‘I wasn’t even in the top three for an ergo when I was in the Shiplake J14 Vlll,’ Will Satch, Olympic Bronze Medallist in the 2012 GB Men’s Pair, told Shiplake College’s aspiring Year 9 rowers.
‘You guys are at the perfect school, maybe one of you will be pushing me for a place in the 2020 Olympics. You’ve got the river here, right on your doorstep. Leander Club is there in Henley and the GB lake at Caversham is just down the road. Some of you in this room will grow to be bigger than me but it is not about size it is about what’s in your head,’ Will concluded. Pictured below are Charlie Ward, Josh Hirst and Henry Birdsey with Will.
