A perfect summer’s afternoon on the Dorset Stour provided an ideal setting for a return to competitive rowing. And for our enthusiastic squad of youngsters it was an opportunity to experience the exhilaration of racing for the first time. The usual brisk Bryanston schedule kept races coming thick and fast, supporters were enthralled and coaches kept on their toes. The format was simple; three divisions, each kicking-off with a time-trial followed by two boat head-to-head raci

Nine recreational club members from Christchurch rowing club (CRC) spent a glorious weekend over 12-13 June sculling 32 miles in touring quads on the Norfolk Broads – eight women and Peter XXX (the excellent plus one). On what was one of the best weather weekends so far with temperatures soring into the mid-twenties, the recreational rowers fought their way through six hours of heavy Friday traffic. Everyone, it seemed, was heading for the Broads (not us broads I hasten to ad

Former Christchurch Rowing Club junior sculler Matthew Aldridge was selected as part of the GB Rowing team to race at World Cup III in Sabaudia in Italy on 4th to 6th June. GB Rowing sent a Young "Project Paris" squad and for most of the rowers it was their first senior race. Matthew was rowing in the GBR1 coxless four, along with three other members of Oxford Brookes University Boat Club where he now rows. After coming second in their heat, they gained a place in the A fina

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