Ross boost trophy haul at tidal river regatta

11:04am Thursday 28th June 2007

ROSS Rowing Club junior and senior squads continued their winning ways on a highly successful weekend at the tidal river regatta at Totnes.

On Saturday, the Ross women's junior 14 coxed quad of Louise Hudd, Kelly Morris, Rosie Lindley and Katie Hudd endured a nail-biting heat after Lindley came off her seat on the first stroke.They were neck-and-neck against a strong Bideford crew so she decided to keep going, and ended up racing the whole 1000-metre course sliding up and down the metal runners.

Last-minute stand-in cox Hannah Jones steered a brilliant course as a quick finish brought them a place in the final which they went on to win.

After a short break, Lindley and Morris were back in action winning the junior 14 doubles.

Missing out narrowly in the finals to strong competition, Georgina Watling, Hannah Jones and Fiona Rogoff raced in the junior 16 singles while Dan Ruck raced in the junior 14 single sculls.

There was disappointment, however, for the junior 16 double of Watling and Jones who did well to beat their first opposition in an age group above their own but narrowly lost in the final.

The senior men's novice crew of Roland Robinson, Adam Robinson, Graham Watling and Anthony Dixon Gough won in style to move up in status.

On Sunday, Lindley brought home another win for Ross by winning the junior 14 single sculls against strong competition from the host club, Dart Totnes.

Ross juniors then raced in a junior regional regatta and won every event they entered.

Morgan Baynham Williams with Eleanor Blackwood won the junior 13 double sculls and Blackwood repeated the result in the singles. George Wood sculled brilliantly to win a tight semi-final by two feet and then won his final by a comfortable margin.

Georgie Jones beat her Ross rival Olivia Baynham Williams in the junior 10 singles and then teamed up with Georgina Watling and two Totnes juniors to win the scratch quads event.

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