The Ryde Ladies Novice Fours Crew comfortably won their heat and went on to win the final in a much tighter race to gain promotion to Coastal Junior Status
Matt Allsopp, Mike Ewing, Alex Miller and Tom Hammond, coxed by Jo Gabber have been selected to represent the Hants and Dorset ARA in an event at the South Coast Championships
An amazing challenge, the three Islanders will pull in excess of 1.5 million oar strokes as they row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic, where waves can measure up to 20ft high - all to raise awareness of ocean pollution