Students Attend DW Canoe Race Prize Giving Ceremony

On Saturday 25 June, five of this year’s Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race team went to a prize giving ceremony in Newbury to collect a plethora of trophies and medals won this year.

The proud team members were delighted to be awarded the Junior Team Trophy, Metropolitan Police Cadet Shield, Junior Ladies Team Trophy as well as medals for the 3^rd fastest ladies crew which were all won by Churcher’s College this year.

They heard guest speaker Jon White, a former Royal Marine who is a triple amputee after stepping on an explosive device whilst on patrol in Afghanistan, he has since completed the DW marathon twice.

This year’s DW team was the biggest ever entered by Churcher’s College and was hugely successful with all fifteen crews completing the 105 miles from Devizes to Teddington.