BRIC 2016

Great day for our junior participants in BRIC. Emily Vater and Ed Fuller got gold in their 500m sprint races and went on to get silver, (Emily 2/58) and bronze , (Ed 3/47) in their 5 and 4 minute tests Rebecca Vater had really stiff opposition having moved into the sixth form girls (WJ18) group […]

Junior Squad Report – December 2016

Junior training is progressing well with our newer members showing improvement both on the water and in land training. If there was one the WJ14 group definitely would win the prepared for the water prize – hats, hi viz etc. Well done Girls Following on from their successes at Gloucester our competitive group represented the Club […]

Junior Squad Report – November 2016

Our final Junior Learn to Row course this year was taken by Stu 24th -28th October. Thirteen potential juniors took part and Danielle Stuart assisted Stu throughout the week. Thanks to all those, adult and junior, who helped to make this another successful course. Well done everyone who competed at Gloucester… some racing 1750m and […]

Juniors at Gloucester Head 2016

Well done everyone who competed at Gloucester today… some racing 1750m and some 5000m and some potential course records. Jack, Seb and Robbie did well in their almost J18 4x-. Georgia won WIM3 4+ with the senior ladies in the morning division and raced with Hannah in the  WIm 3 8+ in the afternoon. Hannah […]

Junior Squad Report – October 2016

After a busy summer and a short September break the juniors began training again on September 20th. We have welcomed in a group of new juniors who had attended Stu’s Junior Learn to Row courses in the summer. They are settling in well and already improving the skills they learned in the summer. Tuesday and […]

Junior Squad Report – September 2016

The junior squad has had a very busy summer attending all but one of the WEARA regattas. Several of our juniors represented the Western Region at the Junior Inter Regional Regatta held at Nottingham in April. In May a small group of seven juniors went to Dorney for the Ball Cup South and all returned […]

National Schools Regatta 2015

The National Schools Regatta is the most competitive regatta in the junior calendar. Phoebe Campbell and Lula Bowyer both raced in the WJ15 1x event, although Lula is actually in the WJ14 age group. There were forty five entries and all the girls took part in a time trial to determine who would take part […]

Exeter a success at Junior National Championships 2015

Junior rowers Poppy, Phoebe and Lula gave an outstanding performance at this years British Junior National Championships held at Strathclyde Country Park outside Glasgow. This competition is for the top juniors in the country and I’m delighted to say that Exeter has

Totnes Regatta 2015

An awesome weekend of racing in the picturesque town of Totnes! Blessed with wonderful weather on the Saturday and not so nice weather on the Sunday all crews were on top form. Lots of wins for

JIRR 2015

Well done to everyone who took part in the JIRR this weekend. We may not have put the West on the leader board but we had great performances from all who took part. This was the first time the West had two