THE final regatta of the West of England ARA 10-regatta championship series attracted a good entry including a few South Coast crews checking out the opposition for this weekend's South Coast Rowing Championships at Wimbleball.

Water conditions were good over the 1200-metre course between the old and new bridges on the river Torridge at Bideford.

Dart Totnes continued their magnificent run to win 12 events and the Championship of the Day. Dartmouth picked up a couple of trophies and Torquay one.

Southampton Coalporters had a row over in the main championship event, the Men's Senior A coxed fours

At Men's Senior B coxed fours, the Dart Totnes crew of James Lovering, Sam Pettit, Steve Clarke, Meyrick Tooley and cox Louise Hawkyard, edged out Coalporters by two feet with Poole three lengths behind. A good win for Dart Totnes ahead of the South Coast Championships.

Exmouth were surprise winners in the Men's Senior C coxed fours, where Dart Totnes have been so dominant this season. Dart Totnes were second with Torquay third.

The Dart Totnes crew of Alex Woodward, Matt Vincent, Ben Bryon-Edmonds, Elliot Legg and Will Hawkyard (cox) had a close race at Men's Novice coxed fours, pipping Coalporters by a canvas.

At Men's U18 coxed fours the Dart Totnes crew of Sam Richardson, Elliot Legg, Alex Rowe, Simon Kerswell-Jensen and cox, Chelsea Cleal, were two-length winners from Dartmouth's Richie Jeffs, Nick Crang, Chris Ely, Mike Tilley and cox, Marie Dayment, with Bideford Blues third.

At U16 and at U14 quad sculls the Dart Totnes A crew of Lucy Chudley, Tom Larcombe, Fraser Tooley, Callum Jones and Dakota Ferrara (cox), were two-length winners from Bideford Reds with the Dart Totnes B crew of Luke Reiser, Joe Oswald, Tom Parry-Jones, Toby Wilkinson and Maggie Hawkyard (cox) third.

In the Ladies Championship coxed fours the Senior B race was a championship decider. Before the race Dartmouth and Bideford Reds led the Championship on nine points each, Exeter were on eight points and Dart Totnes on six.

Exeter took the race, and the Championship, winning by a massive five lengths from Exeter B with the Dart Totnes crew of Kathy Lovering, Natasha Prior, Heather Jolly, Georgie Cleasby and Maggie Hawkyard (cox) third.

The Dart Totnes crew of Iris Tapper, Jade Knight, Jessamy Larcombe, Louise Hawkyard and Chelsea Cleal (cox) were five-length winners from Bideford Reds and third-placed Exeter at Novice.

Dart Totnes won both of the Ladies Championship coxed quadruple sculls. At U16 the crew of Jessamy Larcombe, Jade Knight, Emma Reiser, Louise Hawkyard and Fiona Hollingsworth (cox) beat champions Bideford Blues by a staggering five lengths.

At U14 the Dart Totnes crew of Fiona Hollingsworth, Lucy Chudley, Harriet Pope, Katie Prior and Ferrara (cox), beat Plymouth by a distance with the Paignton A crew of Ashleigh Harper, Poppy Disney, Ella Collins, Rachael Tucker and Tom May (cox) third, despite breaking a blade mid-course.

In the Championship single sculls there were wins for James Lovering of Dart Totnes at Men's Senior B; Simon Kerswell-Jensen of Dart Totnes Men's Senior C; Bolding of Castle Dore at Men's Novice; Wilmington of Exeter at Men's U18; Dawson of Plymouth at Men's U16; Callum Jones of Dart Totnes at Men's U14; Sam Tilley of Dartmouth at Ladies Senior C; Newson of Castle Dore at Ladies U14; and Jackson of Bideford Blues at Ladies U16 and sculled over for the trophy at Ladies U18.

In the supporting events South Devon winners were Dartmouth's Jenny Pichowski, Anna Lloyd, Yorkie Lomas, Terry Wallis and cox, Marie Dayment, at Mixed Senior A coxed fours; father and son, Maurice and Ryan Dunn of Dart Totnes at Men's Novice double sculls; Verity Phillips and Phoebe Clark of Dart Totnes at Ladies U15 double sculls; and Nick Cleasby of Torquay at Men's Veteran single sculls.

RESULTS

Championship events: Men's Senior A coxed fours: R/O Southampton Coalporters.

Men's Senior B coxed fours: 1 - Dart Totnes; 2 - Southampton Coalporters; 3 - Poole.

Men's Senior C coxed fours: 1 - Exmouth; 2 - Dart Totnes; 3 - Torquay.

Men's Novice coxed fours: 1 - Dart Totnes; 2 - Southampton Coalporters; 3 - Exmouth.

Men's U-18 coxed fours: 1 - Dart Totnes; 2 - Dartmouth; 3 - Bideford Blues.

Men's U-16 coxed quadruple sculls: 1 - Plymouth; 2 - Bideford Blues; 3 - Bideford Reds.

Men's U-14 coxed quadruple sculls: 1 - Dart Totnes A; 2 - Bideford Reds; 3 - Dart Totnes B.

Ladies Senior A coxed fours: 1 - Bideford Reds; 2 - Poole.

Ladies Senior B coxed fours: 1 - Exeter A; 2 - Exeter B Dart Totnes A.

Ladies Senior C coxed fours: 1 - Poole; 2 - Exeter; 3 - Bideford Blues.

Ladies Novice coxed fours: 1 - Dart Totnes; 2 - Bideford Reds; 3 - Exeter.

Ladies U-18 coxed fours: 1 - Exeter; 2 - Bideford Reds.

Ladies U-16 coxed quadruple sculls: 1 - Dart Totnes; 2 - Bideford Blues; 3 - Castle Dore.

Ladies U-14 coxed quadruple sculls: 1 - Dart Totnes; 2 - Plymouth; 3 - Paignton A.

Men's Senior A single sculls: No race.

Men's Senior B single sculls: 1 - James Lovering (Dart Totnes); 2 - Sam Pettit (Dart Totnes); 3 - Meyrick Tooley (Dart Totnes).

Men's Senior C single sculls: 1 - Simon Kerswell-Jensen (Dart Totnes); 2 - Todd (Plymouth): 3 - Alex Rowe (Dart Totnes).

Men's Novice single sculls: 1 - Bolding (Castle Dore); 2 – Ey (Exeter); 3 - Long (Exmouth).

Men's U-18 single sculls: 1 - Wilmington (Exeter); 2 - Todd (Plymouth); 3 - Mike Tilley (Dartmouth).

Men's U-16 single sculls: 1 - Dawson (Plymouth); 2 - Roberts (Plymouth); 3 - Pearce (Exmouth).

Men's U-14 single sculls: 1 - Callum Jones (Dart Totnes); 2 - Tom Larcombe (Dart Totnes); 3 - Fraser Tooley (Dart Totnes).

Ladies Senior A single sculls: No race.

Ladies Senior B single sculls: No race.

Ladies Senior C single sculls: 1 - Sam Tilley (Dartmouth); 2 - Reinoso-Maset (Plymouth).

Ladies Novice single sculls: No race.

Ladies U-18 single sculls: R/O Jackson (Bideford Blues).

Ladies U-16 single sculls: 1 – Jackson (Bideford Blues); 2 - Emma Reiser (Dart Totnes); 3 - Corbett (Plymouth).

Ladies U-14 single sculls: 1 – Newson (Castle Dore); 2 - Verity Phillips (Dart Totnes); 3 - Dart – (Plymouth).

Supporting events: Men's Open eights: 1 - Southampton Coalporters; 2 - Minerva Bath; 3 - Dart Totnes.

Men's Veteran coxed fours: 1 - Bideford Blues; 2 - Exmouth.

Mixed Senior A coxed fours: 1 - Dartmouth; 2 - Minerva Bath.

Mixed Senior B coxed fours: 1 - Minerva Bath; 2 - Bideford Reds.

Mixed Senior C coxed fours: 1 - Bideford Blues; 2 - Exmouth; 3 - Exeter.

Mixed Novice coxed fours: 1 - Bideford Blues; 2 - Exmouth; 3 - Torquay.

Ladies U-14 coxed quadruple sculls: 1 - Exeter; 2 - Bideford Reds; 3 - Dart Totnes.

Mixed U-16 coxed quadruple sculls: 1 - Bideford Blues A; 2 - Bideford Blues B; 3 - Bideford Reds C.

Men's Open double sculls: 1 - Plymouth; 2 - Exmouth B; 3 - Exmouth A.

Men's Senior C double sculls: 1Plymouth; 2 - Dart Totnes.

Men's Novice double sculls: 1 - Dart Totnes; 2 - Dartmouth; 3 - Torquay B.

Men's U-18 double sculls: 1 - Exeter; 2 - Dart Totnes; 3 - Plymouth.

Men's U-16 double sculls: 1 - Exmouth; 2 - Plymouth B; 3 - Plymouth A.

Men's U-14 double sculls: 1 - Plymouth A; 2 - Castle Dore; 3 - Torquay.

Ladies Open double sculls: 1 - Bideford Reds; 2 - Exmouth.

Ladies Senior C double sculls: 1 - Exeter; 2 - Minerva Bath; 3 - Dartmouth.

Ladies Novice double sculls: 1 - Exeter; 2 - Torquay; 3 - Tiverton.

Ladies U-16 double sculls: 1 - Exeter; 2 - Plymouth; 3 - Bideford Blues A.

Ladies U-15 double sculls: 1 - Dart Totnes A; 2 - Exeter A; 3 - Dart Totnes B.

Ladies U-14 double sculls: 1 - Castle Dore; 2 - Dart Totnes A; 3 - Dart Totnes B.

Men's Veteran single sculls: 1 - Nick Cleasby – Torquay; 2 - Peake – Bideford Reds; 3 - Byrnes – Bideford Blues.

Men's U-15 single sculls: 1 - Bolding – Castle Dore; 2 - Rowland – Bideford Reds.

Ladies U-15 single sculls: 1 - Mackie – Exeter; 2 - Jenner – Exeter; 3 - Rice - Exeter.

Championship of the Day: 1 - Dart Totnes; 2 - Exeter; 3 - Plymouth.