Henley Women’s Regatta
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ale has compiled an outstanding record with crews that have been fortunate enough to make the trip to the Henley Women’s (HWR) and the Henley Royal Regatta (HRR).
The Bulldogs competed in the Henley Women’s Regatta in Henley, England, for the first time in 2001 and won gold in the open eight. A week later at the (HRR) Yale fell to the Australian Institute of Sport in the semifinals. Yale returned to the Henley Women’s Regatta in 2005 and defeated the Vesta Rowing Club to win the Elite 8+ Sports Council Cup. Yale also entered three fours that year. In the Senior Coxed Four the Yale “B” entry advanced to the final while the “A” four lost to the eventual winner of the event Nottingham University. The straight four advanced to the Avril Vellacott Cup final. At the (HRR) the varsity eight claimed victory over Furnivall Sculling Club, and then lost a tight race to the Thames Rowing Club in the semi-finals of the Remenham Challenge Cup. In 2009 Yale’s elite eight boat set a Women’s Henley course record (4:40) in defeating the British U-23 eight for the Sports Council Cup, while the senior eight beat Agecroft R.C. to take the GP Jefferies Cup. In the elite fours, Yale fell in the semifinals to Nottingham Minerva, the eventual winners of the Copas Cup. At the HRR, the varsity eight defeated a Clyde A.R.C. & Edinburgh University composite and Thames R.C. in their first two races before falling to Leander Club & Wallingford R.C., which was essentially Great Britain’s national team, in the final of the Remenham Cup.
Regatta Championship Boatings
2001 VARSITY 8: MEGAN LEITCH, ELIZA KENNEDY, STEPHANIE ROLLINS, MELISSA MERRITT, CATHERINE WETMORE, JORDAN PEARCE-BRISTOL, EMILY JEFFERS, KATHERINE RIDDILE, KATIE MARSHALL COX