Deal rowers snap up seven golds
Deal Rowing Club collected seven gold medals during
the second Coast Regatta at Eastbourne at the weekend.
The Deal club also won the Grand
Junior Aggregate and after the latest Coast event they have 10
points in the chase for the Grand Championship and 117 points in
the Cara League.
Stephen Holmes, Oli Hook, Dev Whiteman
and Charlie Creed with cox Aston Hibbert won by six lengths in the
Junior Senior Fours, ahead of the B 
crew of Chris Dale, Damian Cook, Matt Holmes, Lloyd
Payne and cox Toby Shorter to put them 2-0 ahead in the Junior
Senior Fours Championship.
The hosts finished third.
The Junior Four of Dale, Cook, Holmes,
Payne and cox Hibbert won their second race of the season, beating
the Bexhill team by four lengths.
Dale and Payne followed that up with
their first win in the Junior Sculls with a one length victory over
the B pair of Holmes and Cook.
In the Junior Sculls, Hook gained his
first win with a two-length victory over Herne Bay, while in the
Novice Sculls, it was victory for Whiteman.
The Novice Fours final saw the Deal
crew of Will Dennis, Andy Hill, Aaron Cook, Alex Bush and cox
Shorter gain their second win of the year and they now move up to
junior status.
In the Ladies’ Pair event, there was
more joy as Sam Card and Jo Johnson fought off the challenge from
Bexhill to win by two lengths.
Wednesday, July 01 2009