The final time trial of the winter took place in perfect early spring conditions on the River Medina.
Crews that had performed well in the earlier events carried through their consistency to this latest test.
In Division 1 – rowing the longer 3450m course against the tide – there was another strong performance from Simon Nevitt from Shanklin, with a percentage of gold medal time (GMT) of 65%. Newport’s Men’s Junior 4 crew had the fastest time in the Division of 15.47, being 64% of GMT.
In Division 2, the shorter 1750m course was rowed with the tide, which produced faster overall times. The young scullers from Ryde (Charlie Watts U16) and Shanklin (Connie Batley-Smith U14) replicated their performances from the February trial and again had the best percentage of GMT at 75% and 74% respectively. The Newport Junior Men’s crew also had the fastest time in the Division of 7.06 but close behind them were the Ryde U16 4 with a time of 7.10.
The Isle of Wight clubs are now looking forward to larger competitions later this month in Southampton, where they can test the success of their winter training against wider competition.
