Pat Sherwin
Pat Sherwin MBE passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday Night.
Pat had been a member of Southsea Rowing Club for nearly sixty years and had served in almost every position at the Club including a stint of thirty-three years as Regatta Secretary. He was also been a member of Ryde Rowing Club where he was a Vice President and Club Trustee and served on the Clubs General Committee for many years.
Pat was a Life Vice President of the Hants & Dorset ARA and the Coast Amateur Rowing Association - and a former President of both. He had also served as Chairman of the Hants & Dorset ARA.
He was also a Life member of the South Coast Rowing Council. He represented the Hants & Dorset ARA (Division 22) on the Amateur Rowing Association Council for many years, was the first Vice Chairman of the Wessex Regional Rowing Council when it was formed in 1984 and went on to be its Chairman for a number of years.
Pat's services to Rowing were recognised in 1994 when
he was awarded the ARA Medal of honour - and a few years later with an MBE for services to Rowing.
There can be few people who have had such an impact on the sport and in particular Coastal Rowing and hardly a Club within the H&D or CARA who has not benefited from his advice and support at some time.
He will be greatly missed and our sympathy is extended to his family
and to Southsea Rowing Club on their great loss.