Southsea Rowing Club

DEAL REGATTA 🥳

Southsea had a strong performance at Deal this Saturday, take a look at our results below:

🥇Junior Aggregate (joint with Dover)
🥇Women’s Junior Pair
🥇Open Junior Pair
🥇Women’s Novice Four (composite Dover RC)
🥇Women’s Junior Sculls
🥈Women’s Junior Sculls
🥈Open Junior Pair
🥈Women’s Double Scull
🥉Women Novice Four (composite Dover RC)
🥉 Open Junior Four
5th Open Novice Sculls
7th Open Double Sculls
8th Open Novice Sculls

Come and join the Southsea Juniors! 💙
Learn a new sport, make new friends and compete with us ☀️

We are looking for those aged 13-17 to come and try rowing and be a part of our fun squad.
No experience needed

Fantastic opportunity to keep fit, feel part of a community team and build your confidence 🔥

Drop us a message either on here or email us on
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We are extremely grateful to Andy Stearne’s generous donation of 9 brand new ergs to complete our set.

These donations allow our club on the South Coast to continue to grow and offer rowing to a wide range of individuals. 🩵🤍💙

Southsea Results from Worthing & Shoreham Regatta 🩵🤍💙 🥇Womens Junior Pair (Worthing)
🥇 Womens Junior Scull (Worthing & Shoreham)
🥈 Womens Junior Scull (Worthing)
🥈 Womens Master 40+ (Worthing)
🥉 Womens Double Scull (Worthing)
🥉Open Junior Pair (Worthing)
4th Open Junior Pair (Worthing)
5th Women’s Junior 4 (Worthing)
5th Women’s Double Scull (Shoreham)
6th Open Novice 4 (Worthing)

Our home regatta 🩵🤍💙

SIX DAYS TO GO: 2 Associations, 20 Rowing Clubs, 319 entries, 43 events 🩵🤍💙
Racing begins at 10am, see you all soon 🩵

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our dearest friend and fellow oarsman, Jeremy Laming. He was one of Southsea Rowing Club’s most accomplished athletes and he sadly passed away on Sunday 31st May 2026 after a road traffic accident on 19th April left him with a traumatic brain injury.

His funeral will take place on 27th June, our 2026 Southsea regatta date, his birthday and exactly the 27th anniversary of his Portsmouth Grand Challenge Cup triumph.

He began rowing at Southsea Rowing Club in 1992, winning his novice race at Itchen Regatta in 1993 and finishing runnerup in that season’s Hants & Dorset Junior Championship. In 1995 Jeremy won the London Pairs Head in a double scull with Simon Tout, while rowing for Marlow Rowing Club.
 
Jeremy returned to Southsea in 1999 and went on to winning the Portsmouth Grand Challenge cup together with Rob Stearne, Andy Stearne and Simon Tout, coxed by Sophie Gore. He went on to secure second place in the Men’s Senior Four invitation race at the South Coast Championships at Swanage.

After that experience Jeremy famously declared, “We might as well win it,” and, true to his word, he set about developing a training programme for the following year and clinched the prestigious Bideford Bowl at Appledore in 2000.
 
He was also the cofounder of the Henley Swim, an openwater event he ran for 20 years, where over 1000 competitors would swim the Henley Royal Regatta course.
 
In a tribute to his legacy, the 2026 race for the Portsmouth Grand Challenge Cup at Southsea Regatta is being sponsored by his crew in his honour.

Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones 🙏🕊️

SRC End of Season Awards 2025 🏆

🏆 Men’s most improved: Josh Roel
🏆 Women’s most improved: Karen Lillington
🏆 Juniors most improved: Tom Stearne
🏆 Women’s newcomer: Fleur Barclay
🏆 Mens newcomer: Sam Langoulant
🏆 Juniors newcomer: Jess Peett
🏆Oarsman: Tom Biddle
🏆Oarswoman: Ella Stearne
🏆Junior’s Award: Ben Butcher
🏆Coaches award: Bry Reeve
🏆Cox of the year: Bry Reeve
🏆Captain’s Award: Jacob Seal
🏆Jeremy Lear Legacy Award: Mike Gisborne

Social awards

🚣🏽‍♀️Capsize of the Year: Sam Langoulant
🤪Club Jester: Cyrus Hakim-Rad
🌞Sunburn of the year: Tom Stearne
😂Memorable moment: Bryony Doick
😁Squad cheerleaders: Faye Spencer & Eleanor Southwell
✈️Tourist of the year: Tom Biddle
🦀Catching a crab: Fred Crowe
🤔Do you EVEN row?: Adam Cartwright