pete Summers in VetE 1x; and Daniella Baur in WJ 1x.
September 28th 2006: Annual General Meeting.
Following the
AGM in September we have some new faces on the committee. The Club now has a new
Secretary, Safety officer and Captain. For more information follow the About Us
link in the navigation bar on the left.
May 16th 2006: New look web site.
If you've been to this
web-site in the past this one may look a little different. I'm currently in the
process of updating the website, I've done a majority of the work on the design,
now I have to work on getting the content up to date. I will endeavour to
contact all of the Club coaches over the coming weeks to get a grip of recent
news from their squads. Likewise I will be putting up a couple of notices around
the Clubhouse to request for updates to the existing content and also for news
worthy items.
I've tried to simplify the look and feel of the website, so
some of the pages may have changed location, and likewise there will be some
aditional pages and content added ver the coming weeks and then maintained from
then on.
The general hint is "if it turns pink, it means it's a link" ...why
pink it stood out the best from the the navy and the gold of the club colours.
May 15th 2006: Shrewsbury Regatta & Shrewsbury Sprint.
If you haven't noticed there was the annual Shrewsbury Regatta and
Shrewsbury Sprint on at the weekend. Both days were over-subscribed as usual
which meant we couldn't run all the events that were originally offered (unless
we all wanted to finish racing at 23:00 on both days).
Saturday's weather
wasn't the best. With it starting off as overcast, before having a few downpours
and then sporadic showers. This didn't stop the raincing though, however I think
some of the finalists would have been questioning why they were doing it, and
those that were lucky enough to gte into the finals had reduced support due to
both the weather and the FA Cup being on.
After a few heavy downpours
overnight thankfully Sunday turned out to be a great day. There were the usual
scratchings due to some crews being over-enthusiastic in the bar, but there was
still a full race timetable. The local BBC web page has a few pictures (opens a new window) from the Saturday taken during
the rain. There is also a short video clip on Shropshire TV about the regatta
including an interview with our Regatta Secretary Ali Thomas Shropshire TV Item.