ENGLAND - The third and final day of racing on the Thames once again proved to be a blustery one with a strong tail wind gusting intermittently.
 
First out of the gates for UBC was Meghan Camplin racing in the lightweight single semi-final up against a sculler from Hollingworth Lk. Camplin took control of the race early and continually inched away from her opponent winning in at time of 5:58.3, just .3 seconds shy of the course record. This result would earn Meghan a berth in the final to be raced later that afternoon.
 
The second race of the day for UBC was the semi-final for the lightweight double of Ehren Paterson and Mary Law racing Reading University. Reading jumped out to an early lead and established a four-boat margin by the half way mark. The Thunderbirds dug deep and were able to claw back on the lead but ran out of real-estate losing by just over one length. A very gutsy performance by Mary and Ehren.
 
In UBC's final race of the regatta Meghan Camplin, competing for the Fiona Dennis Trophy in the lightweight single, was back in the gates for her second race of the day. Our Thunderbird was up against M.Clements, the events top ranked sculler from Cambridge University. Camplin had a great start and held the lead for the first half of the race. Just past the halfway mark the Cambridge sculler was able to move ahead of UBC and hold on for the win. Both scullers best the previous course record of 5:58.0 with Cambridge finishing at 5:50 and UBC at 5:51.3.
 
All three UBC lightweight scullers will head back to Canada to prepare for Canadian Henley and the Canadian Summer Games. The varsity women's eight will remain in the UK, along with the men's eight, to prepare for the upcoming Henley Royal Regatta. The men's first race will be June 28^th and the women on the 29^th.

More information on the Royal Henley Regatta can be found at https://www.hrr.co.uk