Dragon Boat success on the River Thames

Fourteen different nationalities represented St. Clare's on the River Thames on Sunday and secured third place in the 11th annual Dragon Boat race run by the Rotary Club of Abingdon.

A full review of the race can be read online at The Herald Newspaper website.

The St. Clare's Team competed against 17 others including teams from RAF Brize Norton and the Thames Valley Police. The team competed in three qualifying races in which the fastest time over the 800m stretch determined qualification for the semi finals and finals. St. Clare's won the semi final race but failed to reproduce the same form in the final.

The trophy for third place is on display in the Activities Office. All team members will receive medals.

The team included: Endri Lito (Team Captain), Rauf Fratari, Holly Norrington, Julie Laeremans, Felipe Verillo, Valeriya Nefyodova, Tijana Ostojic, Philipp Gerhard, Patrick Reece, Christopher Caioni, Maximilian Wilson, Ilya Zemskov, Youssef El Azouzi, Alexander Parsczenski, Francesco Garosci, Kirsten Lillie, Kevin Hennessy (Team Manager).