Rows and rows of men’s eights

Every year Great Britain’s Head of the River race attracts a large number of competitors and every year the number of international crews grows. This year the event – for men’s eights only – attracted crews from the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Hungary, Switzerland, Portugal, France, Croatia and the Netherlands.
Despite the high calibre of international crews, local British club crew Leander managed to be the overall winners. The Leander crew, however, boasted a whole swag of international athletes led by men’s pair powerhouse Peter Reed with fellow senior national team members, Alex Partridge, Alex Gregory, Matt Langridge, Dan Ritchie and coxswain Phelan Hill.
Leander finished in a time of 16:50 over the 6.8km course which winds its way, always on the ebb tide, on the River Thames from Mortlake to Putney – the same course that was recently used for the Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race. Second overall, and just three seconds back, were Leander’s perennial rivals, Molesey. Molesey also had their share of British national team members including Reed’s pairs partner Andrew Triggs Hodge.

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