Thames triumph in 72nd WEHoRR

March 6, 2012

Thames RC triumphed in the 72nd Women’s Eights Head of the River Race on Saturday, with a winning margin of more than six seconds in the provisional race results.

The victorious crew finished the four-and-a-quarter-mile Championship Course in 20 minutes and 10.92 seconds, ahead of crews from RC Belvoir Zurich and Imperial College/Sport Imperial who finished second and third respectively.

Reading University started the race from first position, and their time of 20:30.66 was good enough to claim the University pennant and seventh overall.

Winners will be officially confirmed on Wednesday, before a prize-giving ceremony at Thames Rowing Club on Thursday 15th March.

Over 2000 women took part in the 2012 WEhoRR, in 287 crews.

Provisional 2012 WEHoRR pennant winners

Pennant	Crew	Time	Finish	Start
Head	Thames RC A	20:10.92	1	12
Senior	Imperial College BC/Sport Imperial BC A	20:18.25	3	2
University	Reading University BC A	20:30.66	7	1
Overseas	RC Belvoir Zurich A	20:16.78	2	11
Provincial Club	Nottingham RC A	20:27.81	5	7
Intermediate 1	Durham University BC A	20:45.11	11	13
Intermediate 2	Cambridge University Women’s BC A	20:38.71	9	8
Intermediate 3	Cardiff University BC A	21:10.76	23	53
Masters	Willem III	21:46.84	59	191
School/Junior	Headington School Oxford BC A	20:58.31	17	23
Novice Academic	St. Catherine’s College BC(Cambridge) A	22:45.42	114	285
Novice Club	Lea RC C	22:04.30	70	153
HMF	Royal Air Force RC	23:55.96	191	122