Rowing

Toby Batchelor and Ollie Coulson from Newport Rowing Club notched up their opening win of the season in the Hants & Dorset Poole Regatta last Saturday. Rowing in the Junior Pair event they took an early lead against a strong...

Kayleigh Batchelor Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club enjoyed a successful day at Poole Regatta with 3 wins and a number of podium positions. Kayleigh Batchelor won the Ladies Novice sculls race with clubmate Yas Wright securing an excellent 3rd place in...

Joel Smith. Junior Sculls Winner It was a slightly frustrating day for Ryde Rowing Club at the second Hants & Dorset ARA Regatta of the season in Poole on Saturday (10th July) as although they came home with a win,...

Ryde Rowing Club finally returned to mainland competition on Saturday (3rd July) as the Hants & Dorset Amateur Rowing Association 2021 season finally got underway again after more than a year’s absence. All COVID-19 precautions were undertaken and there was...

Some sparkling performances lit up a damp and grey Saturday evening for the third and final Isle of Wight Rowing Forum time trials. Run over a 1500m course on the River Medina, rowers aged from 12 to 75 posted their...

The second rowing time trial, organised by the IOW Forum, is now gathering momentum. Racing over the full 2000m course, gave another 29 crews a unique race experience as Ryde, Shanklin, and Newport rowing clubs battled it out on the...

Whilst the annual Hants and Dorset rowing regattas have been postponed until at least July, clubs across the Isle of Wight collaborated last Saturday to ensure Island rowers could enjoy some competitive experience, many for the first time, in the...

Ryde Rowing Club has announced that due to COVID restrictions and ongoing Southern Water works at Appley, the annual Regatta will not take place in May as planned. The roadmap out of lockdown, as outlined by the Government, has made...

With the rowing season effectively cancelled this year and any mainland competition unlikely for the foreseeable future, rowers from across the Island took part in the first Autumn time trials series on the River Medina on Saturday. A joint venture...

Members of Newport Rowing Club have made it across the finish line in their virtual Atlantic row. They embarked on the challenge 5 weeks ago, following the course of the world-famous Talisker Atlantic Challenge from the Canaries to Antigua. With...