SOUTHAMPTON COASTAL HEAD OF THE RIVER, Saturday, 14th April 2018.

A small squad of just the one crew from the Wightlink sponsored Ryde Rowing Club competed in their first competition of the season on Saturday, 14th April) after several earlier planned events had been cancelled due to the weather.

The boys J14 Coxed four of Josh Lee, Tye Cameron, Ben Sanderson, Austin Smith with Danny Sanderson coxing raced in the Men’s Novice Fours section in Division one of the Head Race which takes the form of a time trial over the four and a half mile course on the River Itchen, The crew produced a good performance in a strongly contested section to finish 3rd in a time of 17 minutes 59 seconds.

On Saturday (21st April) the Ryde Boys J16 coxed four will represent the Wessex Region in this event at the GB Junior Inter-Regional Regatta at the National Water sports Centre in Nottingham where they will be joined by the Clubs J16 girl – Freya Drage – who has been selected to represent the region as part of the composite Girls J16 Eight.