Bahamians show a love for sculling

Thu, Feb 27th 2014, 12:02 PM

The St. Valentine's Day Regatta was the site of the first sculling race for the 'Sands Man in the Boat' 2014 sculling season, and was one of the highlights of the regatta weekend.

The Sands team had two wonderful days at Montagu Beach, with the E-class sailing races taking place on Saturday, and the sculling races taking place on Sunday.

The E-Class sailing race winners were Reuben Knowles in 'Ole Faithful', Clayton Bain in 'Strong Back' taking second, and Sheldon Gibson in the 'Sands' boat placing third.

"Both sloop sailing and sculling are 100 percent Bahamian, and Sands, the 'Truly Bahamian Beer of The Bahamas', is extremely proud to sponsor events like these," said Lynden Johnson, sales and marketing manager, for Bahamian Brewery and Beverage Company.

For the Sands sculling race, over 20 men registered, and for the first time in the history of the sculling race, there were four women sculling too.

The races were fiercely competitive. After several heats, Dennis Fox, who chose the 'Sands Light' boat, emerged as the first place finisher.

Finishing close behind him was John Rolle in 'Strong Back', and Steven Rolle finished third in the Sands boat. Owner and proud sculler himself, James 'Jimmy' Sands, presented the trophies to the top finishers of the races, and was a proud assistant and organizer of the races along with his staff and family.

"The interest of sculling is growing, so much so that spectators were at the water's edge cheering for their favorite sculler," said Sands.

"We had lots of laughter, lots of fun and we are extremely pleased to have started our 2014 sculling and sailing season this way." The next sculling event will be will be at the National Family Island Regatta in George Town, Exuma, April 23-27.

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