Category: Rowing
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Mr Butler: Rowing Revolution
By Archer Jones Mr Joshua Butler is a former international rower, having competed at Henley Royal Regatta – the most prestigious annual rowing event in the world – 12 times, winning the Wyfold challenge cup in 2017. Having been in the junior rowing coaching business since 2015, Mr Butler took up position as Head Rowing Coach at Hampton in 2023 and, since then,…
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J16 Rowing: International Waters
By Alex Watson J16 athletes Patrick Moroney and Johnny Rofé spoke with Alex Watson about their incredible experience representing Great Britain over the summer. Rowing is, without a doubt, one of Hampton’s most popular sports. First introduced to pupils in Year 9, it typically sees large numbers of boys switching over to it from football…
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Harry Oliver: Rowing For Gold
By Patrick Moroney Hampton has a superb rowing heritage, and Lower Sixth pupil Harry Oliver is one of the distinguished group of Hamptonians who has represented GB. The rower was in the U19 squad at the Munich International Regatta, winning two Gold medals, alongside George Buckingham. Harry talked to me about the gruelling selection process…
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J15 Achieve Opening Season Victory at Wallingford
By Patrick Moroney On Sunday 5th May, the J15 squad travelled down to Dorney Lake for our first side by side open summer regatta of the season to compete over 2000m in the Co-op Funeralcare Trophy for J15 eights. Being a smaller event though than what we had previously experienced at Dorney, there was no time…
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From Starting to Silverware: J14 Season Review
By Patrick Moroney Rowing at Hampton is an amazing experience; as much as you can enjoy the physical agony involved. As the first year of rowing at Hampton for all of us there has been significant improvement and progress throughout the season. As a squad we have gone from taking our first rowing strokes, to…
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J14 Crews Show Promise at Star Regatta
By Patrick Moroney Almost the entirety of the J14 squad left on Saturday morning to go up to Bedford for Star Regatta. The regatta was unlike the usual time trial, followed by six lane final races, that we were used to at Dorney for national events, instead taking a knockout format. Crews are drawn against…
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Success for J14 Crews at National Schools Regatta
By Patrick Moroney On the final day of exam week the J14A (bow to stroke: Billy T, Aiden H, Jack H, Archer J, Zach K, Oliver S, Patrick M and Will L coxed by Johnny R), B (bow to stroke: Boris D, Daniel T, Alex P, Matthew W, Leon M, Azam A, Thomas L and…
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Hampton Captains Series: Alex Cresswell
By Patrick Moroney Nobody can deny that school rowing is a physically and mentally demanding sport that requires focus, dedication, and teamwork. To excel in this challenging environment, a school rowing team needs a strong leader who can inspire and motivate the crew to achieve their goals. This role is currently occupied by upper sixth…
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Chris Martin: an Oar-some Career in Rowing
By Harry Takla The life story of Chris Martin OH (1999) is one that Hampton is rightly proud of. An international rower who competed at World Championships. An ocean rower whose feats of endurance are so extraordinary that they are, at times, difficult to comprehend. Martin could justifiably pat himself on the back and settle…
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Stanhope’s Golden Year
By Sam Colvine There was an air of uncertainty the last time HSC talked to Ollie Stanhope OH (2016). The Covid-19 pandemic was beginning to tighten its grip on everyday life, with cancellations punctuating the sporting calendar, including, most notably for the rower, the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. In those precarious days, Stanhope could not…
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From Olympic Gold to Hanworth Road: Mr Cross speaks to HSC
JAYDEN ONI: From claiming an Olympic Gold medal at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles to becoming a current history teacher and coach at Hampton, Mr Cross has had a successful life so far – a vivid story to tell. In his youth, Mr Cross never thought that his delicate rowing talent would ever lead…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments Final: The 1988 Triple
After beating close competition from the 1986 Triple in the semi-final, the 1988 Triple has made it to the final of the Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments competition. It’ll be a nail-biting affair as the First VIII of 1988 take on the First XI of 2019 – have your say on Twitter: @SportsHampton Hampton’s Greatest Sporting…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments, Semi-final Two: The 1988 Triple
The 1986 First VIII will face tough competition, though, in the form of the crew of 1988, who repeated their Triple feat. Remember to head to @SportsHampton on Twitter to cast your vote. Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments, Semi-final Two: The 1986 Triple vs The 1988 Triple This article first featured in The Hamptonian, Hampton’s alumni newsletter, in…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments, Semi-final Two: The 1986 Triple
Semi-final One was tight and tense, but you’ve got another chance to have your say in today’s knockout clash as two of the Triples face-off. Vote for your finalist on Twitter – @SportsHampton Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments, Semi-final Two: The 1986 Triple vs The 1988 Triple After the First VIII’s Henley success of 1985, which…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments, Semi-final One: First VIII win Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup
We’re into the final week of our Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments competition, but there’s still much to be decided. Today, we’ve got Semi-final one… Semi-final One: First VIII win Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup vs First XI win ESFA Cup There are certain moments in sport which transform the fortunes of a team. For the Chicago…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments, Quarter-final Four: Ollie Stanhope’s World Championship Golds
Quarter-final Four is an all rowing affair: Ollie Stanhope’s success in three World Championships is coming up against the 1988 Triple. Have your say on the @SportsHampton Twitter account to decide the final semi-finalist. Quarter-final Four: The 1988 Triple vs Ollie Stanhope’s World Championship Golds Amid Hampton’s myriad rowing medals, it’s possible that one man…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments, Quarter-final Four: The 1988 Triple
Three semi-finalists have already been decided, but who will join them? It’s between the 1988 Triple and Ollie Stanhope’s World Championship triumphs. Head to @SportsHampton later today to vote. Quarter-final Four: The 1988 Triple vs Ollie Stanhope’s World Championship Golds This article first featured in The Hamptonian, Hampton’s alumni newsletter, in 2018, and is reproduced with the…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments, Quarter-final Three: The 1986 Triple
Quarter-final Three, and there’s another rowing moment coming your way. The 1985 First VIII’s victory at Henley has already made it through to the semi-finals – can their successors join them? Quarter-final Three: Calogero Scannella’s ISFA hat-trick vs The 1986 Triple After the First VIII’s Henley success of 1985, which featured in Group Six of Hampton’s…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments, Quarter-final Two: Two sets of OH brothers face off in Boat Race
The Boat Race 2003 has caught the short straw, here, coming up against one of the competition favourites – ESFA – in the quarter-final. Yet all is not lost – go to @SportsHampton on Twitter to vote for your winner by the end of today. Quarter-final Two: First XI win ESFA U18 Cup vs Two…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments, Quarter-final One: Mahoney’s Olympic Silver
32 triumphs entered the Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments competition two months ago; now, only eight remain. The draw has been made: the First VIII’s triumph in the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup in 1985 will compete against Chris Mahoney’s Olympic Silver in the first quarter-final. Quarter-final One: First VIII win Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup vs Chris…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments, Quarter-final One: First VIII win Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup
The quarter-finals are here – after weeks of voting, 32 moments have been whittled down to just eight. The draw has been made: the First VIII’s triumph in the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup in 1985 will compete against Chris Mahoney’s Olympic Silver in the first quarter-final. Quarter-final One: First VIII win Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments: Ollie Stanhope wins World Championship Gold
Over the next term, HSC will be attempting to discover the identity of Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moment, with your help. This article recounts Ollie Stanhope’s World Championship Gold medal. This will compete against three other moments in Group Seven. Vote in our Twitter poll on Friday to decide your favourite moments – the winner will…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments: The 1986 Triple
It’s what you’ve been waiting for – the final moment of Group Seven. The fabled ‘Triple’ makes its third appearance in the Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments competition. This time, it’s 1986’s turn. This will compete against three other moments in Group Seven. Vote in our Twitter poll on Friday to decide your favourite moments –…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments: Two sets of OH brothers face off in Boat Race
With your help, HSC has been attempting to find the identity of Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments. This article tells the story of the Boat Race in 2003, which featured two sets of OH brothers, the Livingstons and the Smiths. This will compete against three other moments in Group Six. Vote in our Twitter poll on…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments: First VIII’s Henley triumph reaches quarter-finals
By Josh Bartholomew The First VIII’s victory in the Princess Elizabeth Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1985 became the fifth entry to reach the quarter-finals of HSC’s Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments competition. Competing against three other moments: the First XV’s Daily Mail Vase final, Akbar Ansari’s Varsity heroics and the Boat Club’s success at…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments: First VIII win Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup
Over the next term, HSC will be attempting to discover the identity of Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moment, with your help. This article tells the story of the First VIII’s victory in the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1985. This will compete against three other moments in Group Five. Vote in our…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments: Boat Club storm Schools’ Head of the River
Over the next term, HSC will be attempting to discover the identity of Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moment, with your help. This article tells the story of the Boat Club’s extraordinary success at Schools’ Head of the River in 2013. This will compete against three other moments in Group Five. Vote in our Twitter poll on…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments: Chris Martin rows across the Atlantic
Over the next term, HSC will be attempting to discover the identity of Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moment, with your help. This feature looks back on Chris Martin’s feat in 2005: crossing the Atlantic Ocean. This will compete against three other moments in Group Four. Vote in our Twitter poll on Friday to decide your favourite…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments: Mike Hart’s Olympic Silver
Over the next term, HSC will be attempting to discover the identity of Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moment, with your help. This article tells the story of Mike Hart’s Olympic Silver medal in 1976. This will compete against three other moments in Group Three. Vote in our Twitter poll on Friday to decide your favourite moments…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments: Greg and Jonny Searle win Olympic Gold
Over the next term, HSC will be attempting to discover the identity of Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moment, with your help. This article recalls Greg and Jonny Searle’s Olympic success in 1992. This will compete against three other moments in Group Three. Vote in our Twitter poll on Friday to decide your favourite moments – the…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments: Mahoney wins Olympic Silver
Over the next term, HSC will be attempting to discover the identity of Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moment, with your help. This article tells the story of Chris Mahoney OH (1977) and his exceptional rowing career. This will compete against three other moments in Group Two. Vote in our Twitter poll on Friday to decide your…
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Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments: The 1988 Triple
It’s the final moment of Group One – the First VIII’s triple success in 1988 at Schools’ Head of the River, National Schools Regatta, and Henley Royal Regatta. Vote in our Twitter poll on Friday to decide your favourite moments – the winner will progress to the quarter-final stage! Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments Group One: First…
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From the Archives: Hampton storm Schools’ Head of the River
The following article is taken from the Spring 2013 edition of the Hampton Sports Chronicle, which was edited by James Perkins OH (2014) and Luke Dunn OH (2014). Both have gone on to careers in the media: James is a Social Media Officer at FullFact; Luke is a Social Media Executive at Crystal Palace FC.…
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OH Matt Hamilton wins Boat Race with Oxford Lightweights
By Josh Bartholomew Former rower and pupil Matt Hamilton OH (2018) helped Oxford’s Lightweight crew to victory over Cambridge in the Boat Race on Sunday. Hamilton, who studies Biochemistry at Oriol College, was rowing in his first Boat Race since joining Oxford in 2018. The OH enjoyed a successful junior rowing career at the school,…
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OH Athletes in America: Part Two – Jens Clausen
In the second of his OH Athletes in America features, Vishal Saha caught up with former Captain of Boats and Princeton rower, Jens Clausen OH (2016). Which US University did you decide to go to and why? I’m at Princeton but I was looking into Harvard and Yale too when doing the applications. I chose…
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From crocodiles on the Zambezi to the corridors of Hampton: Mr Highton on rowing, teaching and Geography
By Alasdair McIntosh Mr Francis Highton, an Old Hamptonian and geography teacher at Hampton School, is a very passionate rower and swimmer. He was a national swimmer in his teens, and took up rowing at the age of 15 to help with swimming and to find a new sport that he enjoyed. “At that stage I…
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Rowing to cycling: Ms Bradbury on her sporting success
By James Eggleton and Alasdair McIntosh Ms Rosamund Bradbury is a Maths teacher at Hampton School. However, she is also, astonishingly, the first – and reigning – a Women’s E-cycling Champion as well as being a near Olympian in rowing. She established herself in the Olympiad 8 rowing squad with Team GB, narrowly missing out…
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Rowing: A history of Hampton’s success in the sport
By Josh Freer The year 1274 saw the first ever “regatta”, hosted in Venice, a race through the waterways and canals. It proved a great success, and by 1315 regattas were being staged frequently – an extremely successful innovation. By 1474, in London, the selection of the new Mayor of London now witnessed, for the…
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OH Neil Chugani: Winning creates a bond shared forever
An Exclusive Interview by Josh Freer “My proudest moment was winning the boat race for Oxford”, says Neil Chugani – a former UK rowing cox and Old Hamptonian who represented Oxford University and Great Britain, and who has juggled a successful life in sport with a time-consuming career. He coxed the Oxford crew to victory in the University Boat Race, and…
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OH rowers help Cambridge to Reserve Boat Race victory
By Ben Martis-Jones, Rowing Correspondent Cambridge’s reserve boat Goldie retained the Reserve Men’s Boat Race title with a verdict of 1 length over the Isis crew from Oxford University Boat Club, in a time of 17 minutes and 17 seconds. Cox Charlie Marcus (OH 2018) steered excellently down the course to ensure the bows of…
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Hampton connection: OH duo line-up for Cambridge in reserve Boat Race
By Ben Martis-Jones, Rowing Correspondent This weekend sees the 164th Men’s Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge University over the 4.2 mile Championship Course between Putney and Mortlake. With Hampton’s strong Oxbridge entry year after year, it’s no wonder that the school has provided the University Boat Race with many competitors over the years. Most…
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Hampton boats compete admirably at windy Schools Head
By Ben Martis-Jones, Rowing Correspondent Glossary: The rowing season is split into two parts: the ‘head’ season (a time-trial), and the ‘regatta’ season (a race). The sport also has two different formats: rowing and sculling. Rowing consists of an oar per member; sculling sees each member of the boat taking two oars. On Friday 15th…