EVESHAM enjoyed success as 16 crews raced at the Gloucester autumn head on the canal to Sharpness.

Junior quad Ella Shalom, Hannah Jones, Maddy Cross and Becca Parkin beat Reading Blue Coat School by 30 seconds.

Martha Bradley, Georgie Banton, Kate Dufty and Poppy Cullen defeated Gloucester.

Double Martha Robbins and Charlie Akerman also won followed by team-mates Suki Glocking and Mimi Farrell in second place.

Elder statesmen Francis Pinkerton, Rich Evans, Bryan Hay and Norman Baldwin, together with double Debz Staite and Rosie Macdonald, enjoyed triumphs over the long course.

Evesham met strong competition at the Worcester small boats head with six crews turning out.

The masters F/G men Pinkerton, Evans, Hay and Baldwin won their category and china pot trophies, beating Monmouth by more than 25 seconds and Warwick by over a minute.