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25 July |
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Scottish trailer unloading: Gary Bain and the trailer will be back at Strathclyde Park around 7pm this evening (they've made up time on the road). Could all of those with boats etc on the trailer, please go along to the Park to help with unloading and also please ring around crew/club mates to ensure they know when the trailer is due back.
Forgotten something?: The Nat Champs website has a list of racing licences left behind at Holme Pierrepont, including some from GUBC, SUBC and Clydesdale.
EUSA Results: Scottish students rowers come away from the inaugural European Unis Championships with a clutch of medals. In the Womens Pairs, the Glasgow Caledonian crew gained silver. The Glasgow University M4- fought through a tough field to grab a dramatic second place, beating the GB crew in the process. Strathclyde University's ML4- finished fifth, as did the M2- who raced in heavyweight pairs despite being a lightweight crew, holding third place for the first 500m until being pulled through.
Photograph courtesy of Niall Darroch: Glasgow University Mens 4-, winners of the silver medal. From left, Nigel Atkins (coach), Gordon Stevenson, Dave McSorley, Uli Kraeling, Iain Giffin, Alan Easson (team manager)
In the GB Universities team, Glasgow University was represented by two crews. The GUBC womens crew were unnoposed in WL4-, so chose to race at open. After a controvertial race from a free start, the jury decided on a re-row later in the day in which the GUBC crew finished just outside the medals in fourth. The lightweight Logan brothers took on some mighty opposition in the Mens 2x. Their race was also attended by controversy, as terrible conditions meant that a free start was again used; the double finished in fourth position, just missing a medal.
This event was attended by teams from ten countries, and many were composed of the National Under 23 squads, so the small Scottish Team did well to come away with medals. Alan Easson, Team Manager, reports that the European Championships will be held every two years (alternating with the World Student Championships), and the 2007 edition will take place in continental Europe.
World U23 Champs: Racing in Amsterdam over the weekend, Gavin Shaw (Aberdeen Uni) and lightweight doubles partner Ben Tipney (Leander) missed out on a place in the semi-finals by just under a second. Gavin is supported by SportScotland.
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24 July |
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HIR Results: At the Home International Regatta in Cardiff, Team Scotland finished third overall in the senior mens, senior womens and junior mens matches. The Scottish junior women had a terrific match, to finish equal on points with England and only lost out on the overall title on count-back, following a late disqualification of the Irish boat in the very first event.
During a day of terrific racing, with many close results over the Cardiff Bay 1500m course, Scotland had three wins in WJ4-, WJ4+ and ML 2x and second places in WL 2-, WJ 1x, MJ 2x, W 4+, WJ 4x and M 4x.
Photograph taken by Niall Darroch: Womens Junior 4- winning their event at HIR - from stroke, Karina Williams (Dundee University BC), Polly Swann, Laura McGhie, Ursula Braun (all George Heriots School RC)
European Unis Champs: The EUSA regatta finals are taking part today. Crews from Glasgow Uni, Strathclyde Uni and Glasgow Caledonian Uni have reached the finals. Results as soon as I get them!
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18 July |
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HIR team: The team list for HIR is here. If there are any queries, please contact Gary Bain. If any of the selected athletes did not get an information sheet from Gary on Sunday, a copy is now on-line.
Nat Champs Photos: A selection of photographs of Scots crews from the weekend, courtesy of Niall Darroch.
Photograph: Final of Womens Lwt 2-, Clydesdale (bronze) in the foreground, Glasgow University (gold medalists) in the background.
Medal tally: A quick medal tally from the weekend shows Scottish crews medalling 18 times. The seniors collected 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze and the juniors won an impresive 4 golds, 6 silvers and 2 bronzes.
Scottish Junior Elite Squad: The squad, supported by SportScotland, won a total of 3 golds and a silver at National Championships. Stephanie MacDowall (GHSRC) won gold with Nautilus in senior W8, Polly Swann (GHSRC) won gold in WJ4+ and silver in WJ2- and Daniel Prescott (GRC) and Alaister Sarahs (NARC) won gold in MJ2x.
 Photograph: George Heriots School WJ16 4+ celebrate their win
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17 July |
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Final day at Nat Champs: Senior and junior crews were involved in repechages and semi-finals this morning. There was some exciting racing, including the Mens Lwt 2- rep, where two Scottish crews raced, St Andrew/Strathclyde winning the rep and Clyde also qualifying for the final. In the Mens 2x, Castle Semple and Glasgow University battled for the third qualifying place, with the lightweight GUBC crew clinching it in the final 500m. In WJ 1x, West of Nithsdale fought for a finals spot, finishing in third place in her semi final and moving to the final. There are now 16 senior crews and 18 junior crews from Scottish clubs (including a few of Scottish origin rowing for other clubs) rowing in the finals which start at 11.30 today.
First honours go to Strathclyde Park Rowing Club. Carla Santoni has picked up the silver medal in WJ14 1x, and was followed in the next race by Andrea Santoni, winning bronze in WJ15 1x. In the equivalent mens races, Rankin of George Watsons and Sarahs of Nithsdale have both finished just outside the medals, in fourth place.
In the junior mens doubles, Dixon and Wilkojc of George Watsons have won silver in MJ15 2x and D Prescott of Glasgow rowing with A Sarahs of Nithsdale are champions in MJ16 2x. George Heriots have medalled twice in 10 minutes in the J16 4+ races, the girls four winning gold and the boys four winning silver - special mention to the WJ16 4+ cox, Colm Doig, who was racing for the first time! Lots of close racing in the coxed quads, with a very close finish for the Heriots/Watsons composite WJ14 4x+, missing out on bronze by just 0.3 seconds. George Watsons have picked up another medal in MJ14 4x+, a bronze this time.
Senior finals will be starting soon, and there will be live commentary from the Rowing Service.
Last update before I head back to Scotland. In the junior events, George Watsons/Canford WJ 4x have picked up the silver medal, Strathclyde Park/Castle Semple MJ 2- of J Barton and D Shankland have won the gold medal in a storming race, George Heriots WJ 4+ have also won gold with a sprint to the line. The pair have since gone on to win silver in MJ 4- with T Malley of George Heriots and F Quinn of SPRC. In the senior events, gold medals have been won in MLwt 2x (Jonny and Chris Logan of Glasgow University) and WLwt 2x (Fiona Struthers and Maureen McGarvey of Strathclyde Park). The Logan brothers were unlucky in the Mens 2x event, loosing out on bronze by a mere 0.06 seconds.
Karina Williams and Polly Swann of George Heriots School have won silver in WJ 2-. In WLwt 2-, Glasgow University (Lucy Downie & Rebecca Quane) have won gold ahead of Clydesdale in bronze position. In the WLwt 4-, Glasgow University went on to win the bronze medal. Liz Crighton of Aberdeen University BC has won silver in WU23 1x. Rowing in the Nautilus W8, Steph MacDowell of George Heriots School, won gold.
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16 July |
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National Championships: In this mornings junior semi-finals, C Santoni of SPRC is through to the final of WJ14 1x, joining her sister who is in the WJ15 1x final. Rankin of George Watsons has also won his semi to progress to the final of MJ14 1x. In the doubles events, George Watsons MJ15 2x and Nithsdale/Glasgow MJ16 2x are both through to the finals. Just finishing their race, Loch Lomond WJ14 4x+ have joined Heriots/Watsons in the final of their event.
In the first of the senior events, three Scottish scullers are through to the repechage of the ML 1x - Phillips of Clydesdale, Taylor of Aberdeen and Stevenson of Glasgow.
Apologies for lack of updates - been busy racing heats and reps! In the rest of the senior heats, 6 crews have progressed straight to finals - ML2x Glasgow Uni, WL 2x SPRC, WL2- Glasgow Uni and Clydesdale, WL 4- Glasgow Uni and Clydesdale/St Andrew. Three Scots crews have also gone to tomorrow's semi-finals - ML2- SPRC/St Andrew and Clyde, W 2x Glasgow Uni/Clydesdale. A number of crews are also competeing in the late afternoon repechages.
Results of reps so far: In the mens lwt 1x all three scullers have now progressed to the semi-finals. The WL 2x from Clyde/Robert Gordon Uni are now the second Scottish crew in their events final, joining Strathclyde Park who won their heat. In a close race for third qualifying place in W4+, St Andrew/Aberdeen University were beaten on the line by Clydesdale/Clyde/George Watsons.
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15 July |
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National Championships: Junior racing is well under way at Nat Champs, with a total of 23 junior Scottish crews through to further rounds at lunchtime today. A number of crews have won their heats, progressing direct to semi-finals and finals. George Watsons College RC have had two crews finishing in front of the pack in MJ14 1x and MJ15 4x+, the WJ16 4+ from George Heriots RC, who recently competed in the GB-France match, progressed straight to the final in their event, Glasgow RC/Nithsdale ARC composite MJ16 2x and the Loch Lomond WJ14 4x+ both go directly to the semi-finals.
Evening update: Four more finalists this evening, along with 10 crews progressing to repechages or semi-finals. An impressive row in the MJ 2- by Strathclyde Park/Castle Semple (winning their heat) was followed a mere 15 minutes later by a win in the MJ4-, the pair having had to be driven back to the start line to make it in time! George Heriots women continued their impressive run, moving directly to the final of both WJ4+ and WJ2-.
In the evening repechages, Steel of ASRA has gone to the semi-finals in WJ14 1x and the WJ16 4+ from ASRA will be joining Heriots in the final of that event. Another crew moving to the finals will be SPRC in WJ15 4x+
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2 July |
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Henley Royal Regatta Semi-Finals: Both Scottish semi-finalists have gone out in their races this afternoon. Aberdeen Boat Club in the Britannia were beaten by Leander Club and Warnock of Glasgow Rowing Club has been beaten by Allen of Princton TC, USA.
Heriots girls selected for GB J16 team: George Heriots School RC WJ16 4- crew (Ursula Braun, Laura McGhie, Cat Skinner and Ealasaid Manson) have won their trial by a good margin and been selected to represent Britain at the GB-France match to be held on Monday 11th July at Nottingham.
Shaw selected for GB U23 Team: Gavin Shaw (Aberdeen University BC and member of the Talented Athelte Programme supported by SportScotland) has been officially selected to row in the Lwt 2x with Ben Tipney of Leander at the World U23 Championships in Amsterdam. John MacArthur has also been selected as the double's coach.
Blue-Green Algae at Strathclyde Park: The blue-green algae are now in full bloom on the loch and thorough washing of boats is now essential, including between outings, in order to avoid having the stuff stick to the hull as if superglued!
Nat Champs Reminder: Entries for Nat Champs (Nottingham) close on Tuesday at 10am. On-line entries are available, remember to have a credit card handy when you ready to submit.
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