A Wallingford crew made history as Oxfordshire clubs and schools captured 23 sets of medals, including four Championship golds, at Nottingham.Wallingford’s Simon Steele and Ertan Hazine, coached by Ben Townsend, became the first crew to win both the Championship double sculls and coxless pairs events at the National Schools for more than 20 years.

The girls of Headington School won the prestigious Championship eights from their perennial rivals Lady Eleanor Holles, as well as the coxless pairs Headington also took gold in the junior 14 octuples, and three silvers achieved in the junior 16 eights, the junior 15 fours and the junior 14 doubles.

Radley College achieved four sets of medals, like Headington, with a gold for their junior 15 second eight, silvers for their under 14s plus a bronze for their third eight.

Abingdon School achieved a silver in the Championship boys’ eights behind the hot favourites Eton in a final which also included Radley and St Edward’s in fourth and fifth places.

Abingdon followed their silver in the Blue Riband eights event with three more bronze medals, one in the Championship coxless fours.

City of Oxford followed their junior successes at Ghent Regatta in Belgium with three more medals.

Hollie Holden took gold in the under 17 girls sngles, while silvers came in the double sculls for the under 16 girls and the under 14 boys.

Two more bronze medals materialised in coxed fours, one for Hinksey’s under 15 men and one for the St Edward’s girls.