HASTINGS &  BEXHILL REGATTA reports (ta Mark)

MARLOW

 DOVER REGATTA 5 MORE WINS !!

Bexhill’s successful rowers travelled to Dover last Saturday and bought home the three top trophies, the Grand, Senior and Junior Agggregates, awarded for the most points overall and in category on the day.

On a gorgeous sunny day with a reasonably flat sea the club knocked up a very respectable 5 race wins.

First win came in the Ladies Junior Pairs, in an incredibly close race the Hunt twins Eloiise and Emma-Jane just saw off the challenge of fellow club mates Sophia Green and Claire Hosie crossing the line with just a canvas (metre), between them. Next up was the Mens Senior Pairs of Mark Mitchell and Keiran Cahill taking their 13^th consecutive win in CARA regattas. Taking a point for the first time in this class Joe Guppy and Matt Hellier came over the line in 6^th place. Mark Mitchell echoed his winning ways by taking first place over Kieran Cahill in 2^nd in the Senior Sculls, Ashley Cahill close behind managed 4^th place.

Guppy claimed Bexhill’s 4th win with a fine performance in the Novice Sculls, Hellier took 5^th with Alex Pepper just failing to qualify for the final after a fine effort from the 16 year old. The last win of the regatta came in the premium event of the day the Senior 4’s. Matt Hellier, Mark Mitchell, Joe Guppy and Kieran Cahill keeping everyone on the edge eventually winning by half a length over the line. The B crew of Nick McCorry, Ashley Cahill, Dan Renner and Doug Holderway came in 4^th.

Although wins are what Bexhill Rowing Club strive for there were important point winners throughout the day. The Ladies Junior 4 of Claire Hosie, Vinnie Hourihane, Sophia Green and Eloise Hunt were so near to another win but were just pipped to take 2^nd. In the Junior Pairs Tom Hollick and Dan Renner took 2^nd place with Ben Slater and Greg Anderson following in 4^th. The Novice fours of Alex Pepper, Phil Hunt, Mark Cowling and Josh Howe progressed from their 2^nd place in their heat to finnish 4^th in the final. The Men’s Junior Sculls saw Bexhill’s Doug Holderway take 2^nd place with Dan Renner in 3^rd. Another 2^nd in the Men’s Junior 4’s was claimed by Renner, Slater, Hollick and Anderson with the B crew of Alex Pepper, Tony Page, Phil Hunt and Josh Howe in 6^th, Howe bravely rowing on without a seat that had come off even before the turn!

A fine row by the Veteran crew of Andy and Steve Bickers, Glen Payne and Steve Hopkins claimed 2^nd place. In the Junior Sculls Renner took 3^rd Holderway 5^th and just missing out on the points in his first sorte into this category from novices Nick McCorry. The hastily assembled Ladies Senior 4’s of the Hunt Twins, Sophia Green and Rachel Garland finished 5^th after Claire Hosie withdrew suffering from a broken rib picked up at Worthing the previous week! Lastly in the Junior Senior 4 Pepper, Page, Hunt and Howe gained 3points in 4^th position.

This weekend see’s the club keeping it local with a visit to Hastings on Saturday then it’s their home regatta (we are extremely grateful to the regattas sponsors the Larkin family), on Sunday. Races start at 10.30 sharp, until around 3.30pm. The club would love to have your support so why not go along and give them a helpful cheer. There will be tea, coffee, cold drinks and a BBQ plus snacks available at the boat hose by the De la Warr Pavillion during the event, whilst after midday the Social Club will be open if you need a cold beer or chilled wine.

Worthing : Record Breakers

Oarsome ! thats a fair description of how well Bexhill Rowing Clubs crews faired at Worthing Town’s regatta on Sunday with a record number of points gained on the day. After the disappointment of Saturdays cancellation due to the rough sea Bexhill’s spirits were lifted with an incredible 9 wins!

The Ladies Junior 4’s, Claire Hosie, Vinnie Hourihane, Sophia Green and Eloise Hunt, started the day off brightly winning by 6 lenghts from their nearest rivals. Next the Junior Pair of Eloise and Emma-Jane Hunt bought the club’s second victory of the day followed swiftly after by the Men’s novice four. Tom Hollick, Greg Anderson and Ben Slater now progress to Juniors accompanied by Alex Pepper who won his first novice race. The winning streak continued with Doug Holderway in the Mens Junior Sculls. By now the wind was whipping up the sea and Dan Renner would surely have followed in 2^nd place but unfortunately he was scuppered by a large wave which meant he was in for an early bath, To show the character of the Bexhill rowers he climbed back in and rowed to the finish gaining 2 points for the club coming over the line in 5^th out of 8!

The Men’s senior Sculls was dominated by Bexhill rowers with Matt Mitchell finishing first, Kieran Cahill 2^nd and Ashley Cahill in 3^rd. As conditions grew even worse It was the men’s Junior 4’s turn next, the 1^st place was taken by the crew of Tom Hollick, Greg Anderson, Dan Renner and Ben Slater, A creditable 4^th place and more club points, went to Phil Hunt, Alex Pepper, Tony Page and taking stroke for the first time Josh Howe. And the victories kept coming next up was the Mens Novice sculls, Nick McCorry finally made it to Junior status with a fine row. The main race of the day saw the Senior 4 mens crew consisting of Matt Hellier, Mark Mitchell, Joe Guppy and Kieran Cahill storm to a seven length win over an exceptionally good second place effort by the B crew of Nick McCorry, Ashley Cahill, Dan Renner and Doug Holderway. Bexhill’s last win came in the Senior Pairs, Kieran Cahill and Mark Mitchell taking 1^st place with Ashley Cahill and Doug Holderway in 3^rd and gaining points in their first pair row together Matt Hellier and Greg Anderson.

The Men’s vet’s of Glen Payne, Graham and Paul Dawes and Andy Bickers also also gained points with a fine 5^th place bringing the days total over the 90points mark thus a record for a Coastal Area Rowing Association regatta. Next stop Dover on Saturday, can the club keep up such an impressive run ? Watch this Space!! 

HERNE BAY VIKING SHIELD 1st May 2010

Bexhill's men and women showed their strength as the prelude to the coastal season got underway in traditional seasonal showers at Herne Bay's Viking Shield event on Saturday.

The successful club returned home with 4 1sts and a bunch of close 2nd and 3rd places to show that they mean to keep up their high status within the coastal rowing scene. The Senior men are going to be hard to beat this year they won their Senior 4 race by 5 lengths from their nearest rivals. The crew of Mark Mitchell, Matt Hellier, Kieran Cahill and Joe Guppy were delighted with their victory. If they keep up this fine standard of rowing they will be favourites for the ultimate prize at the end of the season the famous Bideford Bowl.

Another fine win came in the Junior senior 4. A scratch crew of Tom Hollick James Copper, Alex Pepper and Dan Rennor surprised everyone by leading from the start, a feat more noteable bearing in mind two of them are novices!!

Win 3 saw possibly the strongest event, for Bexhill the Senior Sculls. A 1st for Mark Mitchell 2nd for Kieran Cahill , 4th for Ashley Cahill and a good finish for Andy Bickers in the event that had 13 competitors. Bexhill's final win came in the Senior Men's pairs with Kieran Cahill and Mark Mitchell continuing where they left off last season. A creditable 3rd place went to Doug Holderway and Ashley Cahill.

Notable other results included 2 second places for the ladies. Yas Page Sophia Green, Claire Hosie and Vinny Hourihane, performed admirably considering they had not rowed in a competitive race together before in the Ladies Junior coxed fours and Sophia and Claire teamed up for a 2nd in the Ladies Junior Pairs. In the Mens Junior 4's Tom Hollick, Alex Pepper, James Copper and Dan Renner took 3rd place whilst the more elderly gentlemen crew of Warren Mortimer-Harvey, Mark Cowling, Tony Page and Phil Hunt came in 6th out of 9 entries. Nick McCorry took a 3rd in the Mens Novice Sculls whilst in the Junior Sculls race Bexhill claimed a 2nd with Dan Renner, 4th Doug Holderway and 5th Phil McCorry. Finally the Vets 4 of Steve Bickers, Glen Payne, Steve Hopkins and Andy Bickers rowed well to finish 3rd. All in all the club returned to Bexhill with high hopes for the new season.

The Marlow Thames Valley Trial  at Dorney Lake Eton Sun 31st Jan 10 Results

Well done to everyone who braved the chilling temperatures of -4 to 1 degree C to row at this huge event. Once again our club showed it's strength and this time on the very water that the 2012 Olympics will be rowed on!! 

It was a very early start and a freezing one!! Crews had to be on the water at 8 a.m. There was lots of time for practice as they didnt actually start racing til around 9 so to keep ourselves warm the crews darted up and down the first 500 m of the course until they were called in by the starter. Top time of  6mins 44 secs by the Senior 4+ river boat category was achieved by K.cahill, Mark Mitchell, Joe Guppy and Chris Mizzen finnishing an amazing 6th out of 182 boats that took part in the

At the end of the regatta our club went home with 4 category wins, 4 seconds and two thirds. Keep it up Bexhill!!!!

Div 1 race. Here are the results for all the Bexhill crews:

Div 1    Crew                                                                                    Position overall           Category     / Place                                    Time

             K.Cahill, Mark Mitchell, J Guppy and C Mizzen                       6/182                  Sen4+           Winners                                 6.44  

             M.Hellier, D.Holdaway, A. Cahill, Matt Mitchell                        40/182               Coastal 4 +  3rd                                          7.46

             J.Copper, D Renner, Ben, G. Anderson                                   52/182               Coastal 4 +  6th                                          7.52

             N McCorry                                                                                       114/182            Coastal 1 x   3rd                                          8.32

             T.Hollick, M.Cowling, T.Page, W.M-Harvey.                             163/182             leaking  wooden coastal 4+ ha ha  15th 9.19

Div 2    Mark Mitchell, D Holdaway, M.Helier, K. Cahill                       13/147               IM3 4+             Winners                               6.49           

             M.Mitchell, J Guppy, A.Cahill, C.Mizzen                                    42/147               Coastal 4+      Winners                              7.37 

             T.Hollick, D.Renner, J Copper, W.Miller                                  50/147               Coastal  4+    4th                                          7.47

             P McCorry                                                                                      75/147               Coastal 1x    2nd                                         8.15

             V. Hourihane, C Hosie, E Hunt and Sophia                           98/147                WIM3 4+       5th                                          8.41

Div 3   K. Cahill, D Holdaway, M Hellier, P McCorry                            9/147                 IM3 4+             Winners                               6.48

           Nick McCorry & Dan Renner                                                        23/147              Sen 2X             2nd                                       7.30 

           Matt Mitchell, Mark Mitchell, J Guppy, C Mizzen                        34/147               Coastal 4+      2nd                                      7.38

            V. Hourihane, C Hosie, E Hunt and Sophia                            92/147               W Coastal 4+ 2nd                                      8.38

           G.Anderson, M.Cowling, T.Page, W.M-Harvey.                       138/147              6" deep flooded wooden coastal 4+ 16th ha ha  9.38

South Coast Rowing Championships – Folkestone 5^th September 2009.

Bexhill Rowing Club travelled to Folkestone for the 53^rd South Coast Rowing Championships and 4^th Junior regatta. Strong winds were forecasted but luckily the westerly direction provided just enough shelter to allow all the races to be run without incident. All the Rowing clubs from Kent to Cornwall made the trip and Bexhill again proved to be one of the strongest clubs with 2 wins and claiming the aggregate trophy for the most points scored in the open regatta.

Win number one came in the Men’s senior four. Bexhill had 2 crews in the 8 boat final, the A crew of It is raced by the six fastest senior men’s coxed fours on the South Coast of England. Bexhill’s crew of Ash Cahill(bow), Doug Holderway, Mark Mitchell, Kieran Cahill (stroke) and cox Jess Campbell got off to a good start and continued to pull away but with 500 meters to go and only a boat length lead a big push pulled them 3 lengths clear at the finish. The B crew of Phil McCorry(bow), Paul Dawes, Nick Woolger, Nick McCorry and cox Rachel Garland finished in 5^th.

Win number 2 went to the men’s junior fours crew of Wil Miller(bow), Tom Hollick , Dan Renner, James Copper(stroke) and cox Rachel Garland. A lot of hard training since the last regatta was well rewarded; they finished nearly 3 lengths clear at the finish line.

The junior ladies crew of Eloise Hunt (bow), Emma-Jane Hunt, Hannah Ruddock, Vinny Hourihane (stroke) and cox Andy Bickers managed a second place but felt the start was to blame due to boats closer to the starter being able to hear the start commands more clearly. They were a boat length down before they had started rowing and finished just 2 boat lengths behind at the finish.

The men’s novice four of Ben Slater (bow), Josh Howe, Matt Richards, Greg Anderson (stroke) and cox Phil McCorry finished 3^rd after making the final.

Another 3^rd place was in the over 50 veteran fours. Bob Balchin (bow), Graham Dawes, Ray Phillips and Glen Payne (stroke) had a close battle for the whole race and narrowly missed out on second in the closing stages of the race.

The ladies senior four crew of Rebecca Dawes (bow), Arabella MacDonald, Jemma Cropper and Rachel Garland (stroke) had a good row and finished fifth.

Bexhill had 2 junior under 18 crews participating in the 4^th South Coast Junior regatta that was held after the main event. The boys under 18 four of Alex Pepper (bow), Tom Hollick, Ben Slater and Greg Anderson (stroke) nearly pulled off victory but had to settle for second, but with the crew being formed on the day this was a fantastic result. The girls under 18 four of Megan Milarski (bow), Sophia Green, Lauren Moyse and Vinny hourihane (stroke) also had a great row with 3^rd place.

Club captain Andy Bickers said “I’m extremely proud of what we managed to achieve with our limited resources and again showed the rest of the South coast clubs we are still a major force.”

Bexhill Rowing Club Bexhill and Hastings Regatta report 22^nd to 23^rd August 2009

Bexhill 23^rd August  (see Pics on Photo Page)

Bexhill Rowing Club finally had their home regatta held after 3 years of bad weather causing the event to be cancelled. Bexhill Town Regatta, which without the generous support of the family of Geoff Larkin may not have been possible, finally got underway last Sunday in warm and sunny conditions. Hopes were high for some good results and they were dully delivered with Bexhill dominating the event. 6 wins, 6 seconds, 3 thirds, Novice, Ladies, Senior and Grand Aggregate cups.

The memorable and dramatic moment of the regatta came in the Ladies Senior pairs final. Bexhill’s pair of Jemma Cropper & Rachel Garland just needed one more win the clinch the championship. The race started and Bexhill lead but just by the smallest of margins, out of the turns at halfway Shoreham had the edge again by only half a boat length. The 2 crews got closer and closer then with a slight clash positions were reversed, Bexhill now leading stormed away to cross the line first with Hunt twin Eloise and Emma-Jane coming home in 4^th place. Unfortunately the officials upheld a protest from Shoreham and a re-row between the 2 crews was called. Despite this massive blow Bexhill dully took the start line and the race was re-started. Again Bexhill lead but this time never let Shoreham get close enough and crossed the line 3 boats lengths ahead to a massive cheer from the shoreline to become Ladies Senior pairs champions.

The second win came in the ladies novice fours. Alex Hunt, Donna Powell, Sophia Green, Arabella MacDonald & cox Jes Campbell won in a close battle with rivals from Dover. The win now meant Powell, Green and Arabella move up to junior status rowers.

Bexhill’s novice men emulated their clubs ladies by winning the men’s novice fours. Wil Miller, Tom Hollick, Ben Slater, Matt Richard and cox Doug Holderway powered home to keep the home crowd cheering.

Champion senior pairing Mark Mitchell and Kieran Cahill had a realtively easy win with Doug Holderway and Ash Cahill finished in second. Phil & Nic McCorry came home 5^th. Andy Bickers and Joe Pellett scored the last point in 6^th.

Win one went to Mark Mitchell in the men’s senior sculls. The current and 9 times champion had a race long battle with club mate Kieran Cahill but pulled to a 2 length lead at the finish. Cahill came in 2^nd with Andy Bickers and Chris Doswell finishing in the points for 5^th and 6^th places respectively.

Bexhill’s final and sixth win came in the Ladies junior fours, in fact Bexhill claimed one and two in one of the closest races of the day. The crew of Lauren Moyse, Claire Hosie, Rebecca Dawes, Arabella MacDonald & cox Phil McCorry were the winners. Second place went to Megan Milarski, Sophia Green, Hannah Ruddock, Vinny Hourihane & cox Jess Campbell with Herne Bay in third, all crews covered less than 2 boat lengths.

Second place in the men’s senior fours went to the crew of Ash Cahill, Doug Holderway, Mark Mitchell and Kieran Cahill. The crew is coming together well and there is great optimism for the open senior race at the Championships in two weeks.

Men’s Novice sculls provided another close finish with Dover just snatching the win from Joe Pellett and Nic McCorry who finished in 2^nd and 3^rd respectively.

Third places went to the men’s four of Wil Miller, Tom Hollick, Dan Renner and James Copper in both the Junior and Junior/Senior men’s fours. Renner and Copper also managed a great second place just behind current champions Deal in man’s Junior pairs.

The Veteran four of Paul Dawes, Graham Dawes, Bob Balchin, Glen Payne and cox Emily Tillett managed their best position this year with fourth place, the second crew of Mark Cowling, Tony Page, Phil Hunt & Warren Harvey followed them home in fifth spot.

Dan Renner was fifth and Phil McCorry sixth in the men’s junior sculls.

Eloise Hunt, Emma-Jane Hunt, Hannah Ruddock and Vinny Hourihane finished fifth in the ladies senior fours.

Bexhill Rowing Club would like to thank our other sponsors Doreen Wilson and family, Sarah, Mary and Theresa Miller, G M Matthews Butchers, Graham Dawes and P.J. Trophies. Also a big thank you to the Hastings & St. Leonards Lifeguards, Bexhill Beach Inspector, and all the help provided by parents and friends of Bexhill Rowing Club members.

Hastings 22^nd August

Hastings regatta was held in slightly rougher conditions but Bexhill dealt well with them and recorded some good results.

2 wins were recorded, the first being the men’s senior pairing of Mark Mitchell and Kieran Cahill. Doug Holderway and Ash Cahill finished third, fourth were Matt Hellier and Joe Pellett with Nic and Phil McCorry sixth.

The second win was in the men’s senior sculls and it was Kieran Cahill this time getting the better of team mate Mark Mitchell to record a one two finish. Ash Cahill was fourth and Andy Bickers sixth.

The men’s senior four (Ash Cahill, Doug Holderway, Mark Mitchell and Kieran Cahill) finished a strong second as did the Ladies Senior pairing of Jemma Cropper & Rachel Garland.

Another second place came courtesy of the men’s junior fours. (Wil Miller, Tom Hollick, Dan Renner and Matt Richard)

Southsea Regatta Report by captain A. Bickers  

Bexhill rowing club travelled to Southsea for the largest coastal regatta in the country. With 21 rowing clubs from Kent to Dorset competing wins would be harder to come by they managed 3 race wins, 1 second and 2 thirds. The conditions were some of the worst a coastal rower would encounter with winds gusting over 30knots at times making staying afloat very difficult. Many crews sank on the day keeping the safety boats very busy.

The first win of the day was in the ladies senior pair’s. Current championship leaders Jemma Cropper and Rachel Garland dominated the race to come through and win by over 4 boat lengths.

Next win came unexpectedly in the men’s junior pairs. Dan Renner and James Copper managed to very choppy conditions better than their competitors to win their first pairs race together.

Kieran Cahill dominated the men’s senior sculls with his brother Ash Cahill and club captain Andy Bickers coming in 4^th and 5^th respectively.

The ladies junior pair provided a second place for twins Emma-Jane and Eloise Hunt.

In the men’s senior pairs brothers Ash and Kieran Cahill lead from the start till the last 200 meters when a massive wave hit their boat. This in turn cause Kieran’s seat to twist and become jammed. By the time he had freed it they could only manage 3^rd, but considering it’s their first race together this was a great row.

The ladies junior fours produced a third position. Eloise Hunt, Emma-Jane Hunt, Hannah Ruddock and Vinny Hourihane had a great start but fare less well in the rough and windy condition.

The ladies novice four of Megan Milarski, Claire Hosie, Lauren Hoyse and Donna Powell rowed well in the conditions despite the lack of rowing experience to score a good 4^th position.

In the men’s novice sculls Dan Renner finished 4^th with James Copper in his first sculling race 5^th.

Doug Holderway also produced a good 4^th position in the men’s junior sculls.

Wil Miller, Tom Hollick, Dan Renner and James Copper mane the final of the men’s junior fours and came home an excellent 4^th place.

The novice men (Alex Pepper, Josh Howe, Ben Slater and Tom Hollick) also managed to make the final but just missed out on the points in 7^th.

Worthing Regatta Results :

Ladies J Pairs 1st : Eloise & Emma-Jane Hunt, 3rd Claire Hosie & Lauren Moyse.

Wj4's 1st Hannah Ruddock, Eloise & Emma-Jane Hunt, Vinny Hourihane, cox Rachel Garland.

MS pairs : 1st  Kieren Cahill & Mark Mitchell, 4th Ben Muggeridge & Ash Cahill.

M N Sculls : 1st Dan Renner.

Sen L Pairs : 1st Jemma Cropper & Rachel Garland.

M Sen Sculls: 1st Mark Mitchell, Kieran Cahill 2nd and Ash Cahill 6th.

M sen 4: 2nd M. Mitchell, Doug Holderway, A Cahill, K Cahill cox Greg Anderson

M J sculls: 3rd Doug Holderway

M J 4's & M J/S 4's: 3rd & 3rd : Ash Sutton, Tom Hollick, Dan Renner, James Copper.

MJ Pairs : 3rd Dan Renner, James Copper.

M Nov 4 : 5th Liam Midwinter, Phil Hunt, Alex Pepper and Greg Anderson

W Senior 4's : 5th Eloise Hunt, Vinny Hourihane, Jemma Cropper & Rachel Garland. 

Eastbourne Regatta Results

The second round of the coastal amateur rowing association kicked off at a hot but windy Eastbourne. Bexhill scored 2 race wins, 4 seconds and 2 thirds.

 Men’s senior pairs. 1st  Mark Mitchell and Kieran Cahill 3rd Ash Cahill and Andy Bickers

Men's Senior Sculls 1st Mark Mitchell 2nd Kieran Cahill  with Ash Cahill in sixth.

Junior under 16 quad sculls. 1st Megan Milarski, Anghard Morgan, Yaz Page and Brogan Carpenter 2nd Lauren Moyse, Liam Midwinter, Alex Hunt and Alex Pepper .

Ladies Novice 4's 2nd  Sophia Green, Claire Hosie, Lauren Hoyse, Donna Powell and cox Jes Campbell

Men’s Novice 4's Liam Midwinter, Tom Hollick, Phil Hunt and Greg Anderson 7^th.

Men’s junior pairis 5th Dan Renner and James Copper

Junior fours 2nd Renner Copper  Wil Miller, Tom Hollick and cox Jes Campbell

Ladies senior pair’s 2nd Jemma Cropper and Rachel Garland 4^th Eloise and Emma-Jane Hunt  5^th Rachell Cripps and Rebecca Dawes.

Ladies junior fours 3rd . Eloise Hunt, Emma-Jane Hunt, Hannah Ruddock and Vinny Hourihane

Ladies senior four 4th. Rachel Cripps, Rebecca Dawes, Jemma Cropper, Rachel Garland and cox Jes Campbell  6th Eloise Hunt, Emma-Jane Hunt, Hannah Ruddock, Vinny Hourihane and cox Andy Bickers  

The Men’s senior fours 6th Andy Bickers, Matt Mitchell, Ash Cahill, Kieran Cahill and cox Greg Anderson Dan Renner rowed in the higher Junior sculls status after his win in Novices 2 weeks ago and managed a creditable 6^th.

Herne Bay Results

Herne Bay showed Bexhill was back to winning ways with 4 race wins, 2 seconds and 4 thirds. These provided enough points to Claim 3 aggregate trophies. Ladies, Senior and Grand.

ladies novice fours. 1st: Megan Milarski, Claire Hosie, Lauren Moyse, Donna Powell and cox Phil McCorry  

men’s senior pairs. 1st Mark Mitchell  Kieran Cahill 6th Ben Muggridge and Joe Pellett

ladies senior pairis 1st Jemma Cropper and Rachel Garland.

Mens Senior sculls 1st Mark Mitchell 2nd Kieran Cahill  4th Ash Cahill fourth 5th Andy Bickers

Ladies junior fours 2nd. Eloise Hunt, Emma-Jane Hunt, Hannah Ruddock, Vinny Hourihane and cox Rachel Garland

The men’s junior pairis 3rd Dan Renner and Wil Miller

junior fours 3rd Renner and Miller combined with Alex Pepper and Greg Anderson . They then rowed the junior senior fours event and managed 4^th.

Mens Novice sculls 3rd Dan Renner  

Men’s senior fours 3rd Doug Holderway, Mark Mitchell, Ash Cahill, Kieran Cahill  

The novice men’s 4th Phil Hunt, Wil Miller, new rowers Josh Howe and Ben Slater  

ladies senior four 3rd  Rebecca Dawes, Arabella MacDonald, Jemma Cropper, Rachel Garland and cox Jes Campbell 4th Eloise Hunt, Emma-Jane Hunt, Hannah Ruddock, Vinny Hourihane and cox Andy Bickers

The veteran four of Bob Balchin, Paul Dawes, Graham Dawes and Glen Payne managed to finish in the last points position 6^th.

Folkestone  Results

Bexhill managed to carry on the winning, 3 wins, 2 seconds, 7 thirds along with the Ladies and senior aggregate cups.

 Ladies Senior pairs. 1st  Jemma Cropper and Rachel Garland  4th Hunt twins Emma and Eloise  

Mens  Senior sculls 1st. Kieran Cahill 2nd Mark Mitchell, 3rd Ash Cahill 4th Andy Bickers respectively.

Men’s senior pairs, 1st Mark Mitchell and Kieran Cahill  5th Ben Muggeridge and Joe Pellett 6^h  Ash Cahill and Doug Holderway 

The ladies junior fours 2nd Eloise Hunt, Emma-Jane Hunt, Hannah Ruddock, Vinny Hourihane and cox Rachel Garland  

Mens Jnr Sculls 3rd Doug Holderway  

Men’s junior four 3rd Wil Miller, James Copper, Dan Renner and Greg Anderson 6th  Liam Midwinter, Ben Howe, Josh Slater and Phil hunt  

Ladies novice fours 3^rd place. The crew comprised of Megan Milarski, Claire Hosie, Lauren Moyse, Sophia Green and cox Phil McCorry.

Novice men’s 3rd Phil Hunt, Josh Howe, Ben Slater and Alex Pepper finished  

Mens Nov Sculls 3rd Dan Renner

Men’s senior fours 3rd  Matt Mitchell, Mark Mitchell, Ash Cahill, Kieran Cahill 6th Nic and Phil McCorry with Doug Holderway and Dan Renner  

Mens Jnr Pairs 5^th and 6^th Alex Pepper with Greg Anderson and Wil Miller with Dan Renner respectively.

Mens Jnior senior fours 5th. Liam Midwinter, Phil Hunt, Ben Slater, James Copper and cox Andy Bickers

veteran four 6th Phil Hunt, Steve Bickers, Graham Dawes and Glen Payne 

Worthing Regatta Report 13.6.09

The 2009 Coastal Amateur Rowing Association season finally got underway in a warm and sunny Worthing. Bexhill as they have for the last eight year dominated the season opener with 6 wins, 2 seconds, 5 thirds and a host of points scoring places.

The first win came in the Ladies Junior pairs, The Hunt twins Eloise and Emma-Jane lead from start to finish for their first pairs win. In the first pairs race together Claire Hosie and Lauren Moyse rowed well and finished 3^rd.

 Next up it was Bexhill’s Junior ladies who had to battle hard with the home crew from Worthing to score a 3 boat length win. Hannah Ruddock, Eloise Hunt, Emma-Jane Hunt, Vinny Hourihane and cox Rachel Garland were overjoyed after all the work gone in during the winter.

 The third win came in the Men’s senior pairs with Kieran Cahill & Mark Mitchell winning by a massive margin. They led from start to finish and were coming ashore as second place was finishing! Ben Muggeridge and Ash Cahill backed them up with a 4^th place finish.

 The men’s novice sculls provided Bexhill’s 4^th win. Dan Renner powered through and won comfortably and will be looking to move up a status by winning one more race next time out at Eastbourne.

 The wins kept coming with a new Ladies pairing of Jemma Cropper and Rachel Garland. They raced hard all the way to the line to win the Senior Ladies pairs event.

 The last of Bexhill’s 6 wins was in the men’s senior sculls. Mark Mitchell continued his dominance of this event with Kieran Cahill keeping him honest in 2^nd. Ash Cahill had problems at the turns but fought back to claim the last point in 6^th place.

 Bexhill’s men’s senior fours crew of Mark Mitchell, Doug Holderway, Ash Cahill, Kieran Cahill and cox Greg Anderson finished 2^nd despite never racing together. They kept current favourites Herne Bay within a few boat lengths.

 Doug Holderway was Bexhill’s only men’s junior sculler and finished in 3^rd place.

 Bexhill’s junior fours crew of Ash Sutton, Tom Hollick, Dan Renner and James Copper finished 3^rd but would of managed second had one the rower footplates not broken during the race. They went on to score another 3^rd in the Junior-Senior fours and Renner & Copper teamed up for 3^rd in the Junior the pairs.

 The Men’s novice four of Liam Midwinter, Phil Hunt, Alex Pepper and Greg Anderson finished 5^th in their first race together.

 Bexhill’s Senior Ladies crew of Eloise Hunt, Vinny Hourihane, Jemma Cropper and Rachel Garland had a good row and finished in 5th position.

Viking Shield Rowing Regatta (Herne Bay) Saturday 9^th May 2009.

Bexhill Rowing Club travelled to Herne Bay, Kent for the annual Viking Shield regatta. This is a pre-season friendly that gives clubs a chance to see where they sit compared to their opposition. With 3 wins, 4 seconds and 3 third places Bexhill are again hopeful of a good season ahead.

Win number one came in the Men’s senior pairs, where Mark Mitchell & Kieran Cahill dominated the race. Joe Pellett & Ben Muggridge came home in 6^th place.

Next win up was Ladies Novice fours. In her first rowing race Claire Hosie teamed with Donna Powell, Megan Milarski, Lauren Moyse and cox Ash Cahill to win by just over a boat length.

Bexhill scored and 123 in the Men’s senior sculls. Bexhill’s 3rd win went to Mark Mitchell despite early pressure from club mate Kieran Cahill. Ash Cahill proved the strength of Bexhill’s scullers locking out the 3^rd place.

In the Men’s novice sculls Dan Renner scored a good second. He later teamed up with James Copper in the junior pairs and also scored a second place. The pair then rowed the men’s junior fours final finishing 3^rd with crew mates Tom Hollick and Ash Sutton. The same four rowed the higher Junior/senior status and finished in 3^rd.

The Ladies junior four of Eloise & Emma Jane Hunt, Hannah Ruddock and Vinny Hourihane had a race long battle with a crew from Worthing but had to concede victory and finished in 2^nd place.

The men’s novice four of Liam Midwinter, Tom Hollick, Phil Hunt and Greg Anderson came home in 4^th position.

Medway Small Boats Feb 2009 Times/results

CSen 4+ 2nd 09.47,  VNov 4+ 1st 10.06,  COpen 4+ 4th 10.52, Nov 1X 1st 10.52, WCJun 4+ 1st 10.53

COpen 4+ 5th 10.56, CJun 4+ 2nd 10.58, WJ18 4+ 11.40, Mxd C 2X 12.33

Adur Head 2009 times

Senior 4's 3rd 14.03, Junior 4's 5th 15.49, W's Junior 4's 2nd 16.10.

Senior scull 1st 13.13, Nov 4 6th 14.06, Junior pair 14.14, Womens Nov 4 1st 14.15

Bexhill Rowing Club Weekend Break on the Isle of Wight. ( See Report Page)

Bexhill’s rowers pre season warm up continued over the weekend with visits to the Hants and Dorset Association’s Ryde and Shanklin regattas. With the Senior Men’s four A crew staying at home to train and a few members unavailable it was a good time to experiment so the club was not expecting its usual successes. However by the end of the weekend there were some notable results especially from the Women rowers, showing once more that they can expect to be a strong force this season.  

Doug Holderway and Ashley Cahill gained two very creditable 2^nd places in the Men’s Senior Pairs on  both Saturday and Sunday. This was echoed by the Women’s Junior 4’s of Elouise Hunt , Sophia Green, Claire Hosie and Vinny Hourihane with their close fought 2nds from the leading boat in both regattas. Other 2^nd places were achieved by Dan Renner in the Junior sculls at Ryde and Nick McCorry in the Novice Sculls at Shanklin. Bexhill were represented by its junior and novice men in both regattas. Utilising a combination of Tom Hollick, Ben Slater, Dan Renner, Greg Anderson and Tony Page, they made sure Bexhill were the first of the CARA represented clubs past the post in all Junior and Junior Senior coxed four  events.

 In the mens Junior Pairs at Shanklin, Greg Anderson and Ben Slater took 2^nd place from Dan Renner and Tom Hollick in 3^rd. In the Senior Sculls Doug Holderway, Ashley Cahill and  Andy  Bickers all put up strong challenges on both days which on a normal CARA league regatta day would have claimed the club league points. On the final race of the weekend involving Bexhill crews the pair of Claire Hosie and Sophia Green in the outside lane, were well on their way to a Women’s Junior pair win until in the last quarter of the race a rogue wake from a passing hovercraft saw them struggle with rough water eventually passing the finish line in 4^th out of 10 boats. On a lighter note in the first ever midnight swan pedlo race at Ryde the pair of Tony Page and Doug Holderway beat Greg Anderson and Lord Ben Slater in a controversial race where the course was not made clear by the stewards.  Bexhill’s season starts in earnest on the 29^th May with a double weekend at Worthing on the Saturday and Sunday. The club welcomes anyone to come along and cheer your town on!