After a successful first half of the season, both the boys and girls sections of King's School Worcester Rowing Club are placed in the top ten of the respective National rowing leagues.

That makes them the only school in the country to achieve this position.

The girls lie in eighth place in the womens' schools section, whilst the boys have gone one better being in seventh place.

The girl's squad recorded two wins at Loughborough Regatta and after some very exciting racing, the First Four won the senior 3 fours, and a crew of under 16 girls won the novice fours event.

This particular crew is hoping to gain national selection early next month for the annual Anglo-French match.

After the latest results the girls should close the gap on both Oundle and Kingston Grammar School in their table.

Andy Guest, Master in Charge of rowing at King's, said, "It is great to see both the boys and girls sections doing so well.

"So often in school rowing it is either the boys or the girls that are dominant in a club. We have tried very hard since the advent of girls to produce a degree of parity."

Both the senior eights are now gearing up for their respective Henley Regattas. The girls will meet Henley Rowing Club and if they are successful in their first round they will then have to challenge St. Paul's School from the United States.

The boys' eight is training hard for the Royal Regatta. With the nucleus of the crew provided by the winning coxed four from National School's Regatta, hopes are high for the best results for years.