Saundersfoot will welcome rowers from across Europe on Saturday 7th May 2022 as the Welsh Rowing Beach Sprints Championships takes place at the home of the forthcoming World Rowing Coastal Championships and Beach Sprint Finals. Building on the success of last year's event, and the increased interest in beach sprints due to a home World Championships, the quality of competitors continues to rise.
Helen Glover MBE, double Olympic Champion, and Charles Cousins, London 2012 Olympian, will prove stern competition in this developing discipline, against the likes of Annalisa Cozzarini, 5-time World Championships participant and Gregor Maxwell, double medallist from the 2018 Commonwealth Regatta. Welsh interest comes from a large contingent from Fishguard and Goodwick Jemima Rowing Club, Llanion Warriors, Wisemans Bridge, Cardiff University and Mumbles ARC.
Competitors are seeking to put themselves in a good position for GB team selection for the October World Championships in Saundersfoot, as well as selection for Home Nations teams for the inaugural Home International Rowing- Beach Sprints event in St. Andrews in August. Spectators are more than welcome to join us on the beach for an action-packed day. Time trials will take place between 9.30 and midday, with a break for tide change, before quarter-final action restarts at 3pm with finals at 5pm.
Participants:
| Time trial | Time | Lane 1 | v | Lane 2 |
| 1 | 9.30 | Heledd Williams | v | Helen Glover |
| 2 | 9.37 | Sarah Lewis | v | Laura Rees |
| 3 | 9.44 | Gemma King | v | Kath Coleman-Jones |
| 4 | 9.51 | Anna Raymond | v | Grace Bake |
| 5 | 9.58 | Clemence Lucas-Roast | v | Grace Kinnell |
| 6 | 10.05 | Alison Morris | v | Bryony Jones |
| 7 | 10.12 | Tyenne Morgan | v | Clare Jamison |
| 8 | 10.19 | Eve Wright | v | Devon De Winnaar |
| 9 | 10.26 | Martha Owen | v | Eva Barrellon Kendall |
| 10 | 10.33 | Lottie Cross | Andrew Nelmes | |
| CM1x | ||||
| Time trial | Time | Lane 1 | v | Lane 2 |
| 11 | 10.40 | Alexander Astbury | v | Matt Reeder |
| 12 | 10.47 | Che Owen | v | Charles Cousins |
| 13 | 10.54 | Bo Hughes | v | Kraig Murley |
| 14 | 11.01 | Gregor Maxwell | v | Till Andreesen |
| 15 | 11.08 | Jake Thompson | v | Des Nevitt |
| 16 | 11.15 | Hal Flowerdew | v | Harry Smallman |
| 17 | 11.22 | Phil McCorry | v | Angus Gould |
| 18 | 11.29 | Joshua Port | v | Santino Courtney |
| CMix2x | ||||
| Time trial | Lane 1 | v | Lane 2 | |
| 19 | 11.36 | Cousins/Glover | v | Smallman/Bake |
| 20 | 11:43 | Morgan/Parker | v | Panteca/Cozzarini |
| 21 | 11:50 | De Winnaar/Astbury | v | Maxwell/Jamison |
| 22 | 11.57 | Coleman/Nevitt | ||
