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Ryde Rowing Clubs veteran squad competed in the Henley Veteran Regatta last
weekend (9th/10th July). This Regatta has been held on the week following Henley
Royal Regatta since 1994 and is hosted and run by Upper Thames Rowing Club over
1000m of the the Henley Royal Regatta course. The regatta has grown into an
internationally recognised event for veterans or masters crews and competitors
come from all over the world to compete making the standard very high.
The Wightlink sponsored Ryde Club competed in the event for the first time last
year and had a quad and two scullers reach their respective finals. They
travelled to Henley this year with high hopes of doing better - but in spite of
a strong performance from the squad - racing against some of the best Veteran
oarsman in the world - they will be disappointed with their results.
The quad - Russell Page, Mick Jenner, Nick Pike and Ian Hayden - racing in the
Veteran/Masters "C" event fought through several round to reach the semi-final
of their event where they missed out on a place in the final by just two feet. A
similar fate befell Russell Page and Nick Pike in their Veteran/Masters "C"
single sculls event - where they also missed out in the semi-finals, with Mick
Jenner loosing in an earlier round.
But Ian Hayden, racing in the Veteran/Masters "B" event went one better reaching
the final of his event before loosing once again to Praed of Auriol-Kensington
R. C. - who beat him in last years final!
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