Bideford Amateur Rowing Club News Articles

Henley Qualifiers 2023

Chloe Pennington — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 20:23:25 +0100

Henley Qualifiers 2023:

Our Men’s 4+ raced in qualifiers for the Britannia challenge cup on Friday 23rd June. Against extremely strong competition they unfortunately missed out on spot in the event. Despite not qualifying the crew were pleased with the time as they made significant gains on clubs since Marlow Regatta.

They gave everything they had all the way to the line … as you can hopefully tell from the faces in the photo!

Wimbleball Regatta

Chloe Pennington — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 15:17:25 +0100

Wimbleball Regatta 17th June

On Saturday we had the second regatta of the season at Wimbleball Lake with 2 wins and 1 second place.

Wimbleball was the debut regatta for a few of our juniors who all gained great experience of racing. Well done to you all

The Ladies Senior C crew of Chloe Pennington, Vashti Davies, Hannah Dennis, Ailis Temple-Thurston and Cox Rosalie Fowler battled a close race to come away with a win. Ailis then later teamed up with Rosalie to take a win in the J17 double skulls.

The J14 crew of Jack Brown, Millie Cowill, Ollie Garnett, Ollie Cornish and Cox Chloe Pennington came second in their first ever regatta.

Up next, Bideford Regatta 1st July, racing starting at 3pm. We hope to see you all there!

WEARA 2022 Season

Luis Wilkins — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 11:32:32 +0100

We ended the WEARA Championship season with a 2nd place finish in the overall fours championships.

Our 2022 Championship winning crews...

Ladies J16 1x - Rosalie Fowler

Ladies Senior B 4+ - Eloise Paulin, Vashti Davies, Hannah Dennis, Libbie Willis, Jess Lamont

Men's Senior A 4+ - Charlie Colwill, Luis Wilkins, Chris Thorne, Ross Bennett, Alex Rowland, Mark Symons & Jess Lamont(Cox)

Men's Senior B 4+ - Charlie Colwill, Luis Wilkins, Chris Thorne, Ross Bennett, Alex Rowland, Mark Symons & Jess Lamont(Cox)

AGM 2022

Luis Wilkins — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 21:19:03 +0000

Club President Terry Palmer started the AGM with a statement to all members.

This was followed by the Treasurers report by Glenn Wilkins. Detialing all income and expenditure over the course of the previous year, taking any questions from members over the club accounts.

Club Secretary Debs Crowther gave her final annual report to club members before she resigned from her position. We would like to thank Debs for all her hardwork over her years in office. Debs has really moved the club on and helped 'steady the ship' through recent tough times.

Claire Fowler was elected by the members to become our new club secretary.

The meeting was closed with Chairman Andy Cox completing his 3 years in office, handing the reigns to Vice-Chairman David Copp to step up into office.

We all wish David & Claire the best of luck as they take up new positions within the club.

Henley 4's & 8's Head 2022

Luis Wilkins — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 19:16:28 +0000

A great day out for the Senior Men's Squad!

A strong head wind made for tough racing throughout the day! The 8+ ended with a 9th place finish out of 13 boats. A respectable result considering the level of competition.

The mens A 4+ of Ross Bennett, Mark Symons, Luis Wilkins, Charlie Colwill & Emily Bracken (cox) won the Band 2 Category.

The mens B 4+ of Adam Curtis, James Prichard, Alex Rowland, John Sandwell & Hazel Fowler (cox) finished in 5th place in the same category.

Overall a good day that is proof the training is paying off for these guys.

Awards Evening 2021

Luis Wilkins — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 18:57:17 +0000

2021 Awards evening

Great to get everyone together and finally present our 2021 club awards.

J14 4x+ WEARA championship

- Sam Peart, Reuben Peart, Kayden Batten, Sam Robinson, Elliot Cornish & Chloe Pennington (Cox)

MSC 1x WEARA championship

- Luis Wilkins

Club person of the year

- Glenn Wilkins

Senior Mens rower of the year

- Charlie Colwill

Senior Female rower of the year

- Chloe Pennington

Crab of the year

- James Prichard & Nell Davies

Junior Male rower of the year

- Sam Peart

Junior Female rower of the year

- Emily Wilcox

Most improved Junior of the year

- Kayden Batten

Falmouth Regatta 2018

Rowland Karl — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 20:53:58 +0100

The club attended Falmouth Regatta 2018 held on Sunday 18th August 2018 and came away with

Two 1sts, Five 2nds, One 3rd

After a hour delay the highlights of the day are:

Strong sculling performance by Ross Bennett. Ross went on to win the race by a clear 2-3 lengths over his nearest competitor from Totnes.
Our young girls Cassie, Tilly, Nell and Hazel had a hard fight with Totnes up until the last 300m where they pulled away to claim the win and their WEARA championship.
Nell and Tilly followed up with a gutsy fight against Exeter to claim 2nd place in the double sculls.
Libbie claimed a 2nd behind Castledore in the SB 1x, claiming valuable points towards the championship.
Jon Lamont was back in a boat racing almost 12 months after a blockage was found in his brain. Luis teamed up with Jon to take 2nd in the MSC 2x behind Falmouth.

Paignton Regatta 2018

Rowland Karl — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 20:44:56 +0100

Paignton Regatta 2018

The club attended Paignton Regatta 2018 held on Sunday 11th August 2018 and came away with

Four wins, two 2nd’s and two 3rds.

Highlights of the day are:

Libbie winning her first SB 1x over her arch rival from Plymouth.
Eliza winning her first quad race this season teaming up with Tilly, Nell and Cassie.
Grace winning her first ever ever EVER race in the WSC 4+ with Chloe, Hannah and Libbie. A very impressive performance beating the current WEARA leaders Totnes.
Adrian won his first sculls race

Appledore & Instow Regatta 2018

Rowland Karl — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 20:29:27 +0100

Applesore and Instow Regatta 2018

The club attended Appledore & Instow Regatta 2018 held on Sunday 5th August 2018 and came away with

Six wins, Two 2nds and Six 3rds and Championship of the River

Several Highlights today

The women’s novice four pushing Torquay and Paignton right to the line to claim 3rd 👏 great race to watch and see you push through at the end.
Alex in the novice sculls in his first singles race since he was a junior 👏 giving us another win towards the club championship.
Mixed Senior C crew Chloe, Hannah, Chris and Ross claiming the important last few points towards championship of the river. Narrowly missing out on 1st place but streaks ahead of the rest of the field.
J13s stepping up an age group and showing everyone that they are ready to take glory next year.

Totnes & Bridgetown Royal Regatta 2018

Rowland Karl — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 20:07:01 +0100

Totnes & Bridgetown Royal Regatta 2018

The club attended Exeter Regatta 2018 held on Satuday 14th July 2018 and came away with

Four wins, four 2nds and three 3rds

Several highlights of the day:

family mixed crew of Grace Farrell rowing with her father and her mother as the Cox.
J14s shining in the higher age group.
Our ladies captain Jess leading from the front with her crewmate Libbie, finding their form to win the open doubles again.
Miss Grace Farrell stepping up as a last min sub for the ladies SC four and rowing like she had been part of the crew for ages