Dover Rowing Club’s Dover Grammar School for Boys contingent of Austin Mills, Cameron Mackintosh, Tom Stothart and Chris Hall all qualified for the individual and team relay event for the Kent School Games Indoor Rowing Finals in the year 12 / 13 category. In the individual 2000 metre event Hall and Mills battled rowers King’s School, Canterbury for the medal placings. Hall secured second place in a time of 6 minutes and 58 seconds, whilst Mills missed out finishing fourth overall in 7 minutes 06 seconds with Stothart finishing in 7 minutes 29 seconds and Mackintosh completing the distance in 7 minutes 53 seconds.

In the 4 minute relay event the Dover boys again were matched against King’s School in the battle for the top spot. The running order saw Mills lead off followed by Mackintosh, Stothart with Hall on the closing leg. The team finished with 1289 metres seeing them take first place by 11 metres.

Dover Rowing Club’s Chris Price flew the flag for Coastal Rowing in the European Indoor Rowing Championship at the Audi Arena Gyor, Hungary on Saturday. Following his sixth place in the British Indoor Championships in December, Price entered the Light Weight Masters Men 30+ category at Gyor. Dover’s diminutive rower overcome the long journey to perform well, producing consistent splits in the 2000 metre event to finish in 7 minutes and 8.30 seconds, a second slower than his British Championships performance. Price’s time saw him finish in an impressive 5th place in the international field.