Hexham Rowing Club members star at trio of events

Hexham Rowing Club has competed in three events over the last two weekends with enormous success.

Firstly on June 5, the Hexham Regatta took place, although had to be scaled back compared to previous years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The event, which saw the first side by side rowing races happen for two years, took place in fine weather conditions on Tyne Green and the club walked away with several victories.

These included Catherine Bowman who won the Ladies Masters Double Sculls alongside Hilary Cairns from Berwick, as well as the men’s masters quad scull team of Stuart Mullan, Graeme Wilson, Barney Hawkins and Kevin Oates who also won their event.

In the women's J14 coxed quad scull, Rose Nicholson, Katie Raine, Daisy Denbury, Lily Teague and cox Hester Lockey won three rounds of the event before then going on to beat Durham in the final by a close margin.

More success followed in the boys J15 double scull as Sam Cardnell and Henry Welch took their first Regatta medals for the club and James Turnbull and Gabriel Wells-Johnson beat teammates Aidan Wright and Bobby Murray in the J18 double scull final.

Last weekend saw the club again in action at both the Durham Regatta and the

British Masters Championship Regatta at Nottingham with more strong performances.

Down the country, Oates and Bowman secured both the national title and gold medal after a win in the mixed double scull event, while Ben Haywood-Smith competed in the B final of the single scull.

At the Durham Regatta, the rowing club’s junior competitors again performed strongly.

Noticeable performances at the two-day event included the women's J14 coxed quad team who saw usual cox Hester Lockey having to step into row at the last minute. After making it to the semi-finals on Saturday, they won the final on Sunday.

Also in the J15 double scull, Sam Cardnell, and his substitute doubles partner took the runners up spot in the final against Yarm School.