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23 September |
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Unauthorised Discount! It appears I inadvertently
discounted tickets for the St Andrew BC Garden Party when I advertised
them in News on 18 September (scroll down for full details of the
event): the correct price for adult tickets is £15.
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Alan
Sinclair, winner of J18 sculls, and Dick Ruane (Vet F) winner
of men's veteran sculls at Aberdeen Sprint. The duo, both
from Inverness RC, combined to win men's R2 double sculls.
Photo: Roy Sinclair. |
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The
'Albyn Mares', winners of the women's novice challenge at
the Aberdeen Sprint. Left to right: Wilma Tomb, Evelyn Baillie,
Willie Drummond (coach), Tracy Scott and Jan Robertson. Apparently
the name is to do with the road they all work in. Photo: W
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Good times had by all at the Aberdeen Sprint on Saturday.
A largely local affair, but with welcome additions to add
variety from Inverness, Strathclyde Park and Thames Tradesmen (yes,
he actually did come all that way . . . ).
In parallel with the main sprint, there were local closed 'novice
challenge' races for crews who had taken up rowing in the last 3
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16 September |
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FISA Congress
News: the FISA Congress took place in Seville on Saturday.
Check out the full
report on the FISA site, but two items of particular interest
here: the Worlds in 2006 are at Dorney (Eton, UK) after all, and
Peter Morrison has been re-elected as Chairman of the FISA Masters
Commission.
World Rowing Championships started in Seville yesterday.
There is an excellent results
service on the FISA site, including their race tracker which
brings up intermediate times 'live' as races come down the course.
Aberdeen Sprint
draw is now up. The fact that almost everybody seemed
to enter the maximum number of events allowed has inevitably resulted
in 'brisk' turn round times between races.
Woman's Lightweight Single Scull for sale: see
Sales and Wants page for details. |
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9 September |
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Union Canal
obstruction: thanks to Jim Ferguson for this note. "The
Ashley Bridge on the Union Canal (Edinburgh) is being painted over
the next two weeks. Unfortunately no rowing boats will be able to
pass through the bridge during that period as there is scaffolding
obstructing the bridge. Clubs have not been warned about this work,
which is being carried out by the council and not British Waterways,
and should therefore take this into account when they plan their
outings."
Scots at the Masters: the full results
are now up. There were wins (that I have found or been told about)
in WA4+ and WB4+ for a Clydesdale/St Andrew/Inverness composite
and in WA 8 for a crew comprising most from the four(s) with friends
from the Thames in other seats. In small boats, Ian Stanners and
Gordon Day (Clyde Masters) won MG2- and came 2nd in MG2x. Ailie
Ord (CARC) and Janeen Collier (SABC) won in WA2-. A further good
2nd place I spotted was for the SABC/CARC/IRC/+ friends crew in
WA8+. If my trawl through the results has missed any winners I apologise
now - and would be grateful to anyone who can point them out so
I can recognise them properly in a follow-up report.
Unfortunately we didn't get any further reports from Jo Wherret
at the course, but if she does manage to get something to me today
I will put it up later.
St Andrews Uni Regatta at Forfar Loch: in a late
addition to the regatta programme, St Andrews University are repeating
last year's successful regatta at Forfar Loch. Only details I have
so far are that it will be on 5th October, with more info expected
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6 September |
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RaciceReport |
Jo Wherret, our 'roving reporter' at
the FISA Masters Regatta, has found an internet cafe at the
course at Racice, Czech Republic: here's the first of her
reports on Friday's racing.
Racing today has been excellent - the forecast
storms have held off and the weather has been great. The first
Scottish win was in Women's C8+ with Janeen Collier, Ailie
Ord, Lesley Stewart and Hazel Smith in the powerhouse seats
of a composite with friends from the Thames. Around the same
time the Clyde Masters/ Clydesdale four had a good row, but
came in third.
Other wins today have been from Ian Stanners
and Gordon Day (Clyde Masters) in the G 2- and, in the women's
A4+, from Ailie Ord, Alison Hulme, Janeen Collier, Hazel Smith
and Jo Wherrett (SABC/ CARC/ IRC composite). This won fairly
convincingly, although the crew were an age group older than
the opposition (the other half of the women's A8+).
There's been a couple of close races for
the coxes (losing by a canvas each while racing for crews
from other nations) - otherwise the crews are doing well but
no other wins today.
No mishaps so far, and everyone is having
a good time. We're staying on site, which is much easier than
travelling from Prague. We've not seen much damage from the
floods, other than some of the land around rivers on the drive
up here, and the floods don't appear to have affected the
regatta at all. Everything is running very well, and to time
(races every 3 minutes).
No more races for Scottish rowers today,
and everyone is now enjoying a cold Czech beer!
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Glasgow Sprint: a reminder that entries for the
Glasgow Sprint (event
next weekend) close at 6.00pm this Monday (9th). Don't forget to
read the explanatory letter
in conjunction with the poster, as it explains the thinking behind
the 'intermediate' 6-point crew-average events.
Nithsdale Corporate Challenge and Club
Championships: ten crews of 'absolute beginners' have been
training for 6 weeks at Nithsdale ARC to compete in tomorrow's Nithsdale
Corporate Challenge at Dumfries. In addition to the rowing (corporate
and club), there is an 'open invitation' ergo challenge and the
club is offering discounted membership incentives on the day. Given
that Nithsdale has recruited 10 crews from a population of 32,000,
and that the UK's largest inter-company event in Aberdeen recruits
40 crews from a population of over 200,000, I reckon that's a pretty
remarkable performance!
Safety at Strathclyde Park: a circulation
map and circulation rules
for Strathclyde Park have been added to the National
Rowing Academy section. Well worth reading if planning to row
at the Park - with rowing, sailing and motorised craft the full
safety rules are not as simple as 'up the side and down the lanes'.
Diamond
Geezer: a piece about a certain Clydesdale vet in this
week's East Kilbride News.
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4 September |
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FISA
Masters Regatta starts tomorrow in the Czech Republic:
thanks to those who did 'tip me a wink' about Scots to look out
for, and here are the entries I know of.
Event 102, E4- (SABC: Lowe, Morrice, Littleboy, Duffy); Event 116,
E1x, (SABC: Duffy); Event 117, C4+, (SABC: Wilson, Scott, Munro,
Boyle); Event 128, E2- (SABC: Scott, Munro); Event 129, C1x, (SABC:
Morrice); Event 207, B2- (SABC: Wilson, Boyle); Event 221, F1x (SABC:
Duffy and SABC: Lowe); Event 236, E4+ (SABC: Lowe, Morrice, Littleboy,
Duffy); Event 237, C4- (SABC: Wilson, Elwin, Munro, Boyle); Event
WC8+ (SABC/CARC/IRC and freinds from the Thames); Event 136, WA8
(SABC/CARC and friends from the Thames); Event 111, WB2- (CARC/SABC
and SABC/IRC); Event 120, WA4+ (SABC/CARC/IRC); Event 222, WB4-
(CARC/SABC/IRC); Event 229, WA2- (CARC/SABC); Event 124, WB4x (SABC/IRC);
Event 105, WA2x (SABC/TRC). CARC Entries (men): F1x G.Simpson Event
221; B2- K.Munro, K.Diamond 207; C2- K. Munro K.Diamond 141; D4-
D.Paterson, G. Simpson, K.Munro, K. Diamond 137; F2- O. McGhee,
D. Paterson. CARC/CMRC: G4+ I. Stanners, G.Day, O. McGhee, D. Paterson,
M.Darrel 106. CMRC: G2x I. Stanners, G.Day 228 G2- I. Stanners,
G.Day 119.
One of the Scottish competitors hopes to blag access to a modem
and file reports to the web site from the regatta: obviously great
if it works, but I shan't put her under pressure by mentioning names
yet in case it doesn't come off.
Compulsory passenger? An unusual 'coxed 6 with
passenger' - containing some weel kent names, a few of them with
Scottish connections - is to compete in the Great
River Race on Saturday on the Thames from Richmond (1530 start)
to Greenwich (first finishers expected from 1845).
The Chas's Angels crew (name derived from sponsor, Chas
Newens) comprises rowers Guin Batten, Ali Barnes, Katrine McPherson,
Polly Gough, Nicola Dale and Louise Engel, coxed by Abbie Chapman
and with passenger Rachel Haining. The boat, a fixed-seat Thames
waterman cutter is being loaned by Chas Newens.
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2 September |
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Semi-final
of Men's R2 Coxed Fours with Inverness RC (from bow) Alex
Townsend, Duncan Alexander, Ken Sinclair, Neil Wallace and
Suzanne Hunter (cox) on left bank against the eventual winners
from Aberdeen BC, Nick Beaumont-Smith, James Duncan, Mark
Lowe and Fred Stalin (cox Graham Wright).
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Final
of Women's R1 2-; Aberdeen University BC (Ruth Hobson)/ Aberdeen
Schools (Jill Beck) on the left bank against St Andrew BC
(Janeen Collier)/ Inverness RC (Hazel Smith). SABC/Inverness
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Semi-final
of Men's Veteran 1x; Inverness RC (Iain Morton) on the left
bank against Strathclyde Park RC (Tom Hewitt). SPRC won by
one length but was beaten in the final by Inverness RC (Dick
Ruane) by two lengths.
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Inverness 'Morrison' Sprint: the full list
of winners is up, and also some photos from the event as you can
see (thanks to Roy Sinclair for those).
Faskally Coaching
Weekend: a clarification note from the organisers.
You do NOT have to be R2 to attend, but you must have at least one
year's rowing experience. In other words the course is definitely
not for beginners. The booking
form is here.
Also an appeal for coaches and launch drivers to staff
the Faskally course. Anyone who's done it before will confirm
it's a most enjoyable weekend to be part of: if you would like to
volunteer as a coach or as a launch driver, please contact the organiser,
Liz Dawson.
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