16th December - Plum Pudding Eights and Christmas Party

It's a long time since there was any sherry on offer for guests at the Christmas "Sherry" Party, so we don't get Jock Wishart's annual visitation these days. However, the tradition of the Plum Puddings Handicap Race has been revitalised and was rowed on a crisp and sunny but cold Sunday morning as a warm-up for the serious business of the pre-Christmas social. Ten eights took to the water and rowed in procession from the Pink House to the Quintin flagpole. Mortlake, Anglian and Alpha took all the prizes - longest club name, most crews and silliest hats, but more significantly, the first three crews across the line. The Quintin first crew, but without their captain, started strongly at the rear of the field, but faded somewhat after Brentford Docks, and the Quintin Bar Flies kept up their record by letting everyone else cross the line before them. They were ably assisted in this endeavour by coxswain Geoff Garbow, who performed a pretty neat handbrake turn to take the crew round the UL buoy without hitting any of the opposing crews clustered around them.

With all the boats safely stowed away, it was then on to the real challenge of emptying a firkin of Gales H.S.B. and restoring energy levels with a plate or two of chilli con carne, with which Geoff and his associates demonstrated their catering prowess.

15th December - Walton Small Boats Head

The race was relocated to Dorney Lake, owing to inclement conditions on the Thames. The Quintin entry was thus considerably depleted as only two singles and a double were willing or able to transfer to the new venue. Richard Ratcliffe won Vet B 1x in 8 min. 56.6 sec, finishing 26th in Division 1. Nick Ryan finished 52nd in Division 1 in a time of 9 min. 41.8 sec, and Frank Webb and Dick Findlay were the only Vet G double, completing the course in 9 min. 2.7 sec. (35th in Division 1).

1st December - Scullers Head

Quintin had fifteen scullers entered for the Scullers Head, and came away with our leading sculler in the top 30 and two veteran pennants. The club's results were as follows:

Overall Posn.	Posn. in Category	Name	Category	Time
30	4	Mark Chatwin	MS1	22:05.10
104	3	Charlie Harrison	MVD	22:45.15
113	7	Nick Ryan	MVC	22:48.84
147	17	Richard Ratcliffe	MS2	23:06.74
205	2	Geoff Potts (23 sec. behind Sean Morris)	MVE	23:34.77
222	1	Tom Bishop	MVF	23:40.01	Men's Vet F pennant
275	3	Belinda Davies	WS1 Lwt	24:12.75
291	21	Roy Davies	MVC	24:20.04
328	1	Frank Webb	MVG	24:43.22	Men's Vet G pennant
339	53	Ewan Mitchell	MN	24:55.74
341	7	Malcolm Cook	MVE	24:56.01
364	22	Martin Carr	MVC	25:23.56
407	5	Francis Brown	MVG	26:25.56
416	3	Hugh Davy	MVH	27:24.16
DNS		Kenny Almand

Well done to everybody for taking part and in particular to Mark, Tom and Frank for their excellent results.

Full results are available at the Vesta website here.

24th November - Kingston Small Boats Head

We had five entries in the Kingston Small boats Head, but unfortunately the event was cancelled because of the strong currents on the Kingston reach (and most of the upper Thames). It was probably a blessing in disguise for many of the competitors, as the weather was pretty univiting - cold, windy and generally depressing.

17th November - Henley Sculls Head of the River

Henley Sculls Head of the River was on Saturday 17th November. There were seven QBC entries: Kenny Almand won Vet B in 12:42, Nick Ryan (VC) did 13:04, Charlie Harrison won Vet D in 13:01, Geoff Potts was runner-up in Vet E, in 13:28, only 7 seconds behind winner Sean Morris and 59 seconds ahead of the next Vet E, Tom Bishop won Vet F in 13:20, Frank Webb tied as winner of Vet G in 14:23, and Hugh Davy (VH) did 16:39.

Full results here.

4th November - Veteran Fours Head

A Vet F 4- very bravely took to the water for this event and completed the course in 24 min. 17.27 sec, finishing 95th. Crew: Paul Gunn, Charlie Shelton, Francis Brown (substituting for Bill Burbage) and Jim Moyes.

3rd November - Head of the River Fours

The 1st IV raced in the Head of the River Fours on Saturday 3rd November. They finished a creditable 124th overall in a time of 20:53.70 and were 8th out of 28 Senior 2 coxed fours. Crew: Dov Ohrenstein, Richard Ratcliffe, Mark Chatwin, Kenny Almand, Catt Campbell (cox).

Full Results here.

31st October - Centenary Photograph now available

Reprints may be obtained at £7.95 for a 7x5 (A5) print and £9.95 for a 10x8 (A4) print. All cheques made payable to Anthony Cake Ltd, address - flat 1, 67 Leigham Vale, London, SW16 2JG.

27th October - Marlow Long Distance Sculls - Second Place and Four More Pennants

Our scullers were out in force at Marlow and chalked up four more pennant wins. Mark Chatwin came second overall, Charlie Harrison won Vet D, Geoff Potts won Vet E, Tom Bishop won Vet F and Frank Webb won Vet G/H/I Handicap. The eleven Quintin entries in starting order were: Mark Chatwin (S1), Richard Ratcliffe (S2), Kenny Almand (VB), Roy Davies (VC), Nick Ryan (VC), Charlie Harrison (VD), Malcolm Cook (VE), Geoff Potts (VE), Tom Bishop (VF), Frank Webb (VG), Hugh Davy (VH). It is rumoured that Frank Webb kept up his record for finding obstructions and collided with another sculler, who had apparently emerged from the undergrowth without warning. As mentioned above, this did not prevent him from winning a pennant. Well done, Frank!

26th October - Death Notice - Andy Dawson

It is with regret that we were informed of the death on Friday, 26th October, of Andy Dawson, a prominent member of the club in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was the 2 man of the Quintin crew that won the VIIIs race for England at the Home International in 1968, pictured here.

20th October - Weybridge Silver Sculls - more Quintin successes

We had 4 entries for this race: S1 1x Mark Chatwin, VetC 1x Nick Ryan, VetG 1x Dick Findlay and VetG 1x Frank Webb.

Mark finished a very creditable 3rd in the single sculls, only 10 seconds behind the winner (who also came 2nd!) Nick was top of the Vet Cs and Dick was top of the Vet Gs. For those who didn't see it, Frank had an argument with Walton Bridge - he would, of course, have beaten Dick otherwise (so he says). Full results here.

6th October - Pairs Head of the River - Quintin win two pennants

We had 5 entries for this race: S1 2- Chatwin/Ohrenstein, S3 2x Ratcliffe/Almand. Vet C 2x Ryan/Harrison, Vet E 2- Lloyd/Hine and Vet F 2x Potts/Bishop.

Congratulations to Nick Ryan and Charlie Harrison, who won the Vet B/C 2x division on handicap, and to Geoff Potts and Tom Bishop, who won the Vet F/G/H 2x category outright.

Full results available here (Excel download).

30th September - AGM and Centenary Photograph

Before the AGM, a photograph was taken of all club members present, to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Quintin Boat Club out of the Polytechnic Rowing Club. Ladies, where were you? See picture above.

29th September - Wallingford Long Distance Sculls

We had 11 entries for this race on Saturday 29th September: Mark Chatwin, Dov Ohrenstein (both S1), Belinda Davies (WS1), Roy Davies (VC), Charlie Harrison, Geoff Potts (both VD), Malcolm Cook (VE), Tom Bishop (VF), Frank Webb (VG), Hugh Davy (VH) and a Bishop/Potts double scull (VF). Unfortunately, Belinda and Roy had to scratch.

Mark came 3rd in S1. Charlie was 2nd in Vet D. Frank won the Vet EGH handicap and Tom won Vet F. Tom and Geoff won the Vet 2x. Well done everybody!

Full results (html) available here or xls here.

18th August - Quintin Summer Ball

A wonderful evening was had by all at the Richmond Hill Hotel. Many thanks to Jan who organised the event, and to all those who attended to make the ball a huge success. Next year's provisional date is 27th September 2008, so put it in your diary now!

11th/12th August - Stourport Regatta wins

Congtratulations to the team who raced at Stourport this year. Graham, Dov, Mark and Richard notched up 6 wins in total, helped by Catt and Chris Guest from Mortlake.

20th/ 21st July - National Championships - Bronze medal for Quintin/ Mortlake

Congratulations to Mark who won a bronze medal at the National Rowing Championships in Nottingham in a Quintin/ Mortlake lightweight 4-.

Results of the Final as follows: Nottingham RC 7,12, London 7.15, Quintin/ Mortlake 7.20, Tideway Scullers 7.22, Kingston 7.31, City of Oxford 7.36

13th/ 14th July - Henley Veterans Regatta

VetB 1X: Richard Ratcliffe had an excellent scull against the eventual winner of the event, Tetley of Marlow and lost by a canvas in an exciting race.

WVetB1X: Belinda Davies beat Ingram of Molesey in the semi final, but lost to West of Sons in the final.

4th July - Henley Royal Regatta

Our Wyfold IV of Kenny, Richard, Mark and Dov had a good race against London B and lost by 1 length.

29th June - Henley Qualifiers

Congratulations to our Wyfold IV who notched up some good times at Marlow and pre-qualified. We wish them a great HRR experience at the 100th Henley in Quintin's history.

27th May - Voga Longa Trip

Many congratulations to the VIII who took just 2 hours 21 minutes to come in the top 20 crews out of a total of 1200 entrants. They all had a fantastic time and said that it was the experience of a lifetime. There are some great photos up in the bar - shortly to be available here.

12th May - Borne Regatta

Congratulations to Richard Ratcliffe who won Vet B/C 1X at Borne Regatta. His win has officially opened the 2007 pot winner's chart - and has thrown down the gauntlet to those of us who haven't actually entered anything as yet.

A plea for new racing photos please - lovely as John and Roy are to look at, we feel a new photo for our results page is due.

11th May - Training Camp return

Another succesful camp in Aiguebelette now over. Blue skies and sunshine made a change from being rained on all week last year. The Novalaise Plage made us all extremely welcome, and the French squad gave us some competition on the lake. Thanks to all who took part, and thanks to Graham for all the towing.

5th May - Chiswick Regatta

Many thanks to John Peters and his team for organising the centenary regatta. Thanks to all who helped make the regatta a huge success.

22nd April - Boat Naming Ceremony

The new coxed four will be named the 'Ernie Vincent' in memory of the club's last boatman who retired in 1988 and died last year. The boat naming ceremony will be at 12.30pm and will be performed by Jim and David Vincent, Ernie's two surviving sons. The ceremony will follow the presentation of the prizes for the club sculling championship. Everyone is welcome at both events.

19th April - Blazer measuring at the club

Collier & Robinson will be at the club from about 7.30pm and will take measurements from anyone who is interested in purchasing a new club blazer.

7th April - Boat Race 4.30pm

Due to increased security we will have to clear the site of cars by about 10am. In order to return to watch the boat race from the club, members and visitors will need passes. Please keep an eye out for further news and how we can get passes for ourselves and our friends.

1st April - Veterans' Head 11.30am

Over a most welcome shortened course ending at Chiswick, Quintin's VD crew are 66th. The girls are in a composite boat at 128th - WVetB.

31st March - Head of the River Race 3.45pm

Quintin I are setting off at 90th and Quintin II are 225th. Both are S2 status.

21st March - Dragon Boaters arrive

Their first outing from Quintin shores was this morning and we hear it cheered the quad up immensely. Will Wednesday early morning outings get more popular?

17th March - WHORR

Well done to the Quintin ladies who came a respectable 93rd in the Head on Saturday. The crew were: Charlotte, Nina, Sibille, Pippa, Belinda, Naoime, Nicole and Melissa.

12th March - Dragon boating arrives at Quintin

The University of Westminster are in discussions with a group of dragon-boaters who are planning a cross Channel attempt for charity and who hope to store their boat on the lawn. Hope to see you soon girls! Recognise anyone?

10th March - Photo from the after-dinner outing

The morning after the Club dinner saw six members of the 1963 1st VIII joined by other crew members from the '60s boating from the Clubhouse for a trip down memory lane and a very enjoyable row. George Cox has kindly sent us a photograph taken after the outing. From L to R: Frances Brown, Ted Harris, George Cox, Jon Whitmore, Ced Nowell, Bob Mills and Pat Rayner. The eighth member of the crew was Clive Hole (not pictured).

5th and 6th March - Clubroom closed - update

The floor of the clubroom is to be sanded down and polished on these days - please use the side doors - thank you. Now that it is all shiny, can members please take their wellies and flipflops off before walking on it - thank you!

25th February - Hammersmith Women's & Junior's Head

Well done to the Women's VIII who came 22nd out of 62 crews - not bad for their fourth outing! - results here

24th February - Molesey Veterans' Head

Well done to the Bar Flies and the Vice Presidents - results here

18th February - Thames Regional Rowing Council On-line Incident Reporting

This is now live. The Committee requests that members refrain from posting any individual comments via this method and to please report any such incidents to Martin Carr or Mark Chatwin. For further information please refer to the TRR website

9th February 2007 - Centenary Dinner - update

Many thanks to Malcolm and the team at the RAC Club for a wonderful evening. Definitely a night to remember! Many thanks to Andrew Smart of A.C. Cooper who took the official photographs. To see photographs of the dinner, go to the photo gallery.