NEWS PAGE UPDATE - July 2018
With our growing network on our Instagram page, we will now upload all news to Instagram rather than updating this page from August 2018 onwards. You can click on the Instagram link below which will take you over to our page - you don't need an account to access the page but to be able to like or comment on our posts or follow us, you need an Instagram account.
With our growing network on our Instagram page, we will now upload all news to Instagram rather than updating this page from August 2018 onwards. You can click on the Instagram link below which will take you over to our page - you don't need an account to access the page but to be able to like or comment on our posts or follow us, you need an Instagram account.
PLYMOUTH REGATTA - 9th June 2018
Saturday the 9th June 2018. Plymouth Regatta kicked off the West of England Amateur Rowing Association's (WEARA's) regatta season in style with stunning sunshine and a phenomenal turnout of people - certainly the busiest we've seen Blagdon's Meadow in a very long time! Thank you to all of our rowers for their fantastic efforts in doing themselves proud and everyone at the club proud too, we praise you for your success yesterday.
In addition, we would like to thank the parents and families of our rowers who came down to help run the bar, kitchen, BBQ, marshall, run the raffle, safety boat and generally support everyone in what they were doing. You all did a fantastic job, and the committee as well as everyone else at the club can only express our gratitude and appreciation for what you did for us.
A massive thank you to all of the clubs is certainly required too with a fantastic turnout from across the region, it was brilliant to see so many familiar faces again now that regatta season has begun and we cannot wait to see you all at the following regattas in the months to come.
Saturday the 9th June 2018. Plymouth Regatta kicked off the West of England Amateur Rowing Association's (WEARA's) regatta season in style with stunning sunshine and a phenomenal turnout of people - certainly the busiest we've seen Blagdon's Meadow in a very long time! Thank you to all of our rowers for their fantastic efforts in doing themselves proud and everyone at the club proud too, we praise you for your success yesterday.
In addition, we would like to thank the parents and families of our rowers who came down to help run the bar, kitchen, BBQ, marshall, run the raffle, safety boat and generally support everyone in what they were doing. You all did a fantastic job, and the committee as well as everyone else at the club can only express our gratitude and appreciation for what you did for us.
A massive thank you to all of the clubs is certainly required too with a fantastic turnout from across the region, it was brilliant to see so many familiar faces again now that regatta season has begun and we cannot wait to see you all at the following regattas in the months to come.
PLYMOUTH REGATTA ENTRIES CLOSED - 20th May 2018
We are now only weeks away from our home regatta on the 9th of June and our fingers are still crossed for this long lasting period of good weather! We look forward to seeing everyone who has entered on the day - there is more information to follow from our Regatta Secretary via email within the coming days.
We are now only weeks away from our home regatta on the 9th of June and our fingers are still crossed for this long lasting period of good weather! We look forward to seeing everyone who has entered on the day - there is more information to follow from our Regatta Secretary via email within the coming days.
REGATTA SEASON COUNTDOWN - 9th May 2018
We are finally approaching that time of year again where the relentless indoor training is beginning to ease off and water time is dominating our training. With only one month until our WEARA Regatta season starts, we hope the weather is like this in 30 days time. We are honoured to be hosting the opening Regatta of the Racing Season on the 9th of June 2018 - we are hoping you are looking forward to it as much as we are!
We are finally approaching that time of year again where the relentless indoor training is beginning to ease off and water time is dominating our training. With only one month until our WEARA Regatta season starts, we hope the weather is like this in 30 days time. We are honoured to be hosting the opening Regatta of the Racing Season on the 9th of June 2018 - we are hoping you are looking forward to it as much as we are!
NATIONAL'S SUCCESS AT JIRR - 23rd April 2018
On Saturday 21st April, the Western Region competed together as a united team at the Junior Inter-Regional Regatta at the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham. Among the competing members of the Western Region were three Plymouth Crews - our J14 Quad, J15 Single and J16 Double represented Plymouth and the West Region with exceptional results. Elliot Lawrence in his J15 Single as well as Tom Hughes and Jack Lancashire in their J16 Double raced against their competitors with strength, pride and success. The highest achievement for our crews was from the J14 Quad in their first year competing at the national event - Eddie Axworthy, Stanley Butchart, Sam Duggan and Charlie Pitt with their Coxwain, Taylor Wassall placed 5th in the 'A' final. Massive congratulations to all three of our crews as well as the entire Western Region! Many thanks to the voluntary help of the families who drove as well as our Head Coach, Kevin Sellar and Junior Coach, Phoebe Lansley for getting them there and helping them succeed.
On Saturday 21st April, the Western Region competed together as a united team at the Junior Inter-Regional Regatta at the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham. Among the competing members of the Western Region were three Plymouth Crews - our J14 Quad, J15 Single and J16 Double represented Plymouth and the West Region with exceptional results. Elliot Lawrence in his J15 Single as well as Tom Hughes and Jack Lancashire in their J16 Double raced against their competitors with strength, pride and success. The highest achievement for our crews was from the J14 Quad in their first year competing at the national event - Eddie Axworthy, Stanley Butchart, Sam Duggan and Charlie Pitt with their Coxwain, Taylor Wassall placed 5th in the 'A' final. Massive congratulations to all three of our crews as well as the entire Western Region! Many thanks to the voluntary help of the families who drove as well as our Head Coach, Kevin Sellar and Junior Coach, Phoebe Lansley for getting them there and helping them succeed.
GOLD FOR DAWSON - 29th March 2018
At the Head of The River Race, there was further achievement once again for Jacob and his crew on the 4.25 mile race course on the Tideway in London. With over 400 crews participating, there is always strong competition but the Leander crew raced a dead heat against Oxford Brookes! Despite being 0.08 seconds quicker on time, the margin was too small to declare a definite verdict so a dead heat was awarded to the two fastest crews of the course.
At the Head of The River Race, there was further achievement once again for Jacob and his crew on the 4.25 mile race course on the Tideway in London. With over 400 crews participating, there is always strong competition but the Leander crew raced a dead heat against Oxford Brookes! Despite being 0.08 seconds quicker on time, the margin was too small to declare a definite verdict so a dead heat was awarded to the two fastest crews of the course.
Photos courtesy of https://www.instagram.com/brookesphotographygb & http://www.horr.co.uk/
WEBSITE LAUNCH - 19TH MARCH 2018
The all new and fully updated Official Plymouth ARC is now live! Keep up to date with news, dates and general information on our all new website.
The all new and fully updated Official Plymouth ARC is now live! Keep up to date with news, dates and general information on our all new website.
SUCCESS AT NJIRC 2018 - 12th MARCH 2018
What a day it was on Friday 9th of March where 39 people representing PARC from across Devon and Cornwall went to race at the National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships in the Lee Valley Athletics Centre. Not only did we have PB’s throughout the days but 39 students collected 27 medals. Both the Year 7-9 Girls and Boys Relay Races won Gold defending their titles as well as great success from the Year 10-13 Boys who came silver in their Team Relay Boat Race. The major success was continued when the Year 10-13 Girls also got a podium finish by 7 metres winning Gold at the prestigious national event. Individually we also had success with Year 7 champion, Freddy, Year 9 girls Silver, Ellie Dash and Year 9 boys bronze Charlie Groves. An excellent days work showing the commitment and team work from the students and coaches.
What a day it was on Friday 9th of March where 39 people representing PARC from across Devon and Cornwall went to race at the National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships in the Lee Valley Athletics Centre. Not only did we have PB’s throughout the days but 39 students collected 27 medals. Both the Year 7-9 Girls and Boys Relay Races won Gold defending their titles as well as great success from the Year 10-13 Boys who came silver in their Team Relay Boat Race. The major success was continued when the Year 10-13 Girls also got a podium finish by 7 metres winning Gold at the prestigious national event. Individually we also had success with Year 7 champion, Freddy, Year 9 girls Silver, Ellie Dash and Year 9 boys bronze Charlie Groves. An excellent days work showing the commitment and team work from the students and coaches.
A TRIBUTE TO CHRIS MOYSE - 6TH MARCH 2018
Thank you to all who came tonight to be together following a year since Chris sadly passed away. Once again, we are sorry that we had to postpone it, but we agreed that Chris wouldn't want you all endangering your safety by getting to the club in the surprisingly bad weather! Nevertheless, we managed to get together to reflect on the truly remarkable efforts he went to in order to form our unbreakable family. We will continue to thrive as the club aspires to continue his astonishing legacy that he put so much into creating and sustaining. Chris was undeniably one of PARC’s all time greats and he will live on looking over our waters for all the years to come.
Now that we have stabilised and attempted to fill in the massive hole left by the absence of our incredible friend, we are ready to break through as a club and carry on being the fantastic, tenacious and united club that makes us who we are.
Thank you to all who came tonight to be together following a year since Chris sadly passed away. Once again, we are sorry that we had to postpone it, but we agreed that Chris wouldn't want you all endangering your safety by getting to the club in the surprisingly bad weather! Nevertheless, we managed to get together to reflect on the truly remarkable efforts he went to in order to form our unbreakable family. We will continue to thrive as the club aspires to continue his astonishing legacy that he put so much into creating and sustaining. Chris was undeniably one of PARC’s all time greats and he will live on looking over our waters for all the years to come.
Now that we have stabilised and attempted to fill in the massive hole left by the absence of our incredible friend, we are ready to break through as a club and carry on being the fantastic, tenacious and united club that makes us who we are.
PLYMOUTH ARC MARKS A SPECIAL DATE - 1ST MARCH 2018
It's hard to believe that it was a year ago to this day that our dearly missed and highly influential former Chairman, Chris Moyse, suddenly passed away. Safe to say, the past year has been a massive struggle for everyone within the club but thanks to our incredible team spirit and strong leadership, we have managed to support each other and pull through.
We, as a club, believe that in the last year we have continued to achieve and we hope we have made Chris incredibly proud. We will endeavour to continue this success and pledge to continue his legacy for many years to come both within the club and across the region as Chris was also the former WEARA Chairman.
With thanks to Chris' close friends, we now have the Chris Moyse Trophy which we were proud to win in its first year at the club as Champions of the River at our home Regatta. In addition to this, the club also won the Chris Moyse trophy for voluntary work which was awarded to us by the WEARA Committee who very kindly and unexpectedly created this new award presented to us at the annual WEARA Dinner in November. It is with thanks to the support from the invaluable people within our community including all those associated with PARC and WEARA that we have managed to get through this past year and we thank everyone who has, and persists in aiding us.
To mark the year since Chris' sudden passing, we attempted to gather as a club to remember and reflect on everything that he has done for us however due to the adverse weather we had decided to postpone it until the following Tuesday 6th March - we knew that he would understand this and wouldn't want anyone to get injured on their travels.
It's hard to believe that it was a year ago to this day that our dearly missed and highly influential former Chairman, Chris Moyse, suddenly passed away. Safe to say, the past year has been a massive struggle for everyone within the club but thanks to our incredible team spirit and strong leadership, we have managed to support each other and pull through.
We, as a club, believe that in the last year we have continued to achieve and we hope we have made Chris incredibly proud. We will endeavour to continue this success and pledge to continue his legacy for many years to come both within the club and across the region as Chris was also the former WEARA Chairman.
With thanks to Chris' close friends, we now have the Chris Moyse Trophy which we were proud to win in its first year at the club as Champions of the River at our home Regatta. In addition to this, the club also won the Chris Moyse trophy for voluntary work which was awarded to us by the WEARA Committee who very kindly and unexpectedly created this new award presented to us at the annual WEARA Dinner in November. It is with thanks to the support from the invaluable people within our community including all those associated with PARC and WEARA that we have managed to get through this past year and we thank everyone who has, and persists in aiding us.
To mark the year since Chris' sudden passing, we attempted to gather as a club to remember and reflect on everything that he has done for us however due to the adverse weather we had decided to postpone it until the following Tuesday 6th March - we knew that he would understand this and wouldn't want anyone to get injured on their travels.
SUCCESS FOR DAWSON! - 30TH JANUARY 2018
Jacob Dawson has won the Bill Richards Amateur Sports Personality of the Year at the Plymouth Herald's Sports Personality of the Year awards ceremony. Here is the statement from Plymouth Herald:
"There has been very little rest for Jacob Dawson in 2017 as he continues to impress on the world rowing stage. In what proved to be an incredible year he was selected to represent Great Britain as part of their senior rowing team and tasted plenty of success in many different competitions. Jacob took part in three World Cup events in Serbia, Poland and Switzerland, winning gold in one and bronze in another. He then competed in the European Championships in the Czech Republic and the World Championships in the USA. But there were more medals to come as Jacob won gold in the men’s pair in Serbia and bronze in the men’s eight in Poland. Travelling the world has become a big part of Jacob’s life, but when he is back home in Plymouth, he makes time to visit his local club, Plymouth Amateur Rowing Club."
Jacob was also one of six nominees for the main award of the evening, The Sports Personality of the Year 2017 up against Ben Proud, Graham Carey, Heather Knight, Henry Slade, and Tom Daley hoping to win the award.
Congratulations Jacob!
https://www.britishrowing.org/2018/01/dawson-and-pritchard-nominated-in-regional-sports-awards/
Jacob Dawson has won the Bill Richards Amateur Sports Personality of the Year at the Plymouth Herald's Sports Personality of the Year awards ceremony. Here is the statement from Plymouth Herald:
"There has been very little rest for Jacob Dawson in 2017 as he continues to impress on the world rowing stage. In what proved to be an incredible year he was selected to represent Great Britain as part of their senior rowing team and tasted plenty of success in many different competitions. Jacob took part in three World Cup events in Serbia, Poland and Switzerland, winning gold in one and bronze in another. He then competed in the European Championships in the Czech Republic and the World Championships in the USA. But there were more medals to come as Jacob won gold in the men’s pair in Serbia and bronze in the men’s eight in Poland. Travelling the world has become a big part of Jacob’s life, but when he is back home in Plymouth, he makes time to visit his local club, Plymouth Amateur Rowing Club."
Jacob was also one of six nominees for the main award of the evening, The Sports Personality of the Year 2017 up against Ben Proud, Graham Carey, Heather Knight, Henry Slade, and Tom Daley hoping to win the award.
Congratulations Jacob!
https://www.britishrowing.org/2018/01/dawson-and-pritchard-nominated-in-regional-sports-awards/
Chris Moyse Tribute Regatta
Plymouth ARC Statement RE: Chris Moyse
Passing of Chris Moyse, Plymouth ARC and WEARA Chairman
I regret to inform you that the club has lost its well loved Chairman, Chris Moyse. He died unexpectedly at home on Wednesday and we have no further details to provide. Our thoughts are with his family and friends and we request you give them privacy during this extremely difficult time.
He was a true patron to the sport, as well as sailing, and there will be a huge hole missing. We now go on to make the family PARC even stronger than it once was and aim to row in his honour this regatta season to make him proud.
You will be missed tremendously.
His funeral will be taking place on Tuesday 21st March noon at Plympton St Mary's followed by a celebration of his life at Borringdon Golf Club, all are welcome.
Chris Moyse
01.10.66 - 01.03.2017
I regret to inform you that the club has lost its well loved Chairman, Chris Moyse. He died unexpectedly at home on Wednesday and we have no further details to provide. Our thoughts are with his family and friends and we request you give them privacy during this extremely difficult time.
He was a true patron to the sport, as well as sailing, and there will be a huge hole missing. We now go on to make the family PARC even stronger than it once was and aim to row in his honour this regatta season to make him proud.
You will be missed tremendously.
His funeral will be taking place on Tuesday 21st March noon at Plympton St Mary's followed by a celebration of his life at Borringdon Golf Club, all are welcome.
Chris Moyse
01.10.66 - 01.03.2017
2017 MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW DUE
2017 Membership Subsctiprions are now due. These can be paid by cash, cheque or BACs. Details can be found through Chris Watchman .
2017 Membership Subsctiprions are now due. These can be paid by cash, cheque or BACs. Details can be found through Chris Watchman .
GOLD FOR JACOB DAWSON AT WORLDS UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Plymouth ARC member, Jacob Dawson, returned recently from his rowing university scholarship at Washington University. He recently took part in the World University Championships where he won GOLD in the mens eight. Dawson has now secured membership at Leander and wishes to be part of the GB rowing squad heading to Tokyo in 2020. Everyone at the club congratulates Jacob on his continued efforts and wish him all the best in his attempt to get into the squat. #teamPARC
Plymouth ARC member, Jacob Dawson, returned recently from his rowing university scholarship at Washington University. He recently took part in the World University Championships where he won GOLD in the mens eight. Dawson has now secured membership at Leander and wishes to be part of the GB rowing squad heading to Tokyo in 2020. Everyone at the club congratulates Jacob on his continued efforts and wish him all the best in his attempt to get into the squat. #teamPARC
SUCCESS FOR PLYMOUTH ARC MEMBER AT THE WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Plymouth ARC member, Chloe Brew, made her Great Britain debut at the World Rowing Championships, winning sliver in the WU23 eight. The committee and members would like to congratulate Chloe on her effort and success and wish her further success with GB in the near future! #teamPARC
Plymouth ARC member, Chloe Brew, made her Great Britain debut at the World Rowing Championships, winning sliver in the WU23 eight. The committee and members would like to congratulate Chloe on her effort and success and wish her further success with GB in the near future! #teamPARC
PLYMOUTH ARC MEMBERS CRASH THE 2016 BOAT RACE!
A team of Plymouth ARC members were invited up to spend the day as VIPs at the 2016 Cancer Research Boat Race due to their winning efforts at NJIRC 2016. The day was spent watching the racing from a RIB and the VIP tent with the Oxbridge family, friends, crew mates and coaches.
A team of Plymouth ARC members were invited up to spend the day as VIPs at the 2016 Cancer Research Boat Race due to their winning efforts at NJIRC 2016. The day was spent watching the racing from a RIB and the VIP tent with the Oxbridge family, friends, crew mates and coaches.
PLYMOUTH MAKE WEARA HISTORY AT APPLEDORE REGATTA
Plymouth ARC rowers made WEARA history on Sunday 9th August 2015 at the Appledore and Instow Rowing Regatta, winning all seven single races available, never done before! Congratulations to all those who helped make this historic event possible for the club.
Plymouth ARC rowers made WEARA history on Sunday 9th August 2015 at the Appledore and Instow Rowing Regatta, winning all seven single races available, never done before! Congratulations to all those who helped make this historic event possible for the club.
