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Winners: Head of Charles Event

Posted on 21 Oct, 2020 in About GMS, Clubs, Events, Rowing

The Head of the Charles is one of the most prestigious Head Races in the world, taking place every October in Boston, over 4750m down stream. This year the event was unable to run due to Covid, so they held a virtual race with all entries rowing 5 kilometres and entering their time as recorded on a...

Head of the River Successes

Posted on 19 Oct, 2020 in About GMS, Clubs, Events, Rowing

On 17th October, GMSBC took part in a Head of the River race with Borlase and The Royal Grammar School. The event was spread over three divisions to accommodate the 77 entries in different classes. With all the trials and tribulations of 2019/20 season, this was the first race against our local opposition...

Rowing 2019/2020

Posted on 13 Oct, 2020 in About GMS, Clubs, Rowing, Sports Reports

Great Marlow School Boat Club, in the year from 2019/20 began with a promise of experiencing tremendous success, most especially in the senior squad: the fleet was ripe for expansion and the boat club embarked on raising funds to enable this. Thanks to enormous generosity, GMSBC were able to upgrade and...

Two National Golds

Posted on 30 Jun, 2020 in About GMS, Events, Rowing

On Sunday 28th June, Emily Downing competed in the British Rowing Virtual Championships. She was lined up against a few familiar stars from other clubs but was hopeful of medal-winning in both her events. In her first final, the 4 minute race, ‘How many metres in 4 minutes?’ Emily, who has been...

International Glory For GMS Rower Emily Downing

Posted on 27 May, 2020 in About GMS, Clubs, General News, Key Stage 3, Rowing

During the weekend of 8th-11th May, there was an indoor Rowing Challenge between Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Rowers from all four countries had to row as far as possible in 1 minute. In overall terms, GB came top, not surprising given the much larger team, but in terms of average metres...