Rowing

Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club travelled to Southampton at the weekend for the BTC Spring Head and returned with 4 victories and a 2nd from the 5 crews entered. The race against the clock over a 5km course on the River...

Newport - with the support of the other island clubs - hosted the 1st of 2 time trials on the Medina this winter on Sunday (11th February). The 1st Division was rowed over the 3.3km Head of the Medina course,...

A matched-funding grant from the national charity RALPHH has enabled the Isle of Wight’s oldest rowing club to install weatherproof defibrillation equipment onto the exterior of its clubhouse. Newport Rowing Club has been in existence since 1863. It is a...

Newport Rowing Club hosted the revamped Head of the Medina Race on Saturday (14th October).  The race has a long history in the club but has not been run since 1999. The club decided it was time that the island...

Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club travelled to events in Southampton and London last weekend. Whilst the majority of the clubs’ juniors were in Southampton for Itchen Junior, Louis Sheasby and Carter Horrix were competing on the River Thames in the J16...

A small group of the Wightlink sponsored Ryde Rowing Club Juniors competed in the Itchen Imperial Rowing Clubs Junior Regatta, over a short 450m straight course on the River Itchen in Southampton on Sunday (8th October). The 1st success came...

Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club rowers Emily Faithfull and Riley Horrix recently competed for their country in 2 events at the beginning of the month. Emily was part of the England team at the Home International beach sprint held in Wales,...

Ryde Rowing Club competed in the final event of the Coastal Championship season on Saturday (16th September) - the South Coast Rowing Championships at Folkestone. At the Championship Regatta, each Association nominates 2 – and sometimes 3 – representative crews...

Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club travelled to Folkestone for the South Coast championships: the grand finale of the coastal season. The Junior squad secured two victories with the Girls J14 quad of Izzy Bounds, Layla Katirewa, Ella Haydon, Immy Burfitt and...

Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club travelled to Dorset, for the rerun of Poole’s annual regatta last weekend. The squad bowed out on a successful domestic season in some style, winning both the overall aggregate trophy for the most successful club, and...