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29 January |
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Scottish Indoor Rowing Championships 2010: The final version of the event timetable for this Sunday's Scottish Indoor Rowing Championships is now available, as are two competitor lists (one listed alphabetically and one by ergo number). An updated event information document is also available with additional information for athletes competing in team events.
In addition to the 41 individual and team races, there will be word record attempt by Clydesdale ARC's Matthias Auer. Matthias will be out to retain the World Lightweight Marathon Record that he had previously held for over 4 years until surpassed by a Danish rower in December. He will began his challenge at 12:40 and his time to beat is 2hr32min7sec (That’s a 1:48.1/500m split!)
Scottish Rowing is also pleased to welcome a team from the Royal Navy submarine HMS Vanguard. Finding a location onboard to train can be difficult and they have often found themselves rowing between two nuclear missile tubes. They will be hoping to challenge Team Aegon, last year's winners of the men's Team Event. Results and commentary will be available throughout the day at twitter.com/ScotIndoorRow.
Photo: Ergo training on-board HMS Vanguard
Scottish Island Three Peaks Race: Alan Rankin, a competitor in the Scottish Island Three peaks sailing and mountain running race is looking to acquire some rowing equipment. The race rules allow for rowing propulsion when the wind dies so he is planning to rig a frame to the yacht with a two sets of seat/slides, riggers and oars. Ideally a set of second hand gear that is past its competitive best would suit him. If you can help, please email alanrankin@btopenworld.com.
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12 January |
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Young rowers benefit as Scottish Rowing comes on board with Scottish Area Institutes of Sport: Report from Lee Boucher.
Four of Scotland’s best young rowers have been inducted into the East and West of Scotland Institutes of Sport as the sportscotland institute of sport area network embraces rowing for the first time. This month, Callum McBrierty (Edinburgh), 17, along with Jack Leask (Heriot, Scottish Borders), 16, have both joined the East of Scotland Institute of Sport. Balfron’s Rosie Young, 18, and Chris Rae, 20, (Giffnock, Glasgow) have joined the West of Scotland Institute of Sport.
Established in 2001 and supporting over 400 athletes, the sportscotland institute of sport area network works with partners to build greater success for Scottish sport. Its expert teams work together to support Scottish governing body-identified athletes, delivering essential support services locally in sports medicine, sports science, strength and conditioning, and career and lifestyle guidance.
This development comes after a highly successful year for Scottish junior rowing. Lochwinnoch’s Andrew Holmes helped Great Britain’s Men’s Coxless Four win the gold medal at the Junior World Rowing Championships in France. Clydesdale’s Rosie Young and Callum McBrierty (George Watson’s College pupil) brought home four gold and one silver medal at the Coupe de la Jeunesse (European Junior Rowing Championships) in France. Meanwhile at the annual GB France under 16 match in Cardiff, Jack Leask (of George Heriot’s School and Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club) won two gold medals; in the single scull and the quadruple scull.
Said Katherine Grainger MBE, Great Britain’s most successful Olympic female rower and a sportscotland institute of sport supported athlete: "This is fantastic news that the rising stars of Scottish rowing will get a chance to work with the sportscotland institute of sport area network. Over the years I have worked alongside various institutes and they do a great job in bridging the gap between top level potential and world class standards of excellence. While the athlete needs to bring passion, commitment and talent to the enterprise, the institutes offer expertise, advice, experience and knowledge across many essential areas in sport. As a result athletes will get the opportunity to develop their training programmes, their training technique, their nutrition, their psychology along with lifestyle suggestions to balance the demands of elite sport and the reality of the real world. I would urge them to grab the opportunities they get with both hands and set themselves exciting new targets. It would be great to see more Scottish athletes competing in the British Rowing Team and hopefully this new partnership will be a key step in seeing that become a reality."
Said Lee Boucher, Scottish Rowing’s National High Performance Co-ordinator: "The success of our young rowers is testament to the year-on-year professionalism and dedication shown by both the athletes and their coaching teams. I am certain that there is much more to come from these and our other young rowers as Scottish Rowing integrates its performance programme with the sportscotland institute of sport area network. The quality provision of local support is central to Scottish Rowing’s vision moving forward and I am certain that this will have a massive impact on our athletes’ performance levels. With London 2012 on the horizon and role models such as sportscotland institute of sport athlete, Katherine Grainger, competing on the world stage, the future looks bright for rowing in Scotland."
Photograph: East and West of Scotland Institutes of Sport supported rowers, by Rob Eyton-Jones
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Aberdeen 8s Head: An advert for the Aberdeen Eights HOR on 13th February is now published on the Committee of the Dee website (
Photograph: The Caledonian Canal at Inverness in the middle of the big freeze. Photo courtesy of Carole Wells.
The Big Freeze: Strathclyde Park joined the list of frozen-over rowing venues last weekend, with a reported 8 inches of ice in places. Photo courtesy of Peter Rankin.
Detective work required!: A request for information has been received from a correspondent in California who is conducting research on a relative by the name of W.S. Garland. The gentlemen concerned is shown in the photograph and he is described as The Champion Sculler of Scotland in 1895. He also won medals (pictured) one inscribed with 1st place Annual Scratch Match of the Wellington Cronies June 1886 and one with CTRC regatta 1884 clubstakes 1st prize won by W.S. Garland and J. Tinch.
The photographers Paisley location would indicate that Mr Garland was possibly involved with a Glasgow based club (the CTRC named on the medal perhaps). If anyone is at a loose end over the seasonal period, fancies a break from playing Cluedo and can do some detective work that identifies Mr Garland's background, club connections, who the Wellington Cronies were or possibly even the other medals in the picture, then it would be much appreciated. Please pass any information to 
