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There were mixed results for Ryde Rowing Club at the 1st Hants & Dorset Amateur Rowing Association Regatta at Milford-on-Sea on Saturday (14th May).
The Men’s Coastal Junior Four of Tom Jacques, Joel Smith, Austin Smith, and Matt Chambers ‒ coxed by Bryony Reeve ‒ were leading their final at the turning mark but missed the buoy turn and were disqualified.
Both Men’s Novice 4s ‒ the A Crew of Bradley Whiting, Elliott O’Sullivan, Will Hall, Paddy Kearney, and cox Mai MacKay and the B Crew of Isaac Gibson, Dan Sanderson, Yogi Ashworth, Lars Groothuis, and cox Graham Reeve ‒ qualified for the final, each finishing in 3rd place in their respective heats.
In the final, the A Crew rowed well to finish in 2nd place, and the B Crew acquitted themselves well to finish 6th. The B crew then went on to compete in the Boys’ J16 Coxed 4s event, where they finished 4th.
In their 1st competitive race together, the Ladies Novice Four of Hanna Lake, Freya Drage, Chloe Hughes, Niamh Murphy, and cox Mai MacKay finished well down the field in their final.
The Ryde Men’s Coastal Junior Pair crew of Ben Sanderson and Joel Smith raced well to finish 3rd in their final. Ben Sanderson then competed in the Men’s Novice Sculls event, where he was well placed at the turn in his heat but fell back on the return leg to finish 4th, just missing out on a place in the final.
In the Ladies Novice Sculls final Niamh Murphy finished 6th.
