Western

Annie Vernon visits Penrice School

sarahhope — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:48:22 +0000

On Monday 24th November, Cornish bred Olympic silver medallist Annie Vernon visited Penrice School indoor rowing club in Cornwall.

The club, run by the ARA's recently appointed HSCT coach, Rhiannon Halliday, and Charlestown Rowing Club has been established now for six weeks and is growing in popularity each week. Monday saw the largest number of rowers so far with 33 children aged 11-16.

WEARA Honours for South West Rowers

sarahhope — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:00:48 +0000

Indoor Championships 2008 - Western Region

sarahhope — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:04:54 +0000

The Western Region was well represented at the British Indoor Rowing Championships, held in Birmingham on October 26th.

The biggest contingent came from the Plymouth Rowing Forum, with 32 pupils from seven Plymouth schools taking part in the event, as part of a trip organised by Plymouth Community Coach Kevin Sellar.

HSCT Junior Sculling Camp 2008 – Western Region

randolph — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:20:18 +0000

The Western Region hold its annual junior sculling camp on the weekend of 11th - 12th October at Dart Totnes Rowing Club. This year's camp again benefited from funding from the Henley Stewards Charitable Trust to support costs such as facility hire and coaching.

HSCT Fixed Seat Junior Camp 2008 – Western Region

randolph — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:17:07 +0000

The Western Region held its second annual camp for juniors from fixed seat clubs, at Stithians Reservoir in Cornwall on the 18th and 19th October.

The camp, run in association with the Cornish Pilot Gig Association, the Cornish Rowing Association and the South West Lakes Trust, benefited from funding from the Henley Stewards Charitable Trust to support costs such as facility hire and coaching.

Make your nomination for BBC Sports 'Unsung Hero' award

randolph — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:51:53 +0000

The BBC is inviting nominations for the nation's Sports Unsung Hero.

'Now in its sixth year, the award is given to a volunteer who has made a difference to their community through sport.

Fifteen local winners are chosen by each BBC English region as well as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and will be invited to attend the Sports Personality of the Year awards ceremony at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on 14 December.

Western Region's newsletter and calendar dates

randolph — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:46:08 +0000

The ARA, in consultation with the West Regional Rowing Council (WRRC), WEARA, CPGA, CRA and UKSRL have produced a calendar of events for 2008-9.

This includes coaching courses, workshops, training camps and other events designed to support the development of all clubs, rowers, volunteers and coaches in the West Region.

These are all available to read and/or download here:

Regatta reports from the Western Region press

randolph — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:47:08 +0000

South Coast Championships Regatta - 'Darts fourth in Plym final'

Dartmouth just missed out on a top three finish after flying the South Devon flag at the South Coast Championship Regatta on Saturday 13th September.

Conditions were ideal for the 52nd South Coast regatta held on the River Plym at Plymouth. But Dartmouth were hindered by a slow start in the championship final of the men's junior/senior coxed fours.

Rowers pull together to celebrate Paralympic Handover

randolph — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:51:11 +0000

Over 100 people got together on Wednesday to celebrate the Paralympic Handover in style at the YMCA in Plymouth. Pupils from eight schools in the area took to the 18 rowing machines in a relay to notch up a target of 147,000 metres. The children worked so well that this target was raised to 200,000 metres halfway through the event, and even this higher target was smashed as the final metres rowed totalled 262,000!

Alastair Barr - Castle Dore's valued Treasurer

randolph — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:04:19 +0000

Alastair has been an active and valuable volunteer both within his club, Castle Dore RC, and within the region. He has had many volunteer roles over the years, including WEARA President. Currently his regional roles are as treasurer both of WEARA and the WRRC.