Worlds Day 1

And we’re off…the weather is beautiful in Ullapool, all the boats are here and have been launched. Princess Anne arrived in style, by helicopter before boarding a RIB and receiving a “row past” by each of the skiffs…quite a sight. Robbie looked presentable and made us all proud (speech will be online soon!) The competition …

Worlds Day 2

Day 2 and it’s the long distance race. The plan was for the men to race approx 5 miles from Ullapool to Ardmair and then for the ladies to race back. Turned out a little differently, the men set off at 11:00am heading North West out of Loch Broom into a stiff wind and choppy. …

Worlds Day 3

North Berwick Ladies, old and young, led the way to gold success at the Worlds. First golds went to the ladies U17 crew [flickr photo=9255190863 size=medium] Then Holly and Isla doubled up to take further gold in the U19 Ladies (with the fourth crew member coming from our friends at Dunbar) [flickr photo=9255210083 size=medium] Not …

Worlds Day 4

Day 4 was a silver day, three of them in total for North Berwick in the Ladies 50+, the Mixed Open A and the Mixed Open B. There were four finals today with our 50+ men in a three way dogfight that almost got them a bronze medal but had to settle for fifth. North …

Worlds Day 5

It’s been sunshine and fantastic conditions all week in Ullapool. Day 5 was the day of the over 40s with three finals to be contested. This was my big race hence more focussed on rowing than photos….apologies, but more will be forthcoming. But it was worth it as the North Berwick 40+ men won a …

Worlds Day 6

Back in NB now, but Day 6 (Sat) had five finals and NBRC competed in all of them. The wind got up a little bit so the races were a notch slower than previous days, but the competition was intense and with double points on offer for the open category it was all to play …