Team WinTech closed out the junior head racing season with a set of excellent performances at the Oarsport Junior Sculling Head, culminating in four category wins and a series of accompanying minor medals. Just 48 hours after the Schools’ Head of the River, hundreds of junior athletes took to Dorney Lake for two laps of the Olympic course and a tilt at sculling supremacy. 

Our first victory of the day came from the Windsor Boys School, whose consistent strength in the quad is one of the most remarkable patterns in UK rowing. They collected the open junior 16 quad title (WinTech International) ahead of Lea Rowing Club, who were also racing in a WinTech shell (Cobra). 

Our second win came from Great Marlow School, who won the women’s junior 15 quad title in convincing fashion ahead of Marlow Rowing Club and Headington. This was a WinTech one-two-three, as our shells collected every available medal (WinTech International, WinTech International and King SE respectively). 

The next event on the docket yielded another gold, as the Windsor Boys school collected their second win of the day ahead of Marlow Rowing Club in the open junior 15 octuples. Both boats were racing in WinTech International shells. 

Our final victory came in the women’s junior 14 octuples as Grange School secured the gold (WinTech International). Back in bronze were Marlow Rowing Club, who raced in the same shell.

Elsewhere, WinTech boats occupied positions two and three in the open junior quad category thanks to strong performances from Lea Rowing Club (WinTech Cobra) and Maidenhead Rowing Club (WinTech Cobra). The same pattern repeated itself in the open junior 17 race as Trentham Boat Club won silver in a WinTech Cobra and Kingston Grammar School snatched bronze in a WinTech International. 

We also earned a silver medal in the women’s junior 15 octuples category courtesy of Marlow Rowing Club (WinTech International) and a silver/bronze pairing in the open junior 15 coxed quads via the Windsor Boys and Grange School respectively (WinTech International). Our final medal was won in the open junior 14 coxed quads division, where Henley Rowing Club finished second behind a strong crew from George Watsons College.

Overall, WinTech/King crews won 17 medals and finished as the leading boat-builder in terms of podium placements. With attention now turning to a hugely exciting summer season, we can’t wait to join our athletes and clubs on the banks of lakes and rivers across the country.

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