Vesta Rowing Club

Scullers Head 2024

We are deeply sorry and disappointed to announce that this year’s Scullers’ Head will not go ahead due to an administrative impasse that means the required river closure will not be in place.

Read our full announcement:

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We are delighted to announce the appointment of James Cracknell OBE to the role of Head Senior Men’s Coach.

James is excited to be working with Vesta and we are absolutely delighted to welcome him to the team. We look forward to what the 2024-2025 season will bring for Vesta Rowing Club.

We are deeply saddened to report the passing of Vesta member Luke Stevens yesterday. Our sincere condolences go to his family and loved ones at this incredibly difficult time. To read more about his life and contribution to Vesta, read the news update on our website.

https://www.vestarowing.co.uk/Cms/Spaces/DEFAULT/News+and+Updates?version=4

215 open, women’s and mixed eights and quads competed across 22 categories at the 41st Vesta International Masters Head of the River Race.

Find our race report here 👇
https://www.britishrowing.org/2023/03/masters-crews-enjoy-great-racing-at-renamed-head/

📸 Ben Rodford Photography

194 days since the beginning of the season, and now a mere 5 hours left until our Senior and Development men take on the Tideway for the final race of the winter on our home turf - 2023.

The depth of the squads at Vesta is something we are immensely proud of, as is the dedication and progress of each athlete on land and on the water. All of this is, as ever, not possbile without the backing of coaches and the rest of the club behind them. We are excited to see what Vesta A, B, C, D, E, F & G have in store for us tomorrow - good luck to everyone competing!

Race starts 13:00.

⚪️ VRC A - Open - 20
🔴 VRC B - Open - 34
🔵 VRC C - Open - 68
🟣 VRC D - Open - 120
🐄 VRC E - Open - 102
⚫️ VRC G - Open 305
⚫️ VRC F - Beginner - 313

WEHORR 2023: THE RESULTS

What a phenomenal way to end head racing season for the Vesta women, with strong performances across the board. Our 1st VIII achieved the best result for the club in a decade, and three crews placed in the top 50 for only the third time in our history. Moreover, every Senior Women’s boat ranked in the top 25% of racing crews. Congratulations also to our Development Squad athletes for a great race.

The results below wouldn’t have been possible without the tireless work of our coaching team and the support of the entire club behind each crew - thank you to all involved and to The Women's Eights Head of the River Race for another great event. Next stop: training camp and regatta season!

VRC A - Senior - 16th
VRC B - Senior - 26th
VRC C - Challenge - 47th
VRC D - Senior - 76th
Dev Squad, VRC E - Challenge - 178th

UNBELIEVABLY excited to be getting ready for our first event of the year 🤩⁣⁣
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Our pop-up shop will be at ⁣The Women's Eights Head of the River Race this Saturday in our usual spot outside ⁣Vesta Rowing Club in Putney. ⁣
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We'll have loads of Tideway souvenirs and kit to keep you warm whether you're racing or spectating!

CASEY TROPHY 2023

This Saturday, four crews from Vesta and Thames Rowing Club will compete in the annual race in honour of Noel Casey, a legendary figure in promoting and developing excellence in women’s rowing at both clubs.

Noel began rowing at Vesta in 1964, making the Stewards Challenge Cup final at Henley Royal Regatta in 1970, before moving to coaching at a high level at Thames through the 80s and 90s. Returning to Vesta, he helped coach the women to a win at Henley Women’s in 2004, a mere ten years after female rowers had first been admitted at the club.

His impact at both Vesta and Thames has been massive, and we look forward to a pair of great races in his honour this weekend. The race will take place over the Championship Course on the flood tide from Putney to Chiswick, beginning at 11.30am with the 2nd VIIIs, followed by the 1st VIIIs competing for the coveted Casey Trophy at 11.45am.

HEAD OF THE CHARLES REGATTA 2022

🥇 Women’s Club Coxed Fours

Having already won the Special Medal in Club 4+ in 2019, five of our senior women returned to Boston this weekend to race in Head Of The Charles Regatta - and succeeded in becoming overall winners in their event!

Congratulations to Rebecca, Fran, Lydia, Charlotte and Felicity on this outstanding achievement; a project built built over several years and with the excellent support of Vesta coaches throughout that journey.

HRR ROUND UP DAY 5

After a highly impressive and memorable race against Sydney our Women’s 8+ came up against Leander in the Semi Final. They threw everything at their opposition with commentators commending the display of grit and power from our women! An amazing campaign from these 9 women at their first Henley Royal with many more to come…

HRR DAY 4 ROUND UP

An outstanding race from our Brit 4+ who came up against a very strong opposition in Thames RC and missed out on a place in the final. Amazing to see our men in the SF doing the club so proud, a massive well done on your campaign!

A very exciting race from our Wargrave crew who came from nearly a length down off the start to take the win after a huge surged them through the crew from Sydney RC!

HRR DAY 2 ROUND UP

Another brilliant day for Vesta at HRR!
Our Brit 4+ took to the course for their second round against Irish crew Commercial in a hard fought race to the end taking the win by just 1/3 of a length! You’ll see them again on Friday against Thames!
Our Thames Challenge Cup A boat had a tough draw against Leander with a strong race but losing out to the local Henley crew!
As our women raced for the first time in the Wargrave they took victory over neighbours Thames ‘C’! They won comfortably to advance to Friday against Sydney Rowing Club!

HRR: Day 1 Round Up

Amazing work from our Wyfold 4- who, after a delayed start due to a fault with Lea’s boat, gave a strong performance and a great final surge but missed out on advancing to the next round by just 1 1/4 lengths.

Well done to our Brit 4+ who stormed to a strong lead over opposition Henley Rowing Club and move through to the next stage of racing - a great start to the first day of this inaugural 6-Day Regatta.

Tomorrow we have our Wargrave Challenge Cup and Thames Challenge Cup taking to the course for the first time this year, details of race time will be posted when released.

What a view 😍

We can't wait to welcome you for another year of world-class rowing. Henley Royal Regatta 2022, we'll see you tomorrow!

VESTA LEARN TO ROW IS BACK

Our L2R intake from last year have gone on to race at major head and summer races as well as gf long in love with the competitive and social sides of the sport as they now hope to trial for senior squads in September!

Follow the link below to register your interest! If you have signed up to our general ‘Register’ form please fill out this one specifically for the return of our Learn2Row Course this Summer!

Places are filling up fast so if you are into sport and want to try out a new sport sign up to avoid missing out!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccQjxA0DVEraPRjg1ESrANCBmvX52qSbe7r-AQNGtSQg_PhQ/viewform

Met Saturday:

Saturday Progression
Div 1
Op4- Club
VRC A MISCAMPBELL 136
C Final Lane 4

Op4+ Champ
VRC A O QUITMANN 82
A Final Lane 2

Op4+ Club
VRC B T THORPE 91
C Final Lane 4

W8+ Champ
VRC C VINE 281
B Final Lane 4

Div 2 TT RESULTS
Op8+ (Champ)
VRC A M TAPLEY 4
C Final Lane 8

Op8+ (Club)
VRC B F POTTER 20
F Final Lane 3

VRC C J SWINDLEY 25
H Final Lane 6

Div 2 TT RESULTS
W4- (Champ)
VRC A R KELLY 360
A Final Lane 3

W4- (Club)
VRC B I KNIBBS 367
E Final Lane 4

4s HORR EVENING PARTY ANNOUNCEMENT

With an impressive 12 crews racing at 4s Head on Saturday, we look forward to celebrating their successes in the evening with the bar open ‘til late!

Best of luck to everyone racing for VRC and don’t forget to give a shout when you see the crimson and black blades storming down the course!!

It’s November and some of our Vesta Men are three days in to their Movember challenge - swipe for some fresh faces 🌚

We will be showcasing their progress through the month with options to vote for your favourite style and more…

Follow the link in our bio to donate and support their efforts to grow some funky tash’s in aid of an important cause!

Every hour 60 men lose their lives to su***de, which is 60 lives too many. The uncertainty of the past couple of years has brought about pressures and isolation for so many which have had devastating conveniences of many families. As a club we want to support all efforts to raise awareness for mental health and remove the stigmas that attach themselves to those suffering.

If you need to speak with someone please reach out to a charity such as , or speak with our club welfare officer Joseph Casey who can be contacted at [email protected]

👨🏻👨🏾👨🏼👨🏽👨🏿 @ Movember

As boats from across the squads line up this morning for the club wide time trial in Putney, things get real for Novice women’s coach VC and former racing member Saf who have packed up their ocean vessel and sent it of to La Gomera! They’ll be reunited on the start line at the end of November ahead of their race across the Atlantic and couldn’t not be more excited!!

Follow them for updates, fundraising opportunities and all things in the run up to TWAC!!

~~SCULLERS HEAD INFO~~

We are very excited to welcome all of you to the Scullers Head of The River tomorrow! Thank you to everyone who has been involved in making this event run in its new earlier date in the racing calendar!

Don’t forget to check out all the competitor information available on our website under the ‘Scullers Head’ tab!

***Live results will be updated via the Scullers Head Twitter Account***

If you have any questions ahead of tomorrow please send us or a message!

Don’t forget to share and tag us in your racing and supporters pictures!! Best of luck x

***SCULLERS HEAD PREVIEW***

“With 402 single scullers ready to tackle the championship course on the River Thames, Vesta Rowing Club are pleased to announce the 2021 edition of the Vesta Scullers Head.

After last year’s cancellation due to the pandemic, and fears over the opening of Hammersmith Bridge to river traffic, we're excited to announce an incredible 37 categories for this year’s race which range across many experience levels - from novice to champ - as well as generations - from Junior16s to Masters I (75 and over).

Vesta would like to wish everyone entered into the race the very best of luck, and a huge thank you to all of the volunteers involved. It is no easy task to tackle this event and you should feel excited and proud of what you are about to achieve!”

Read the full race preview on our website under ‘News’!!

Still haven’t signed up yet? What’re you waiting for?!

2020/21 Season
A/B Finals at Met and Marlow Regattas
26 Athletes qualified at HWR
~including 13 Semi Finalists
33 Athletes qualified at HRR
~including crews in Quarter and Semi Finals

Want to find out more?
Come and join us at our welcome talks to see the club and learn about the season ahead!!

Senior Women: 31st August
Novices: 1st September
Scullers: 6th September
Senior Men: 15th September

Register you interest now to join incredible history and become part of our exciting future!!!

This Thursday we welcome members from all of the Remenham Founding Clubs for a BBQ from 7pm!

Join us as we celebrate together a fabulous season for all from the Vesta Bar and Balcony!