The weekend of Saturday 7th March, Maidstone Invicta Rowing Club (MIRC) entered a Womens eight into the Womens Eight Head of River Race (WEHORR). The crew consisted of (from bow) Jo Sticklee, Katie Martin, Diane Hargan, Anne Salmon, Claire Torbica, Liz Bennett, Kate Povall, Liz Macham cox Sue Mobbs. This race takes place on the Thames, from Mortlake to Putney, a distance of 4 miles 374 yards and is the reverse course of the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race.
The MIRC ladies, were crew number 219 and they completed the course in 21min 37 seconds, coming in146th out of 300 eights entered.
WEHORR is a favoured event, with crews coming from all over Europe to compete and also includes international rowers competing for their clubs.
This weekend (Saturday 21st from 11:15am), is the mens turn to compete in the Head of River Race (HORR), which has over 400 entries. MIRC are entering 2 eight for this race, a Senior mens crew and a Junior crew. Then on the Sunday (22nd from 12:00pm) MIRC are entering 4 eights into the Vets head of River, one womens crew and 3 mens crews. Some of the Men who are participating in the Vets Head will have raced the day before. Both HORR and the Vets Head are taking the same course as WEHORR
Laura Johnson
