Beginners Highlight Successful Scottish Championships for entire Boat Club
GUBC end Scottish Season with five Championship Victories
MOTHERWELL – In the last race of the season north of the border for Glasgow University Boat Club, it was a successful Scottish Championships.
Many of the weekend’s highlights came from the beginner group. Wins in their categories came from the Women’s Beginner Quad and Women’s Beginner Coxed Four while the Women’s Beginner group raced up in the Women’s Intermediate Eight and still collected a commanding victory. An impressive third place for Matthew Fesmer in the Open Beginner Single rounded out a great final weekend for the beginner group’s season.
Other great results came from Laura McKenzie who placed third in the Women’s Single as well as being part of the Glasgow crew who won the Women’s Coxless Four Championship. While the Senior women also won a commanding victory in the Women’s Intermediate Coxed Four.
On the men’s side, a strong time trial performance in the pair will put Matthew Hughson and Xander Beeson in a good position for potential selection for Team Scotland, while second and third place finishes were achieved by the Men’s Coxless Four and the Men’s Quadruple Sculls respectively.
Full Results
Women’s 1x
Glasgow Uni BC ‘A’ – Laura McKenzie
Time Trial: 5th – 8:25.8
A Final: 3rd – 8:26.10 (3rd/38 Overall)
Glasgow Uni BC ‘B’ – Kirsty MacArthur
Time Trial: 11th – 8:40.1
B Final: 4th – 8:58.22 (12th/38 Overall)
Glasgow Uni BC ‘C’ – Emma Lister
Time Trial: 23rd: 9:18.0
D Final: 4th – 9:21.66 (24th/38 Overall)
Women’s Junior 18 1x
Glasgow Uni BC – Ella Gildert
Time Trial: 29th – 9:29.6
E Final: 4th – NTT (15th/19 Overall)
Open 2-
Glasgow Uni BC ‘A’ – Alexander Benson, Matthew Hughson
Time Trial: 1st – 7:09.7
A Final: 6th – 7:20.3 (6th/23 Overall)
Glasgow Uni BC ‘B’ – Andrew Laird, James Ray
Time Trial: 16th – 7:31.8
C Final: 4th – NTT (16th/23 Overall)
Glasgow Uni BC ‘C’ – Ethan Matthews, Josh Thompson
Time Trial: 8th – 7:17.1
B Final: 3rd – 7:24.2 (9th/23 Overall)
Glasgow Uni BC ‘D’ – Ashley Geddes, Lachlan MacKinnon
Time Trial: 6th – 7:15.1
A Final: 4th – 7:15.1 (4th/23 Overall)
Women’s Beginner 4x
Glasgow Uni BC – Andrea Byrne, Alexandra Lennie, Katy Maxwell, Gianna Cooper
Final: 1st – 9:06.8 (1st/2 Overall)
Open Beginner 2x
Glasgow Uni BC – Ethan Sutherland, Luke McDonald
Final: 2nd – 8:33.6 (2nd/4 Overall)
Open 4x
Glasgow Uni BC – Andrew Laird, Alexander Beeson, Matthew Hughson, Alexander Beeson
Final: 3rd – 6:42.4 (3rd/7 Overall)
Women’s Intermediate 4x
Glasgow Uni BC – Charlie MacDougall, Jess Offlands, Caera Innes, Ella Gildert
Final: 4th – 8:50.1 (4th/4 Overall)
Open Beginner 1x
Glasgow Uni BC – Matthew Fesmer
Semi Final: 2nd – 10:15.4
A Final: 3rd – 10:11.5 (3rd/7 Overall)
Open 4+
Glasgow Uni BC ‘A’ – Ethan Matthews, Josh Thompson, Ashley Geddes, Lachlan MacKinnon, (coxswain) Thalia Hardman
Final: 3rd – 7:03.0 (3rd/5 Overall)
Glasgow Uni BC ‘B’ – Euan McKenzie, Ewen Pringle, Ewan Berube, Solomon Thomas, (coxswain) Alex Sneader
Final: 4th – 7:27.9 (4th/5 Overall)
Women’s 4-
Glasgow Uni BC – Niamh Sheridan, Kirsty MacArthur, Eve Kitcher, Laura McKenzie
Final: 1st – 7:50.1 (1st/5 Overall)
Women’s Intermediate 8+
Glasgow Uni BC – Aleah Haight, Andrea Byrne, Aoibhinn McCoville, Ellie Belton, Emily Finch, Alexandra Lennie, Ria Kirkwood, Victoria Fatakhova, (coxswain) Charlotte Avery
Final: 1st – 8:28.6 (1st/3 Overall)
Open 1x
Glasgow Uni BC ‘A’ – Solomon Thomas
Time Trial: 27th – 8:22.9
E Final: 1st – 8:32.2 (27th/38 Overall)
Glasgow Uni BC ‘B’ – Euan McKenzie
Time Trial: 24th – 8:13.7
D Final: 2nd – 8:25.3 (22nd/38 Overall)
Open Lightweight 1x
Glasgow Uni BC – Ethan Matthews
Time Trial: 19th – 7:59.1
C Final: 3rd – 8:22.9 (3rd/3 Overall)
Women’s 2-
Glasgow Uni BC – Niamh Sheridan, Kirsty MacArthur
Time Trial: 4th – 7:59.6
A Final: 6th – 8:47.05 (6th/24 Overall)
Open 8+
Glasgow Uni BC – Solomon Thomas, Ewen Berube, Euan McKenzie, Ewan Pringle, Ethan Matthews, Josh Thompson, Ashley Geddes, Lachlan MacKinnon (coxswain) Thalia Hardman
Final: 4th – 6:34.4 (4th/5 Overall)
Women’s Beginner 4+
Glasgow Uni BC ‘A’ – Aoibhinn McConville, Aleah Haight, Emily Finch, Victoria Fatakhova, (coxswain) Alex Sneader
Final: 1st – 8:42.33 (1st/3 Overall)
Glasgow Uni BC ‘B’ – Ellie Belton, Andrea Byrne, Alexandra Lennie, Ria Kirkwood, (coxswain) Olivia Brindle
Final: 3rd – 9:15.33, (3rd/3 Overall)
Women’s Intermediate 4+
Glasgow Uni BC – Caera Innes, Emily Robertson, Emma Fielding, Emma Lister, (coxswain) Charlotte Avery
Final: 1st – 8:26.1 (1st/2 Overall)
Women’s Beginner 2x
Glasgow Uni BC – Gianna Cooper, Katy Maxwell
Final: 2nd – 10:34.2 (2nd/2 Overall)
Open 4-
Glasgow Uni BC – Ethan Matthews, Josh Thompson, Alexander Beeson, Ashley Geddes
Final: 2nd – 6:58.8 (2nd/4 Overall)