A WYE rower raced to a brilliant bronze for GB in her first international outing for some four years.

Ross-on-Wye Rowing Club’s Morgan Baynham Williams won a call up into the cox’s seat of the GB women’s eight at the World Cup regatta in Poland at the weekend.

And she helped inspire them to hold off a late charge from New Zealand to take bronze behind Australia and the US.

Morgan won three world U23 championship medals coxing the GB age-group crew eight in 2013, 2014 and 2015, and steered Oxford to victory in the 2016 Women’s Boat Race when she guided the Dark Blues home safely on a turbulent Thames, as Cambridge all but sank.

The 24-year-old harbours more international ambitions, but has had to bide her time until now after taking time off from the GB team to pursue her masters studies.

But with Olympic qualification at this year’s world championships in Austria ahead of the Tokyo Games next year, she’ll now be hoping to have more chances to prove herself.

GB went through halfway in second in their 2km six-boat final in Poznan, before the US Olympic and world champions charged through.

And they were under pressuire from the Kiwis entering the closing stages until Morgan called the crew up and they came home just over 1/2L to the good, with China and Canada bringing up the rear.

Meanwhile, Monmouth School’s 150th anniversary year continued with success on the River Thames following gold in the 1st 8s event at the National Schools’ Regatta.

The Wye youngsters beat top clubs London and Thames by 2L and 1L respectively in their Senior 8 heats at Reading Amateur Regatta before stunning University of West England by 1/3L in the final.

Hartpury’s rowers were also in action at Henley Women’s Regatta on the Thames at the weekend.

The junior crew had hoped to put the disappointment of the National Schools’ Regatta behind them, where they led to within yards of the line only to shipwreck and miss a medal.

And they placed second fastest out of 35 in the opening Henley time-trial, and then beat York City in the opening round of the 16-boat main draw to make the quarter-finals.

But Oxford outfit Headington, who had qualified sixth fastest, had the edge in the next race winning by 1L.

Monmouth Comprehensive’s junior quad scull qualified 12th fastest to secure one of the 16 slots on offer in the main draw, but then drew quickest qualifiers Henley RC, and despite a brave fight lost out by 1 1/4L.

In the Aspirational quadruple sculls, Hartpury’s quartet beat Glasgow University in the opening round but went out to Hampton club Molesey at the next stage.

Ross RC missed out by 12secs on a place in the eight-boat J16 quads main draw finishing 13th, while Monmouth School for Girls’ J16 coxed four were 11secs out placing 15th.