Young Bay talent rows to success in West of England champs

The West of England Amateur Rowing Association has announced the final 2024 Championship positions. The ten regatta Championship series ended at the Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta with all of the regattas having been held with the exception of Plymouth, which was cancelled due to bad weather.

The two Bay clubs, Paignton and Torquay, competed with depleted squads but excelled in committed effort at regattas accumulating many fine results. However, it was the youngsters from the two clubs who featured in the Championships, which is a good sign for the future.

A composite crew from the two clubs came third in the Championship Open Under 14 coxed quadruple sculls. Other Championship placings included Harrison Green of Torquay third in the Open Under 18 single sculls; Josh Bradley of Paignton third in the Open Under 16 single sculls; William Jackson-Heritage of Torquay second in the Open Under 14 single sculls; and Sophie Evans of Torquay second in the Women’s Under 14 single sculls.

2024 West of England Amateur Rowing Association Championship results:

Coxed Fours points 1 Dart Totnes 166.75pts 2 Bideford Reds 68.75pts 3 Exeter 66.25pts

Single Sculls points 1 Dart Totnes 36pts 2 Exeter 21pts 3 Bideford Reds 6pts

Open Senior A coxed fours 1 Bideford Reds A 8pts 2 Bideford Reds B 2pts 3 Falmouth A 1pt

Open Senior B coxed fours 1 Bideford Reds A 11pts 2 Dart Totnes A 5pts 3 Bideford Reds B 4pts

Open Senior C coxed fours 1 Bideford Reds A 16pts 2 Dart Totnes A 9pts 3 Bideford Blues B 4pts

Open Masters coxed fours 1 Falmouth F 12pts 2 Plymouth D 6pts 3 Bideford Reds D 6pts

Open Novice coxed fours 1= Bideford Blues 2pts 1= Dart Totnes 2pts 3 Exeter 2pts

Open Under 18 coxed fours No Championship – Exeter 2pts, Dart Totnes 2pts, Bideford Blues 1pt

Open Under 16 coxed quadruple sculls 1 Dart Totnes A 6pts 2 Plymouth A 6pts 3 Dart Totnes C 4pts

Open Under 14 coxed quadruple sculls 1 Exeter A 11pts 2 Dart Totnes A 7pts 3 Torquay/Paignton 4pts

Women’s Senior B coxed fours 1 Dart Totnes B 9pts 2 Dart Totnes A 9pts 3 Bideford Reds A 6pts

Women’s Senior C coxed fours 1 Falmouth/Wimbleball A 15pts 2 Dart Totnes C 9pts 3 Bideford Blues A 6pts

Women’s Masters coxed fours 1 Falmouth/Wimbleball E 12pts 2 Dart Totnes F 7pts 3 Dart Totnes D 4pts

Women’s Novice coxed fours 1 Exeter 6pts 2 Dart Totnes 3pts

Women’s Under 18 coxed fours 1 Exeter A 6pts 2 Dart Totnes A 4pts 3= Exeter B 1pt, Exeter C 1pt

Women’s Under 16 coxed quadruple sculls 1 Dart Totnes A 16pts 2 Dartmouth A 7pts 3 Dart Totnes B 7pts

Women’s Under 14 coxed quadruple sculls 1 Dart Totnes A 7pts 2 Dart Totnes B 5pts 3= Bideford Reds A 1pt, Bideford Blues A 1pt, Dart Totnes C 1pt

Open Senior A single sculls 1 James Burridge – Dart Totnes 7pts 2= Harvey Lunn – University of Plymouth 3pts Tim Wilkinson – Falmouth 3pts

Open Senior B single sculls 1 Ross Bennett – Bideford Reds 17pts 2 Ollie Burrows – Wimbleball 6pts 3 James Burridge – Dart Totnes 3pts

Open Senior C single sculls 1 Ollie Burrows – Wimbleball 11pts 2 Miles Turner – Falmouth 5pts 3 Tom Shipton – Exeter 3pts

Open Novice single sculls 1 Exeter 3pts 2 Dart Totnes 2pts 3 Plymouth 1pt

Open Under 18 single sculls 1 Ned Middlewick – Falmouth 2 Yuri Allasia – Dart Totnes 9pts 3 Harrison Green – Torquay 6pts, Henry Langman - Dartmouth 6pts

Open Under 16 single sculls 1 Hugo Dossett – Dart Totnes 17pts 2 Owen Thomas – Plymouth 10pts 3 Josh Bradley – 7pts

Open Under 14 single sculls 1 Cormac Malone – Dart Totnes 14pts 2 William Jackson-Heritage - Torquay 9pts 3 George Long – Exeter 7pts

Women’s Senior B single sculls No Championship – Isobel Burridge – Dart Totnes 2pts, Amy Hallett – Dart Totnes 1pt

Women’s Senior C single sculls 1 Daisy Copping – Exeter 9pts 2 Laura Cresser – Exeter 6pts 3 Rosalie Fowler – Bideford Reds 2pts

Women’s Novice single sculls 1 Exeter 4pts 2= Dart Totnes 2pts, Falmouth 2pts

Women’s Under 18 single sculls 1 Erin Shippey – Dart Totnes 15pts 2 Izzy Ormesher – Exeter 10pts 3 Darcey Lawrence – Falmouth 8pts

Women’s Under 16 single sculls 1 Paige Darnley – Dart Totnes 12pts 2 Esther Cope – Dart Totnes 7pts 3 Jessica Creasey – Exeter 7pts

Women’s Under 14 single sculls 1 Greta Woolaston – Dart Totnes 20pts 2 Sophie Evans – Torquay 14pts 3 Millie Colwill – Bideford Reds 7pts