RYDE ROWING CLUB. ITCHEN IMPERIAL ROWING CLUB REGATTA. Saturday, 27th May 2023.

RYDE ROWING CLUB. ITCHEN IMPERIAL ROWING CLUB REGATTA. Saturday, 27th May 2023.

Ryde Rowing Club made the short trip to Southampton for the Itchen Imperial Rowing Club Regatta on Saturday (27th May 2023) held over a 1400 metre course on the river Itchen where crews and scullers compete in three boat races usually involving heats and a final for each event type.

The Wightlink sponsored club had some reasonable performances from their crews and scullers – although the results were slightly disappointing.

In the Men's Coastal Junior Four the A Crew of Bradley Whiting, Ben Sanderson, Will Hunt and Paddy Kearney with a borrowed Poole Coxswain, were unfortunate enough to come up against the current championship leaders from Southampton in their heat whom they just lost to in a very close race. The Coastal Junior B Crew of Matt Chambers, Charlie Watts, Isaac Gibson, and Dan Sanderson coxed by Joe Bird also rowed well to finish 2nd in their heat.

The Men's Coastal Junior Pair A Crew of Will Hunt and Paddy Kearney rowed well to win their heat but could only manage a 2nd in their final. The Mens Coastal Junior Pair B Crew of Dan Sanderson & Charlie Watts could only manage 3rd place in their heat in a close race and the Mens Coastal Double of Isaac Gibson & Charlie Watts narrowly missed out on the final finishing 2nd in their heat

The Smith brothers – Joel and Austin – where Joel now competes for Poole Rowing Club where he now lives, raced in a Poole/Ryde Composite boat – and also finished 2nd in their heat.

The Ladies Coastal Junior Pair of Chloe Hughes and Stella Baisley will be disappointed with their performance finishing 3rd in their heat.

In the Mens Coastal Junior Single Sculls Ben Sanderson could also only manage a 3rd place in another close race while Men's Novice Sculler Dan Sanderson finished 2nd in his heat the same result that Stella Baisley achieved in her Novice Ladies Sculling race.