24-07-2025
Island rowing crews win at Lymington and Coalporters regattas
Isle of Wight rowing crews impressed on the water at two mainland regattas this month (July).
Sandown Shanklin Rowing Club, Ryde Rowing Club and Newport Rowing Club took crews to the mainland, with the Lymington and Coalporters Regattas hotly contested.
At Lymington, Sandown Shanklin's J14 Quad of Olivia Mumberson, Alex Collier, Josh Batchelor, Digby Ridgwell and Paul Gamble (cox) won their race, as well as Esme Walters, who won the Novice Single Sculls and the Junior Ladies Pair with Anna Scott.
Novice men of Huseyin Yolcu, Sam Meadowcroft, Isaac King, Fin Diffey and Esme Walters (cox) also won their race.
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Ryde Women's Junior Fours of Abi Locke, Fiona Owen, Alexis Owen, Emily Kellerman and Ruby Read (cox) won their final, as well as Joe Bird and Max Locke who won the J16 Boys Double Scull.
Newport Rowing Club's Women's Novice crew of Grace Garner, Helen Hopper, Hannah Tuberville, Julia Coulson and Fiona Brooks (cox) came second, narrowly beaten by Lymington, while the Open Novice crew of Freddie Hollis, Max Gasper, Jude Williams, River Szawie and Fiona Brookes (cox) narrowly lost to Sandown Shanklin Rowing Club.
Second place finishes were also clinched by Sandown Shanklin's Girls J16 Quad of Annabelle Steward, Lottie Pettitt. Evie Selway, Rose Collier and Arlo Adds (cox) and Boys Quad of James Travers, Sam Meadowcroft, Isaac King and Fin Diffey narrowly lost to Poole.
Last weekend at Coalporters Regatta, Ryde Rowing Club's Coastal Junior Four of Emily Kellerman, Abi Locke, Alexis Owen, Eva Gordon and Ruby Read (cox) won their final, while the Open Junior Senior Fours of Will Hall, Paddy Kearney, Charlie Watts, Isaac Gibson and Mai Read (cox) finished second.
Newport Rowing Club's Junior crew of Boris Hare, Connor Garner, Nathaniel Hamilton, Eric Williams and Mariana Hare (cox) won their race by two lengths, while the Open Novice crew of Freddie Hollis, Max Gasper, Jude Williams, Riv Szawiel and Fiona Brookes (cox) finished second for the third regatta in a row.
The club's Masters 50 crew of Paul Gamble (Shanklin), Chris Clarke, Julie Clarke, and Harry Hare (cox) finished in second place.
