Newport Regatta.

Fours event - Saturday 9th August.

Small Boats & Junior – Sunday 10th August.

Last weekend Ryde Rowing Club competed at the last Hants & Dorset Regatta of the Season on the River Medina, Newport. This was a two day event with the Coxed Fours events taking place on the Saturday over a straight 1500m course and the Small boats and Junior events taking place on the Sunday over a 1000m course.

The Wightlink sponsored Club had a good day on the Saturday winning two of the fours event.

They had two crews competing in the Open Junior Senior Fours event with the “A” crew of Joe Roberts, Paddy Kearney, Will Hall and Isaac Gibson with Mai Read coxing winning the Final in fairly convincingly and the Club “B” crew of Ben Robotham, Joe Bird, Yogi Ashworth and Charlie Watts with Harry Watts coxing finishing in 3rd place. Ryde can now expect to be selected to represent their Association at the South Coast Rowing Championships in Plymouth on the 6th of September.

The Women’s Coastal Junior Four of Abi Locke, Fiona Owen, Alexis Owen and Emily Kellerman, with Ruby Reed coxing were comfortable winners in their heat going on to win the final convincingly. This crew had already secured the Hants & Dorset ARA Championship and representative honours for their Association at the South Coast Rowing Championships Regatta in Plymouth.

The Club also had a Women’s Novice Four of Niamh Murphy, Carla Jenkins, Demi Cranham-Ede, and Abby Bird with Mia Reed Coxing who finished 2nd in their heat – failing to make the final – and a composite Open Novice Four with Shanklin with Harry Crofts, Lucas Georgiou and Max Locke competing for Ryde with Harry Watts, coxing who finished 2nd in the Final.

Ryde Rowing Clubs young Coxswain Ruby Read was also voted the Hants & Dorset Cox of the day.

On the Sunday – in the Small Boats and Junior Regatta the Ryde Club had mixed fortunes.

There was an impressive debut for the Clubs Open J14 Coxed Quad of Harry Watts, Dexter Robson, Rosie Morris and Lenny Cranham-Ede with the experienced Mai Reed coxing – who finished 3rd in the Final but acquitted themselves really well in what was their first race for all of them except the cox.

The Club had two Open Senior Pairs crews competing – the “A” crew of Paddy Kearney and Charlie Watts finished 2nd in their heat and failed to make the Final. But the “B” of Will Hall and Joe Roberts – who also finished 2nd in their heat, qualified for the final as fastest loser where they finished in 3rd place

The Club also had a crew of Joe Bird and Max Locke competing in the Open Coastal Junior Pairs where they finished in 2nd place in their heat failing to make the final.

In the Open Novice Single Scull event Isaac Gibson – the Ryde “A” sculler was 1st in his heat and 3rd in the Final while Charlie Watts the “B” sculler went one better – also winning his heat and finishing in 2nd place in the Final.

In the Women’s Novice Single Scull the Clubs “A” Sculler – Stella Baisley – won her heat and finished 2nd in the Final with the Clubs “B” Sculler - Emiley Kellerman also winning her heat and finishing 3rd in the final.

The Club also had two Boys J16 Single scullers competing – the Clubs “A” sculler unfortunately capsized prior to the start and was unable to compete but the Clubs “B” Sculler – Joe Bird won his heat finishing 2nd in the Final.

Finally, the Club had a J16 Girls single sculler – Alexis Owen – who also won her and finished in 2nd place in the Final.