Junior Age Categories: Junior competitors are reminded that the reference point for the ages of Junior competitors is the 1st September preceding the event. This means that a Junior entering Nithsdale on 2 September and the remaining regattas in 2006 must add a year to the age used in the early part of the season. After 1 September it also means that the age shown on their 2006 card will be 1 year less than it should be.
More photographs: After a recent web-host change, the new and updated Committee of the Dee website is back to full operation. It contains over 800 photographs from National Championships and the Home International Regatta and will soon feature details of the next local event, the Aberdeen Sprint Regatta which will be held on Saturday 9th September.
30 July
Nithsdale Regatta: Information for the rescheduled Nithsdale Regatta (2nd September) is now available - poster, events and information.
Photographs: New up on the photographs section, pictures from Scottish Championships and the Home International Regatta.
28 July
Glasgow Argonauts Revived: A meeting has been held in the GU Union, hosted by former GUBC captain Tony Cassidy, to explore the possibility of reviving the Glasgow Argonauts club. This meeting was attended by former members stretching back to the fifties and sixties, as well as more recent GU members. A small working party has been formed with a view to sorting out a way forward and hosting a further meeting in September or October. The main thrust of any new Argonauts club would be to support Glasgow University Boat Club in whatever ways seemed practical.
Any former Argonauts or GU members interested in finding out more, or becoming involved, can register their interest at glasgow.argonauts@virgin.net - the working group would be glad to hear
from you.
27 July
Commonwealth Regatta: Details of the Race Programme for the Commonwealth Regatta, taking place at Strathclyde Park on 5th and 6th of August.
25 July
More missing items!: If you've lost a camera at the HIR Banquet on Saturday night and think you may have put it in the wrong jacket pocket, its been found. Email Mary-Ann Chalmers with a description for its return.
Missing at HIR?: Gary Bain has a mobile phone and a pair of sunglasses that were left in the NRA Meeting Room at the weekend. Could the owners please email or give him a call to arrange their retreival. Also, could all the coaches who didn't receive their HIR polo shirt please email Gary Bain with their sizes as soon as possible.
Inverness Sprints: Information attached about the Inverness Sprints on 19 August. If possible, please send entries via the Inverness Rowing Club website. The first race is planned for 11am but this will be confirmed following the draw. Entry form, Event Poster and Rules of the Event
23 July
Home International Regatta 2006: A fantastic days racing at Strathclyde Park yesterday. Team Scotland won a total of 10 events, with strong performances throughout the team. The junior men started the wins off with a win in the coxless four, which they add to their National Championships gold medal. This first medal of the day was swiftly followed by wins in both the men's and women's lightweight pairs, with the men overturning the results from Nat Champs. The junior women then put in a very strong performance in the pair to take second place behind a very impressive Irish team. The senior women's pair, also gold medalists at Nat Champs, added to their collection with a confident win in their race and were followed by the men's pair, finishing second in a very exciting race for the line.
Following the lunch interval, 'Scotland the Brave' was again being played, this time for the women's single scull. Not to be outdone by the pairs, the lightweight doubles were next up on the medal pontoon, with dominant performances by both doubles. The newly formed women's heavyweight double claimed second in their event, and the men's double, bronze medalists in lightweight doubles last week, held off the Welsh to gain their second place. The coxed fours gave us some excitement, with the junior men's four, winners in the Franco-British J16 match, battling for second place when one of their blade handles snapped, forcing them to finish the race with only two men rowing. The junior women's four claimed a second place, again behind the Irish, defeating a strong English crew. The women's coxed four put together a strong race to claim an 8th win of the day for Scotland.
In the final races of the day, crews were joined together for the quads and eights. The Irish junior women again proved unbeatable, however the Scots claimed second places in both the quad and eight, ahead of the English and Welsh crews. The senior women had a confident row in the eight to win again, securing the women's trophy. The women's quad gave us a very exciting finish, with a photograph needed to seperate them from the English quad - the result was a win to Scotland, by one bowball. The men's eight then rowed well to take second place in the penultimate race. Last race of the day, the men's quad, gave us an equally exciting race, with another photograph required to seperate them from the Welsh in a battle for second place; unfortunately, this time the verdict went to the visitors.
In the overall points matches, Scotland were victorious in the Senior Women's event and claimed second places in the Men's event and joint second in the Junior Women's event. Placing and points results are on the Rowing Service, full results including times are now uploaded.
Photographs: Top: Fraser Quinn, Andrew Barton, Danny Shankland and Joseph Barton, winners of junior men's coxless fours, with team manager, Gary Bain. Photo courtesy of G Williamson.
Middle: Maureen McGarvey and Mary Ann Chalmers, winners of women's lightweight doubles. Photo courtesy of G Williamson.
Bottom: Steph McDowell and Ellie Dorman, winners of women's pairs, with Gary Bain, Scotland Team Manager. Photo courtesy of D Collie.
19 July
HIR Preview: The Home International Regatta, between Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales, takes place at Strathclyde Park on Saturday. This regatta comes to Scotland once every four years and this year the Scottish Rowing Team is looking very strong, with 15 crews who medalled at Nat Champs taking part, including 9 of the gold medalist crews. There are 32 races overall, each counting towards the HIR trophies; having been just pipped for the junior women's trophy last year, Scotland will be aiming high.
The regatta starts at 11am, with the junior coxless fours, in which Scotland won the gold in both junior women's and men's events at National Championships. This is followed by the senior and junior pairs, including the women's pair gold medalists and junior men's pair gold medalists, and then by the lightweight and junior singles. After a short interval at 1pm, the remaining single scullers race. They're followed by the doubles, where Scotland is represented by the Logan brothers, double gold medalists at Nat Champs and defending HIR winners, and by Strathclyde Park in women's lightweight doubles, silver medalists at Nat Champs and winners at Gent Regatta.
The first of the coxed fours is at 2.20pm, and includes the men's J16 crew who beat France in the MJ16 eight at the Franco-British match earlier this month and the Henley Women's Regatta winning women's coxed four. The final events of the day are the quad and eights events, where the crews from the previous events come together to battle it out for the final points of the day.
All support is very welcome, and if you are also able to help out with stakeboating, timing or boat catching, please contact Ailie Ord (see yesterday's news for details).
18 July
Volunteers Needed!: Helpers are needed for various duties, including stakeboating, timing and boat catching at the Home International Regatta at Strathclyde Park this Saturday. Starting time would be 10.30am and you'd be finished by 5pm. And as an added bonus, you get to watch Team Scotland in action!
If you can help, please contact Ailie Ord, either by email or by telephone (01698 459018/07939 243839).
Coxless four shortage: A number of visiting nations at the Commonwealth Regatta to be held at Strathclyde Park on the 5th and 6th of August require to hire boats. The SARA has arranged for most categories of boat but there is currently a shortage of coxless fours of all weight categories. If you think that your club could help please contact Graeme Cunningham (tel. 07739 815202).
Sims 1x for sale: A 75kg scull for sale on the Sales and Wants page.
GB J16 Eight: The victorious J16 men's eight, who won at the Franco-British match two weeks ago. This eight also has the distinction of being 7/9ths Scottish! The big question - Did Captain Jim end up in the water? Answers on a postcard please.
Photograph: L to R Alex Magnion (Walton), Jonathon Rankin, Sean Dixon, Murray Wikojc (George Watson's), Alistair Sarahs (Nithsdale), Jack Freeland - cox (George Watson's), Stuart West, James Wedlake, Nathan Scrivens (Walton) and Jim Ferguson - coach being held. Photograph courtesy of J Sarahs.
16 July
National Championships Medalists: Another fabulous day at Strathclyde Park. First Scottish medal of the day went to Aberdeen Schools MJ14 2x, and was followed by another 21 medals. Of those, 12 were gold, 8 silver and 2 bronze. Medal winning crews were:
Gold medals:
WJ18 2x George Watsons/Nithsdale
WJ18 2- Aberdeen Schools
WJ18 4+ George Heriots School
WJ18 4- George Heriots School
MJ18 2- Strathclyde Park/Castle Semple
MJ18 4- Strathclyde Park/Castle Semple
MLwt 2x Glasgow University
MU23 2x Glasgow Univ/Edinburgh Univ
M2x Glasgow University
WU23 1x Aberdeen University
WLwt 2- Glasgow Univ/Aberdeen Univ
W2- Clydesdale/Aberdeen
Silver medals:
MJ14 4x+ George Watsons College
MJ16 2x George Watsons College
WJ16 4+ George Heriots School
WJ18 1x Strathclyde Park
MJ18 4+ George Heriots School
WLwt 2x Strathclyde Park
WLwt 4x Strathclyde Park/Mortlake Anglian & Alpha/Aberdeen University
W4- Aberdeen/Clydesdale
Bronze medals:
MJ14 2x Aberdeen Schools
MLwt 2x George Watsons/St Andrew BC
Photograph: Mens Lwt 2x final. Jonny and Chris Logan of Glasgow University winning gold; Gareth Syms of George Watsons and Rob Collings of St Andrew winning bronze.
15 July
National Championships: Fantastic conditions for the National Champs being held at Strathclyde Park this weekend, with sunshine all day and just a breath of wind. Friday and Saturday's heats and repechages have now finished, all results can be seen on the Nat Champs website. Over 40 Scottish crews will be contesting semi-finals and finals tomorrow.
11 July
Oar Doctor at Nat Champs: Oarsport will be travelling up to the Row Show as ever, and as well as the usual sales stand, they will be operating a Concept 2 Oar Repair Service from the mobile workshop that will be situated next to the Row Show. Oarsport will be there from Friday morning. If any Scottish clubs have oars in need of repair/refurbishment, they are urged to come along sooner
rather than later to ensure Oarsport can complete the work before returning home on Sunday afternoon. It will be first come, first served basis. All repairs must be paid for on the day or in the case of schools or universities at least an official order and number produced.
SARA Boat Bays: The doors to the NRA boatbouse will be closed and locked from Thursday evening until the completion of the National Championships. Boats that have been arranged to be hired will be stored on racks outside. Anyone with a boat stored in the boathouse wishing to access it during this time should move it outside by Thursday evening or should contact Graeme Cunningham (07739815202) to make arrangements to gain access.
9 July
Breaking News!: The GB J16 Men's Eight, with five Scots on board, has beaten their French counterparts by around one length in the Franco-British J16 match taking place in Abbeville today. Congratulations to Jonathan Rankin, Murray Wilkojc, Sean Dixon, Jack Freeland (GWCRC) and Alistair Sarahs (NARC) and their coaches.
World Cup Lucerne: The third and final World Cup of 2006 has been taking place this weekend in Lucerne, Switzerland. Katherine Grainger and the GB Womens Quad made sure of their World Cup yellow jersey by winning today's final. Lindsay Dick of Glasgow RC, rowing with a new doubles partner, raced yesterday in the B final of Womens Lwt 2x, finishing 4th and 10th overall.
Single for Sale: Lola lightweight (womens) XST single scull for sale - less than a year old. See the sales & wants page for more information.
6 July
National Championships Draw: The draw, event summary and timetable for Nat Champs are now on-line on the Nat Champs website. There are 72 crews representing 18 Scottish clubs taking part. Good luck to all!
5 July
Franco-British Match: Congratulation to Jonathan Rankin, Murray Wilkojc, Sean Dixon (all George Watson's College RC), Alistair Sarahs (Nithsdale ARC) and cox Jack Freeland (George Watson's) who have been selected to represent Great Britain as half of the 8+ in the J16 Franco-British match in Abbeville, France this weekend.
1 July
National Championships: Entries for Nat Champs, taking place at Strathclyde Park this year, close at 3pm on Monday. There is currently a note on their website warning of problems with OARA system for crews entering both a heavyweight and lightweight/U23 event. For more information, see the Nat Champs website.
Henley Royal Regatta: The last Scottish club crew at Henley Royal is out today; Aberdeen Boat Club were beaten by just over one length by the Army RC.
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Home International Regatta 2006: A fantastic days racing at Strathclyde Park yesterday. Team Scotland won a total of 10 events, with strong performances throughout the team. The junior men started the wins off with a win in the coxless four, which they add to their National Championships gold medal. This first medal of the day was swiftly followed by wins in both the men's and women's lightweight pairs, with the men overturning the results from Nat Champs. The junior women then put in a very strong performance in the pair to take second place behind a very impressive Irish team. The senior women's pair, also gold medalists at Nat Champs, added to their collection with a confident win in their race and were followed by the men's pair, finishing second in a very exciting race for the line.
Following the lunch interval, 'Scotland the Brave' was again being played, this time for the women's single scull. Not to be outdone by the pairs, the lightweight doubles were next up on the medal pontoon, with dominant performances by both doubles. The newly formed women's heavyweight double claimed second in their event, and the men's double, bronze medalists in lightweight doubles last week, held off the Welsh to gain their second place. The coxed fours gave us some excitement, with the junior men's four, winners in the Franco-British J16 match, battling for second place when one of their blade handles snapped, forcing them to finish the race with only two men rowing. The junior women's four claimed a second place, again behind the Irish, defeating a strong English crew. The women's coxed four put together a strong race to claim an 8th win of the day for Scotland.
In the overall points matches, Scotland were victorious in the Senior Women's event and claimed second places in the Men's event and joint second in the Junior Women's event. Placing and points results are on the 
GB J16 Eight: The victorious J16 men's eight, who won at the Franco-British match two weeks ago. This eight also has the distinction of being 7/9ths Scottish! The big question - Did Captain Jim end up in the water? Answers on a postcard please.
Photograph: Mens Lwt 2x final. Jonny and Chris Logan of Glasgow University winning gold; Gareth Syms of George Watsons and Rob Collings of St Andrew winning bronze.
