January 11, 2010 News British Rowing NewsBritish Rowing EventsRowing CommunityGB Rowing TeamCompetitions and ClubsIndoor RowingPartners#YourStoriesArchive West Region Schools Indoor Rowing Competition Programme 2009-10 Indoor Rowing The schools indoor rowing competition programme in the West Region got off to a great start, with two well attended School Sports Partnership events. On 3rd Dec the first ever event run by the Callington SSP, took place at Looe school. The event was attended by pupils from Looe and Saltash schools, both of whom run indoor rowing programmes supported by British Rowing’s Cornwall HSCT coach Rhiannon Halliday. On December 9th the annual Poltair SSP event took place at Penrice school, with a record 141 pupils taking part. This included pupils from Fowey and Penrice schools, who also run HSCT supported indoor rowing programmes, Project Oarsome schools Poltair and Bodmin, and the two Newquay based schools Tretherras and Treviglas, both of whom run British Rowing accredited school indoor programmes.ADVERT The events were run by the SSPs, in conjunction with the Cornwall competitions managers, British Rowing staff and support from local clubs. After Christmas, the next phase of the competition programme sees as series of county based events, including the Plymouth City Championships, Cornwall County and Somerset County championships. The culmination of the regional programme is the UCP Marjon Sport West Regional Schools Championships, which take place in Plymouth on 2nd March. This will be followed by the LYR National Schools championships in London on 16th March. Results from Poltair SSP (9th December 2009) Results from Callington SSP (3rd December 2009) Report from Tom Pattichis – British Rowing Team Leader West Region ADVERT