Then I settled and tried to keep it easy. Maybe I should have nailed them a bit more. Tom was hanging around the whole way. I need to find the ability to see people off by the time the World Cup starts in four weeks' time. Giles Monnickendam, the Notts County lightweight who won the Scullers Head outright, was third and the former junior international Mark Hunter of Poplar Blackwall was fourth.
Gale is a member of Britain's quadruple sculling crew.
Monnickendam is a national trialist. This was Gale's third Wingfields, and he again demonstrated that he is a fast starter. Hunter entered the Wingfields inspired by his club mate Kenny Dwan's stories. Dwan won the Wingfields from 1968-72 and for a sixth time in 1975. Monnickendam gained the confidence to enter by his Scullers Head win.