Latest Newsletter March 2008

PLEASE NOTE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE NOW DUE.

The General Committee has agreed, for the third consecutive year, that their will be no increase in subscriptions for 2008. Current rates of subscription, if paid before 1st May, 2008 when the prompt payment discount ends are as follows:-  Rowing - £70; Social Rowing - £40; Country - £40; Cadet (under 18) - £40; Cadet (under 16) - £15; Associate - £12; Non-rowing cadet - £5. Payment can be made to the Duty Bar person at the Clubhouse, or sent to the Membership Secretary, Don Hickman, 145, Great Preston Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight. PO33 1AZ. Cheques should be made payable to "Ryde Rowing Club". It will be of great assistance to the Club if your subscriptions can be paid promptly - after 1st May the prompt payment discount ends and an increased rate of subscription will apply. more ....

Head of the Stour 9th March 2008

Ryde Rowing Club, sponsored by Wightlink I.W. Ferries continued their preparations for the new Coastal season with a trip to Christchurch for the Head of the Stour, returning to the Island with an impressive haul of five wins.

In the first division the Club concentrated on single sculls with seven scullers competing. Mike Jenner produced the fastest time of the day of any single sculler to win the Men's Open Veteran event in a time of 12 minutes 38 seconds. Ian Hayden was the next Ryde Sculler home in 12 minutes 53 seconds to win the Coastal Junior Section, followed by Nick Pike in 13 minutes 11 seconds to record 2nd place in the Men's Senior Coastal Sculls. The young Ryde Novice Sculler Tom Clark completed the course in an impressive time of 13 minutes 31 seconds to win the Novice Section. Ben Ade secured 2nd place in the Men's Coastal Junior Sculls with his time of 13 minutes 56 seconds and Stu Johnson was 5th in the Men's Coastal Sculls with a time of 14minutes 55 seconds. Alan Evans was 3rd in the Men's River Veteran Sculls in a time of 18minutes 41 seconds. more....

Thames Valley Trial Head. Sunday, 27th January, 2008

Ryde Rowing Club returned to the scene of last years South Coast Senior Fours Championship  triumph, the 2012 Olympic Regatta venue at Dorney Lake, Eton, for their first competative event of the year.

The event was the Thames Valley Trial Head, and although their was no Senior Four available as a result of illness and holidays the Wightlink sponsored club still managed to take a group of eighteen athletes of all ages and statuses along. Racing was in the form of a time trial, over a 1900m course with crews starting, in statuses, at approximately fifteen second intervals, across two divisions. more....

Scullers Head of the River Race,Tideway, Saturday, 1st December.

Two of Ryde Rowing Clubs Senior Oarsman, Nick Pike and Mike Jenner, competed in the Scullers Head of the River Race on the Thames on Saturday (1st December) against some of the best single scullers in the country.

The race, over four and half miles, from Mortlake to Putney, is the reverse on the University boat race course and is a time trial with scullers starting at approximately ten second intervals in their status and in the order that they finished last years race. Four hundred and twenty seven scullers started the race.

Mike Jenner finished in 6th place in the Men's Veteran B status, 115th overall, in a time of 22minutes, 50.43 seconds. Nick Pike, racing in the Men's Veteran C section finished in 10th place,    133rd overall, with a time of 23 minutes 0.62 seconds. Mike and Nick recorded the best times from the scullers entered from any of the South Coast Clubs.

This was the Wightlink sponsored Ryde Rowing Club's last competitive races of 2007 although training sessions continue throughout the winter, both on and off the water. The 2008 racing program is still under consideration but the Club expects to compete on the mainland at least once a month in January through March in preparation for next years Coastal season which starts with Ryde Regatta on Saturday, 24th May.

Ryde Rowing Club Presentation Dinner

Ryde Rowing Club celebrated a very successful season, in which they won the Hants & Dorset, South Coast and National Men's Senior Coastal Fours Championships and the Men's National and Hants & Dorset Coastal Senior Sculls Titles, at their Annual Presentation Dinner at Yelfs Hotel, Union Street, Ryde on Saturday, 17th November. more...

 

 

RYDE R. C. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

In accordance with Rule 11 the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of RYDE ROWING CLUB will take place at the Clubhouse, Appley Park, Ryde, on THURSDAY, 18th OCTOBER, 2007 at 8.00pm.

Itchen Imperial Rowing Clubs Junior Regatta

Wightlink sponsored Ryde Rowing Club took a team of ten Juniors to the Itchen Imperial Rowing Clubs Junior Regatta on Saturday (29th September) returning with one win and four second places.The win came in the Girls J14/J13 Coxed Quad, where racing against older opposition the Ryde Crew of Holly Evans, Leona Fisk, El ena Gaskin and Emily Rose with Coach Petra Saunders Coxing comfortably held off a challenge from Poole Rowing Club over the final stages of the race. more...

Annual Dinner & Presentation of Awards - Saturday, 17th November, 2007.
Location: Yelfs Hotel, Union Street, Ryde – where the Club was founded – 130 years ago!
Time: 6.45 for 7.15pm until late.
Guest Speaker: Debbie Flood, from the 2007 World Championship winning GB Women’s Quad. more.....

South Coast Championships - Ryde Mens Senior for Win Gold

Ryde Rowing Club's Men's Senior Fours Crew of Ben Ade, Mike Jenner, Matt Allsopp, Ian Hayden and cox Bryony Reeve, duly completed the "Triple Crown" of Coastal rowing on Saturday when they added the South Coast Mens Senior Fours Championship to the already secured Hants & Dorset ARA Mens Senior Fours title and the National Coastal Champions title to complete a fantastic season for the Wightlink sponsored Club. They received their Championship Medals and the famous "Bidiford Bowl"  from four time Olympic Gold-medal winning oarsman Sir Matthew Pinsent, CBE,
at a ceremony in the Clubhouse during Saturday evening.  This is the fourth time the Club has won the South Coasts most important rowing title, following wins in 1985, 1986 and 1987 and they are one of only
six Hants & Dorset Clubs to have won the Senior title - with only Christchurch having won it on more occasions. more....

Ryde win Sports Club of the Year 2007

Ryde Rowing Club won out to pick up this year’s coveted ‘Sports Club of the Year’ prize, along with a cheque for £6,000. Based in the Isle of Wight the club offers a wide range of opportunities to become involved in coaching and competitions. As part of a pilot scheme, Ryde also introduced over 300 participants from local middle schools to the sport. more .....