York City Rowing Club's scullers had a field day harvesting trophies at Ancholme Head of the River in Lincolnshire.

Rowing over the 3,000 metre course in perfect conditions the York crews won seven events.

Caroline Jones won Women's Senior 4 single sculls in a time of 12 minutes 55 seconds and Charlotte Richer, in her first long distance sculling event, won Women's Novice single sculls beating six other competitors in a time of 13m 27sec.

She then joined Jones to win Women's Senior four Double Sculls in a time of 11m 58sec.

Freya Porteous and Jenny Addison, a new combination, won Women's Junior 16 Double Sculls in a time of 12m 23sec, this partnership looks good for the future. The girls then teamed up with Morven Porteous and Sarah Barker to win Women's Senior 4 Coxless Quad Sculls in 11m 38sec to become the fastest women's crew beating their nearest rivals by over a minute.

Ann Homa won Women's Veteran B Single sculls in 12mins 38 secs.

Another new combination also proved successful in Ian Hazell and Rob Drever-Smith when they won Men's Novice Double sculls beating six other crews in a time of 11mins 16secs.

Coaches Dave Wilde and Phil Jones were pleased with these performances which gave crews a much needed boost to their confidence for future head races around the country over the next few months. The next head race in York is the York Small Boats Head on November 18.

York Sculler Paul Richardson competed in the Tyne Long Distance Sculls and won Men's Senior two Single Sculls with a time of 19mins 47secs.

Pictured: York City Rowing Club, some of the winners from the Ancholme Head of the River race and the Tyne Long distance skulls. Pictured left to right are Paul Richardson, Ian Hazell, Caroline Jones, Jenny Addison, Freya Porteous, Morven Porteous. Kneeling, Charlotte Richer and Sarah Barker

Updated: 10:28 Saturday, October 20, 2001