It was a slightly frustrating day for the Wightlink Sponsored Ryde Rowing Club at the second Hants and Dorset ARA Regatta at Poole on Saturday (10th July) as although they came home with one win they experienced a series of second places – in what, however, was a great set of results for the Club.
All Covid-19 precautions were undertaken by the event and the clubs and individuals in attendance.
Coastal Junior Sculler
The win came from Coastal Junior Sculler Joel Smith (pictured below) who comfortably one his event to gain promotion next year to Senior Sculling Status.
Ryde had a strong contingent of single scullers – Mike Ewing finishing second in the Men’s Senior Sculls and Emily Faithfull finishing in second place in her event the Ladies Coastal Junior Sculls.
Men’s Novice Sculls
In the Men’s Novice Sculls the Club had three Scullers competing – Austin Smith winning his heat to qualify for the Final where he finished fourth.
The other scullers in this event – Tye Cameron and Ben Sanderson both finished fourth in their respective heats just failing to make the final – and Dan Sanderson also finished in fourth place in the final of the Boys’ J16 Single Sculls event.
Men’s Senior Four
The Club’s Men’s Senior Four of Tom Hammond, Matt Allsopp, Mike Ewing and Alex Miller coxed by Jo Gapper will be slightly disappointed with their second place in their final against their old rivals from BTC following last week’s win.
Junior-Senior crew
The Club’s Junior-Senior crew of Ben Sanderson, Austin Smith, Joel Smith and Tye Cameron coxed by Emily Faithfull raced well in their first outing of the season to lead at the turn but their lack of race practice let them down on the return leg and they also finished in second place.
Men’s Novice Crews
Ryde’s two young Men’s Novice Crews both competed well – the A Crew of Paddy Kearney, Frankie Leftley, David Baer and Harry Jones coxed by Emily Faithfull (pictured at top of article) finishing second in their heat to qualify for the final where they finished in a very creditable third place.
The B Crew of Dan Sanderson, Elliott O’Sullivan, Yogi Ashworth and Tom Kerver coxed by Camon Adams finished fourth in their heat failing to make the final.
J16 Boy’s Coxed Four
A J16 Boy’s Coxed Four of Yogi Ashworth, Elliott O’Sullivan, Bradley Whiting and Dan Sanderson and coxed by Camon Adams also competed finishing fifth in their Final but showing a significant improvement on the previous week’s performance.
Ladies Novice Crew
Finally the Club boated a Ladies Novice Crew for the first time this season consisting of Beth Walpole, Stella Baisley, Niamh Murphy and Julie Clark – on loan from Newport for the Season – and coxed by Jo Gabber who raced very impressively to finish second in their heat to qualify for their final where they finished in an impressive second place.
News shared by Steve on behalf of Ryde Rowing Club. Ed
