Historic Henley
Tees Rowing Club is celebrating after two of their rowers reached the final of the junior women’s double at the prestigious Women’s Henley Regatta.
Beth Bryan and Jo Wratten who are coached by James Harris, are members of British Rowing World Class Start Programme and Tees Active Sports Academy were delighted to be the first crew from Tees RC to make a final at Henley.
On their way to the final Jo and Beth overcame a crew from California and in the semi final they cruised to victory against a crew made up of rowers from the Runcorn and Warrington Clubs.
In the final the girls met stiff opposition as they met a crew made up of 2 gold medallists from the National Schools Regatta. In a competitive race the girls succumbed to their rivals who won in a time just 1 second outside the course record.
18 year old Jo said “The feeling of being in a Henley final is amazing. We had trained hard for the regatta and our race plan of going out hard from the start of the race paid dividends for us but unfortunately it was not quite good enough in the final,”
Beth Bryan who is attending the final Junior Great Britain trials next week added “We were both extremely happy to make the final. It is a massive step in our development but is also great for Tees RC and demonstrates its continued progress,”For further information on Tees Active Sports Academy contact Allan McDermott on (01642) 528772 for information on Tees Rowing Club e-mail info@teesrowingclub.co.uk