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1 September

Scottish Rowing Newsletter: The 6th edition of the newsletter is now available to download.

Racking available at Strathclyde park: There are boat racking places available at Strathclyde Park. For further details contact John Blair, Facilities Manager at the Scottish Rowing Centre - email john.blair@scottish-rowing.org.uk or call 07903 379055.

29 August

50 Years Junior Rowing on the Dee: To mark the 50th Anniversary of Junior Rowing on the Dee, ASRA is holding a "Black & White Ball" at 7.00 pm on Saturday 18 September at the Copthorne Hotel, Aberdeen. We would delighted if as many of our rowing friends as possible could join us in our celebrations. Tickets are available on a first come first served basis at £45 each and include entry to a fun regatta on the Dee at 10.00 am on Sunday morning.

Sculls wanted to hire: Iain Somerside is looking to borrow or hire two 80kg singles for period of three months from now for boys doing GB trials. They are sweepers but need to scull at the first trial.

24 August

Advert for a Performance Rowing Coach: A press release and job advert relating to an exciting new performance rowing coach post, created on the back of a partnership between the University of Edinburgh and Scottish Rowing. Further details on this post will be available from www.jobs.ed.ac.uk

Boston Marathon Transport: Two requests for assistance with transport to September's Boston Marathon.
Caroline Parker of Castle Semple RC would like to know if anyone could/would take a trailer down if enough people were interested - she can be contacted at c.g.parker@gcal.ac.uk. Martin Mckeown at Nithsdale ARC is also hoping to take a quad down to the race and is looking for transport - contact Jo Ramsay if you can help.

Coach Needed: Strathclyde University BC Senior Women's squad are on the look out for a coach for the 2010/11 season. This would begin at the end of September. At present, there are roughly 8-10 members, some beginner-mid novice experience, and some competing strongly at R2 level. The squad is aiming to be finishing in the top 5 of either novice or R2 category. If you are interested in giving us some sort of coaching, please get in contact with judyfrary@hotmail.co.uk. Even if it's just for one outing per week, we would appreciate it! Thank you.

22 August

The Great Scottish Run 2010: There will be restrictions on access to Glasgow Green and the River Clyde on the occasion of the 2010 Great Scottish Run which will take place on 3rd, 4th and 5th September. The 2010 event will be the 29th time the Great Scottish Run has been staged in Glasgow and will involve the following races:
Friday 3rd September, The Bank of Scotland Schools Challenge between the hours of 6.00am and 4.00pm;
Saturday 4th September, The Bank of Scotland Junior Great Scottish Run between the hours of 6.00am and 11.30 am; and
Sunday 5th September, The Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run between the hours of 6.00 am and 3.00pm.

It will not be possible to gain vehicular access to Glasgow Green including the Club Houses before 4.00pm on Friday 3rd, before 11.30am on Saturday 4th and before 3.00pm on Sunday 5th September. Access by individuals on foot to the clubhouses can be gained as follows:
To the West Boathouse via McLellan Arch, and
To the East Boathouse via Kings Drive Ramp.
Should further information be required on the contents of this note then please call 0141 302 2845 or e-mail events@glasgowlife.org.uk

19 August

2011 Regatta Dates: Reminder to all clubs that applications for 2011 dates require to be with Sandy Walker by 1 September.

18 August

Faskally Coaching Weekend: The Faskally Coaching Weekend is being held on the 23rd and 24th October - a poster (word 2007 format) and booking form for the event are now available.

12 August

Rowing Development Manager: Scottish Rowing are re-advertising for a new Rowing Development Manager. Only new applicants may re-apply. The Advert, Job Description and Job Pack are available for download.

Royal Canadian Henley: Crews representing Scottish Rowing took part in the 128th Royal Canadian Henley regatta at St Catherines, Ontario, Canada. Two men's pairs took part in the heats of the Championship Pairs with Alan Sinclair and Andy Holmes qualifying for the final by winning the fastest heat of the day whilst brothers Chris and Jonny Logan just missed qualification in their heat by the narrowest of margins. In Sunday's final, the Sinclair/Holmes pair had a fierce battle all the way down the 2000 metre course with a Canadian crew from Mendota RC but had to settle for second place a mere 1.58 seconds behind the winning crew.

In the Championship Single Sculls event, Holmes qualified for the final from second place in his heat whilst Sinclair just missed qualification by a narrow margin. In the final of this event which took place only one hour after the pairs race, Holmes challenged all the way down the course but was unable to secure a medal position. Stephanie McDowall and Alex Gemieboth took part in the wome's Championship Single Sculls but were unlucky to narrowly miss out on qualification for the final of this event.

3 August

Commonwealth Rowing Championships: On day two of the 2010 Commonwealth Rowing Championships in Welland, Canada, the Scotland team added to their four gold medals from Saturday with a win in the Lwt Men's Pair. Scotland ended the championships with a total of 5 Golds, 4 Silvers and 8 Bronzes, with Jonathan Logan the most successful athlete with 3 Golds and 1 Bronze. In the final Victor Ludorum standings, Scotland finished a highly credible 2nd behind the host nation Canada.

VL Standings
Canada 186
Scotland 163
Australia 134
England 125
Wales 55
Norfolk Island 9

The team sealed a fantastic weekend of racing with a win in the exhibition mixed 8+ event. Full results are available from www.crc2010.org. Six of the team will now compete as Scottish Rowing at this weekends Royal Canadian Henley Regatta.

Katherine Grainger on BBC Scotland: On BBC Scotland's Sport Monthly programme on Monday 9th August, BBC2 at 7pm you can watch a fascinating feature on Katherine Grainger following her World Cup series wins. She talks to Katie Still about the art of winning, the delights of being the underdog and the pressures of having a target on her back. And hear what she has to say about the fairy tale ending everyone wants to see in London 2012. Webpage - news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/tv_and_radio/7967152.stm. Katherine has also recently revamper her own website - www.katherinegrainger.com.

Holiday Time: The webmaster will be away on holiday for the next week and a half. Any news or other items will be posted as soon as possible after she returns.

31 July

Home International Regatta: A full copy of results and times for last weekends regatta are now up on the Irish Rowing website. Apologies are sent from the SR Team Management for the lack of report at present. The Team Manager left the post race celebrations at 5am to catch a flight from Cork and onwards to Toronto. He was there before the Scottish Team bus got to Strathclyde Park well after 9pm! It came to light over the weekend that Jamie Steele, who was in the stroke seat of the winning ASRA based Junior women's coxless four to victory put up an unusual record. She has been in the Scottish Junior Team for NINE successive years. Her first time was as cox of an ASRA JM 4+ which won when she was nine years old.

Commonwealth Regatta: Four gold medals for Scotland on day 1 of the Commonwealth Rowing Championships in Ontario, Canada. Wins in ML1x (J Logan), M2- (A Holmes, A Sinclair), ML2- sprint (J Logan, C Logan), M2x (A Holmes, A Sinclair). There were lots of other good performances, especially relation to the other home nations.

Inverness Sprints: Please note that there is an error in Inverness sprint poster - entries should be emailed to entries@invernessrowingclub.org.uk (not entries@invernessrowingclub.co.uk as originally advised). Also, due to popular demand, the organisers have added mixed R2 2x and mixed Vet 2x to the events list. Entries for the sprint close on Friday at 6pm.

Contributions for the Scottish Rowing Newsletter No 6: Roy Sinclair would like to invite contributions for the 6th issue of the Scottish Rowing Newsletter and would be grateful if you or your club scribe could provide an article suitable for inclusion in this issue. All contributions, plus any appropriate photographs, will be most appreciated. Submission of details and pics to Roy no later than Thursday 12th August please.

Missing sculls: Does anyone know the whereabouts of a pair of Strathclyde Park RC sculls which went to HIR and did not return? They are Concept 2 Smoothies with black sleeves, a sticker with the letter 'D' on the front of the inboard loom and white adhesive tape on the outboard loom 20cm and 40cm from the blade. There is a superficially similar set at Clydesdale, but with no letter, no tape and the blades do not seem to have been painted prior to Scotland colours being applied for the regatta. If you have the SPRC blades please contact Tom Hewitt on tom.hewitt(at)physics.org or on 07973 498066.

28 July

2011 Regatta Calendar: A note concerning applications for regatta dates for 2011 has been sent to the known email contacts of all clubs with a return date of 1 September at the latest. Any club who has not received this communication please contact the Convenor of Racing Control.

HIR Photos: A link to some HIR photos that Iain Somerside took last weekend. Viewers will need to create an account to view the photos.

Photograph: Competitors at the World U23 Champs - Sam Scrimgeour, Polly Swann and Andy Holmes. Photo courtesty of Lee Boucher.

25 July

British Champs Photographs: Pictures from the British Champs are now up on David Nolan's flickr page and photos from Snapper Ron are on the Committee of the Dee website.

World U23 Championships: At the World U23s, Andrew Holmes (Castle Semple RC) has won a bronze in the coxed four and Sam Scrimgeour (Glasgow RC) has won a bronze in the lightweight quad. Polly Swann (Glasgow RC) finished fourth in the A final in the coxless four. Press report from Lee Boucher is available here.

Rowers take on cycling challenge: In a short break from rowing Tom Claxton of Loch Lomond RC will be cycling from John O'Groats to Lands End starting on 4th August. Tom and his school friend Giles Calder decided to undertake this classic long distance cycle ride in order to raise money for WaterAid, an organisation that uses practical solutions to provide clean water, safe sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people. They aim to complete the 1000+ miles in 14 days and more details about this venture and an opportunity to sponsor the two cyclists can be found at http://www.justgiving.com/Britain-On-A-Bike

22 July

Scotland Teams: The Scottish Rowing Board would like to formally announce the teams selected to compete for Scotland at the 2010 Home International Regatta in Cork, Ireland and the at the 2010 Commonwealth Rowing Championships in Welland, Canada. The Board wish all the athletes and coaches involved every success and would also like to express their thanks to the Selectors and every athlete who has trialled this year.

British Champs Photos: Photos from Friday and Sunday of the British Champs are now online at www.darrochphotography.com and are ordered by race time.

18 July

British Champs Results: Scots crews have won a total of 25.5 medals over the weekend, including 5 golds. Sunday's racing fortunately took place in better conditions than the previous two days, with less wind and rain, and even a modicum of sunshine. Many of the medalists will now be going on to race at the Home International Regatta, held next weekend in Cork and the Commonwealth Regatta, in its new format, taking place in Canada the following weekend.

	2010 British Champs Medalists - Seniors
	Gold	WLwt 2- WLwt 1x M2x	Strathclyde Park RC/Aberdeen BC (G Connall, A Gemie) Strathclyde Park RC (K Limond) Hertforrdshire Uni RC/Inverness RC (D Bell, A Sinclair)
	Silver	M2- W2- M1x	Deeside Scullers (C Wallace, S Purdie) Aberdeen BC (A Gemie, K Jones) Clyde ARC (J Murphy)
	Bronze	W4- M2- WLwt 2x	Clydesdale ARC (S Fowler, R Young, K Bennett, C McKeown) Clydesdale ARC (A McConnell, C Rae) St Andrew BC (M Spitzer, A Rutter)

2010 British Champs Medalists - Juniors
Gold	J16 2- J17 1x J14 1x	ASRA (E Bruce, L McCue) Clydesdale ARC (K Brown) Clydedsale ARC (H Leask)
Silver	WJ 8 J16 4+ WJ16 4+ WJ 4x WJ 4- J2- WJ 2- J16 2- WJ16 2x	Clydesdale ARC (S McNee, A Khamisha, N Baillie, E McGeady, C Forsyth, K Allan, F O'Prey, R Arnold, P Semple) George Watsons (A Frew, J Hassall, E Marshall, I Walker, I Ferguson) ASRA (C Duff, J Rees, H Reid, E Geddes, B Reece) Clydesdale ARC (S McNee, E McGeady, F O'Prey, K Allan) ARA (M Shaw, C Bain, I Riley, J Steel) ASRA (D McSherry, G Wilson) George Heriots School (B McGreevy, N Irvine) George Watsons (E Marshall, I Walker) Glasgow RC/Castle Semple RC (E McDonald, O Davison)
Bronze	WJ 4+ J4- WJ 4- J2- WJ15 1x	ASRA (M Shaw, C Bain, I Riley, J Steel, P Tawns) ASRA (D McSherry, G Wilson, G Ross, L McCue) ASRA (C Duff, H Reid, J Rees, E Geddes) Clydesdale ARC (R Murphy, R Urquhart) Castle Semple RC (E McDonald)	Photographs: Left: Gillian Connall (SPRC) & Alex Gemie (ABC) winners of WLwt 2x Top: James Murphy (Clyde ARC) silver medalist, M1x Right: Michaela Spitzer & Alison Rutter (SABC) bronze medalists, WLwt 2x Photos courtesy of J Wherrett.

17 July

British Championships: In day two of the 2010 British Champs, the weather was again rather changeable, with the wind varying in strength and direction and bands of rain sweeping in during the day. Scots were racing in many events, and juniors were taking part in finals in the afternoon. Scots won a total of 7 medals today: golds for Clydedsale ARC J14 1x (H Leask) and ASRA J16 2- (E Bruce and L McCue); silvers were won by George Watsons College in J16 2- (E Marshall and I Walker) and J16 4+ (A Frew, J Hassall, E Marshall, I Walker, I Ferguson), ASRA WJ16 4+ (C Duff, J Rees, H Reid, E Geddes, B Reece) and Glasgow RC/Castle Semple RC WJ16 2x (E McDonald, O Davison); and a bronze medal was won by Castle Semple RC WJ15 1x (E McDonald).

Adaptive Events: Oxford Regatta on 21st and 22nd August has adaptive 1x and adaptive 2x events. For more information go to www.oxfordcityroyalregatta.co.uk.

15 July

Record Scottish Presence On GB Rowing Teams: Press Release from Lee Boucher
Five Scottish athletes have been selected in the Junior and Under 23 Great Britain Rowing Teams which were announced this week ahead of upcoming World and European Championships in Belarus, Belgium and the Czech Republic. The World Under 23 Championships take place between the 22nd and 25th July in Brest, Belarus, with a record number of Scots involved across the team. Edinburgh University student Polly Swann is one of two home-based athletes in the team. Polly, who trains out of Glasgow Rowing Club under the coaching of George Warnock, will sit in the stroke seat of the coxless four. There is a seat in the lightweight quadruple scull for fellow Glasgow Rowing Club oarsman and Strathclyde University student, Sam Scrimgeour. Joining Swann and Scrimgeour in Belarus is 2009 Junior World Champion, Andrew Holmes. The Lochwinnoch man is currently training in England out of the world famous Leander Club in Henley-on-Thames and has made the step up to the Under 23 squad despite still only being 18-years-old.

Whilst for a third year in succession, a George Watson’s College pupil will be competing for medals at the World Junior Rowing Championships. This year Callum McBrierty, supported by the sportscotland institute of sport, has been rewarded for an excellent domestic season with a place in the lead Junior boat, the coxless four, which is heading to Racice in the Czech Republic from the 5th to the 8th August. Gavin Murty of Glasgow Schools Rowing Association and Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club has been selected for the boy’s sculling squad which is set to compete between the 30th July and the 1st August at the Coupe de la Jeunesse (European Junior Championships) in Hazewinkel, Belgium.

Scottish Rowing’s High Performance Co-Ordinator, Lee Boucher, was delighted with the news and was quick to congratulate both the athletes and their coaches on their respective selections. “It is extremely encouraging to see the number of Scottish athletes on Great Britain Rowing Teams rise yet again. The work that these athletes and their coaches put in on a daily basis is phenomenal and we must congratulate them for that. But knowing the type of people that we are dealing with, they will not be content with just a vest; they will all be striving to bring home medals from their respective Championships and we wish them all the very best.”

Inverness Hawco Sprints: Details of the subject event ( Poster + Entry forms ) may be obtained under Events on the IRC website.

13 July

British Championships: The British Champs (Nat Champs) takes place from Friday to Sunday at Strathclyde Park. Full details including the draw can be found on the British Champs website.

ES Rowing Services: ES Rowing Services are coming to the Nat Champs with a trailer to collect boats requiring repair. We still have a few spaces available on the trailer, if you would like one of them please contact us. We will also be delivering spares from our extensive stock - including Ray Sims spares - so if you want to save the cost of postage and packing please let us know you want your order delivered to the Nat Champs.

Adaptive Classification: British Rowing's Adaptive Classification team will be at the British Rowing Champs in Stratchclyde Park on Sunday 18th July in the morning. If any clubs with Adaptive rowers would like to arrange a time for classification at that event, please contact Pippa Randolph at British Rowing for more information and paperwork and to arrange an appointment. The guide about classification is available to download from www.britishrowing.org/publications.

5 July

Governance Update
1. The Scottish Government has now set the date of 30th November for the commencement of the new Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. Information with web links has been sent to Scottish Rowing's club contacts.
2. Copies of a DVD produced by Children1st's Child Protection in Sport (CPiS) team giving case studies of abuse issues arising in sport are in process of being made and will be distributed to clubs as soon as possible. Please take the time to watch.
3. Steven Kerr's PowerPoint file for the Boat Transport Seminar held in April is now available. This is a large file which cannot be sent by email. If you want a copy please contact Jo Ramsay.
4. A small change has been made to item 29 in the Water Safety Code. This concerns circulation patterns used at regattas. The amended Code has been emailed to club contacts. Regatta organisers please note.

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