1140. 60+ Mixed. Our strong crew got confidence from hauling in Sketrick in the final 500m to come 3rd behind Dundrum and Vijf Zalmen. A tough heat and into the final as one of the fastests boats. 1340. NBRC Open Mixed qualified for the final with a fast time. Job done, both mixed crews through …
21c and light winds meant that smooth conditions met the NB 50+ mens crew who went out for a 20 minute warm up at 0930 ahead of their heat at 11am. With temperatures set to soar to 24-26c by Saturday the factor 50+ was in order. 1100 and our M50+ rowed hard and well to …
Read more “Thursday 10th – ‘ruddy repeat’ and recognising our amazing coach”
First of all, given our rudder on SJB was broken yesterday we would like to give a big thanks to two clubs: First off was Captain Robert rowing for Eastern U40 men coming second in their heat and a creditable fifth in the final. 0940 it was the U40 women. Lots of proper warm ups …
Read more “Wednesday 9th July – 2 x GOLD in 2 different NB boats!!”
Well…..the racing finally got underway and what an eventful day it was! All sorts of weather and sea conditions. We started with a still bracing wind and choppy waters which felt very familiar, then moved into fairly humid and sunny conditions during the middle part of the day and eventually ended early evening in very calm and …
Read more “Tuesday 8th – racing begins and its incident and medal packed!”
The decision quite rightly was made to postpone all racing today due to the high winds and poor sea conditions. In a pre-9am briefing Topher Dawson of SCRA and others explained that if anything the forecast had got worse overnight. Changes were made to the schedule which unfortunately meant that some of our younger rowers …
Today started with weighing and scrutinising of the boats. Most bets were on SJB coming in around 165-170kg but to our surprise we topped 194kg! Maybe this was because the footrests are integral to the boat and unable to be removed, and also the multiple coats of paint? Anyway, Blackadder came in at 148kg almost …
Well, the boats are packed, we’ve done our training and the club banter is reaching fever pitch. 48 of us going to the Skiffie World’s in Stranraer 6th-12th July, many of us staying all week – camping, campervanning, air bnb and hotels. We are really excited that we are taking 48 members, which is just under …