For the second successive weekend, Team WinTech recorded a stunning set of results at the Great Britain rowing trials. With the focus now on juniors, Boston in Lincolnshire once again played host to hundreds of the country’s most talented athletes. Twenty four scullers competed in WinTech shells and across men and women we recorded nine top-ten finishes. 

Leading the way was Jack Cadwallader of The Windsor Boys School, who won the men’s event by seven seconds in a WinTech Cobra SE. After a stellar season for Mark Wilkinson and his team in 2022, this season continues to see the programme go from strength to strength. Jack, who raced in the ‘B’ crew for the Windsor Boys School last year, is yet another example of the incredible development curve on offer in Mark’s program and we’re delighted to support him in his efforts. Close behind was Bryon Richards of Leander Club, who also raced in a Cobra SE. Bryon won bronze at the National Schools’ Regatta in 2022, racing for Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association, and will surely be in contention to feature strongly come the 2023 edition. 

WinTech athletes also occupied spots four and five, as Nathaniel Gauden (also of Leander Club) and Ben Mead of Cambridge 99 closed out the top five finishers (both in Cobra SE models). Our next fastest competitor was Sam Gater of Exeter Rowing Club, who finished eighth. Innes Jackson and William Morgan-Jones, both of Hereford Cathedral School, were ninth and tenth respectively and could only be separated by 0.4 seconds. Their quad – or perhaps even their double – promises much this summer. Overall, WinTech athletes featured in seven of the top ten spots.

On the women’s side, the event was won by Olivia Cheesmur of Molesey Boat Club, whose junior girl’s program continues to mark itself out as exemplary. Our fastest finisher was Biba Rabjohns of Hartpury College, who was third and nine seconds back on the winner. Biba raced in a WinTech International and will be looking to make a play for her program’s top boat in the summer, where success has been found at key national events historically. Ailish Harkin of Henley Rowing Club was seventh in a WinTech Cobra SE and Kayleigh Batchelor of St Edward’s School was 11th in the same shell. Moving into the teens and twenties, we had a flurry of finishers; Mia Lawrence of Marlow Rowing Club was 15th overall, Chloe Sheppard of Hartpury College was 16th, Claudia Kerry-Roger of Marlow Rowing Club was 18th, Lucy Webber of Exeter Rowing Club was 21st, Emily Downing of Shiplake College was 22nd and Kathryn Burton of Wycliffe College was 23rd.

WinTech are delighted to have such deep and broad representation at the sharp end of domestic rowing and are honoured to support so many talented men and women in their pursuit of national and international honours. We look forward to many of these athletes returning to the bigger boats for the culmination of the head racing season.

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