Alumni
Sculling at a competitive level requires a big commitment from young people and there is always a concern that they might not be able to balance this with their academic work at school. Our view is that the discipline that comes from being part of a team also helps with personal organisation and focus on prioritisation of tasks that need to be completed. The overall result is a higher level of achievement and this is reflected in the academic success of many of our athletes.
Jenny Quested
Ori Bowen
Kristian Purchase
We also intend to use this section of the site to record our thanks to all those who has made a major contribution to the success of the Club
Noel Frost
It is was with great sadness that we reported Noel’s death in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford on December 10th December 2008.
Noel worked with HSS as our top line Ergometer coach until shortly before his untimely death.
He quietly, but insistently, set about explaining to us just how important the Ergometer is to any athlete wishing to achieve any goal no matter to what level. This from a man, who, late in life, came to the sport, took it by the scruff of the neck and then the world by storm.
1995 – 2000, Noel took part In 11 Internationals and won 10 including 5 UK, 3 European and 2 World Championships
Although Noel's indoor racing career only spanned five years, in that time he took the Men's 60+ Hwt category on by a hop, step and a jump. His British record of 6:31.4 set in 1999 was a full 7.2 seconds quicker than anybody else had gone at that point and it took until 2004 for the USA's Paul Hendershott to break Noel's time of 6:31.4 on a world level. Noel retired from racing in 2000, shortly after winning his second world title, and established the Millennium Cup, awarded at every British Indoor Rowing Championships to every rower over the age of 50 whose time is the best when compared to the world record.
February 1999, Noel Frost set 2000, 5000 and 10,000 Meter World Records in Dry Rowing
2000 held 1999-2004, 5000 held 1999-2006, 10,000 held 1999-2008, (Twenty-one years in Total)
Noel was elected to the Concept 2 HALL of FAME in 2004 and stands forever alongside such local champion rowing athletes as Sean Morris, Steven Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent.
Hinksey Sculling School runs the South of England Indoor Rowing Championships annually in February. Last year Noel presented the prizes to many junior athletes from the region. He very generously presented us with a silver cup to present as we saw fit at the Championships.
“The Noel Frost Memorial Trophy” for the Victor Ludorum will be presented this year for the first time.
Noel, remotely, trained people of all ages the world over. Few individuals will make such a valuable contribution to a club as Noel has to HSS. He will be sorely missed but his legacy is a structure of land based training within HSS that he surely would be proud of.
Noel you will not be forgotten