BTC Regatta. Saturday, 22nd June 2024.
/BTC Regatta. Saturday, 22nd June 2024.
Ryde Rowing Club competed at the BTC Rowing Club Regatta at Western Shore, Woolston, Southampton on Saturday (22nd June 2024) with the IOW Festival having a small impact on the number of Ryde entries.
First afloat was the Boys J16 Quad of Lars Groothuis. Lucas Georgiou, Fin Diffey and Max Locke stroke and coxed by Ruby Read who suffered from an equipment failure but rowed well to finish 4th in their final.
Next was the Clubs young Ladies Novice single sculler Lottie Pettitt who unfortunately caught a rogue wave at the turn causing her to capsize however she did really well to get back into her scull and finish the race finishing in 4th place.
The Club Coastal Junior Sculler Ben Sanderson then raced in the Coastal Junior Single Sculls finishing 6th in his final.
Newly promoted, following their win at Coalporters Regatta the previous Saturday, the Ryde Ladies Coastal Junior Coxed Four of Maggie Sanderson, Alexis Owen, Emily Kellerman and Mai Read stroking with Ruby Read coxing raced really well to finish 4th in the heat in their first race at this status.
The Men’s Coastal Junior Pair of Isaac Gibson and Joe Roberts stroking achieved the Clubs best result of the day finishing 2nd in their final.
In the Men’s Novice Fours final, the young Ryde crew of Lucas Georgiou, Yogi Ashworth, Fin Diffey, Ben Robotham, stroke and Lottie Pettitt coxing will be slightly disappointed with their 4th place in the final.
The Ryde Club had two Novice Single Scullers racing with Paddy Kearney finishing in 3rd place and Lars Groothuis finishing in 5th in their Final.
In the Men’s Senior Pairs, the Ryde pair of Paddy Kearney and Will Hall finished in 5th place in their final.
The final event of the day was a non-status coxed fours mixed race where the Ryde Club entered one crew consisting of Lottie Pettitt, Joe Roberts, Isaac Gibson, Max Lock with Paddy Kearney coxing who finished 7th and a Composite Four with Poole with mother and son Maggie and Ben Sanderson combining with two members of Poole Rowing Club, coxed by Mia Read, of Ryde, who finished in 9th place.
