It was a busy weekend for the Wightlink-sponsored Ryde Rowing Club, with action in both Southampton and Kent.
At the Southampton Coalporters Regatta, on the river Itchen, on Saturday, June 10, Stella Baisley and novice Chloe Hughes won the Ladies Coastal Junior Pairs and their second Hampshire and Dorset ARA Point of the season – as well as promotion to Ladies Senior status for next season.
Action was over a 1,500 metre course, with a racing turn and a maximum of three boats racing.
The Men’s Coastal Junior Four A crew, Matt Chalmers, Ben Sanderson, Will Hall and Paddy Kearney, with Mia Mackay coxing, won their heat with comparative ease but unfortunately came up against the current H&D Championship Leaders from Southampton and a very good Christchurch crew in the semi-final and could only manage third.
The Men’s Coastal Junior Four B crew of Joe Bird, Matt Groothuis, Charlie Watts, Dan Sanderson, and Mia Mackay coxing, finished third in their heat.
Dan Sanderson and Matthew Groothuis finished third in their Men’s Coastal Junior Pair semi-final.
On Sunday, June 11, at Folkestone Regatta, crews competed in borrowed boats.
Men’s novice sculler, club captain, Ben Sanderson, had an excellent scull in his final winning the race by three lengths.
The Men’s Coastal Junior Four Crew of Dan Sanderson, Ben Sanderson, Will Hall and Paddy Kearney, with Bryony Reeve coxing, won their event by a length and a half.
The Men’s Coastal Junior Pair of Will Hall and Paddy Kearney suffered from some equipment and boat issues and could only manage fifth.
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