Ross Rowing Club duo, Kelly Morris and Rosie Lindley, excelled themselves to take the bronze medal in the Women's J14 double sculls at the National Schools regatta on the weekend beginning on Friday, May 23rd. This event is the pinnacle of junior rowing in the UK where all the best Juniors from schools and clubs compete for national honours, it takes place at the National water sports centre at Holme Pierre Point in a multi lane format. Kelly and Rosie performed well in the qualification rounds posting the second fastest time to get a good lane draw for their semi final, in which they were up against a strong adversary from the city of Oxford club. They maintained excellent boat speed to win a place in the final. The girls were delighted with this performance, they had an excellent start and controlled their position. Having competed at full tilt for two rounds the crew was certainly fatigued but they were determined to put all the hard work in training to deliver the perfect race. The final was an incredible battle, the opposition all had flying starts and at the 500 metre point the Ross crew was in fifth place. With the relative boat speeds all similar it looked as though this was not to be Ross' day. However, Kelly and Rosie had other ideas. By 750 metres they had pushed through to fourth place, but were still over one and ? lengths behind the crew from Lea Rowing club (London), with very little of the race left to catch up. The young Ross stars found some incredible boat speed in the last 150 metres. They made up the lost ground and crossed the line almost neck and neck with their opponents. The Ross spectators held their breath not knowing which way the verdict had gone. Huge cheers erupted when the Kelly and Rosie were asked to turn around and approach the medal pontoon. By an incredible feat of bravery Kelly and Rosie had pulled off an amazing result winning a Bronze medal by just .04 of a second. Junior Captain, Robin Fletcher, said: "This was the most amazing race I have ever witnessed, the girls pulled that form performance from themselves and that epitomises what champions are made from we are very very proud of them." Ross was also represented by Ed Surman rowing a year above his age in J15 Single sculls. Ed narrowly lost out not qualifying for his final but picked up valuable experience. Ross Rowing Club chalked up nine wins at the Monmouth and Hereford Regattas.