CITY of Oxford and Falcon clubs were celebrating after helping Thames Upriver to victory in the Junior Inter-Regional Regatta at Nottingham, writes JOHN WIGGINS.

Falcon’s J14 single-scullers shone in the A final, Ed Sharp finishing with a silver medal and May Carter coming fifth.

City’s under 14 scullers Josie Nash and Eilish Turner-Frick in their new boat, won the bronze medal.

This helped the team win by one point to the delight of team manager, Lorna Hermes, Falcon RC’s head junior coach.

There was joy for Oxfordshire crews in the British junior small boats regatta, also at Nottingham.

Adam Teece and Tom Digby, from Abingdon School, followed their win at the February long-distance trials with fifth place in the A final, putting them in line for the final trials in July.

Headington School’s girls were also prominent with four in A finals.

Meanwhile, two of Falcon’s junior kayakers have raced in GB development teams at international marathons.

Ava Dale, 17, was fifth in the under 18 class at the Waterlands marathon in Amsterdam.

She will now be hoping to make the GB sprint kayaking team at the national selection regatta at Nottingham in May.

At the Ghent marathon, Ava’s younger sister Enya, 14, won a silver medal in the under 16 class – her first experience of international competition.