A JUNIOR girls crew from City of Oxford Rowing Club won their class at the National Schools Head in London.

City’s JW4+ line-up, comprising Holly Holden, Chloe Seal, Cloudy Carnegie, Siân Morgan and cox Floss Smith started in 247th position and finished 144th.

Smith steered a good course, and with a consistent committed performance from the crew, they came first in their class.

They finished a full minute ahead of second-placed St Edward’s School, Oxford.

City of Oxford’s junior boys J4+ crew of Tom Hounsell, Reece Taylor, Henry Drohan, Ben Seers and cox Joe Platt started in 219th position and moved up to 131st, finishing a creditable sixth in their class.