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26 March |
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Racing Licences and Rules of Racing: With the season now well underway and the first regattas including Strathclyde Park Regatta due next month, clubs are reminded of the following:
1. A Competition Licence is required AT TIME OF ENTRY, not the day of the event. This rule will be strictly applied at Strathclyde Park Regatta which includes the Scottish Universities Championships. I strongly suggest that any outstanding applications are forwarded without delay to avoid competing under a Day Ticket, applications may not be turned round at short notice.
2. A further reminder that the Rules of Racing in respect of the condition of bow balls were amended with effect from the start of 2010. A note giving guidance has previously been emailed to all club contacts but crews are again reminded it is their responsibility to ensure that their boat complies with the Rules. Boats which fail Control Commission checks at SPR for bow balls as well as other reasons such as heel restraints and buoyancy requirements, will not be allowed to proceed to the start.
Head of the River: The Men's Tideway races takes place tomorrow lunchtime, with 15 Scottish crews from clubs in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow taking part. Full results are likely to be on the HoRR website later on Saturday. The Vesta Veterans Head will take place on Sunday, running over a course from Hammersmith to Chiswick, with crews from Aberdeen Boat Club taking part.
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14 March |
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SPR and Scot Unis: Details for SPR and Scottish Universities are now available on the right hand side panel of this page and the events/results page. This year all entries must be made on-line - most clubs will have a user account but those who don't will need to register first. If you need a new account click on the Register link.
Women's Eights HoRR: At the WEHORR on Saturday, a Glasgow composite crew won the Novice Academic Category. The crew, composed of students from Glasgow Rowing Club, Glasgow University and Strathclyde University posted an excellent time of 20 minutes 53.94 seconds to win the Novice Academic category. Rowing in an eight named "Lighty Lins" after their coach and former World Bronze Medallist Lindsay Dick, the girls won their event, achieving a highly satisfactory finish position of 98th overall. The crew were: cox Alastair Browne (Glasgow RC), Jane Patterson (Glasgow University BC), Jenni Campbell and Shona Dunn (Strathclyde University BC), Kate Ianniello, Joanne Thomson, Olivia Davidson, Katherina Johnston and Beth MacMaster (all Glasgow RC).
Other Scottish crews performed with distinction: a composite elite junior crew containing a Glasgow Academy athlete finished in 14th place, followed in 20th place by a composite senior crew from Clyde ARC, Edinburgh University BC, Glasgow RC and Glasgow University BC and intermediate 3 crews from Clydesdale ARC and Edinburgh University BC in 35th and 38th place respectively.
School's Head: At the Schools Head of the River which also took place over the same course on the Thames on Thursday 11th March, boys and girls crews from George Watsons College and George Heriots School took part. The fastest time achieved by a Scottish crew was posted by the George Watsons Junior Coxed Four, finishing in 101st place overall from a start position of 200.
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2 March |
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Scottish Schools Head: Details for the Scottish Schools' Head of the Canal on the 20th of March are now available.
Aberdeen Universities’ Boat Race: The Aberdeen Universities’ Boat Race between Robert Gordon University and Aberdeen University was held on Sunday 28th February. The event was again sponsored by Aberdeen Asset Management and organised by Bob Newton of ABC along with a large squad of helpers. There had been doubts about the event until a few days before with the River Dee having been frozen the previous weekend. All the ice had cleared and a brief shower of hailstones during the coin-toss to choose stations was the only precipitation. The wind, however, had strengthened to create challenging conditions for rowers of all ability, especially near the start and finish of the races.
RGUBC won the Second-Crew race, leaving AUBC to take both major honours with wins in the Alumni race and the main Universities event.
Her AUBC crew subjected poor Tania, their cox (and President), to a traditional dunking in the river – not a pleasant experience considering that only the week before she would have bounced rather than got wet. Hopefully she had warmed up enough to enjoy the dancing at the Ball in the evening, sustained by the inner satisfaction of having regained the trophy which had been won by RGU in 2009.
Snapper Ron has published pictures on the Committee of the Dee website.
Universities Winter League: The current position of the Scottish Universities winter league, after 6 events and one event remaining, with Inverness cancelled, are as listed. Yet again Strathclyde have managed to increase their lead slightly over Dundee. However this time it was Aberdeen to who moved up the table passing St Andrews University.
| 1. Strathclyde University |  | 416 | |
5. Heriot-Watt University | | 195 |
| 2. Dundee University | | 393 | |
6. Aberdeen University | | 162 |
| 3. Glasgow University | | 259 | |
7. St Andrews University | | 122 |
| 4. Edinburgh University | | 238 | |
8. Robert Gordon University | | 26 |
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Women's Eights HoRR: Niall Darroch was taking photos from Hammersmith Bridge at the Women's Head of the River last Saturday. Photos of all crews are now online at: 
