The third regatta of the Hants & Dorset season was a home regatta for Christchurch, with all the crews pitching in early in the morning to get both the course and the various stalls ready for all the competitors that would be arriving from the rival clubs that same morning. Racing commenced at 10am sharp with the novice ladies starting off the day’s racing. The Christchurch C crew of L Windash, A Bridgen, A Facer, H Eddicott (str) and O Gillingham (cox) took to the water and

Saturday saw Christchurch Rowing Club (CRC) taking to the waters again in the second Hants and Dorset Rowing Association regatta of the season. The first piece of excellent news was that following last year’s 2 weather thwarted attempts to run the event, it was on, albeit with some time delays owing to fog which then cleared for a lovely sunny day. Conditions were bouncy with an onshore wind proving difficult for some competitors leading to capsizes in the sculling events, lu

On Sunday 9th May the first Cox’s Squad meeting was held, bringing together new and experienced members. The aim of the squad is to enable our coxswains to pass on experiences, discuss techniques and skills that will help them and the crew to achieve the best outings in both training and racing. After an interesting talk on hypothermia from Andy Galloway, they watched a cox’s video recording of last year’s Ladies Plate race at Henley with our own Matt Aldridge winning in the

Saturday the 5th of May marked the first regatta of the Hants and Dorset 2018 rowing season and was filled with sunshine, creating anticipation and excitement for all the crews entered. Around 12 Christchurch crews ventured to Coalporters where the first regatta would be held, all looking to gain that all important first championship point. The day began with the Junior 1x, as Coalies do not hold Novice sculls. First Christchurch athlete of the day was Rachael Williams who se