A STRONG contingent of Evesham rowers competed at the two-day Hereford Regatta over a relatively straight course on the River Wye.

The whole squad achieved six wins and five second places.

The winners were Ella Shalom in her single, Gilly Russell and Sophie Evans, Ella Shalom and Becca Parkin and Issy Clarke and Immy Ledbetter in their doubles and Sian Bird, Sophie Evans, Issy Clarke and Gilly Russell and Olivia Evans, Emma Parkin, Rachel Egan, Megan Woodward and cox Poppy Cullen in their quads.

Fighting hard and coming second were singles Tom Woodward and Arran Bennett, Jess Ellis and Bird and Clarke and Ledbetter in a double and quad Ollie Wheatley, Toby Haycock, Archie Steele, Jack Harris and cox Finn McIntyre.

On the River Severn at Bridgnorth, Evesham juniors and seniors scored a further six wins and five seconds.

Winners were singles Alex Edwards, Ellis and Sophie Stoddart, doubles Rosie Macdonald and Olga Hall and Bennett and Woodward and quad Ledbetter, Clarke, Stoddart, Lucy Heal and cox Jenny Jackson.

Great effort secured second or group final places for Harris, Georgii Bragg, Heal, double Ledbetter and Clarke and the masters four of Arthur Angus, Will Baker, Simon Griffiths, Richard Forrest and cox Jackson.