British Club Championships 2026

Tees Juniors at British Club Championships 2026

By Martha Anderson

A group of the Tees Juniors travelled down to Nottingham to compete in the British Rowing Club Championships 2026. Four full days of racing brought tough competition, goals achieved, merch purchased, and a silver medal!

The weekend of racing started off with us cheering on our former Junior Girl’s Captain , Ruby Morley in her W Club 1x. Ruby performed really well, continuing her rowing career at Leeds, in the Yorkshire Development Academy.

On Saturday, racing continued with Harry Morley competing in the OJ16 1x, with a strong performance in a highly competitive field.


Martha Anderson then competed in the WJ18 1x, meeting her goal to get into a final, after a strong performance in the time trials.


Henry Anderson and Jack Holden finished Saturday’s racing with an outstanding performance in the OJ18 2x (despite one of the crew rowing two years above his age category). Their time trial, secured them a place in the E final, which after a “dogfight” finish, according to the commentary, they powered through to first place.


Sunday continued with Martha pairing up with Tillie Mclone, to compete in the W Club 2x, racing well in the time trial, giving them an E final in which they placed 4th.


Following this, Harry, Henry and Jack accompanied by Matthew Visker raced in the OJ18 4x and stormed their way through to the D final, placing 4th. This was an amazing achievement for the lads, especially since Matthew had only stepped foot into a rowing boat 9 times prior!


As Sunday’s racing came to a close, Jack Donaghy raced in the OJ AR-O 1x, competing incredibly well in windy conditions, pushing hard and making us all extremely proud, to take home a silver medal!


Monday brought Evie McLaren’s WJ15 1x race, where she finished the weekend by secured 4th place in the D final, after a great race in the time trial.

Overall, every junior who competed, performed to their highest ability and endured tough competition, foung all of Tees Juniors proud. #TeesJuniorsCan