Dartmouth Amateur Rowing Club

  Celebrating 140 years of Success 

                      Est 1869

                                        Vesta Scullers Head

SCULLERS from Dart Totnes and Dartmouth impressed at the 55^th Scullers Head organised by Vesta Rowing Club. The Head is a processional race for single sculls over the 4.25 mile championship course from Mortlake to Putney. First sculled in 1954, this year's race involved almost 500 scullers attracting entries from all over the United Kingdom and the world, with standards ranging from internationals to novices.

The Head was won by GB Beijing Olympian Alastair Campbell of Tideway Scullers who finished in 20 minutes 30.57 seconds but the West of England’s top sculler, Elliot Barton of Dart Totnes gave an extremely impressive performance to finish 24^th overall in 21:29.85 and 2^nd in his category of Men’s Senior 2.

Hugh Tubbs of Dart Totnes won his category of Men’s Veteran F in 23:10.02 finishing 214^th overall and clubmate John Harris finished third in the same category in 23:20.22 and 234^th overall.

Another excellent result came from Dartmouth’s Sam Tilley who was second in the Ladies Under 18 category in 24:26.51 and 340^th overall. In the same category Judith Rice of Dart Totnes was 4^th in 24:34.14 and 350^th overall.

Other results included Rose Willoughby of Dart Totnes who was 10^th in the Ladies Lightweight Senior 3 category in 24:36.30 and 355^th overall; and Michael Tilley of Dartmouth who was 26^th in the Men’s Under 18 category in 24:46.71 and 369^th overall.