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SIMON BIDS TO KEEP GB PLACE

Thursday, March 20, 2008
Sport/Rowing
RYDE’S international oarsman, Simon Jones, currently competing in Leander’s colours, recently competed in the GB rowing senior trials, in Hazewinkel, Belgium, where he was hoping to retain his place in the GB lightweight squad.
The trials were held in single-sculls and Simon reached the semi-final, finishing in ninth place of the 17 that started the trial.
Commenting on his performance Simon said he felt this was a “reasonable performance in a single scull for me. Unfortunately, it will probably not be enough to force a seat race for the GB lighweight men’s coxless four, the Olympic lighweight event, as last years crew are the reigning world champions and are unlikely to be changed for any reason other than injury or illness.”
He is, however, in a strong position to trial for one of the non-Olympic boats for the world championships, which is now his main aim for this season.
Hoping to follow in Simon’s footsteps is young Ryde Sculler Adam Edwards, who has his foot on the first rung of the ladder, having recently competed in the trials for the Wessex Region Junior Team, where he was selected to represent the region as the boy’s J15 single sculler at the National Junior Inter-regional Regatta at the National Water Sports Centre, in Nottingham, in April.
His selection maintains the Wightlink sponsored Ryde club’s record of regularly providing juniors for the regional team with the club having representatives in the team in three of the last four years. Adam will attend a regional training camp in early April at Bryanston School in Dorset and then travel to Nottingham for the regatta at the end of the month.