Success at Head of the Dart
Posted by on 2 May 2018
A senior mens 8 and a senior womens 4were among some 150 taking part in the 9.5-mile race from Dartmouth to Totnes.
The men’s Senior B eight blew the rest of the field away by setting the fastest overall time of the day.
The crew of John Sandwell, Glyn Brown, Chris Thorne, Steve Povey, Adam Bewes, Alex Rowland, Ross Bennett,stroke Luis Wilkins and cox Emily Bracken covered the course in 47mins, 22secs, finishing 31 seconds ahead of second-placed Exeter.
Equally impressive were the ladies’ coxed four of Jess Giddy, Libbie Willis, Hannah Dennis, Georgiana Malin and cox Grace Farrell, who finished the day as the fastest ladies’ four.
They finished in a time of 54mins, 22secs, winning the pennant for the fastest women’s senior C crew.
