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Last Saturday (19th June) saw the Wightlink sponsored Ryde Club compete at
the latest Hants & Dorset ARA Championship Regatta at Poole.
The Clubs J14 Boys crew of Andreas Hicks, Charlie Gedling, Dale Buckett and Max
Reeve with cox Bryony Reeve, competed in the Men’s Novice Four against – much
older and larger opposition where, although failing to make the final, they
produced a very encouraging performance. They then competed in the J16 Fours –
with just one change, Sam Corney coming in for Andreas Hicks and where, once
again they were competing against older opposition, and they finished in an
impressive 2nd place – with the gap between them and the leaders closing fast at
the finish.
Sam Corney and Harvey Kirkby also competed in the Boys J16 Sculls event, again
against older opposition, Sam finishing in 2nd place and Harvey in 5th in a
closely contested final.
Ian Hayden, fresh from his gold medal winning performance at the GB Masters
Championships, competed in the Men’s Senior Sculls securing a relatively
comfortable victory to put himself back in the lead for this Championship – he
then paired up with J14 oarsman Andreas Hicks to race in a coxless double, where
they finished 3rd in the final.
Bryony Reeve and Holly Evans competed in the Girls J16 fours in a composite crew
with BTC finishing in 3rd place.
James Cleary, making his debut in the Men’s Novice Sculls event was well in
contention in his heat at the turn but his inexperience let him down and he just
failed to make the final.
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