Two more rounds of the Long Distance Sculling (LDS) Series went ahead during October and a third at Berwick on October 24th had the misfortune to coincide with Storm Austen and was cancelled.
Tyne LDS and TURC SBH
Durham ARC had 19 entries for the second double header of the season on October 17th – 10 for Tyne LDS and 9 for Tyne United Small Boats Head, both contested over 4500 metres between Scotswood and Newburn.
Another good performance saw the WMasD coxless quad of Rachel Terry, Jenny Conroy, Aisling Dutton and Deirdre Bruce take their second victory of the series, and there were two wins for the J17 girls singles, with Livvy Terry again winning the LDS race while Iris Mitchell won in the SBH. All entries achieved top three positions in their respective events, and wins went to –
Tyne LDS
- 🥇 WMasD 4x- Terry
- 🥇 WJ17 1x Terry
- 🥇MasE 1x Terry
Tyne United SBH
- 🥇Open 1x Baird
- 🥇WJ17 1x Mitchell
Full results are available on Oar-online for Tyne LDS and TURC SBH
Wansbeck LDS and SBH
A smaller contingent consisting of five Masters entries went to Cambois Rowing Club on October 31st for Wansbeck LDS which combined with Wansbeck SBH that had no entries from DARC but did attract 5 from Durham Colleges and 8 from St Leonard’s School, both competitions taking place over a shortened course of 1800 metres
There was a first win of the season for the MasH coxless quad of Chris Merchant, Ian Tidmarsh, Neil Malkin and John Carter who overcame the Durham MasF quad in a closely contested MasFH 4x handicap race.
The WMasB 1x and WMasB 2x were runners-up in their respective handicaps, and the MxMasI 2x recorded a good time without direct opposition.
Results are on Oar-online for Wansbeck LDS and SBH.
Well done to all those taking part and many thanks to the host clubs.
We look forward to staging the final round of the LDS Series and Durham Autumn Small Boats Head on Saturday, November 7th.