Team WinTech opened our account for the 2024 regatta season with ten excellent wins at the Junior Inter Regional Regatta at Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham last weekend. With hundreds of junior athletes converging on the course to try and secure bragging rights for their region, we were one of the most successful boat-builders throughout the entire event and were delighted to support so many young rowers, who will now be eyeing up national titles in the coming weeks. 

Our first win came in the opening final of the day, when Thames London took the win in the AR-O single (WinTech). This category was a WinTech washout on the podium as North West and West Midlands also secured silver and bronze in WinTechs. Following that, victories were staked in the open junior 15 and 16 single (both WinTech shells) for West and Eastern regions respectively. The latter category was another WinTech-only podium, thanks to Thames Upriver and North West in second and third respectively (WinTech). We also snagged silver and bronze in the women’s junior 15 single for the North West and Eastern regions (both WinTechs). 

Our next gold came in the open junior 16 pairs category for the Eastern region (WinTech), who defeated two Thames-based boats. Two bronzes followed in the women’s junior 16 pair (East Midlands in a WinTech) and open junior 14 doubles (Northern in a WinTech). Two back-to-back golds were secured in the women’s junior 15 double and open junior 16 double for East Midlands and Wessex respectively, who both raced in WinTechs. The latter category also saw us take the silver medal courtesy of Thames South East, which amounted to our fifth silver of the day thus far, given the fact we also collected second place in the open junior 15 double category with Thames Upriver (WinTech). 

A flurry of minor medals followed, as two silvers were collected in the women’s junior 16 double (Thames Upriver in a WinTech) and open junior 16 eights (Thames Upriver in a WinTech) whilst a bronze was also added in the former event thanks to East Midlands’ WinTech crew.

Gold was the order of the day in the open junior 14 coxed quad, as Thames Upriver won the event ahead of Thames London and North West (WinTech). A bronze in the women’s equivalent event followed (East Midlands in a WinTech) before Thames Upriver won silver in the open junior 15 coxed quad (WinTech). Two golds in the women’s junior 15 coxed quad (Thames Upriver in a WinTech) and open junior 16 quad (Thames Upriver in a WinTech) followed, alongside a silver in the latter event (Eastern in a WinTech). Silver was also secured in the women’s equivalent event courtesy of West Midlands in a WinTech before silver and bronze medals were won by Eastern and North West in the open junior 15 coxed four (both in WinTechs). The women’s version of this category saw us collect the silver via WAGS and Wales in a WinTech.

Our final gold of the day came in the open junior 16 coxed four (Thames Upriver in a King) before East Midlands won our 31^st and final medal of the day, finishing second in the women’s junior 16 coxed four in a WinTech.

With over 30 medals collected across the full spectrum of boat classes on offer, this was an excellent opening salvo for Team WinTech & King. The 2024 regatta season will only build from here and we are very excited to partner with so many talented athletes and clubs in the coming months.

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