2023
2023 Lea Spring
GOLD - OP1x single - Hans
2nd - OP1 x Single - Samir
GOLD W J16 Double - Anya & Katie
GOLD - W J16 Single - Anya
2nd - Mas D/E/F Single - Kevin
Hans won Men's Open Single Sculls, narrowly defeating club mate Samir in the final. Anja won Women's Junior 16 Sculls, comfortably winning both her races. Anja and Katie (or is it Katy?) won Women's Junior double sculls, Katie also won Women's Junior 18 sculls in a rowover. Eremis and Oscar also competed in boys' singles races and fought hard in some close races. Aleks and Tommy reached the final of Mixed Doubles. Kevin and Jeremy competed in Men's Masters Singles, with Kevin getting through to the final.
2023 Poplar Regatta
2nd - Single - Kevin
3rd - Single - Jeremy
6th - Single - Hans
4th - Double - Kevin & Jeremy
5th - Double - Richard & Samir
This was a very high class regatta on a 2000m course on the Docks. Used by many top clubs as a warm up for Henley Regatta we didn't win any silverware this time but Hans, Kevin and Jeremy all enjoyed competing in the six lane final of Open Single Sculls against some top class opponents. And we also had two doubles competing: Richard/Samir and Jeremy/Kevin.
2023 Peterborough Spring
GOLD - Mas E Double - Jeremy & Kevin
GOLD - Mas F Single - Jeremy
4th Mas A Single - Hans
3rd Mas B/C Double - Aleks & Samir
3rd Mas C Single - Samir
4th Mas D Single - Kevin
This was a great event on a 1000m buoyed multilane course with many clubs competing from all around the country. Jeremy and Kevin won Masters E doubles and Jeremy also won Masters F singles. Hans competed gamely in a tough Masters A event and Samir raced hard in Masters C. Aleks and Samir also raced well in their Double Sculls final against some superb crews.
2023 Henley Masters
Taking place on the course of Henley Royal Regatta a week after the main event is the Masters Regatta. Kevin and Jeremy raced in single sculls. Kevin had a very close race against Toby Backhouse who has the distinction of having been the heaviest ever person to compete in the Oxford Cambridge Boat Race, having led until the last few strokes. Jeremy was racing former British Sculling Champion and National Squad rower, Julian Scrivener, and lost by two and a half lengths after unfortunately catching a crab off the start. But it was a great experience and hopefully we will progress further next year
2023 Round Canvey Race
After our great success last year when we came first, second and third, we returned again with high hopes. This year we had a men's double of Kevin and Jeremy, a men's quad of Chris, Gerry, Samir and Hans, coxed by Dom from RowTours, and a mixed quad of Aleks, Margaret, Tommy and Richard, coxed by Ella from Benfleet Yacht Club. Kevin and Jeremy won the prize for the fastest overall sliding-seat rowing boat, the mixed quad was second and the men's quad third. There were also a couple of high class surfski paddle boats in the race and a variety of colourful traditional gigs and Thames Watermen's Cutters.
2023 Monster of teh Loch Race
Fairlop sent two crews: a coxed quad consisting of Samir, Tommy, Richard, Alex and Robert (cox), and Jeremy in a single scull. The quad had an excellent race to finish 8th in 2:45:16, despite having had to stop for around five minutes to fix a jammed seat. Jeremy also had a good row to finish fortieth out of one hundred finishers mostly crew boats, in 3:15:54
2023 World Masters - South Africa
Kevin took the trip back to his native South Africa and returned as a double World Champion in Masters D singles and Masters C mixed doubles, with a female sculler from an Australian club. This really helps raise the profile of Fairlop Rowing Club both here and abroad.
2023 Danson Dashes
GOLD - Mas B Mix Double - Samir & Aleks
SILVER - Mas B Mix Double - Hans & Renata
GOLD - Mas A/B Single - Hans
GOLD - Mas D/E Double - Kevin & Jeremy
SILVER - Mas C Single - Samir
GOLD - Mas D Single - Kevin
GOLD - Mas F Single - Jeremy
Danson was a friendly day of 500m sprint races, and we competed in a number of races. It was a great first Regatta for Renata and Margaret, who both really enjoyed the day and can’t wait to race again! Kevin, Jeremy and Hans all won in their respective Singles categories, with Samir competing ably; winning his qualifying race but just beaten in the final. Kevin and Jeremy won in the Open Masters category and Samir and Aleks won in the (Fairlop head-to-head!) Mixed Doubles. Aleks and Margaret, and Hans and Renata rowed in Doubles against some speedy competition!
2023 St Neots Small Boats Head
GOLD - Mas B/C/D Double - Jeremy & Richard
3rd in Age - Mix Double - Aleks & Jeremy
3rd in Age - Mas B/C/D Double - Samir & Hans
3rd in Age (Rowed up an age) J17 Single - Eremis
4th in Age - Mas E/F Single- Jeremy
2nd in Age - Mas A/B/C Single - Hans
3rd (out of 9) - WJ17 Single - Anya
4th (out of 9 rowed up an age) J15 Single- Oscar
3rs in Age - Mas A/B/C Single - Samir
2nd in Age - W Mas B/C Double - Renata & Aleks
Fairlop sent a full trailer load of boats to this well run event which hadn't been held since before Lockdown. Richard and Jeremy won Masters BCD doubles, with Richard subbing for Tommy who was unfortunately injured, with Hans and Samir coming third with a good row. We had good results from our juniors, Eremis being the fastest Fairlop single sculler overall, and Anya and Oscar both finishing high up in their categories. Hans, Samir and Jeremy all had solid results in their singles. Aleks and Renata successfully completed their first race together in womens masters doubles. Aleks also rowed a scratch Open mixed double with Jeremy, who was subbing for injured Tommy, which exceeded expectations by finishing 18th overall out of the 96 finishers in the event, and being the second fastest Fairlop crew. Many thanks to Tommy for towing the trailer for us in spite of having had to drop out of racing himself.
World Rowing Coastal Championships
Kevin took the trip back to his native South Africa and returned as a double World Champion in Masters D singles and Masters C mixed doubles, with a female sculler from an Australian club. This really helps raise the profile of Fairlop Rowing Club both here and abroad.
