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29 March |
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Shaw stays
on track: Gavin Shaw improved his pb for 2k ergo by 3 secs
(Time: 6.24) last week - perfectly timed as he's now off for an
11 day training camp in Breisach (Germany), then straight on to
Hazewinkel (Belgium) for GB National Team Trials. These trials will
largely determine whether Gavin gets to row fro GB this year - his
early target is U23 Lwt in 1x or 2x at Duisberg. Note: this camp
and trial also mean John McArthur will be away with Gavin until
19th April.
North East Regatta: full details of the North
East Regatta in Aberdeen on 17 and 18 April - including discounted
entry fees for visitors from faraway places.
Glasgow Small Boats Results: two good divisions
of racing on Saturday, full results on the Glasgow
Rowing Club web site.
SARA adds two new clubs: welcome to Alexandra
Boat Club (Edinburgh Uni FPs, so to speak) and the Scottish Indoor
Rowing Club, both being accepted for affiliation to the SARA at
yesterday's half-yearly general meeting of the clubs. Greatest discussion
centred around the structure of the Scottish Rowing Championships.
I don't envy the minute-taker who has to distil the debate on paper:
suffice to say that there was plenty of appetite for innovation/development,
much discussion about how such change could be managed, and I came
away (as an unofficial observer) with the impression that this will
be a 'live debate' for months to come. Well, at least it proves
the Championships matter to people!
Scots boy done good: congratulations to Andrew
Shannon, 5 man in the winning Cambridge crew in yesterday's (eventful!)
Aberdeen Asset University Boat Race. Andrew, from Helensburgh, is
a former captain of the Robert Gordon University Boat Club, former
Scottish Oarsman of the Year and nominee for Oarsman of the Year
again this year.
Contenders
put their oars in: a snippet from last Thursday's Scotsman about
nominees for the Scottish Rowing Awards
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24 March |
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Hurrah!
The rains came, the loch re-filled and Strathclyde Park is now open
again for rowing.
And the Nominees are: thanks to all who submitted
nominations for the Scottish Rowing Awards. The SARA Executive has
short listed the following nominees (notification already sent to
clubs). Congratulations to all who were nominated, and to those
short-listed in particular. There are still some tickets left for
the Scottish Rowing Awards Dinner at the Thistle Hotel, Glasgow
on Saturday 3rd April - contact Mary Massaro. I remember this time
last year there were even a few pleasantly-surprised nominees who
found themselves looking for tickets at this fairly late stage!
The short-listed nominees (in alphabetical order, by category, and
by club they represented in the competition year 2003) are:
Senior Oarswoman of the Year: Lindsay Dick (Glasgow
RC), Katherine Grainger (St Andrew BC), Ailie Ord (Clydesdale
ARC)
Senior Oarsman of the Year: Martin Holmes (Castle
Semple RC), Andrew Shannon (Cambridge University BC), Gavin Shaw
(Aberdeen University BC)
Junior Oarswoman of the Year: Kirsty Myles (George
Watson's College), Alex Wessel (Aberdeen Schools RA)
Junior Oarsman of the Year: Chris Logan (George
Watson's College), Daniel Prescott (Glasgow RC), Colin Wallace
(Aberdeen Schools RA)
Coach of the Year: Gary Bain (Aberdeen University
BC), Nick Rankin (George Heriots School), Charlie Simpson (Aberdeen
University BC)
Volunteer of the Year: Tom Hewitt (Strathclyde
Park RC), John McKinney (Castle Semple RC), Ron Wallace (Aberdeen
BC)
Crew of the Year: Aberdeen Schools Junior Men
4+, Aberdeen University Men's 8, George Heriots School Women's
Junior 16 4+
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17 March |
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Scottish
crews win 2 classes at Schools Head on Thames: the George
Heriots junior women's 4+ continues strongly. In rough headwind
conditions yesterday, they won their event by 9 secs ahead of St
George's. In boys junior 14 coxed quads, George Watson's were winners
by 7 secs from Kings College School. By my quick and dirty maths,
2,495 athletes competed - surely a healthy commentary on the condition
of British junior rowing in participation terms at least. Full results
here
Will 'Park' fill in time for this weekend's junior trial?
For those waiting for confirmation, keep checking back.
Current information is that the water level is rising, though not
yet quite enough for the trial. The organisers' fingers remain crossed
- further information her as soon as I get it.
Don't miss Scottish Rowing Awards
deadline: the deadline for nominations
of the Scottish Rowing Awards is this Friday, 19th. THis is your
chance to make sure that 'credit where it's due' is accorded to
those who achieved much or invested much of themselves in the sport
in 2003. Also don't forget to get your tickets fro the Scottish
Rowing Awards Dinner in Glasgow on Saturday 3rd April from Mary
Massaro.
Glasgow Small Boats Head: Glasgow
Small Boats Head is on Saturday 27th March, closing date for
entries is 5.00pm on Monday 22nd March. Following Inverness's introduction
of on-line entry at their Head, Glasgow have developed the idea
further - certainly streamlines the process and reduces the number
of times each piece of information has to be handled/retyped/corrected.
Check their web site
for the online entry system.
Charity Dragonboat Racing on Loch Lomond: Bobath
Scotland (a children's cerebral palsy charity) are hosting a
Dragonboat Challenge at Loch Lomond Shores (across from Balloch
Country Park) on Saturday May 2nd from 10.00 until 6.00pm. The event
is supported by the Sir Steve Redgrave Charitable Trust - indeed
Sir Steve is to be present. You can support the event by participating
(other dragon boat events I have seen have certainly been great
fun) through raining sponsorship for your crew (12-16 people plus
drummer, £320 per crew, proceeds to Bobath Scotland) or by
running raffles or other charity events at your own club before
the event. Contact Jilly
Giffen of Bobath Scotland for further information.
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9 March |
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8 pip CARC/SABC/GRC in greasy pole scramble at WHORR: congratulations
to St Andrew/Clydesdale/Glasgow on finishing 18th in last Saturday's
Women's Head on the Tideway. Scrambling their way u the greasy pole
from a start number of 204 to finish 18th (186 places gained) they
were only JUST pipped to the scrambling title by the race winners
(a 7-club composite of GB squad members) who clambered 188 spots
from 189 to 1st. Thanks to Duncan McMillan (CARC) for the photo
of the eight training hard for their next event (!). Full results
here.
Rowing Instructors Course imminent - book your place now!
The SARA will be running an RIC at Strathclyde Park on
one or other of the following dates depending on response from participants.
Either:
1) a three day course on April 8th/10th/11th or 10th/11th/12th,
or
2) Over two weekends in May, 1st/2nd and 8th/9th.
Could any interested persons please email their preferences to
Iain Somerside by the 12th
March or phone 07889 515620 for more information.
Edinburgh and Aberdeen schools composites split Scottish
Schools Head honours: full results here
of Saturday's Scottish Schools Head of the River in which a George
Watson's/George Heriots composite won the senior boys event and
Aberdeen Schools (Aberdeen Grammar/Albyn/Robert Gordon's composite)
won the senior girls event.
Scottish Rowing Awards - nominations and tickets:
keep the nominations coming - a shed load in some categories already,
but others a bit thinner. The on-line nomination form (individuals
can nominate, not just clubs) is here
(closing date 19th March). The Awards will be presented at the Scottish
Rowing Awards Dinner on Saturday 3rd April in the Thistle Hotel
in Glasgow. Good company, posh nosh, the President's 'state of the
union' speech, presentation of the Scottish Rowing Awards and dancing
to follow. Tickets are £35 from Mary
Massaro.
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1 March (updated) |
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Strathclyde
Park Regatta: first of this year's multi-lane regattas
in Scotland, and all the information is here (and in the post en
route to clubs). The Regatta
Notice, letter of invitation
to clubs, list of events
offered, information/rules,
entry form for Saturday
and Sunday and club summary
form for Saturday and
Sunday. Please note that
the information documents are in PDF form and the entry forms/summaries
in MS Word - this is so that you can complete your entries on screen
and then print out for posting - the added legibility saves all
sorts of catastrophes at the draw!
Scottish Rowing Awards: a healthy number of early
nominations already. Check the panel on the right for how to make
your nominations - remember this is an event where it is individuals
rather than clubs who who make most of the nominations.
Sorry about the break in news: my PC got a virus
and I decided it would be best not to load anything new onto the
server until I knew I was in the clear again. More news later today
- hoping to have all the info for Strathclyde Park Regatta up.
Wanted Tutors and Assessors: As part of the expansion
of the British Coaching Award Scheme, the SARA are looking for suitably
qualified people to tutor and assess at future British Coaching
Award Courses. To deliver and assess an RIC (IA) you require to
be qualified to SARA Bronze level and to deliver a bronze you require
to be a Silver level coach.
Both Tutor and Assessor courses last two days and Association will
pay the costs involved in obtaining the qualification in return
for delivery of future coaching courses. thereafter tutors and assessors
will be paid for their work. Grants may also be available. The next
Tutor course is on the 17th/18th April in Hammersmith and the next
assessor is in September.
For more information e-mail Iain
Somerside or tel 07889 515620.
Glasgow Uni hit the spot at Trent Head: Glasgow
University BC scored a resounding win in Senior 3 8s at Saturday's
Trent Head, finishing 8th overall (not bad in a field in which there
were 15 crews entered in Elite/S1/S2). Full results here.
Women's Head of the River: the full start order
is here.
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Scottish
Rowing Awards |
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Celebrate the successes of our sport and join the recognition of
the award winners
Scottish Rowing Awards
Dinner, Thistle Hotel, Sat 3rd April. Tickets £35 from Mary
Massaro
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URGENT
- likely postponement of Senior Squad Training Weekend:
Strathclyde Park is currently being 're-filled' after the course
upgrade works.
Wouldn't
you know it, though, just when we could do with heavy rain and a
good river spate to speed the process, there is real doubt whether
the loch will fill sufficiently in time for this weekend's event.