Daniel Barrett, Michael Glover, Max Hearnden, Marek Lapham (Skipwith year 13), Dominic Parnell and Harry Vardigans (Skipwith year 12) comprised an optimistic Shiplake contingent heading for the bitterly cold waters hosting the GB Rowing Trials in Boston, Lincolnshire.
On the Saturday the top pair from Shiplake was Vardigans and Lapham as they finished 8th out of 44 boats over the 5km course. Glover and Lapham were not far behind finishing 14th.
The Sunday of the trials always provides a test as the boys change partners and quickly have to form an alliance with a rower from another school. Results were not quite as successful as Saturday with Lapham producing the best result coming in 20th.With most of the Shiplake oarsmen finishing in the twenties they will still hope for an invite to the next test in the GB selection process, the Spring Assessment.
