March 16, 2004

Manchester Novices strong

Following their success at the North of England Head of the River, where they beat UMIST's 1st VIII to take the novice pennant, the novice 1st crew from Manchester University came over to Chester again on Sunday for a day of intensive technical coaching. Both Nick Ireland and I spent the whole day with them drawing out their potential. They are big and strong and their two novice captains, Anton and Stuart, have done a fantastic job bringing them to this standard in just six months. After some more coaching they will threaten the 2nd VIII. This gives us many more options for the coming regatta season.

Posted by Stephen Walker at March 16, 2004 01:23 PM