Woolston Regatta, Saturday, 27th June, 2009.

 

Western Shore, Southampton was the venue for Woolston Regatta, hosted by Southampton Rowing Club on Saturday (27th June) which marked the half way stage in the 2009 Coastal Rowing Season. Ryde Rowing Club, sponsored by Wightlink, I. W. Ferries, can be reasonably pleased with their results so far – with a leading position in three Hants & Dorset Championships – although maintaining this through the second half of the season will be a challenge.

 

There were fairly comfortable wins at the Regatta for the Ryde Men’s Senior Pair of Ben Ade and Ian Hayden, their 5th win of the season and for Men’s Senior Sculler – Mike Jenner – his 4th win to date. Ryde has dominated the Men’s Senior Sculls all season with no other Club yet to record a win – although on this occasion Ryde’s Ian Hayden and Nick Pike could only manage 3rd and 6th place behind Mike.

 

Both the Men’s Senior Pair and Mike Jenner lead their respective championships along with the Men’s Senior Four of Russell Page, Ben Ade, Mike Jenner and Ian Hayden with cox Bryony Reeve who finished 2nd in their final although they were closing fast on the race leaders BTC at the finish having rowed through the Itchen Senior Four during the final stages of the race after a poor start.

 

Their performance may well have been affected by Ben Ade competing in the Junior Sculls the race before, having already raced in the pair. Ben finished 5th in the Sculls race, his Ryde colleague, Tom Clark finishing second.

 

The Men’s Novice Four of Donat Debrecan, Curtis Lowe, James Cleary and John Gedling with Dale Buckett coxing will be disappointed to have just missed out on the final – having been beaten in to 4th place in their heat – with less than half a length separating them a 4th consecutive place in the Final.

Newport Regatta, Saturday, 6th June 

Ryde won the top event at Newport’s Rowing Club’s Annual Regatta on Saturday (6th June) in  another successful day for the Wightlink sponsored Club.

 

The Men’s Senior A Crew of Russell Page, Mike Jenner, Ben Ade and Ian Hayden – with Bryony Reeve coxing maintained their recent impressive form dominating their heat and going on to comfortably win the final. The Men’s Senior B Crew of Mark Singleton, Nick Pike, Sam Cocker and Stuart Johnson with Max Reeve in the coxswains seat were unfortunate to be drawn against their A Crew in the heat – or they to may well have reached the final.

 

The Men’s Junior Senior Fours of Callum Lowe, Tom Clark with Novices Florrin Behrle, and John Gedling making up the crew – and Dale Buckett coxing did exceptionally well to reach their final where they finished 3rd behind Shanklin and Coalporters – but can claim a share in Shanklin’s win as they borrowed Ryde coxswain Bryony Reeve to steer their boat.

 

The Men’s Novice Four of John Gedling, James Cleary, Curtis Lowe and Donatt Debrecan with Dale Buckett in the Coxswians seat once again also finished 3rd having maintained the progress made in recent weeks to reach a third consecutive Novice Final.

 

With no pairs racing at Newport because of the restrictions of tide the focus then switched to the single sculls.

 

Ryde dominated the Men’s Senior Sculls – with all three scullers in the final coming Ryde – where Ian Hayden, benefiting from the straight course and calm conditions,  achieved a first ever Senior Sculls win – with Mike Jenner in second and Nick Pike in third.

 

Coastal Junior Sculler Tom Clark sculled well to reach the final but will be disappointed to have to finished 2nd after winning in previous weeks. However Novice Sculler Florrin Behrle will be pleased with his performance in reaching the final where he finished 3rd. Ryde other Novice Scullers – Callum Lowe, Stu Johnson and Sam Cocker, in his first sculling race all competed well but failed to make the final.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos:

1)      Winning Men’s Senior Sculler – Ian Hayden.

2)      Winning Men’s Senior Four  – Russell Page, Mike Jenner, Ben Ade, Ian hayden, Bryony Reeve

 

Milford on Sea Regatta, Saturday, 30th May

Ryde Rowing Clubs excellent start to the season continued at Lymington Rowing Clubs Regatta, held at Milford-on-Sea, on Saturday (30th May) with the Wightlink sponsored Club returning to the Island with five wins.

Their best performance was probably that of their Men’s Senior Four of Russell Page, Mike Jenner, Ben Ade and Ian Hayden – with young Max Reeve coxing at this level, the highest in Coastal rowing, for the first time. The crew had a good start and were well placed at the turn when the race was stopped following an infringement at that led to a disqualification. In the re-row the Ryde crew made an even better start which again had the well in contention at the buoy turn after which they steadily pulled away from the rest of the field to take their 2nd Senior Fours win of the season.

Another impressive victory came in the Men’s Senior Pairs where Ben Ade and Ian Hayden, who are unbeaten so far this season, clocked-up the Clubs fourth successive win to further enhance their chance of retaining this Championship.

Mike Jenner won the Men’s Senior Sculls to take that Championship point and draw level with Club rival Nick Pike with two points each – and to share the lead in the Championship. Nick was looking highly likely to finish 2nd to Mike when he fell foul of the inside course marker leading to his disqualification. 

Another close contest between two Ryde Scullers came in the Men’s Junior Sculls with Tom Clark getting the better of Ben Ade on this occasion, winning the event, with Ben second. They to now have two Championship Points each and lead the chase for this Championship.

The Men’s Novice Sculls Final was very eventful – as it coincided with the worst conditions of the day resulting in four of the eight Scullers capsizing including Ryde Sculler Callum Lowe. The other two – Florian Behrle and Stu Johnson battled through finishing in 3rd and 4th place respectively.

Tom Clark joined the three Novice Scullers along with Cox Dale Buckett to race in a Coastal Coxed Quad – which they won securing the Clubs fifth win of the day – and the first time the Club has won a Coastal race in this discipline.

The Men’s Novice Four of  John Gedling, James Cleary, Curtis Lowe and Donatt Debrecan with Dale Buckett in the Coxswians seat once again continued their recent progress finishing 3rd in their heat to secure a place in the final where they finished 6th

BTC Southampton Regatta, Saturday, 23rd May, 2009.

 Holidays and injury led to a depleted team from the Wightlink sponsored Ryde Rowing Club competing at BTC Rowing Club Regatta, held at western shore, Southampton,  on Saturday (23rd May, 2009) but they still returned to the Island with two wins to their credit.
 
 In the Men's Senior Pairs a new format of Russell Page, racing in this event for the first time this season, with current H&D Champion Ian Hayden, dominated the race winning by four lengths to claim a 3rd Championship Point - extend the clubs unbeaten run - and put them well on the way to defending the Championship title won last years in this status.
 
 Ryde also continued their domination this season in the Men's Senior Sculls events with Mike Jenner winning comfortably to claim his first point of the season and close the gap on Ryde's Nick Pike who was not in attendance. Ian Hayden, recently returned from injury, also competed in the Men's Senior Sculling event, finishing in 3rd place proving he is nearly back to his best and ready to challenge for the title as well.
 
 The Men's Junior Senior Crew of  Florian Behrle, Callum Lowe, Tim Wiggins and Tom Clark with Bryony Reeve coxing contested a very competitive race - finishing second to Island rivals Shanklin. Florian and Callum then went on to compete in the Men's Novice sculls finishing 5th and 7th respectively in their final. Tom Clark was scheduled to compete in the men's Junior Sculls but with the Regatta running late and the risk of running out of water the starters were unable to wait for him to reach the start of his event which was the race after the Junior Senior Final. He arrived on the line a full minute after the other scullers has started and although bravely giving chase had given himself far to much to do.
 
 The Men's Novice Crew of John Gedling, Donnatt Debrecan, Curtis Lowe and James Cleary with Dale Buckett coxing produced a much improved performance, finishing 3rd in their heat, to claim a place in their first Novice Final - where admittedly they found the going much tougher finishing 6th are a spirited row.

Wessex Junior Regatta 14th June 09

On the Sunday (14th June) a team of eight Ryde Juniors – all under 16 – raced in the Wesssex Junior Regatta, held at Bryanston School, in Dorset, where they competed in a number of boat types in different age groups.

The Club produced an excellent, if slightly frustrating sent of results, recording six second places but just failing to register a win. There were second places for Bryony Reeve, racing above her age group, in the Girls J16 single; for Harvey Kirkby in the J11/J12 single; for the Girls J15 Coxed quad of Sophie Maxwell, Bryony Reeve, Holly Evans, Leona Fisk and Cox Max Reeve and for the Boys J13 Coxed Quad of Sam Corney, Dale Buckett, Harry Carpenter and Max Reeve, with Bryony Reeve coxing.

In the Boys J13 Single Sculls Dale Buckett and Max Reeve reached the semi-finals – with Sam Corney going one better to reach the final where he was narrowly beaten. There was a similar story in the Boys J13 Double Sculls where Sam Corney and Harry Carpenter were knocked out in the semi-final by club rivals Max Reeve and Dale Buckett who were again narrowly defeated in the final. Harvey Kirkby competed in a composite double with BTC – but they were knocked out in the semi-final.

Holly Evans reached the quarter final of the Girls J14 Single and also competed in a Girls composite J14 coxed quad with girls from Christchurch and Itchen Imperial Rowing Clubs reaching the semi-final of their event.

Bryony Reeve and Leona Fisk also competed in the Girls J15 Double Scull finishing in reaching the semi-finals and winning the 3rd and 4th place row-off. They also competed individually in the Girls J15 singles – Leona, in her first single sculling race going out in the first round and Bryony reaching the semi-final.

Photo: Ryde Junior Squad at the Wessex Junior Regatta.

Poole Regatta, Saturday, 13th June

It was a busy weekend for the Wightlink sponsored Ryde Rowing Club as they competed at the Hants & Dorset Championship Regatta at Poole on the Saturday (13th June) and the Wessex Junior Regatta on the Sunday (14th June).

Inevitably the IW Festival reduced the numbers competing from the Club at Poole Regatta but in spite of this the Ryde Club maintained their good start to the season returning to the Island with two wins.

The Club continued its domination of the Men’s Senior Sculls with Mike Jenner winning a close race from club rival Ian Hayden who finished 2nd. Ian then teamed up with Russell Page to race in the Men’s Senior Pairs, where, while well in contention, they impeded a crew from Itchen Imperial Rowing Club resulting in a justified disqualification and their first defeat in this event this season.

Russell Page made amends in the Double sculls, winning comfortably after teaming up with Novice Sculler and exchange student Florrin Behrle, who was competing for the Club for the last time for a while as he returns home to Germany next week.

Florrin also raced in the Men’s Novice Four with Donnatt Debrecan, Curtis Lowe, John Gedling and Cox Dale Buckett – who continued to show improvement, winning their heat and finishing 4th in the final – their best result of the season to date.