National Junior Sculling Head: The Schools Head this year is separated into sculling events at Henley and sweep events on the Tideway. Scotland is represented by six crews from two clubs, George Watsons College RC and Loch Lomond ARC, at the Sculling Head. The provisional start list is now available on the The Scullery website.
Tyne Head Results: A few clubs ventured south of the border last weekend to the Tyne Head, held in Newcastle. George Heriot's School had a successful day's racing with their girls' J18 crew finishing as the fastest women's coxed four in the entire event and the girls' J16 crew winning women's S3 coxed fours and being the second fastest women's coxed four over the 5km course. Heriot's boys' J18 coxed four were runners-up in the men's S3 coxed fours out of an entry of 12 crews.
Photograph: SUBC Students ahead of the LoMBC Alumni in the TSG Barony Cup Men's Race. Photograph by Mo Villiers.
27 February
Level 2 Coaching Course: Reminder that applications for the next Level 2 coaching course should be sent to Jo Ramsay by Friday. The course needs a minimum number of applications to run, so if you are interested, please contact Jo Ramsay or John McArthur as soon as possible. Further information is on the 16th February posting.
TSG Barony Cup: The inaugural TSG Barony Cup, raced between Strathclyde University BC and their alumni, Laich O'Menteith BC, was won by LoMBC by 2 races to 1. Full results here.
SARA Trial Photographs: Images from Saturday's long distance trial, courtesy of Roy Sinclair of Inverness RC.
25 February
SARA Trial: The results from the long distance trial held today in Inverness are now up. Conditions were good at the start of the first division, with the wind gathering strength through the women's race and providing a strong head wind for the men's race.
Women's Eights Head: The draw for the head is now available on the WEHORR website. There are 14 Scottish crews and one Anglo-Scottish crew in the event, representing 11 different clubs from Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews.
This year's head is helping raise awareness of breast cancer and many crews are promising to make this a very special event - Oxford University are racing in bright pink lycra and some crews are rowing in their bras! The aim of the day is also to raise donations for Breast Cancer Haven which can now be made online at www.justgiving.co.uk/womenseightshead.
Rowperfect Seminar on Seat Racing: Duncan Holland, Chief Coach for Cambridge University Boat Club is speaking on the sometimes contentious subject of seat racing for crew selection. The seminar takes place on Friday 24 March at the Kings College School Boathouse, Putney (the night before the Men's Eights Head). For anyone who would like to go, but isn't able to make it, Rowperfect are happy to send out the slides afterwards - email Rebecca Caroe if you're interested.
21 February
SARA Closed Trial, Saturday 25 February: Information and the timetable for Saturday's closed trial in Inverness is now on-line.
Trent Head: Congratulations to Glasgow University and Edinburgh University who retained their titles in Mens S3 and S4 eights respectively. Glasgow University BC also picked up wins in Mens S1 4+ and Womens Novice 4+. Full results on the Nottingham City Regatta website.
20 February
TSG Barony Cup - Strathclyde University vs. Laich O'Menteith: The inaugural TSG Barony Cup will take place this Saturday 25th February from 12pm onwards on the River Clyde. The event kindly sponsored by TSG (Technology Services Group) will see crews from Strathclyde University competing against the Alumni (Laich O'Menteith BC) for the TSG Barony Cup (crew lists here).
Racing will take place over 1.5km course including:
Men's 8s race
Women's 8s race
Mixed 8's race
All spectators are welcome - racing will be from the 1.5km bridge finishing above the Clyde boat houses. It would be much appreciated by SUBC and LOMBC if other river users could support this event in its inaugural year.
Call to action for Scotland’s athletes: Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport Patricia Ferguson is urging Scotland’s sports men and women to Back Scotland’s bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Ms Ferguson said: "Scotland may be a small country, but we have big ambitions and the Commonwealth Games will showcase a modern, vibrant Scotland to billions of people across the globe."
People can pledge their support in three ways:
o By registering at www.glasgow2014.com
o By texting ‘bid’ to 61611
o By completing and returning a campaign postcard
Glasgow has submitted a strong bid but faces competition from Abuja in Nigeria and Halifax, Nova Scotia. The final decision on who will be awarded the 2014 Games will be made in November 2007.
19 February
Inverness 8s and Small Boats Head: Cold but sunny and calm conditions for the Tenon Ltd Inverness Eights and Small Boats Head which took place on the Caledonian Canal yesterday. Fastest crews of the day were the Mens Open Eight from Aberdeen Boat Club and the Womens Open Eight from Aberdeen Boat Club, who won a very close contest with Edinburgh University BC. Full results on the Inverness RC website.
Photograph: Inverness Rowing Club, winners of Womens R2 8s. Photograph from Roy Sinclair.
Level 2 Coaching Course: The National Rowing Academy will be holding a Level 2 coaching course on the first 2 weekends in April i.e.1st/2nd and 8th/9th for all interested parties. There will also be an additional evening to be confirmed to complete the capsize drill element of the course.
Due to the need to register with the ARA and 1st4Sport (the cross sport accreditation organisation) it is important that anyone wishing to take part on the course completes an application form and forwards the course fee before the deadline of Friday 3rd March. As there is some pre-course work that needs to be completed by each candidate and materials that need to be ordered in advance, anyone missing this deadline will not be able to attend the course.
The course fee is £250 (£195 of which is the course fee including all materials, levied by the ARA). Application forms are downloadable from this website. All forms and fees should be sent to Jo Ramsay at the National Rowing Academy, 366 Hamilton Road, Motherwell ML1 3ED. Any enquiries should be addressed to John McArthur, National Coach by email.
15 February
Inverness 8s and Small Boats Head: Final draw for Saturday's head.
Photograph: The final corner gets congested with pairs from Clyde ARC, SPRC/SABC and
CARC battling for top honours in Mens Open Pairs.
SUBC Small Boats Head: More photographs from the head at the Clyde ARC website.
Towing to Tideway HORR: Strathclyde University BC are taking a trailer down to Men's Tideway and have a couple of spaces left. They are leaving on Thursday 23rd and coming back on
Sunday 26th March. If anyone is interested could they get in touch with Caroline Davis.
Inverness 8s and Small Boats Head: The provisional draw for Saturday's head is now on-line. Inverness Rowing Club would also like to add this additional information regarding trailer parking (to be read in conjunction with the Essential Information for Competitors).
Close to the Jacobite Queen: Aberdeen UBC/Aberdeen BC/RGUBC/EUBC;
Close to IRC Boathouse: Glasgow RC/St Andrew BC;
All car topped and small boats - beyond the boathouse.
Tenders for regatta catering: The attached document is a request for tenders for catering at the Strathclyde Park Regatta and Scottish Champs. Applications should be sent to Alistair Neill.
Head of the Trent: Rowers from Glasgow University and Clyde are racing over the border in the Head of the Trent next Sunday. The draw for the event is on the Nottingham Regatta Committee website.
Ergo Champs Photographs: Photos of most of the events at the Indoor Championships are now on-line. Many thanks to Ron Wallace for sending these.
12 February
GB Trials: Results from the GB Senior Trial on Saturday include first place for Katherine Grainger of St Andrew Boat Club in Womens 1x and third place for Lindsay Dick of Glasgow Rowing Club in the Womens Lwt 1x. Full results on the Boston RC website.
SUBC Small Boats Head: Strathclyde University would like to give a big thanks to all involved with the race; competitors, umpires, tea ladies and especially our two international competitors from Ecole Nationale Des Douanes (Lyon, France). Full results will be posted as soon as possible.
8 February
Inverness Eights and Small Boats Head: Reminder that entries for this event close on Thursday at 6pm. Further details on the events page.
SUBC Small Boats Head: Revised draw for the small boats head.
7 February
SUBC Small Boat Head: Draw for next Saturday's race on the Clyde
Indoor Champs Results: Results from the Scottish Indoor Rowing Champs are now on-line on the Concept 2 website.
Scottish juniors top the table at Durham: At Saturday's Durham Small Boats Head, a crew of George Heriots School and ASRA were the fastest women's four over all four divisions. The S2 crew of Ursula Braun, Polly Swann and Ealasaid Manson of GHSRC and Seonaid Crosbie of ASRA finished 2 seconds ahead of the time posted earlier by the Heriots J18 crew.
6 February
Stewards Trust Scholarships 2006: The SARA are looking for a coach to work part-time with the Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association to support the development of junior rowing in the Aberdeen area. The scholarship includes studying for a part-time postgraduate qualification over a two year period. The scholarship is supported by the Henley Stewards Charitable Trust in partnership with the ARA. Mary Massaro, President of the SARA, has sent a note to say how pleased the SARA is about this opportunity. See the ARA advert for further details and application information.
Women’s Eights Head - win a Concept 2 Ergo: The Women’s Eights Head is helping to raise awareness of breast cancer and assist a fundraising event for The Breast Cancer Haven who support the physical and emotional needs of anyone affected by breast cancer.
Along with information on being "breast aware", all crews will be sent a request for each crew to make a small contribution to The Breast Cancer Haven. Every crew that raises over £30 will be entered into a draw to win a brand new Concept 2 Ergo. The draw for the “Pink Ribbon” Concept 2 Ergo will take place at the Women’s Eights Head Prize Giving on 23rd March.
5 February
Scottish Indoor Champs: Today's Indoor Champs were well attended by a mixture of land and water rowers in a new venue in Wishaw. Fastest man of the day was Colin Williamson of Aberdeen University and fastest woman was Ailie Ord of Strathclyde Park RC. Full results will be posted as soon as possible.
Rowing Action Deadline: Ailie Ord and Peter Morrison would like to ask any clubs who are intending on submitting something for the next edition of Rowing Action to please send them as soon as possible this week. Email Ailie Ord to let her know if you are intending to send something.
NRA Boat Fleet: A message from Richard Watters to all clubs using equipment or the water at Strathclyde Park.
"Further to Iain's Somerside's message about the stolen footplate (17th January), I have this morning found three footplates lying around the boatshed. We don't mark them so I don't know which boats they're from. Its bad enough that we get equipment stolen but lets not make it easier for the thief. Apart from the obvious risk of deliberate or careless loss the lack of care for the SARA's equipment is unacceptable. Taking equipment from one boat to put in another maybe a very rare necessity but it must be replaced afterwards. For security the three footplates have been removed to the Academy office. If any crew is taking a boat out and there's a footplate missing please make the office the first place you go to NOT ANOTHER BOAT."
3 February
Scottish Indoor Champs: Full details of the competitors for this Sunday's Indoor Champs are now available.
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TSG Barony Cup: The inaugural TSG Barony Cup, raced between Strathclyde University BC and their alumni, Laich O'Menteith BC, was won by LoMBC by 2 races to 1. 
Inverness 8s and Small Boats Head: Cold but sunny and calm conditions for the Tenon Ltd Inverness Eights and Small Boats Head which took place on the Caledonian Canal yesterday. Fastest crews of the day were the Mens Open Eight from Aberdeen Boat Club and the Womens Open Eight from Aberdeen Boat Club, who won a very close contest with Edinburgh University BC. Full results on the 
Photograph: The final corner gets congested with pairs from Clyde ARC, SPRC/SABC and
CARC battling for top honours in Mens Open Pairs.
