HIR 2007: The results from HIR, held in Cork yesterday, are now available on the Irish ARU website. The only Scots to win their event were the Mens Junior 2- of Andrew Barton and Sean Cassidy, with second places for the Womens Junior 4+, Mens Lwt 2x, Mens 2- and Mens Quad. The Logan brothers came close to defending their title in the lightweight double, being passed in just the last 150m by the current National Champions from England.
FISA Umpire: Congratulations to Gary Bain, who was successful in his FISA Umpires exam which was held at the World Under 23 regatta this weekend.
Scots down south: Congratulations also to Stan Livy, formerly of Edinburgh University and George Watsons College Boat Clubs, who after one year on rowing on the Tideway (and a bronze medal at Nat Champs), has been elected Captain of Tideway Scullers for the 2007-2008 season.
Stirling Head Race: The poster, rules and entry form for the Stirling Head on 22nd September are now available.
25 July
Home International Regatta: HIR 2007 takes place this weekend in Cork, Ireland - the final team list has now been published and the timetable of racing is available on the Irish Amateur Rowing Union website. While the Scottish team are racing their English, Welsh and Irish counterparts, the World U23 Championships will take place at Strathclyde Park, with ex-George Watsons College rower Kirsty Myles representing GB in the Womens 4-.
Single Sculls for Sale: Two single sculls newly for sale on the Sales and Wants page.
Inverness Sprint: Details for the Inverness Sprint on the 18th August are now available on the Inverness RC website.
23 July
Nat Champs 2007 Report: Friday's racing was beleagured by the weather - a ferocious tail wind affected morning racing, with waves lapping over the end of the pontoons. Racing was suspended as a rain storm hit, restarting two hours later, only to be suspended again due to thunder. This meant changes to the junior races, with time trials being run early on Saturday morning to replace heats and repechages due to have taken place on Friday afternoon.
Fortunately Saturday produced good, if rather wet, conditions with a light tailwind leading to some fast times. Wellies and flipflops were the footwear of choice, and those heading to the Trent for training outings found it running high and fast, and had to play slalom with some rather large logs heading downstream! Nottingham was fortunate to have just caught the edge of the bad weather affecting southern England, and there were many tales of crews arriving from badly affected areas, with homes and boathouses under water.
Photo: Robin Collings (SABC) and Gareth Syms (GWC) collecting their silver medal in MLwt 2x
Sunday morning brought dry conditions overhead, but wetter conditions underfoot as the lake level rose several inches over the pontoons. The wind swung round to a cross-head of reasonable strength, but the webmaster's sunburn will attest to the fact that the sun really did shine in the afternoon!
Scottish seniors and juniors won a good number of medals, with Sunday lunchtime proving the most popular medal winning time, with two golds, two silvers and two bronzes all within an hour. Full results are now on the Nat Champs website.
Senior Medals
Photo: Fran Jacob (CARC), bronze medalist in W1x
Silver
MLwt 2x: St Andrew BC/George Watsons College BC (Robin Collings, Gareth Syms)
Bronze
W 1x: Clydesdale ARC (Fran Jacob) MLwt 2-: Strathclyde Park RC/Castle Semple RC (Joseph Barton, Daniel Shankland)
Other senior crews reaching finals included Clyde ARC MLwt 1x (J Logan), WLwt 1x (L Logan) and WU23 1x (A Larcome), Robert Gordon University M2- (C Wallace & S Purdie), Clydesdale ARC MLwt 2- (C Philips & A McConnell), Aberdeen University W1x (S McDowell) and W2x (S McDowell & L Crighton). There were also a number of straight finals involving Scottish crews.
Junior medals
Photo: ASRA, winners of WJ 4+
Gold
WJ 8: George Heriots School RC (U Braun, C Skinner, N Sime, C Oliver, A Watt, A Santoni, I Young, E Manson, N Dugan) WJ 4+: ASRA (L Bonnamy, J Davies, I Riley, J Steel, R Hamlet) WJ16 4x: Strathclyde Park RC (J Campbell, N Irvine, C Santoni, R Young) MJ15 2x: Castle Semple RC/George Watsons College BC (A Holmes, I Walker)
Silver
MJ 2-: Strathclyde Park RC (A Barton, S Cassidy) WJ 4+: George Heriots School RC (C Oliver, N Sime, A Watt, I Young, E Whyte) WJ16 4+: ASRA (C Bain, C Parker, I Riley, J Steel, R Hamlet) MJ15 4x+: George Watsons College BC (A Gilmore, C Mabon, C McBriety, M Walker, I Walker)
Bronze
MJ 2x: George Watsons College BC (A Sarahs, M Wilkojc) MJ15 1x: Castle Semple RC (A Holmes) WJ15 2x: Strathclyde Park RC (N Irvine, F O'Prey) WJ14 2x: Castle Semple RC/Nithsdale ARC (H Dalrymple, R Findlay)
Along with the medalists, crews reaching junior finals through the heats and time trials included Clydesdale WJ15 1x, Strathclyde Park MJ15 1x, George Watsons College MJ14 2x, ASRA WJ15 4x+, ASRA WJ 2- and George Heriots School RC WJ 2-
Photo: George Heriots School approach the finish line in WJ8, while the cox keeps an eye on the opposition! All photographs J Wherrett.
18 July
World U23 Champs Volunteers: Two updated attachments for the general rota and volunteer list (excel format, each with three worksheets) are attached due to some last minute additions, withdrawals and amendments. Bob Neill would also like to remind volunteers who have not yet given him their Briefing Meetings and Barbecue forms to send them to him as soon as possible.
17 July
Applications for Regatta Dates for Season 2008: A note requesting applications for regatta dates for the 2008 season has been emailed to all known club contacts. Any secretary who does not receive the documentation please contact Sandy Walker, Convenor of Racing Control, by email. The closing date for applications is 1 September to meet AGM deadline.
Henley Veteran Regatta: At the veterans regatta held last weekend, the Stirling/Castle Semple/Clydesdale Mens VetC 4x of Willie Brown, Pete Murray, Martin Holmes and Davy Nolan won their event, beating the current National Veteran Champions in the final. Hazel Smith (Inverness RC) and Ailie Ord (Strathclyde Park RC) reached finals in Womens VetC 4x and VetC 2x, sadly loosing both finals by very narrow margins - a canvas and two feet respectively.
National Championships: Nat Champs 2007 starts this Friday, with over 60 junior and senior crews from all over Scotland taking part. The draw and timetable can be found on the Nat Champs website.
16 July
GB-France J16 Match Results: At the J16 match held today in Nottingham, nine Scottish athletes raced their French counterparts. The girls quad, from Strathclyde Park RC, won their event and the girls eight, containing four rowers and a cox from George Heriots School RC, finished just one length down on the French crew.
GB Junior Squad Selection: Some great news from the GB junior squad trials. Following 5 days of GB final trials at Nottingham for selection to the World Junior and Coupe squads, three Scottish rowers, Sean Dixon, Murray Wilkojc and Alistair Sarahs, all George Watsons College BC gained selection. Sean Dixon will race in Beijing, China, as part of the 8+ crew at the Junior World Championships. Murray Wilkojc and Alistair Sarahs will head to Varese, Italy to take part in the Coupe de la Juenesse; Murray as part of the four and Alistair as part of the eight. Congratulations to the athletes and their coach Jim Ferguson on a fantastic achievement.
11 July
World U23 Champs Volunteers: The following documents are attached for all volunteers:
We have passed our target number of 200 volunteers, plus a further 16 on the Organising Committee, but Bob Neill would be interested in hearing from a few more people who could offer at least 4 days, preferably including Tuesday and Wednesday (see panel on the right for contact information and forms).
10 July
GB-France J16 Match: At this afternoon's race-off for the GB-France J16, being held at Holme Pierrepont next Monday, two Scottish crews gained selection. George Heriots School RC will form half of the girls eight and Strathclyde Park RC will race in the girls quad. Congratulations to all the athletes and their coaches on their GB selection.
9 July
Correction: Two Scots win at Henley: Colin Williamson, ex-Aberdonian rower, was in the Leander eight who won the Thames Cup. His win no doubt owes something to the bagpipes being played for his crew as they rowed up the course to the start line!
There were also two Scots in the GB U23 women's eight which lost out to the senior GB crew in the semi-finals of the Remenham Cup - Stephanie McDowell (Aberdeen University and ex-George Heriots School) and Kirsty Myles (Oxford Brookes and ex-George Watsons School).
8 July
Scot wins at Henley!: While there were no Scottish crews racing today at Henley Royal Regatta, there was one Scot still racing. Having lost to the Army in last years Britania Challenge Cup final, and battled through to the final of that event again this year, Andrew Wilkinson of York City RC, an ex-George Heriots School RC club member, was in the winning crew this year, beating Henley RC by one length.
6 July
Scots at Henley: The competition proved too strong for the remaining Scots crews today. Aberdeen BC went out by 5 lengths to Tideway Scullers, and the Logan brothers lost to the Slovenian internationals in the Double Sculls by just over 3 lengths.
5 July
Henley Results: In yesterday's first round of the Temple Challenge Cup, Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities both sadly lost their races. Better news for Aberdeen Boat Club today, progressing to the next round in the Mens Quads; they will race Tideway Scullers tomorrow morning. Also racing tomorrow morning will be the Logan brothers in the Double Sculls, who have drawn Spik and Cop, the Slovenian internationals, in their first race.
Tees Regatta: Details for the Inaugural Tees Primary and Adaptive Regatta (northern England) are now available on the Tees RC website. Tees Rowing Club would love to provide opportunities for adaptive athletes to compete with others of similar abilities. Please contact Wendy Capes (wendylcapes@yahoo.com 07813 499148) or Sarah Harker (s.k.harker@ntlworld.com 07740 345077) to discuss race requirements in these categories.
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