Spectacular rowing in the Bideford Regatta

The Port of Bideford Regatta attracted 129 entries for the third regatta in the West of England Amateur Rowing Association’s ten regatta Championship series.

Held on the river Torridge over a 1,000-metre course between the old and new bridges the entries necessitated 36 events.
Conditions on the tidal course were perfect on a cloudy but still day. Both Torquay and Paignton competed albeit with small squads of rowers.

Torquay’s Isla Canning, Ollie Payne, Will Jackson-Heritage, Sophie Evans and cox, Richard Cudmore, took third place in the Open Under 14 coxed quadruple sculls; Sophie Evans was second in the Ladies Under 14 single sculls; Will Jackson-Heritage was third in the Open Under 14 single sculls; and Vensan Crushcov, in his first single sculls race, was second in the Open Under 18 single sculls.

Paignton combined with Bideford Blues to form a crew in the Open eights finishing in second place; and Nick Brown, Josh Bradley, Shelly Atkins and Steph Kelsall were second in the Mixed Senior C coxed fours.

Next regatta in the Championship series is the City of Exeter Regatta on July 13.

Port of Bideford Regatta results:
Championship events:
Open Senior A coxed fours 1 Bideford Reds A 2 Bideford Reds B
Open Senior C coxed fours 1 Bideford Reds A 2 Dart Totnes 3 Bideford Blues
Open Senior B coxed fours 1 Bideford Reds
Open Novice coxed fours 1 Bideford Blues 2 Bideford Reds
Open Masters coxed fours 1 Falmouth 2 Bideford Blues 3 Plymouth
Open Under 16 coxed quadruple sculls 1 Plymouth
Open Under 14 coxed quadruple sculls 1 Exeter 2 Bideford Reds 3 Torquay
Ladies Senior B coxed fours 1 Bideford Reds 2 Dart Totnes 3 Falmouth
Ladies Senior C coxed fours 1 Dart Totnes 2 Falmouth 3 Bideford Blues
Ladies Novice coxed fours 1 Exeter 2 Dart Totnes 3 Bideford Blues
Ladies Under 18 coxed fours 1 Exeter A 2 Exeter B
Ladies Masters coxed fours – Race not held
Ladies Under 16 coxed quadruple sculls 1 Dart Totnes 2 Exeter 3 Plymouth
Ladies Under 14 coxed quadruple sculls 1 Dart Totnes 2 Bideford Blues
Open Senior B single sculls 1 Ross Bennett – Bideford Reds 2 Ollie Burrows – Wimbleball
Open Senior C single sculls 1 Ollie Burrows – Wimbleball 2 Miles Turner – Falmouth 3 Oscar Cavill – Bideford Reds
Open Novice single sculls 1 Tom Kier – Exeter 2 Charlie Colwill – Bideford Reds 3 Brian Andrew – Bideford Blues
Open Under 18 single sculls 1 Fin Cloak – Bideford Reds 2 Vensan Crushcov – Torquay
Open Under 16 single sculls 1 Owen Thomas – Plymouth 2 Tom Rickard – Plymouth 3 Freddy Dennis – Plymouth
Open Under 14 single sculls 1 George Long – Exeter 2 Seb Bosley – Exeter 3 William Jackson-Heritage – Torquay
Ladies Senior C single sculls 1 Daisy Copping – Exeter 2 Rosalie Fowler – Bideford Reds
Ladies Novice single sculls 1 Daisy Copping – Exeter 2 Beth Wills – Falmouth 3 Lexi Reeves – Bideford Blues
Ladies Under 18 single sculls 1 Abi Adams – Exeter 2 Izzy Ormesher – Exeter 3 Erin Shippey – Dart Totnes
Ladies Under 16 single sculls 1 Jess Creasy – Exeter
Ladies Under 14 single sculls 1 Greta Wollaston – Dart Totnes 2 Sophie Evans – Torquay 3 Millie Colwill – Bideford Reds

Non-Championship events:
Open eights 1 Bideford ARC 2 Paignton/Bideford Blues
Ladies eights 1 Falmouth 2 Bideford Reds 3 Exeter
Mixed Senior C coxed fours 1 Bideford Blues 2 Paignton
Open Under 16 double sculls 1 Exeter 2 Plymouth A 3 Plymouth B
Open Under 14 double sculls 1 Dart Totnes 2 Bideford Reds A 3 Bideford Reds B
Ladies Under 18 double sculls 1 Exeter B 2 Dart Totnes 3 Exeter A
Ladies Under 16 double sculls 1 Dart Totnes 2 Exeter 3 Dart Totnes
Ladies Under 14 double sculls 1 Dart Totnes 2 Dart Totnes 3 Bideford Reds
Open Masters D/F single sculls 1 Lee Clarke – Falmouth
Open Masters G/H single sculls 1 John Hutchings – Bideford Reds 2 Andy Cox – Bideford Reds
Ladies Masters single sculls 1 Cathy Almond – Falmouth 2 Linda Wills – Falmouth