AFTER having been postponed twice, the Andrew Mahy Memorial race finally took place in a stiff westerly wind on the full height of the 9.1m tide giving crews some very choppy conditions.

This race was the brain child of Vanessa Mahy in memory of her husband, who was a popular rower.

The 8,300m course took the 21 crews from Salerie corner north-east across Belle Greve Bay around a turn buoy just south of Vivian beacon before crossing the Little Russel to Aligande Beacon, then back on the long slog into wind and tide across the Russel to the finish line in Havelet Bay.

The green hull of men’s fours boat Julius Baer soon took the lead despite cox/coach Lloyd Le Page ‘taking the helm’ with broken ribs. They managed to cling onto the lead for the entire race and crossed the finish line in a time of 45min. 49sec., just 28 seconds ahead of FRM who were rowing with a last minute sub as regular Geoff Gavey had been delayed in Jersey.