Dartmouth Amateur Rowing Club          

Est 1869

                            2008 WEARA AWARDS DINNER

THE West of England ARA President’s Night held at the Quality Hotel in Plymouth was tinged with sadness following the death at the beginning of August of Derek Rickard, the West of England ARA President. His upturned single scull had been discovered on the river Plym and his body later found on the mud flats near Laira Bridge. He had been airlifted to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The popular 60 year-old had been an active sculler and had done much to promote the sport of rowing in his home city of Plymouth and was enjoying his year as President of the Association. He had been looking forward to his club hosting the South Coast Championships in September and of course to his President’s Night.

Since his death his club has rotated members to take the Presidential position and on this occasion Derek’s daughter, Laura Rickard, donned the Presidential chain of office.

South Devon clubs enjoyed a successful season and were prominent in receiving Championship awards with Dartmouth winning five, Dart Totnes three and Paignton three.

The major Championship, the Men’s Senior A coxed fours, was awarded to Dartmouth’s Matthew Isaac, Phil Langman, John Hart, Terry Wallis and cox, Louise Bellamy, a Championship that Dartmouth has on more occasions than any other club since it’s inception in 1896. However, this thirty-fifth winning of the region’s major Championship for Dartmouth has taken a little while coming since the 34^th win in 1994.

Dartmouth were also Championship winners at Men’s Novice coxed fours with David Langmead, Liam Boyd, TJ Lang, Chris China and cox, Marie Dayment; at Men’s Under 16 coxed quadruple sculls with Michael Tilley, Richie Jeffs, TJ Lang, Matt Dayment and cox, Marie Dayment; at Men’s Under 18 single sculls with Chris China; and at Ladies Under 18 single sculls with Sam Tilley.

Elliot Barton was involved in all three of Paignton’s Championship wins. He won both the Men’s Senior B and Senior C single sculls and along with Robbie Tucker, Paul Henshaw, Simon Henshaw and cox, Charlotte Lane, won the Men’s Senior C coxed fours Championship.

Dart Totnes were Championship winners at Men’s Under 14 coxed quadruple sculls with Izzy Rundle, Louise Hawkyard, Emily Bibby, Sam Richardson, Simon Kerswell-Jensen and Chelsie Cleal (cox); at Ladies Under 16 coxed quadruple sculls with Devon Cleal, Claire Gardner, Christie Rhys-Brown, Jacqui Gibbard, Amy Kirkup, Emily Murphy and cox, Rob Crowter-Jones; and at Ladies Under 14 coxed quadruple sculls with Izzy Rundle, Jess Larcombe, Emily Bibby, Louise Hawkyard and cox, Chelsie Cleal

West of England ARA Championships final positions:

Men’s Senior A coxed fours 1 Dartmouth 7pts 2 Falmouth B 6pts

3= Exmouth 2pts & Falmouth A 2pts

Men’s Senior B coxed fours 1 Exeter 30pts 2 Dartmouth 11pts 3 Dart Totnes 8pts

Men’s Senior C coxed fours 1 Paignton 32pts 2 Exmouth 14pts 3 Exeter 8pts

Men’s Novice coxed fours 1 Dartmouth 4pts

Men’s Under 18 coxed fours 1 Bideford Reds 28pts 2 Exeter 12pts 3 Dartmouth 10pts

Men’s Under 16 coxed quadruple sculls 1 Dartmouth 38pts 2 Dart Totnes A 20pts

3 Dart Totnes B 12pts

Men’s Under 14 coxed quadruple sculls 1 Dart Totnes 30pts 2 Bideford Reds 22pts

3 Torquay 4pts

Ladies Senior A coxed fours Void

Ladies Senior B coxed fours 1 Falmouth 14pts 2 Exeter 9pts 3 Bideford Reds 4pts

Ladies Senior C coxed fours 1 Bideford Reds A 34pts 2 Bideford Reds B 12pts

3 Exeter A 9pts

Ladies Novice coxed fours 1 Exeter 4pts 2= Dart Totnes 1pt & Plymouth 1pt

Ladies Under 18 coxed fours 1 Exeter 38pts 2 Dart Totnes 22pts 3 Dartmouth 15pts

Ladies Under 16 coxed quadruple sculls 1 Dart Totnes A 33pts 2 Exeter A 30pts

3 Bideford Reds 10pts

Ladies Under 14 coxed quadruple sculls 1 Dart Totnes 32pts 2 Bideford Blues 23pts

3 Bideford Reds 15pts

Men’s Senior A single sculls Void

Men’s Senior B single sculls 1 Elliot Barton – Paignton 9pts 2 T Youd – Exeter 8pts

3 Barnaby Stentiford – Dart Totnes 6pts

Men’s Senior C single sculls 1 Elliot Barton – Paignton 34pts 2 D Rowse – Exeter 17.5pts 3 S Malloy – Exmouth 7pts

Men’s Novice single sculls 1 Wimbleball 3pts 2 Dart Totnes 2pts

3= Exmouth 1pt, Bideford Blues 1pt, Bideford Reds 1pt

Men’s Under 18 single sculls 1 Chris China – Dartmouth 36pts

2 Steve Clarke – Dart Totnes 18pts 3 M Bowyer – Exeter 16pts

Men’s Under 16 single sculls 1 M Bowyer – Exeter 30pts

2 Merryck Tooley – Dart Totnes 14pts 3 S Povey – Bideford Reds 10.5pts

Ladies Senior A single sculls Void

Ladies Senior B single sculls 1 Void

Ladies Senior C single sculls 1 L Sanders – Exeter 12pts 2 J Wood – Exeter 8pts

3 Sam Tilley – Dartmouth 4pts

Ladies Novice single sculls Void

Ladies Under 18 single sculls 1 Sam Tilley – Dartmouth 30pts 2 B Saxton – Exeter 7pts

3= Judith Rice – Dart Totnes 2pts & A Wesson – Exeter 2pts

Ladies Under 16 single sculls 1 A Wesson – Exeter 24pts 2 Jess Phillips – 19.5pts

3 Jacqui Gibbard – Dart Totnes 2.5pts

Champion Club – Fours 1 Bideford Reds 127pts 2 Dart-Totnes 108pts 3 Exeter 106pts

4 Dartmouth 69pts 5 Bideford Blues 34pts 6 Exmouth 25pts

7 Paignton 21pts 8 Greenbank Falmouth 19pts 9 Plymouth 6pts

10= Castle Dore 5pts & Torquay 5pts

Champion Club – Single sculls 1 Exeter 19pts 2 Dartmouth 11pts 3 Dart-Totnes 9pts

4 Paignton 6pts 5 Wimbleball 3pts

6 Exmouth 2pts & Bideford Reds 2pts 7 Bideford Blues 1pt

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