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South Coast Championships Swanage!

Over 20 people from Hastings attended the Championships held on Saturday 13th September this year at Swanage. The weather was perfect and many stayed for 2 or 3 nights.

The calm before the storm as the crews sneak extra practice in the day before.

A general pose getting about half those present This seemed to be the maximum which would fit into one frame.

Andy Wilson: no more to say!

Mr Steve Callar: Alison he's all yours!

Mr Roger Roberts on a strict regime of orange juice, yoghurt and Badger Beer !

Miss Ella Muggridge always one of the more active members of the squad!!!!!!!

Mandy and Frances. Frances was about to spit out some orange pips !

Pictured above is a pair of Bicknells. Tim Bicknell popped over from Bournemouth to enjoy the fun.

We now come to the strange case of Mr Jamie Hayden. In the first picture on the left he is viewed next to the bunk beds in which he is supposed to be sleeping on the upper one. I am on the lower one!!

Notice in the right the complete absence of anyone having slept in it!!. This was taken at 7 am at which time he crawled in through the kitchen door wearing crumpled rowing club jacket, tie and white shirt and said to the surpised land lady. "I've just been out for a newspaper"

The only problem with this explanation was the complete absence of a newspaper Jamie.!!!!

However our poor landlady, a Godfearing woman was equally surprised with the younger members of Bexhill Rowing Club. At a very subdued breakfast the landlady asked the 2 young girls aged 16 and 14 why they had hoarse throats; had they by chance been drinking alcohol.

"Oh No" they replied. "We were cheering on our teams all day yesterday and now are throats are sore!" They happened to omit the fact that they were coming back to the B&B at 2 o'clock in the morning!. As for the younger male members of Bexhill Rowing Club they were so ashen grey that they looked like they needed a blood transfusion.

While on the subject of Bexhill Rowing Club the picture below captures their strange behaviour during the afternoon before the big day. Our Hastings Boys and girls were imbibing in a well earned half of local ale in the White Swan and were amazed that Mr Paul Heskett and cohorts from Bexhill spent all afternoon window shopping! Over 1 hour was spent at this shop which discretely opened for them later we hear.

More scandal from the South Coast Championships.