July 30, 2010 News British Rowing NewsBritish Rowing EventsRowing CommunityGB Rowing TeamIndoor RowingRowing & RegattaPartners#YourStoriesArchive Ross Seniors lead a weekend of victory Rowing Community Last weekend Ross Rowing Club decamped to Bewdley Regatta in order to compete against regional and national rivals on the river Severn. It was another very successful weekend with the Ross Club picking up 16 wins over the two days. On Saturday the Masters B 4+ of Paul Carpenter, Steve Randell, Philip Davies, and Antony Dixon Gough coxed by Morgan Baynham Williams beat Stourport easily and went on to win their final against the Ross Masters D4. The Ross Masters D4+ of Jeremy Picton-Turbervill, Graham Watling, Paul Brodholt and Dave Sykes coxed by Frazer Blackwood made up for the defeat in the Masters B event by beating Bewdley by 6 lengths in their final. On Sunday Masters D4+ rowed impressively in a Masters C4+ event against Royal Chester and won by 2 ½ lengths and also in a Masters D4+ event against City of Sheffield and also won by 2 ½ lengths. The Ross Masters Novice 4+ of Tony Allen, Andrew Morris, Richard Jennison and Mike Phillips coxed by Molly Phillips were entered at Open Novice 4+ and only just lost to a much younger crew from Burton Leander. There was an impressive win for the Novice Double scull of Lenny Colling and Mitch Browning beat Bewdley in their final. This is a tremendous result for Lenny Colling who has worked tirelessly with in bringing on new oarsman and a brilliant result for Mitch who only took up the sport 8 weeks ago! The men’s senior results were capped by a wonderful result in Masters E single scull, Mike Jones, who beat Northwich in his final. We are delighted for Mike who is a resilient competitor and stoic supporter for the clubs progress. The senior tally was added finally by a brilliant win for the ladies senior 2 crew of Holy Campbell, Geraldine Calcraft, Emily Preeece, Geenee Watling, with Rhodri Morris Coxing beat tough opposition from Stourport in their final. ADVERT The Junior section had another very impressive day on Sunday and chalked an 10 impressive wins. In the girls singles event wins were acheived by Scarlet Brodholt WJ11, Piipa England Wj12 , Catrin Morris Wj13 and Roise Brandram Jones Wj15. In the doubles events Livi Baynham Williams won Wj13 2x and Megan Jephcote and Jess Boon had another victory in Wj12. All Showed great determination to win their races. Johan Lai and Henry Jones having narrowly won their semi final against another Ross crew by six inches, went on to win their final versus Bristol convincingly. The Wj12 quads was a keenly contested Ross v Ross final. With the Kingfisher crew leading coming up to the line , the Haigh crew of Sky Jenkins, Alice Reynolds, Pippa England and Megan Jephcote coxed by Molly Phillips sneaked a win by a bow ball ( 2 inches). Unfortunately the J13 quad had no opposition in the age group and had to compete up a year. They came up against the Ross J14 quad in the final who had already beaten a big crew from Stourport in their semi final, The young boys put in a good fight but were vanquished by the older boys who were too strong for them. Nick Burden was the star of the day, winning all 3 of his races by 3 to 4 lengths in his J12 single events. The Club regularly draws favourable comments on the quality of the Juniors’ rowing, but this weekend was the first time we received praise from another club on the helpfulness and the number of parent the club has. It was a busy day with a tight race schedule and without the help of so many parents, the junior success would not have been possible. Club Junior coach Jackie Baynham Williams echoed this feedback, adding that the Ross support from parents makes a huge difference to the enjoyment of all the athletes through the day and has a big impact on the results. We are very proud and a very thankful for all their support. Added congratulations should be added to the Rowing Club team that won the knock out competition on Saturday in aid of help the heroes. ADVERT