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Scotland hosting, fantastic results were
seen across the board, with the junior
men’s team coming first and the junior
girls’ team joint second.
The start of the academic year marked
the beginning of a new season and the
club was ready for the races that lay
ahead. The Scottish Schools Head in
Aberdeen was our first opportunity to
compete against other Scottish clubs.
The boys’ and girls’ coxed fours both
won fastest single school crew, while
the girls’ coxless quad won the women’s
J18 category and the boys were the
fastest single school in their coxless
event.
The Scottish Junior Sculling Head
ROWING: sun, the girls’ four of Catriona Taylor, allowed our S4 rowers who were still
Ailish Lurring, Heather Taylor, Jessica
new to the senior programme to race,
Heriot’s crews Stuart and Philippa Lloyd (cox) came and crews performed well, with the
sixth in the ‘B’ final of the girls’ non- boys’ coxed quad placing first while the
show they are championship coxed four in a time of girls’ coxed quad were second. The girls’
7:49.52, setting a school record. The coxless quad also came second, as did
made of ‘tough boys’ four also set an impressive school Josh Jenkins in the boys’ J18 singles

stuff’ record of 7:00.58 in coming third in event.
the ‘B’ final of the non-championship
The club then travelled to Glasgow
The 2019/20 season has not been four with a crew of Rhuari Stuart, Josh for the Clyde Three Bridges event.
without its challenges – dealing with Jenkins, Thomas Lloyd, Paul Ferguson We recorded many wins, including the
harsh winter weather and the COVID-19 and Olivia Brindle (cox). boys’ and girls’ coxed four. Josh Jenkins
pandemic – however Heriot’s rowers This year, the Scottish Championships and Archie Weetch won the J18 pair,
have continued to train and race at a very followed a new format, with non- while the S4 team did very well in
high standard across the country. championship and championship events. the doubles, winning three different
Following an intensive training camp at This was, for many of the S3 rowers, a categories. Heather Taylor also won her
Strathclyde Park, attention turned to first taste of competitive racing, and for single event.
the sprint season. The club attended the the older rowers, a great opportunity As the weather turned cooler, we
Scottish Rowing Spring Regatta, gaining to represent the school’s rowing club. headed north to Inverness, where Grace
wins in both the novice coxed four and Later in the session, the girls’ first Anderson won her novice single event,
coxed quad, as well as the boys J18 four competed at the Henley Women’s while the girls’ four won the women’s
pair. While the boys’ and girls’ first fours Regatta, coming up against a very J18 coxed four.
turned their attention to national events competitive Kingston School crew, while For the first time, we competed at both
in London, Fraser Innes and Archie the boys moved into the coxless quad to the Scottish Schools Indoor and the
Weetch won the novice double at the compete at the Marlow Regatta. Scottish Indoor Championship event.
Castle Semple Regatta. As we moved towards the summer At the schools’ event, our S3s first
Both the boys’ and girls’ top crews holiday in 2019, Catriona Taylor, Ailish competition, the girls did very well,
raced in the National Schools Regatta Lurring, Philippa Lloyd, Rhuari Stuart and with Amy Newton coming second in the
held at Olympic venue Eton Dorney. Paul Ferguson represented Scotland at S3 individual event and the girls’ team
With favourable conditions and lots of the Home International Regatta. With coming joint first with Watson’s. This

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