British Championships 2026
25-26th July saw us host the 2026 British Coastal Championship right here in Whitby.
British Champions in the Open Quad Marc Wilson, Hal Flowerdew, Marcus Bateman, Matt Wells cox. Harry Morley
We were absolutely delighted to welcome competitors from across Europe to Whitby over the weekend for the British Coastal Rowing Championships. Rowers from Italy, Germany, Ireland and beyond joined us for two days of wet and wild racing for the history books.
Barbara Nespolo and Alberto Millo, who won the Masters Mixed Doubles after a fantastic race
Harry Morley rowing in the Open 1x event
After wild wind and seas saw racing postponed until the evening, racing finally got underway with the doubles.
In the open doubles, Jersey's Gary Briggs and Josh Watkins took gold, with Ed Van Lopik and James Dutton a very close second. Olympic medallist Matt Wells and former GB team mate Marcus Bateman took the Bronze.
In the womens Open 2x it was reigning European Coastal Champion Bass Andre joining forces with GB team mate Lara Brittain who stormed to gold ahead of a strong showing by Tynemouth's Lucy Freeman and Mckenna Simpson. In 3rd Whitby CRC's own Sefi Ormston and Maya Matheson-Smith put in a fantastic effort in a stacked field.
The Mixed Quads delivered the spiciest conditions of the weekend!
.jpg)
The Masters Open 2x gold was taken by Jon Osborn and Sean Sinclair (Coastal Barbarians RC) ahead of Runcorn and in the Masters womens double the formidable crew of Wendy Blackburn and Rachel Palmer put on a display of mastery to fend off two strong Dolphin RC crews.
The womens U19 double was won by Seren Williams & Charlotte Foster (Durham ARC) with Sophie Bentley and Martha Anderson of Tees RC taking the silver and Ariel Lynch and Isla Mitchell of Queen Elizabeth High School RC taking Bronze.
The mixed races were another spectacle with Lara Brittain and Jerry Owen taking the win in the open mixed double, ahead of European Silver medallist Edwin Van Lopik and European Champion Bass Andre. Bronze was taken by the England Rowing team captain Hal Flowerdew and Mckenna Simpson in a fantastic race.
The masters mixed 2x saw Italys Alberto Millo and Barbara Nespolo take the gold with a fantastic display of coastal mastery with Coastal Barbarians taking the silver and Mortlake Anglian & Alpha BC taking Bronze.
The u19 mixed double was won by Whitby CRC's Harry Morley and Elyssa Stoker.
The WCRC womens quad, who were forced to retire due to a broken rudder.