University of Nottingham Boat Club took the water on 29th April – 1 May for the 2023 BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) Regatta and produced some strong performances the National Water Sports Centre.
This was the first BUCS Regatta under the stewardship of new Head Coach, Adrian Roberts and the #GreenandGold put on an impressive display at Holme Pierrepoint, coming away with 11 medals across the bank holiday weekend.
Olivia Bates came away with an impressive medal haul, retaining both her titles in the Women’s Championship 1x and the Women’s Championship Lightweight x 1 and coming away with a gold medal in both races on the same day. Olivia also went on to secure a bronze medal alongside partner Josie Cunnginham in the Women’s Intermediate Lightweight 2-.
Anna Kemsley and Katie Kearsey were unstoppable in the Women’s Intermediate 2- and the pair stormed into 1st place, coming away with the gold medal. Lucas Salmon and Luke Knight also put in memorable performance at the Regatta and secured the silver medal in the Men’s Championship Lightweight 2x.
Lucas Salmon and Luke Knight later joined forces with Will Tozer and James Lawn to secure another silver medal, this time in the Men’s Intermediate Lightweight 4x race. James Lawn put in another big shift across the weekend taking home his second silver medal of the weekend in the Men’s Intermediate Lightweight 1x race.
The success continued throughout the weekend and bronze medals were won by Poppy Baker in the Women’s Intermediate 1x and by the Nottingham Women’s Intermediate Lightweight 4x team, made up of Kirtsy Dalzell, Sinead Kirk, Niamh Cunningham and Tess O’Donnell.
Joseph Palmer took the water in style and came away with a gold medal in the Men’s Beginner 1x and Nottingham Women’s Beginner 8+ (Lucy Bushell, Emily Lesiecka-Ennis, Vienna Whittaker, Grace Bostock, Amy O’Grady, Isabel Frampton, Ella Furness, Elli Melbourne (Cox)and Milli Datta) also finished with bronze medal in a competitive race.
As a result of the weekends success, University of Nottingham finished 5th overall in the Victor Ludorum, and the Women's and Men's finished 5th and 6th overall respectively.
Speaking of the success of this years competition, Club President Ethan Page-Mason said:
“It's really exciting to see how the club has come along over the past year having climbed the Victor Ludorum by 5 places and coming away with medals in 11 events. The long winter months and hard work shown by everyone in the club are paying off and we look forward to testing ourselves over the coming weeks into the lead-up to Henley Royal Regatta.
I want to take this opportunity to thank Ade Roberts (Head Coach) and the rest of the coaching team for their efforts so far this year to drive the club and its squads to the success we have had and (hopefully) will have in the coming months.”
The club is now gearing up for the Henley Royal Regatta taking place at the end of the month. In the run-up the squads will be attending the Metropolitan Regatta and Marlow Regatta at Dorney Lake. We wish the University of Nottingham Boat Club good luck for the rest of their season.
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Posted on Wednesday 10th May 2023