Home waters provide success for Torbay Regatta

Torbay Royal Regatta attracted 91 entries from around the region necessitating 25 events for the eighth regatta in the West of England Amateur Rowing Association’s ten regatta Championship series.

Racing was held over a 1000-metre course in Torbay, finishing just short of Torquay Harbour. On an overcast day, conditions on the Bay were perfect with flat calm water.

The home club, Torquay, performed well with some good results. In the Championship events, Will Jackson-Heritage was second in the Open Under 14 single sculls; the Women’s Novice coxed four were third; and Sophie Evans was second in the Women’s Under 14 single sculls.

In the non-championship events Torquay’s Novice Women’s coxed quadruple sculls crew won their race; the crew in the Women’s Under 14 double sculls were second; and Sophie Evans and Will Jackson-Heritage won the Mixed Under 14 double sculls.

Paignton also produced some fine results with Josh Bradley taking third place in the Championship Open Under 16 single sculls. In the non-championship events the Women’s Novice coxed quadruple sculls crew were second; the Mixed Senior C coxed four were third; and the Open Novice double sculls crew were also third.

With Plymouth Regatta cancelled, the final regatta in the Championship series is the Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta on Thursday, August 29.

Torbay Royal Regatta 2024 results:

Championship events:

Open Senior C coxed fours 1 Dart Totnes 2 Bideford Reds 3 Bideford Blues

Open Novice coxed fours 1 Plymouth A 2 Bideford Reds 2 Bideford Blues

Open Under 16 coxed quadruple sculls 1 Dart Totnes 2 Plymouth

Open Senior B single sculls 1 Ross Bennett – Bideford Reds 2 James Burridge – Dart Totnes

Open Under 18 single sculls 1 Oliver Brew – Plymouth 2 Ethan Frost – Dart Totnes 3 Ned Middleweek - Falmouth

Open Under 16 single sculls 1 Hugo Dossett – Dart Totnes 2 Owen Thomas – Plymouth 3 Josh Bradley – Paignton

Open Under 14 single sculls 1 Cormac Malone – Dart Totnes 2 William Jackson-Heritage – Torquay 3 Jacob Chalk – Dart Totnes

Women’s Senior B coxed fours 1 Bideford Reds 2 Dart Totnes A 3 Dart Totnes B

Women’s Senior C coxed fours 1 Dart Totnes A 2 Falmouth/Wimbleball 3 Dart Totnes B

Women’s Novice coxed fours 1 Exeter 2 Dart Totnes 3 Torquay

Women’s Under 16 coxed quadruple sculls 1 Dart Totnes 2 Dartmouth 3 Dart Totnes

Women’s Masters coxed fours 1 Dart Totnes 2 Falmouth/Wimbleball 3 Dart Totnes

Women’s Senior B single sculls 1 Daisy Copping – Exeter

Women’s Novice single sculls 1 Eva Birchell – Dart Totnes 2 Daisy Copping – Exeter 3 Lexi Reeves – Bideford Blues

Women’s Under 18 single sculls 1 Erin Shippey – Dart Totnes 2 Lexi Reeves – Bideford Blues

Women’s Under 16 single sculls 1 Ester Cope – Dart Totnes 2 Alice Hawkins – Dart Totnes 3 Chloe Reeby – Plymouth

Women’s Under 14 single sculls 1 Greta Wollaston – Dart Totnes 2 Sophie Evans – Torquay 3 Millie Colwill – Bideford Reds

Non-Championship events:

Women’s Novice coxed quadruple sculls 1 Torquay 2 Paignton

Mixed Senior C coxed fours 1 Dartmouth 2 Bideford Blues 3 Paignton

Open Senior A coxless pairs 1 Plymouth A 2 Plymouth B

Open Novice double sculls 1 Dartmouth B 2 Plymouth A 3 Paignton

Women’s Under 16 double sculls 1 Dartmouth B 2 Dartmouth A

Women’s Under 15 double sculls 1 Dart Totnes 2 Torquay

Mixed Under 14 double sculls 1 Torquay 2 Dart Totnes A 3 Dart Totnes B