Juniors
Juniors squad news
Training with Olympic Medallist
Written by Andrew Bessent
We were delighted to welcome double-Olympic medallist Debbie Flood to Tyne United recently. Debbie won silver in the Women's Quad Sculls at both Athens and Beijing Olympics, and participated in the London 2012 Games and Torch relay. She was in…
British Rowing Junior Championships
Written by Patrick V
Full results are available on britchamps.org but here is a summary of our results. OJ18.1x - Dan Graham 6th out of 35 (1st out of 3 north east rowers) OJ15.1x - Ethan Taylor-Foley 21st out of 28 (2nd out of…
Talkin Tarn Regatta
Written by Patrick V
It was a very wet and windy day with big waves at Talkin Tarn in Cumbria which made it difficult for the rowers. Even when conditions are good it is difficult to keep on the course as the rowers have…
The Tyne Regatta was held last Saturday 18th June. 17 juniors took part in the event and once again they were all from the J13, J14 and J15 age groups. At Durham it was the J14 boys who managed a…
At the weekend the 15 members of the junior squad competed against Yarm School, QEHS (Hexham), York, Doncaster, Chester-le-Street, Durham School, St.Leonard's School, Chorister's School, Tyne ARC, Durham ARC, Cambois and Leeds RC. We were represented by one J13, seven…
Hexham regatta: 4th June 2016
Written by Patrick V
The junior section had five wins on Saturday at Hexham Regatta. Ethan King won J13A 1x, Elysia Kirtley won WJ14B 1x, Michael Bessent won J14A 1x, Michael and Will Viney won J14A 2x and Matthew Hudson won J15A 1 Well…
Well done to everyone who took part and helped on Saturday. As usual there were some problems at Wansbeck Regatta with unmarked submerged debris including near the middle of the racing lane. At least 4 of our crews hit something…
Durham City Regatta We had a very successful day at Durham City Regatta yesterday - 2 wins and 5 second places in finals. It was good to see crews from York, Doncaster and Bradford traveling up for the event and…
Medal Success for Tyne United at JIRR
Written by Patrick V
The British rowing Junior Inter-Region Regatta is a national competition between the twelve British rowing regions for rowers in the age groups J14, 15 and 16. As a result of trials held earlier in the year Tyne United had two…
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Ponteland Junior Head March 2016
Written by Patrick V
Yesterday 3 crews won at the Ponteland Head and some were a very close 2nd. 5 juniors won medals for coming 1st. The club were 3rd behind Queen Elizabeth High School and Talkin Tarn with Tyne ARC and Cambois in…
