SOUTH COAST ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS. SATURDAY, 18th SEPTEMBER, ROYAL VICTORIA COUNTRY PARK, NETLEY, SOUTHAMPTON.
/SOUTH COAST ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS. SATURDAY, 18th SEPTEMBER, ROYAL VICTORIA COUNTRY PARK, NETLEY, SOUTHAMPTON.
Crews from the Wightlink sponsored Ryde Rowing Club competed in the season’s hi-light – the South Coast Rowing Championships at the Royal Victoria Country Park, Netley, Southampton on Saturday (18th September, 2021).
This event is the culmination of the season where the Champions and runners-up from the three South Coast Rowing Associations – the Coast Amateur Rowing Association, the West of England Rowing Association and the Hants & Dorset – and IW – Rowing Association – meet to decide the overall champions at each status and this is supported by the open events and Junior Regatta. This year’s event was hosted by the Hants & Dorset ARA and proved to be a very successful and well organised Regatta with great credit to the organising committee which included Ryde’s Steve & Josie Bull.
Ryde’s Men’s Senior Four – of Matt Allsopp, Mike Ewing, Alex Miller and Tom Hammond, coxed by Jo Ewing were selected to represent the Hants & Dorset ARA – the thirty-ninth time a crew from the Club has represented the Association - however they will have been disappointed with their 4th place in the event.
However the Ryde Club did have some success in the open events where the Clubs Men’s Junior Senior Four of Joel & Austin Smith, Dale Buckett and Ben Sanderson coxed by Emily Faithfull very comfortably won their event.
The Clubs Novice B Crew of Bradley Whiting, Seb McKeown, David Baer and Paddy Kearney with Emily Faithful coxing in the heat where the finished in second place to qualify for the final – where, with Cayman Adams coxing, they finished in 4th place.
The Clubs Novice A Crew of Will Hall, Gulley Roughan, Tom Kerver and Dan Sanderson with Cayman Adams coxing again finished 4th in their heat failing to make their final.
The Club’s Ladies Coastal Junior Four of Beth Walpole, Julia Clarke – on loan from Newport – Stella Baisley and Niamh Murphy with Mai Mackay Coxing also finished 4th in the heat failing to make the final.
The Boys J16 crew of David Baer, Elliott O’Sullivan, Bradley Whiting and Dan Sanderson with Mai Mackay Coxing once again raced in a Coxed Quad in the Junior Regatta – raced over the shorter 1000m course – finishing 3rd in their heats to qualify for the final where they finished in 6th place.
