SOUTHSEA REGATTA. 9th JULY, 2005.
Ryde Sculler Nick Pike took another significant step towards retaining his
Hants & Dorset ARA Senior Sculls
Championship on Saturday with another fine
win at Southsea Regatta, which was all the more
impressive with the stronger
field as the two Coastal Rowing Associations meet at this event for the
only time before the South Coast
Championships in September. The Wightlink sponsored
Ryde Club also showed a strength in depth in Senior
Sculling with two other
scullers - Mike Jenner and Matt Allsopp reaching the final and
finishing 4th and 6th respectively.
A second win for the Club came in the Novice Ladies Fours, where the Ryde
A Crew of Kim Salter, Chloe Attrill, Sophie Draper and Rachael
Brimstone, coxed by Jasmine Burr-Hersey completed
their anticipated second win in fine
style to gain promotion to Coastal Junior status. A good performance from
the Novice Ladies B Crew, Crew of Rachael Middle, Amy Dibben, Hayley
Edwards and Rachael Whitmarsh who finished 3rd gives the Club a
good chance of taking this
Hants & Dorset Championship as well.
The Men's Senior Four of Nick Pike, Mike Jenner Ian Hayden
and Matt Allsopp,
coxed by Tom Clark finished a disappointing 4th
in their final having won
their heat with comparative ease and the result for the Junior Senior
Four of Mike Palin, Matt Bull, Chris Walker, Lee Bennett, with Jamie
Lawson coxing, who finished 5th in their final
was also a slight disappointment.
The Men's Junior Four of Ben Churchill, Matt Evans, Dave
Squibb and Sam Cocker, coxed by Jodie Cocker, came
through their heat with comparative ease
but faced tougher opposition in the final where they finished in third
place missing out on the Hants & Dorset
Championship Point by just half a canvas.
Ian Dyer, James Eklund, Tom Clark, Jamie Lawson and Cox Jodie
Cocker raced in the Men's Novice four and continue to
show improvement finishing 5th in
their heat just failing to make the final.
Con & Christy Sullivan were forced to race above their status - in the
Men's Senior Pairs - because they were a late
entry and the Junior Pairs event
was full - but they acquitted themselves well and it
will be interesting to see
what they can do racing in their correct status at future Regattas.
Christy also competed in the Novice Sculls - making
his debut in this event and showing promise for the
future. Ian Hayden and Mike Jenner raced in the double
scull but could not repeat their victory of a few weeks ago -
finishing 5th in the final. Jodie Cocker and Chole Attrill completed the
largest Ryde team entered so far this season competing in the Ladies
Junior Pairs for the first time and also showed
promise for the future.
This weekend a much smaller Ryde team - just Nick Pike in the
Open Coastal sculls and the winning Novice Ladies Crew
competing this time in the J15 Girls Coxed Quad,
travel to the GB National Rowing Championships at the
National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham.
