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RYDE BECOME THE FIRST ISLAND ROWING CLUB TO COMPETE AND WIN AT THE BRITISH
ROWING MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
British Rowing Masters Championship Regatta. Sunday, 13th June, 2010.
RYDE BECOME THE FIRST ISLAND ROWING CLUB TO COMPETE AND WIN AT THE BRITISH
ROWING MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Ryde has become the first Island Rowing Club to compete and win medals at
British Rowings Maters Championships, held at the National Water Sports Centre
in Nottingham on Sunday, 13th June. Over four hundred and twenty crews and
Scullers competed at the long established National Veteran Championship Regatta,
which has been re-named as a “Masters” event – in-line with international
regulations.
The Ryde Club had a coxless quad, of Russell Page, Simon Saunders, Mick Jenner
and Ian Hayden, racing at Masters/Veteran B status for which they had high
hopes, but an equipment failure just after the start cost them dear and they
dropped behind the leading crews before recovering to finish in 3rd place – but
outside the medals due to the limited entry in this event.
The four members of the quad the raced in singles with Simon Saunders and Ian
Hayden racing in the Veteran/Masters “B” status and Mick Jenner and Russell Page
at Veteran/Masters “C” where, in both events, the competition was much stronger
requiring the scullers to battle through a number of heats to reach the finals.
For Simon Saunders, who has only just returned to competitive rowing, the
standard proved to be too high and in spite of a good performance he failed to
make the final. However there were no such issues for Ian Hayden, who won his
heat and semi-final to cruise into the final where he produced another fine
performance to take the Gold medal.
Both Russell Page and Mick Jenner fought their way through hotly contested heats
to reach their final where Mick Jenner finished in the Bronze medal position to
secure the Club its second medal of the day and Russell Page finished in 6th
place.
The veteran squad will now focus on the Henley Veterans Regatta in mid July
before competing in the last few Coastal Regatta’s.
Photo: Ryde R. C. Veteran B Sculler - Ian Hayden. Gold Medalist. British Rowing
Matsers Championships.
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