Thames blasted off the start and smashed every event record all the way down the Course. Twenty minutes later, Thames Rowing Club ‘A’ gained revenge for their 2021 defeat in the inaugural year of The Wargrave Challenge Cup (Club Women’s Eight) by scorching past Leander Club. I just want to say to all our parents, all our family and everyone back in Australia, thank you for all of your support, it just means the world.” Everyone loves each other so much and it’s just amazing to have been with them. “We’re just the best group of nine girls you could get. “Obviously, it’s a lot of pressure but throughout the week we’ve tried to relax as much as possible and trust the process, but today has just been amazing,” Bronte Cullen, the stroke for St Catherine’s, said. In one of the closest races in Henley Royal Regatta Finals history, 2,112 metres of gladiatorial racing came down to a foot and a photo finish. They beat Great Britain in the latest installment of one of rowing’s most iconic rivalries by the smallest of margins.
Their Olympic four, including three Tokyo gold medallists, also won The Stewards' Challenge Cup (Men’s Coxless Fours) in a new record of 6:26. It was part of a golden morning for Australian crews. But St Catherine’s held off their trademark late charge in impressive fashion. Winter Park have been flying since they came through the Qualifying Races on Friday and beat the British holders (Headington School) and the favourites (Henley Rowing Club) in a hard route to the final. “This is the first six-day Regatta and we have not staged anything this size since 2019, so I would like to thank all our athletes, our Members and Volunteers for making it possible.”Īfter a week in which the records for The Prince Philip Challenge Trophy were repeatedly broken, St Catherine’s School from Victoria, Australia beat Winter Park Crew, Florida and can call themselves the best schoolgirl crew in the world. “We had a record overseas Entry this year, but the best thing for the event is to have new names from the USA, Australia, China and New Zealand, and all winning races - this is part of what makes Henley so special.” The depth and quality of these events already has been astounding and the winners can call themselves the best in the world. “We hoped when we created the Prince Philip (Junior Women’s Eights), the Island (Student Women’s Eights) and the Wargrave (Club Women’s Eights) that it would help establish the pathway to the elite squad, but our athletes and the rowing community have responded beyond our hopes.
“This Regatta has been record-breaking from start to finish from the number of Entries from home and overseas, to new standards being set in the women’s eights events,” Sir Steve Redgrave, Chairman of the Committee of Management, said. "This Regatta has been record-breaking from start to finish."
#Dreamy days in west tokyo part one update#
Video: highlights from the day (will update at the end of racing).
Henley Royal Regatta has never been more international in its 183-year history and in years to come the 2022 Finals Day may be remembered for establishing a new world-class pathway for the women’s eights events and the emergence of China.
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