News & Events - Mortlake Anglian & Alpha Boat Club

28 Jul 2026

Noel Durkin RIP

By Dan George|2026-07-29T15:11:35+00:00July 28th, 2026|Captain's Blog|

Many thanks to the very many of you who came to Noel’s funeral yesterday. The Canon at the church specifically commented on the family that a rowing club provides and on the many wonderfully coloured blazers on show. The club did Noel and his family proud with a very moving send off. Lawrence McNulty gave a very fitting eulogy to Noel - below is a link. Hilary Noel Durkin Eulogy Some photos from Peter Harvey: Photos of the Thames Cup 8, 1978 which has Noel at 7. Stroke Andy Napier, Noel Durkin, Paul Rawkines, Richard McEvoy, John Green, Peter Coleman, [...]

24 Jun 2026

Henley Women’s Regatta 2026 – all 4 MAA crews qualified

By Dan George|2026-06-24T13:53:20+00:00June 24th, 2026|Captain's Blog, Racing, Senior women|

First off in the qualifier time trial on Friday were the 8. This new look crew had a 26 year age gap between the youngest - 19 year old Chloe - and mum of three Rebecca. They had done well at the Met on the Sunday and we had high hopes for them. The crew were announced as qualifying. - but the draw showed them next racing London A - favourites to win the event overall. London duly dispatched our girls and went on to win the final comfortably. Next up for our girls 8 is Henley Royal Regatta and [...]

1 Jun 2026

MAA at the Met

By Dan George|2026-06-01T13:52:57+00:00June 1st, 2026|Captain's Blog, Racing, Senior women|

This past weekend saw MAA’s squad of senior women racing at the Metropolitan Regatta on Dorney Lake - with a chance to test this new squad’s progress and decide crew and boat options for Henley Women’s and Royal Regattas. The regatta format merges Championship, Club, Academic and Junior crews into finals after a time trial - to give closely matched and exciting racing, albeit not against crews you might encounter at the Henleys. On Saturday MAA entered two 8s and a 4x (that’s a total of 20 rowers plus two coxswains). The first 8 came 8th on the E final [...]

26 May 2026

MAA wins at Twickenham

By Dan George|2026-05-26T07:06:48+00:00May 26th, 2026|Captain's Blog, Masters women, Senior Men|

It had been over 20 years since MAA won an Open event. And on Saturday Dan and Cai did exactly that. In a field of 11 crews for Open 2x at Twickenham they won their three rounds comfortably, confirming the progress the guys made on our camp in Spain. Well done them! The Women’s E4x also won, in a field of 6 crews, while Miranda won two rounds and narrowly lost the final in Women’s E1x. Next weekend it’s the Senior Women’s turn - racing at the Metropolitan Regatta at Dorney on both Saturday and Sunday in a mix of [...]

18 May 2026

MAA retains Hilda Mitchell cup

By Dan George|2026-05-18T10:39:56+00:00May 18th, 2026|Captain's Blog, Racing, Regatta, Social|

Congratulations everyone for a great day on Saturday. This year’s Hilda Mitchell had grown in number of events - including a Beginners Tub race - and MAA had representation in 11 of the 13 events and 13 crews in total. It was an excellently busy afternoon on the beach. MAA got off to an early lead and this then changed hands with Quintin - with wins for the two MAA women’s over and under 60s 4x, the Senior women’s 4-, the under 60s mixed 4x and the Development Women’s 4x (who first had to beat the other MAA crew in [...]

20 Oct 2025

Orta and Weybridge Silver Sculls

By Dan George|2025-10-20T15:38:37+00:00October 20th, 2025|Captain's Blog, Masters women|

Orta Last Saturday I was in Italy taking part in the Lake Orta Challenge - coxing Quintin 8 on the Saturday and rowing as MAA in my 1x on the Sunday. This was our first trip to this event and I very much hope it won't be the last - it was awesome, if rather daunting in the 1x. The race was a 6km trip around the middle one of the lesser known (and stunning) Italian lakes and the sculling race was a mass start of 128 of us - young men at the front and old women at the [...]