Rowing

The 3 Island rowing clubs - Newport, Ryde and Shanklin & Sandown - combined to run the first time trial on the River Medina of 2025. The calm conditions were perfect for rowing. Division 1, over the 3400m distance, was...

The founders of Brading Haven Gig Rowers Bembridge, Sarah Price and Polly Schafer, who are part of Brading Haven Yacht Club, received the very best Christmas present they could wish for.  The pair had entered a competition that Swanage Sea...

Around 30 active members of the Wightlink Sponsored Ryde Rowing Club were involved in a Christmas row on the River Medina on Saturday 28th December 2024. A mix of Club members - old and new - spanning a range of...

Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club finishes the year in style, with national recognition at the British Rowing Awards 2024. At an event last Friday (20th December), Carter Horrix and Louis Sheasby won the Junior Crew Award, impressively overcoming stiff competition from...

Ryde Rowing Club held its Annual Presentation of Awards with over 70 members and guests in attendance at their Appley Park Clubhouse on Saturday (23rd November 2024). After the newly elected Club Captain Paddy Kearney had welcomed everyone the Event...

Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club hosted the IWRF Indoor Championships last Sunday with over 40 athletes from the 3 Island clubs taking part. The competition saw both Junior and adult rowers competing over either a timed race or the standard race...

Shanklin & Sandown’s Juniors men’s and Junior sculls crews were formally rewarded last Saturday with the prestigious Hants and Dorset Championship trophies at the Association presentation dinner in Eastleigh. The club collected 2 trophies alongside the best crews across the...

Sarah Price and Polly Schafer have been inspired to start a Gig Rowing Club in Bembridge - Brading Haven Gig Rowing Bembridge. Having attended Gig Fest, an annual event at the Duver that brings Gig Rowing Clubs from Yarmouth and...

Saturday saw Wightlink-sponsored Ryde Rowing Club enter its first Head Race of the winter season. The Head of the River Medina is a 3.5k processional race hosted by Newport Rowing Club. The race began at Newport Rowing Club and headed...

Junior crews from the Ryde Rowing Club took 3 first places at the Itchen Imperial Rowing Clubs Junior Regatta on Saturday (28th September). The rowers competed over a short 450-metre course on the River Itchen, Southampton. Racing was mainly in...