Thatcher’s Rock the setting for spectacular rowing

Torquay Rowing Club hosted the fourth regatta of the Coastal Rowing League, staging the Thatcher Rock Offshore Race over a 6km course from Haldon Pier to Thatcher Rock and back. Torquay offered the full range of coastal rowing events to clubs attending from all along the south coast.

Conditions were ideal for the coastal boats with a nice chop on the water whipped up by the south-easterly breeze, into which crews rowed but which provided assistance on the return from Thatcher Rock.

There were some excellent results for Torquay Rowing Club with Rus Bammens and Ian Wilson winning the Men’s over 60 double sculls category; Jane Nicholls and Barbara Mears winning the Women’s over 50 double sculls category; and Barbara Mears winning the women’s over 60 single sculls category.

Torquay Rowing Club also boated a novice crew for their first ever competitive race. The crew of Susie Payne, Sally Baxter, Alex James, Vensan Crushcov and cox Ian Wilson didn’t disgrace themselves with a worthy third place in the Novice coxed quadruple sculls.

The nine regatta Coastal Rowing League now has a mid-season break before recommencing with the next League event at the Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta on August 24.

Thatcher Rock results:
Open coxed quadruple sculls 1 Exmouth A 2 Teign B 3 Mayflower A 4 Exmouth B
Open over 50 quadruple sculls 1 Barbarians A 2 Mayflower A
Open double sculls 1 Teign Scullers A 2 Exmouth A 3 Barbarians A 4 Carrick A
Open over 50 double sculls 1 Exmouth A 2 MAABC A
Open over 60 double sculls 1 Torquay A Open single sculls 1 Claire J – Barbarians 2 Tom – Barbarians 3 Jamie B – Barbarians 4 Lee C – Greenbank Falmouth
Open over 50 single sculls 1 Lee C – Greenbank Falmouth 2 Rachel P – Teign 3 Mark C – Mayflower
Open over 60 single sculls 1 Bob C – Barbarians 2 Rich R – Exmouth
Women’s coxed quadruple sculls 1 Barbarians A 2 Carrick A 3 Teign Scullers B 4 Mayflower A 5 Exmouth A
Women’s over 50 coxed quadruple sculls 1 Exmouth A 2 Mayflower A
Women’s double sculls 1 Teign Scullers A
Women’s over 50 double sculls 1 Torquay
Women’s single sculls 1 Claire J – Barbarians 2 Anna C – Exmouth 3 Rachel P – Teign 4 Kirsty J – Barbarians 5 Molly M – Barbarians
Women’s over 50 single sculls 1 Kirsty J – Barbarians 2 Julie M – Mayflower 3 Erika M – Exmouth
Women’s over 60 single sculls 1 Barbara Mears – Torquay 2 Anne J – Exmouth
Mixed coxed quadruple sculls 1 Barbarians A 2 Carrick A 3 Exmouth A 4 Teign A 5 Mayflower A 6 Mayflower B
Mixed Masters coxed quadruple sculls 1 Barbarians A 2 Exmouth A 3 Teign A 4 Mayflower A 5 Mayflower B 6 Exmouth B
Novice coxed quadruple sculls 1 Barbarians 2 Exmouth 3 Torquay 4 Teign
Mixed double sculls 1 Exmouth A 2 MAABC A 3 CRAC A