By Kieran and Dylan Bell
We got to Warrington nice and early as our first race was indeed, the first race. Aaron, Matt, Amy and Laura were to be battling it out in the North of England IM3 mixed 4x- Championships. They raced well and won the first stage but lost to a strong Northwich side. Shortly after was the open IM3 4+ they battled hard but lost out in the semi-final.
Chloe and Kieran were racing at 10:54 in the IM3 mixed 2x- and had an unusually bad race which was later explained by the discovery of a bent rigger on Mabel. 3 minutes later the Masters C 4x- who had a semi-final and a final in their way of victory and they won both races comfortably and took home a well deserved tankard each. The first single sculler of the day was Rhianne for LSRA in the W j14 1x and put up a fight but couldn’t beat her opponent. Less than 15 minutes later, Steve and Wilson raced in Mabel in their IM3 2x- event and they unfortunately had a frustrating race as we had not yet uncovered the mystery of the bent rigger and so they struggled to get the boat to go in a straight line and to keep the boat level, however they made a valiant attempt.
After a couple of hours break we were back on the water, this time it was May in her W j15 1x, she had to wait for a semi-final and was then straight in the final. She beat the Runcorn sculler in a very close race, crossing the line in less than a second before her opponent, nevertheless a very good win. Less than an hour later, our final single sculler, Oliver, competed in the j13 1x and had to get through 4 races to win, he won his first, second and third race comfortably, his final race, he had to restart when he was in the lead but he ploughed on well and crossed the line a good 12 seconds ahead of Liverpool Victoria.
A good race day with plenty of close races and 3 more wins to add to the tally from this years regattas, 2 for LSRA and 1 for Gaunt.
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