Rowing

Shanklin & Sandown Rowing Club enjoyed a successful start to the new Hants & Dorset season when the club travelled to Christchurch for the Head of the Stour on Sunday. The club claimed three victories in the time trial event...

Ryde Rowing Club has successfully been awarded a grant of £3,000 from the Rowing Foundation. The money will be put towards a new in-line Coastal Four/Quad boat that the club is having built by AB Composites of Cowes. The Rowing...

Wightlink has agreed to continue its sponsorship of Ryde Rowing Club for another year, taking the sponsorship through to at least December 2022. The cross-Solent ferry company provides the club with considerable assistance in transporting its competitors, coaches and equipment...

The second of the Winter time trial series was staged in the relatively calm water of the River Medina on Saturday. The event was expanded with Southsea Rowing Club making the short trip across the Solent to join the Island-based...

Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club travelled to Walton-on-Thames for the last head race of 2021, with some of their rowers experiencing a large head race for the first time. Kayleigh Batchelor finished her year with the runners up spot in the...

Wightlink-sponsored Ryde Rowing Club celebrated another successful season at a special awards presentation evening at their clubhouse on Saturday (11th December). Club Captain Graham Reeve welcomed around 40 members and guests and thanked them for attending, as well as for...

The 2021 Isle of Wight Rowing Forum Indoor Rowing Championships took place last weekend, hosted by Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club. This year the event featured adult rowers for the first time and there were some exciting races, alongside quite a...

Toby Batchelor collected Newport Rowing Club's first men's Hants & Dorset Championship at the weekend. Unfortunately, his partner in the Junior Pairs campaign, Ollie Coulson, was committed to racing on the mainland and could not attend the presentation. Toby and...

A small contingent from the Wightlink-sponsored Ryde Rowing Club attended the Annual Hants & Dorset Amateur Rowing Association Presentation Dinner at the Novotel in Southampton on Saturday 13th November. Club Oarsman Joel Smith received his trophy and medal for winning...

Following a successful Summer time trials series, Isle of Wight rowing clubs once again combined to establish close, competitive racing on the River Medina. Over 40 crews took part in breezy conditions on Saturday 30th October, with competitors ranging from...