MBC OFFICIAL OLYMPIC WELCOME OF OUR ATHLETES, MEDALISTS & COACHES ON SUNDAY 26TH OCTOBER 1.00PM

Members and their Guests are requested to come to the club to welcome back ”our boys”. A huge party with food, two bars  and many guests and VIPs will be at the club for this celebration. The athletes will arrive by boat whatever the weather around 2.00pm and everyone will be asked to congregate on the bank to welcome them back with the Molesey Roar (audience participation conducted by Dick Knight).

The Event is being kindly sponsored by members’ companies J P Fresh, Cognoscenti, Scotscape and Walton Road Garage, Elmbridge Council and several individual members. Many thanks to them! There will be lots of guests at the club so please make them especially welcome. Let’s show that we are not only the flagship Olympian Sports Club in Elmbridge and Surrey but one of the most hospitable.

If you have any queries about this event please contact either myself, Ted Bates or Dick Knight.
Please attend and like the Molesey secret tell a friend!
Jonathan Steel
President MBC
0208 783 1804
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Molesey Rowers Doing it Their Way in China

Most of the Molesey members in Beijing are through to next round of the Olympic Regatta.

The first day's racing on Saturday saw Andy Hodge and Tom James win their heat in 6.00.59 in the M4- a fairly comfortable performance in which they looked considerably less tested than the favoured Dutch who won the other heat. Their next race will come on Wednesday as they battle for a spot in the final. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/rowing/7551269.stm

The M8 with Acer coxing displayed extreme relaxation in their heat. The race was delayed by a day due to an electrical storm that passed over the rowing venue on Sunday afternoon but the boys showed an exceptional level of relaxation, pulling clear water ahead of the fancied current Olympic champions, the USA. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/rowing/7553407.stm

Molesey Men Moving to Olympic Final

In case you haven't heard yet, Andy Hodge and Tom James in the M4- powered their way to a first place finish in the semi-final.  Here's the report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/rowing/7558541.stm . The final will be at 10:30 am on Saturday.  Be at he club on Saturday morning from 8 a.m. to watch all the rowing action on the new Big Screen.  Cheer for our Molesey athletes Andy Hodge, Tom James, Tom Solesbury, Acer Nethercott, as well as Steve Rowbotham and show your support for John West and Pete Sheppard who are out there coaching the Olympic crews.

MBC Olympians: Latest from Beijing

Tom James and I are in the group A of races.  To split the racing and spread it out through the week, the whole program is split into two sections, which race every other day.  See attached pdf.  This gives us a bit of a plus as we finish racing the day before the Eight and some other boats, not only giving us a day to get ahead in the bar, but also a day to support the rest of the team!