Herbert Leah: It is probably true to say that even outside the North West, Royce's Gym are not unknown, at least by the indoor rowing community, because for a number of years their members have featured in the North West, British and World Indoor Rowing Championships with a number of medal results. They probably first hit the wider appreciation of rowers when they took the world record for the 100,000 metre team row from Leander. Equally memorable to this was, perhaps, when Chris Rushton, along with two other Brits, all finished on the same time to take joint gold at the 2002 World IRC, a first in itself. Without being too partisan, it should be remembered that Chris at under 6'1 and 14 st 2 lbs was relatively small for a heavyweight, making his performance even more creditable. A team from the gym won the four man Redgrave Team Challenge at last year's British IRC and, needless to say, there have been others who have featured in the medal lists and out in the three main championships, including physically impaired competitors. Despite these achievements there is great anticipation within the confines of the club, particularly about two fairly new prospects that are showing outstanding possibilities that hopefully are going to explode on the scene at this year's British IRC. They are both heavyweights, but from different age divisions, so morale is extremely high that the 'Royce Boys' are on the (gold) medal trail...Watch out.