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29 January |
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SUBC 4s and Small Boats Head: Details for the SUBC Head on 11 February are now available - poster and entry pack.
Inverness Eights & Small Boats Head: Details for the Macrae & Dick Ltd Inverness Eights & Small Boats Head on Saturday 18th February 2012 on the excellent rowing waters of the Caledonian Canal in Inverness are now available at www.invernessrowingclub.org.uk/events.php. The entry email address is eights2012@invernessrowingclub.org.uk
Pilot Workshop on ‘Disability Inclusiveness Training for Rowing’: Following on from discussions at the Club Conference on 21st January 2012, we would like to invite Coaches or other interested club representatives to attend a Pilot Workshop on ‘Disability Inclusiveness Training for Rowing’. The workshop will take place on Sunday 11th March 2012 at the Scottish Rowing Centre, Strathclyde Country Park.
If you are interested in attending this Workshop please reply to Janice Dixon at coacheducation@scottish-rowing.org.uk with your name and club.
Further information about the Workshop itself can be obtained by emailing Amanda Cobb at amanda.cobb@scottish-rowing.org.uk.
Level 2 Coaching Course: Scottish Rowing is proposing to run the next on the 24th/25th March & 31st March/1st April 2012. In addition to the two weekends there will be an additional evening so that the child protection elements of the course can be completed. Due to the need to register with British Rowing and 1st4Sport (the cross sport accreditation organisation), it is important that anyone wishing to
take part on the course completes an application form and forwards it to Jo Ramsay by 15th February 2012 at the very latest. Each candidate will also need to sign up for Row How on the British Rowing website in order to access the course resources - the cost of this is £10. You will be required to reference your Row How registration number on your application form.
The course fee for the course will be £405 (£289 of which is the course fee levied by British Rowing) and this should be sent along with your application to Jo Ramsay at the Scottish Rowing Centre, 366 Hamilton Road, Motherwell ML1 3ED. Candidates from Scottish Rowing clubs who complete the course within 12 months will be eligible for a completion grant of at least £100 (exact amount to be confirmed). Candidates should also be aware that many local councils provide funding towards this qualification.
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14 December |
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New Umpires: Congratulations to Jenny Chambers, Hazel Calder, Amy Watson and Adam Downie who have all passed their umpires exam.
River Clyde Debris: Glasgow Humane Society has managed to remove the debris from Polmadie Bridge which included three trees over 100 ft long. There is spasmodic debris still coming downriver so anyone boating as the current lessens (hopefully no more rain) will still have to be extremely vigilant and keep a good look out ahead.
Strathclyde Park Water Safety: New guidelines for water safety at Strathclyde Park have been published on the Governance page.
ES Rowing Services: Eric Sims will be running a trailer to pick up boats for repair during the Christmas/New Year period. If any clubs would like quotes, boats repaired or spares they can contact Eric on 07774980811, for spares ring the office on 01628 666255.
Aberdeen Boat Club Christmas Eights 2011: Saturday 3rd December
Clydesdale Scullers Head - cancelled
Rutherford Head - cancelled
What to do?
Head to Aberdeen and enjoy the ABC Christmas Scratch Eights. This is an annual event where all names are put in a hat and then drawn into assorted "matching" crews and ten raced over 500m downstream with a tailwind and an outgoing tide. Fast conditions gave some of the novices a baptism by fire. The sun shone, fun was had by all. The Christmas trees were the eventual winners, after an exciting three boat final. A fun way to start the festive season for all the clubs in Aberdeen. Pics are available on www.cofd.co.uk.
Photograph: 3 Christmas Eights racing abreast down the River Dee. Courtesy of Snapper Ron.
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28 November |
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Clydesdale Scullers Head: The provisional draw for the Scullers Head is now on the Clydesdale website.
Explore Rowing: Explore Rowing is on its way to Scotland as British Rowing and Scottish Rowing agree to promote fun and social rowing north and south of the border.
This agreement, which initially runs until March 2013, means Scottish Rowing clubs can become Explore Rowing-accredited - allowing them access to Learn to Row courses and literature, Explore Rowing Handbooks and Workbooks, and the ongoing support of the Explore Rowing team.
'This is another example of the excellent collaboration between British Rowing and Scottish Rowing,' said Di Ellis, British Rowing Chairman.
'Both National Governing Bodies are pooling their resources for the greater good of the sport, and I'm sure we'll see many more people from both sides
of the border enjoying the fantastic rowing opportunities Scotland has to offer as a consequence.'
'Scottish Rowing is very excited to be able to work with British Rowing in utilising their successful Explore Rowing project to help promote rowing in
Scotland,' added Mike Morrice, President of Scottish Rowing. 'This agreement will provide our clubs with quality resources to make rowing more accessible to all.'
Explore Rowing aims to provide new rowers with a fun, friendly introduction to rowing, as well as providing existing rowers with exciting new tours and
challenges. For more information on how your club can join the initiative, visit www.explorerowing.org.
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17 November |
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Inverness 4s and Small Boats Head: The final draw and essential information for competitors are now available.
Scottish Rowing Awards 2011
The awards will be presented at the Dinner in Inverness on the 19th of November. Tickets can be ordered using the booking form link on the right hand column of this page.
The list of Nominations is as follows
International Rower
- Imogen Walsh: Clyde ARC
- David Smith: Reading University BC
- Gavin Murty: Clydesdale ARC
- Katherine Grainger: St.Andrew BC
Senior Rower
- Gavin Murty: Clydesdale ARC
Junior Rower
- Kieran Brown: Clydesdale ARC
- Harry Leask: Clydesdale ARC
Veteran/Master Rower
- Ailie Ord: Strathclyde Park RC
- Willie Brown: Stirling RC
- Gordon Kerr: Nithsdale ARC
Crew
- Glasgow Academy RC J18 2- (Ross Urquhart and Ronan Murphy)
- Aberdeen BC W LWt 2- (Judith Herbert and Alex Gemie)
- Clydesdale ARC J18 4x (Jack Leask, Harry Leask, Chris Yuile and Kieran Brown)
Coach
- Lesley Afuakwah: Castle Semple RC
- Iain Somerside: The Glasgow Academy RC
- Chris Philips: Clydesdale ARC
Volunteer
- Iain Wilson & Steven Kerr: St Andrew BC & Nithsdale ARC (Joint)
- Willie Turner: Clydesdale ARC
- Tom Hewitt: Strathclyde Park RC
Scottish Rowing Club Conference - 21st January 2012: The theme for the conference will be "Building Stronger Clubs" and we would encourage clubs to send two
representatives to join us for the day which will start at 10:30 and finish by 17:00. Some of the key items on this year's agenda are:
- Scottish Rowing's plans for the future
Your chance to find out more about the next Scottish Rowing 4-Year plan and
provide feedback
Update on the progress of the facilities strategy
- Building stronger clubs
Planning for a sustainable future
- Disability Inclusiveness
We hope that this will be another interesting and challenging day.
Glasgow Fours Head: Pictures from the Glasgow Fours Head are now up on David Nolan's flickr page, www.flickr.com/photos/davidnolan4
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2 November |
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Annual Scottish Rowing Safety Audit: At October's AGM the introduction of an annual, compulsory Safety Audit to be completed by all Scottish Rowing Member Clubs was approved. The deadline for return of the completed and signed Audit to Jo Ramsay is 1st January 2012. Clubs which fail to meet that deadline will be suspended from competitive activity until the completed Audit is received. Jo Ramsay emailed the file for the Audit Form to club contacts early in October. If any club secretaries did not receive that email it would be helpful if they could let Jo know.
Glasgow Fours Head - Provisional Draw: The provisional start lists for both divisions, instructions for competitors and other information are all on the race web site:
www.glasgowrowingclub.org/Events/2011_4s_Head/. Please get in touch as soon as possible if you have any queries.
Scottish Rowing Awards Dinner: Scottish Rowing is to announce that attendees at the Scottish Rowing Awards Dinner are invited to sample a selection of Single Malts (12, 15 and 18 year old) at a special tasting/nosing session courtesy of William Grant & Sons Distillers Ltd. This session will take place in the hotel prior to the dinner. This is an informal 'drop-in' session, and dinners are free to come along anytime between 6.30 and 7.30pm. There is no additional cost for this opportunity to sample some of Scotland's finest whiskies. Tickets for the dinner can be ordered via the Booking Form link at the right hand side of this page.
: Scottish athletes who are intending to trial at any age group for Great Britain during the 2011/12 season are reminded to complete the online registration process in order to be eligible for support from Scottish Rowing during the current season. The deadline for registration has been extended to Monday 14th November and athletes should consult their coaches in the first instance, all of whom should have copies of the 'Guide to the Scottish Rowing Performance Programme 2011/12 - For Athletes and Coaches.' Scottish athletes who are based outside of Scotland should email Lee Boucher (lee.boucher@scottish-rowing.org.uk) directly to register their intention to trial and to receive a copy of the Guide.
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Sunrise, Snow and a Festive Row on the Caledonian Canal: Some pictures from this event on 18th December 2011 have been posted in the 
Photographs: Phew! it has been a busy time in Snapper Ron's secret Darkroom as he has been busy churning out pictures from rowing and social events in the (un)frozen North. On the 
