Press Release, Ryde R. C. South Coast Rowing Championships, Plymouth,
Saturday, 13th September, 2008.
RYDE ROWING CLUB. SOUTH COAST JUNIOR MENS CHAMPIONS.
Ryde
Rowing Clubs Coastal Junior Four of Callum Lowe, Tim Wiggins, Francis Moore and
Tom Clark with Bryony Reeve coxing added the South Coast Championship Title to
their Hants and Dorset Championship on Saturday (13th September) in Plymouth,
winning in a very close race against their Association rivals Southampon
Coalporters. These two crews had been selected to represent their Rowing
Associoation against the Champions and runners-up from the Coast ARA which
covers Sussex and Kent and from the West of England ARA which covers Devon and
Corwall - but none of these crews came close to threatening the domination of
the two Hants & Dorset Crews in the race - all the more surprising as these
crews had to switch to the less familer River Boats for this Regatta. The
Wightlink sponsored Ryde Crew got off to its usual fast start and took an early
lead, all be it only by about half a length, but the Coalporters crew fought
back and at the half way mark held a slight lead. But the Ryde responded well
rowing through Coalporters as the finish line approached to win by an official
margin of half a canvas to take the South Coast title to complete an outstanding
season for this young crew, three of whom were Novice Oarsman at the start of
the year.
However there was bittter disappointment from Ryde's other selected
representative crew, the Mens Senior Four of Mike Jenner, Adam Dracott, Matt
Allsopp and Ian Hayden, with Bryony Reeve coxing once again, who were defemding
the title won last year. The crew had a poor start from which they never
recovered eventually finishing in 4th place.
Ryde's other crews, entered in the open and invitation events, staged for those
not selected to represent their Associations performed well - the Mens Senior
Crew of Stu Johnson, Nick Christopher, Ollie Bottrell and Ben Ade with Elena
Gasin coxing finished 3rd in their final while the Senior Ladies Crew of Anna
Bateman, Emiley Page, Sophie Draper and Rachael Brimstone, with Elena once again
in the Coxswains seat were just pipped on the line and pushed back into 4th
place in their final - having held been in 3rd place for most of the race.
The Championship Regatta concludes another succesful season for the Wightlink
sponsored Ryde Club in which they have won the Mens Coastal Junior Fours and
Mens Senior Pairs Hants & Dorset Championships and were runners-up in the Mens
Senior, Junior and Novice Coastal Sculls in addition to their South Coast
Championship win. Photo:
Ryde Men's Junior Coxed Four, South Coast and Hants & Dorset ARA Junior
Champions.
L to R: Farncis Moore, Tim Wiggins, Bryony Reeve (Cox), Callum Lowe, Tom Clark
Ryde
Rowing Clubs Coastal Junior Four of Callum Lowe, Tim Wiggins, Francis Moore and
Tom Clark with Bryony Reeve coxing added the South Coast Championship Title to
their Hants and Dorset Championship on Saturday (13th September) in Plymouth,
winning in a very close race against their Association rivals Southampon
Coalporters. These two crews had been selected to represent their Rowing
Associoation against the Champions and runners-up from the Coast ARA which
covers Sussex and Kent and from the West of England ARA which covers Devon and
Corwall - but none of these crews came close to threatening the domination of
the two Hants & Dorset Crews in the race - all the more surprising as these
crews had to switch to the less familer River Boats for this Regatta. The
Wightlink sponsored Ryde Crew got off to its usual fast start and took an early
lead, all be it only by about half a length, but the Coalporters crew fought
back and at the half way mark held a slight lead. But the Ryde responded well
rowing through Coalporters as the finish line approached to win by an official
margin of half a canvas to take the South Coast title to complete an outstanding
season for this young crew, three of whom were Novice Oarsman at the start of
the year.