War-Time Souvenir of a Most Successful Season
Taken in front of the new Club premises on September 9th, which should have been Bideford Regatta Day
To wind up a great season in which they have not only opened new Headquarters, but also won the Senior and Junior Rowing Championships of the West of England, the Bideford Amateur Rowing Club had the above group photograph taken.
Of the 143 members, just over seventy were able to be present; the fact that it was not a half day for many, naturally prevented a fuller attendance. The names of the members are:
Front row – G Staddon, W P Cox, F Stevens, J Poole, R Galsworthy, C G Metherell. J T Mitchell, H W Fulford, JP, C Morris, E F Day, F W Beer, E J Day, T Lock, F Johns, C Dicker and J Seldon
Second row – R Walters, R Lake, L F Ross, R Day, J Way, R P Blackmore, A Day, R H Moore, J James, S A Moore, E G Cawsey, J W Taylor, W H Taylor, K J Braunton, J Fisher, R Williams and T Bird
Third row – G Williams, R Taylor, W Chubb, D Colwill, W Headon, P Bushen, R Hancock, L Colwill, K Welch, D Scott, K J Brend, W Hocking, A S Cawsey, O Reveley, K Lesslie, T Emberry, A S Moore, F Short and M Burnett
Back row – L Rendell, R Keates, J R Lake, A Brend, J Rees, E Newcombe, E B Lemon, L Daniell, D Mills, B Shute, R Babb, H Galliford, E W Budd, F R Lane, C A Metherell, W Parshley, C Littlejohns and C Galsworthy
Coxwains seated on ground – G Dymond, W Thisby, J Day, R Palmer and R Day
Gazette dated 26 September 1939