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Last Saturday (11th September) Ryde Rowing Club competed in the 54th South
Coast Rowing Championships, which included the 5th South Coast Junior Regatta,
held on Wimbleball Lake in Somerset and hosted by the West of England Amateur
Rowing Association - and it was in the Junior Regatta where the Club had most
success.
The Clubs J14 Coxed Quad of Dale Buckett, Max Reeve, Sam Corney and Harvey
Kirkby with Bryony Reeve coxing, having been narrowly beaten in the same event
last year when racing above their age group, made amends with a reasonably
comfortable win against a strong field. Unfortunately both Sam - in the J14 Boys
Sculls and Harvey Kirkby in the J13 Boys sculls - had to compete in these events
soon after this final giving them little time to recover - as a result Sam
finished 4th in his race - amd Harvey failed to reach the start line in time.
But further good results followed with the J15 Mixed Coxed Quad of - Andreas
Hicks, Holly Evans, Charlie Gedling and Christian Lacey with katie Corney
steering in her first race for the Club finished in 4th Place, the Girls J16
Double Scull of Bryony Reeve and Holly Evans finished 2nd against limited
opposition and the Boys J14 Double Scull of Anderas Hicks and Charlie Gedling
finished in 4th place.
In the Senior Regatta there were strong performances from the Ryde Senior Men -
with Mick Jenner, in the Single Sculls finishing in 2nd place, although again
the opposition was limited - and the Men's Senior Four of Russell Page, Sam
Cocker, Ben Ade, Ian Hayden and cox Maddie Dunn, having won their heat,
finishing in 3rd place in the final in this strongly contested event with just
3/4 of a length separating the first three crews at the finish in the closest
race of the day.
The Club are very grateful to their main sponsors - Wightlink - who made this
trip possible and enabled them to help the other two Island Clubs - Newport and
Shanklin - by transporting their boats for them.
Photo: Ryde R.C's winning J14 Boys Coxed Quad with Olympic Rowing Gold Meadilst
Ed Coode, MBE who has just presented them with their Trophy.
L to R - Dale Buckett, Bryony Reeve (Cox), Max Reeve, Ed Coode, Harvey Kirkby
and Sam Corney.
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