Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District

Early joy as regatta cut short

Rowing

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Herne Bay Rowing Club enjoyed plenty of success before the Southsea regatta was cut short on Saturday. The club travelled to the Hampshire town, competing against 22 other clubs from as far afield as Poole in Dorset but as winds pickedup throughout the day, the regatta was cut short after race 22 of 37. The men’s under-16s quad sculls were up first with Adam Taylor coxing Will White, Thomas Jeffries and brothers Bradley and Lewis Perry-french to a threelengt­h win. Neither junior scullers James Dawkins or George Holness managed to qualify for their final but the ladies’ novice four crew of Beth Ling, Georgia Shelton, Jasmine Amos and Megan Davies, coxed again by Adam Taylor, were fourth and first of the South East Coastal Amateur Rowing Associatio­n crews. The club’s longest-standing members Stuart Webb, Mark Davies, Liz Taylor and John Cox were brought home in first place by Maisie Jeffries The under-14 quad sculls came in a close second behind the Shanklin crew but got first place points for CARA, while the girls’ under-16 quad sculls crew of Ling, Webb, White and Davies were coxed to victory by James Dawkins in tough conditions. Luke Taylor and Manuel Marques encountere­d trouble in the men’s junior pair race and came in fifth. Both Bay crews qualified for the final of ladies’ junior four race. The new junior crew coxed and coached by James Dawkins were second thanks to Rose-marie Hollywood, Stephanie Rondel, Poppy Webb and Heidi White. Beth Ling was the newest crew member in the other boat with Emily Noyes, Kaye Sullivan and Scarlett Bates. The men’s junior four heat race saw Harry Taylor, Manuel Marques, James Dawkins and Luke Taylor, coxed by John Cox, finish third to qualify for the final, although neither of the finals took place due to the weather. The final race of the day was the masters 40+ and coxed by Dawkins, Stuart Webb, Darren White, John Cox and Liz Taylor came second behind Folkestone after taking on a lot of water.

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