Ryde Rowing Club had their largest entry of the season to date with 4 4s, 3 coxless pairs, and 4 single scullers, entered for Woolston Regatta, held at Western Shore, Southampton, on Saturday (16th July).
The outstanding performance of the day for the Ryde Club came from their young J16 Coxed Quad crew of Edward Williams, Elliott O’Sullivan, Bradley Whiting, and Yogi Ashworth – coxed by Mia Mackay – who comfortably won their event.
Dale Buckett, following an impressive run at Henley Royal Regatta – where he reached the Semi-final of the Wyfold Cup – was competing for Ryde at a Hants & Dorset Regatta for the 1st time this season and did well in the Men’s Senior Sculls to finish in 3rd place. He then went on to compete with Joel & Austin Smith and Ben Sanderson – coxed by Bryony Reeve – in the Men’s Junior Senior 4s event, where they finished in 2nd place.
The Smith brothers then competed in the Men’s Coastal Junior Pairs event, where they clashed soon after the start with a crew from Itchen, which caused some minor damage to their boat and forced the race to be re-started. They eventually finished 3rd, with the Club’s other Coastal Junior Pair Crew of Paddy Kearney and Will Hunt finishing just behind them in 4th place.
Paddy and Will then teamed up with Bradley Whiting and Elliott O’Sullivan – coxed by Mai MacKay – to compete in the Men’s Coastal Junior 4s, where they finished in 3rd place.
The Club also had a Coastal Junior Ladies Pair of Stella Baisley and Niamh Murphy competing, who produced a good performance to finish 2nd place in their final.
The Ryde Club’s Men’s Novice 4 of Harry Jones, Lars Groothuis, Dan Sanderson and Yogi Ashworth – once again coxed by Mia MacKay – will be slightly disappointed with their 4th place in the final.
Ben Sanderson also competed in the Men’s Novice Sculls, where he qualified for the final, finishing in 4th place.
The Club also had 2 scullers competing in the J16 Boys Sculls event, with Dan Sanderson finishing in 6th place and Bradley Whiting finishing 7th.
