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28 September

SARA AGM: Reminder to all club secretaries that any club wishing to put forward a resolution or special resolution to the AGM should also contact either Jo Ramsay or Alison Harrison with the full details by Friday 30th September 2005. Nominations for SARA Exec positions should also be sent to Jo or Alison by Friday.

Coaching Position: Advert for a part-time development coach in Glasgow. Applications should be sent to Jo Ramsay by the 16th October.

27 September

Sales and Contacts: Updates for Aberdeen University Boat Club on the contacts page and a 60kg Sims single for sale.

SPRC Head Race: Details for the Strathclyde Park Head Race this Saturday on their website.

Head Race reminders: The closing dates for the two races on the River Clyde on 8th/9th October are this weekend - Saturday for the Clydesdale Head (Sunday 9th) and Sunday for the St Andrew Head (Saturday 8th).

26 September

2006 SARA Calendar: There is a great opportunity to promote Scottish Rowing, your club and make some cash! Copies of the SARA calendar, produced specially for the FISA World Masters are available to clubs on a sale or return basis. Non returned calendars are charged virtually at cost, and clubs can decide what they wish to charge. An ideal Christmas gift for Grannies, Collegues or even overseas rowers. The calendar is high quality full colour and A3 sized. For the internationally minded, the months are in English, French, German and Spanish!

For more details, email nialldarroch@hotmail.com. If you'd like a preview of what you're buying, you can have a look at the months here.

23 September

Aberdeen Fours and Small Boats Heads: Details of the head races on the weekend of 15th & 16th October are on the Committee of the Dee website at http://cofd.co.uk.

FISA World Masters photos: A number of Photographs from the FISA World Masters event are available on http://cofd.co.uk/fisa_world_masters_sept_05.htm

SPRC Head: Reminder that entries for the Strathclyde Park Small Boats Head (1st October) close on Sunday at 6pm.

19 September

Missing your racing licence?: A number of Scottish licence holders did not uplift their licences at the end of the National Championships in July. These are now with Sandy Walker and can be collected by contacting him.

18 September

Clyde Sprints: The Inagural Clyde Team Sprints held yesterday was won by a Clydesdale/Clyde/Laich o'Mentieth Composite team, who gained the most points across three boat classes to win clutch of Tankards and an antique trophy (a silver plated rosebowl) to keep, dated 1920 and engraved 'From a few of the Clyde Crusing Club Boys'.

Photograph: Three lane final of women's doubles, which was won by the foreground crew of Caitie Gorton and Sophie Young.

17 September

Head Race weekend on the Clyde: Details for two events taking place on the Clyde on the weekend of the 8th/9th October - why do one event when you can stay for the weekend and do both? The St Andrew Boat Club Head Race takes place over 3 divisions on the Saturday (poster, letter to clubs, entry form). The Clydesdale Fours and Eights Head (rescheduled from February) takes place on the Sunday (poster, invite, entry form).

16 September

Eggheads: The BBC are looking for teams of 6 contestants to come on the show and have the chance of winning anything from £1000-£35,000 by defeating the "Eggheads". Most of their applicants are men and they would love to have more women on the show. Teams should have big personalities and good general knowledge and the quiz team think Women's Rowing teams would inject some healthy, competitive team spirit!

If you are interested or know anyone who may be, please get in touch by telephone or e-mail. Direct Line: 0207 434 5987, or alternatively e-mail Tiffany Lent. Glasgow auditions are on 24 September, so time is of the essence!

Boats for sale: Wooden coxed quads and single sculls for sale on the Sales and Wants page.

14 September

Updates: Some changes on the contact page (Aberdeen BC and Clydesdale ARC) and a single scull for sale.

Masters photos: A small selection of photographs from last weekend. More to follow.

11 September

FISA World Masters: The World Masters Regatta finished today, after three days of highly competitive racing in a mixture of conditions. The wind picked up rather strongly on Friday, making attaching to stake boats rather tricky and putting the event 2 hours behind at one point. All racing was completed however, with racing extended to 8pm. Conditions over the weekend were rather better, with the Park bathed in sunshine this afternoon.

There were quite a number of Scottish winners (apologies if I've missed any):
Friday: WC2x A Ord (CARC) & H Smith (IRC); MC 1x A Rudkin(LARC); MC 1x W Brown (SRC); MB 2x C MacQuaker & I Law (LOM)
Saturday: MB 1x A Rudkin (LARC); MB 1x I Law (LOM); MC 2x A Rudkin (LARC) & T Birtwhistle; WC 4x A Hulme (SABC), S Standish-Hunter (IRC), M Towrie (IRC), A Ord (CARC); ME 4- B Lowe (SABC) & Slavia Praha; MC 4x P Murray (CSRC), M Holmes (CSRC), D Nolan (CARC) & W Brown (SRC)
Sunday: Mixed C 2x A Rudkin (LARC) & R Rudkin; Mixed D 8 A Ord (CARC), Sons of Thames, Thames RC, Tideway Scullers & Croatia, Mixed C 4x E Law (CSRC) & international crew

Congratulations to all the organisers who have worked so hard for this event. Strathclyde Park 2005 will certainly be remembered by everyone who was there for many years.

8 September

ABC Sprints: Photography courtest of Niall Darroch. It shows the nail-biting finish of MR24+, which Aberdeen BC won from Heriot-Watt UBC/ Strathclyde UBC by the narrowest of margins - official verdict 3 inches.

6 September

FISA World Masters Volunteers: Final details for all FWMR volunteers: by names or by category.

The World Masters Regatta starts on Friday, with racing all day Friday and Saturday and mixed racing on Sunday morning. Spectators are very welcome and there will be a Row Show, catering, music and all sorts of other things to go and see. Further information on the FWMR website.

Boat naming: St Andrew Boat Club are naming a boat in memory of Lesley Stewart, who died last summer. All those who knew Lesley are very welcome to attend - the ceremony will be held at Strathclyde Park shortly after the end of racing on the Sunday of the World Masters Regatta.

5 September

SARA Senior Team selection 2006: Information on open trials for athletes wishing selection for the 2006 Commonwealth and HIR Scotland teams is here. Futher information and registration forms will be available on this website soon.

4 September

World Champs: Gold for Katherine Grainger and the womens quad. At the World Champs in Gifu, Japan, the GB crew had a very hard fought win, having to overtake Germany in the last 500m, to win by 0.3 secs.

3 September

Stirling Head Race: The poster for the Stirling Rowing Club Head of the Forth, Saturday 12 November is now available. The application form for entries will follow shortly.

Contacts page: Changes to the Edinburgh University contacts. Can all clubs please remember to send all changes in contact details to both Alison Harrison (Secretary) and Jo Ramsay (SARA Administrator).

2 September

GB Trials in Inverness: Information for the GB Rowing Assessments and Trials for the 2006 season is now online. This is the first time an official GB trial has been held in Scotland and it is a major achievement for Scottish Rowing to be holding this trial on the Caledonian Canal on October 22nd. Representatives are coming up from BIRO to oversee the trial and that it is an excellent opportunity for all Scottish athletes, junior and senior to be seen by the GB coaches.

The trial is compulsory for all junior athletes pursuing the GB performance pathway. Please note that no Scottish athlete will be allowed to race in Boston.

Aberdeen Sprint Regatta: The Draw for the Aberdeen Sprint Regatta, including names of all competitors, is now available on the Committee of the Dee website.

118 crews will be competing in 79 races at five minute intervals from 11:00am to 6:00pm. Local rules, course instructions and a map are also available on the website.

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