Marlow rowers' golden hat-trick

Marlow Rowing Club crews won three gold medals at the National Schools Sculling Head held on Monday at Henley.

The top schools crews from throughout the country came together to race over a 3,000m course, and in the blue ribband J18 events, Marlow won all the top awards.

In the J18 girls quads Marlow went off behind favourites Maidenhead and caught them. The crew of Juliet Steynor, Charlotte McAdam, Sophie Pain and Cordelia Wilson rowed strongly over the course to record a time of 11mins 59secs, which was seven seconds clear of their nearest rivals St Neots.

Sir William Borlase's also produced a fine performance to take third place.
Marlow's successful day continued with the boys J18 crew also taking gold. Marcus Clover, Jack Hockley, Sam Prosser and Mike Mottram were clear winners beating Windsor boys by 11 seconds.

The boys, along with the girls, will be looking forwards to the summer season and the National Schools Championships with real confidence.
Marlow toped off a fantastic day with gold for the boys J18 B crew who finished seventh overall and took the B crew gold medal. 

The club's up and coming young athletes also performed well with the J14 boys crew taking a well deserved silver medal behind Dulwich School. Medals were presented by two times Olympic silver medallist and current world champion, Marlow's Katherine Grainger.