Yes, just one day of racing this year as a sensible decision was made to cancel Sunday’s racing due to high winds forecast making rowing conditions difficult. Ullapool was also earlier than usual due to the Skiffie World’s in Stranraer scheduled for early July. Skiff John B’s first race outing since the repaint and refurb …
It is 8.30am Sunday 11th May 2025 and Skiff John B is ready for world’s crews to train. First thing….A BIG BIG THANK YOU to all club members who have found the time to contribute to the preparation of ‘SJB’ at Kingston Farm led by our bosun Phil. Some photos from our Flickr account are …
Better conditions compared to last year’s impending storm greeted the NB team for another visit to Boatie Blest’s Regatta – the familiar mad dash around the two harbours at Port Seton incorporating a couple of very tricky port turns. After the umpires briefing at the Boatie gazebo the racing started at 11.30 with the traditional …
35 NB club members and two NB boats took part in a friendly regatta with crews and boats from Eastern, Boatie and Eskmuthe on Sunday 6th April. Conditions were not good around the Craig so an alternative back and to course across Milsey Bay was hastily put together which turned out to be an excellent …
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On March 1st 2025, 7 enthusiastic NB rowers and Blackadder, headed to Port Edgar for the Mad March Mash Up. A regatta where crew and boats were mixed up, so this was a great chance to catch up with fellow skiffies from other clubs and check out their boats for the start of the season. It …
The SCRA Regional Freshwater Sprints took place again this year at Loch Tummel. North Berwick was represented by Claire Simpson, Sandy Wallace, Lizzie and Simon Cowan, Lyndsay Henderson, Sheena and Phil Robertson and Ann Hume all rowing for the South East Region Team. The weekend started on the Friday with Claire and Ann attending a …
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Fed up of the inclement sea conditions, and in an effort to do anything to not have to erg, a men’s 25+ (and one lady) crew decided to head to Loch Lomond for a bit of winter training. Arriving at Balloch mid morning the crew launched free of charge from the Duncan Mills slipway. The …
Monstering the Loch report by D McKay esq. Two NB crews made their way north to take part in Monster the Loch – a multi human powered boat event along the 36.3km of Loch Ness from Dores to Fort Augustus. Over 120 vessels took part and included skiffs, surfskis, gigs, Kayaks, Celtic longboats and even …
‘It’s not a race,’ Rob Angus said at the briefing. The cream of NBRC took two skiffs to Spittal for the five mile row up to Paxton House. Ann H, Claire C, Johnny S, Keith A, Kath M, Dave H, Sandy W, Carmen M and Dave and Mary-Ann W represented the club on a glorious …
On 31st August 2024 we held our annual regatta. Scroll down to the bottom of the reports to see the race results. Junior Report by Morgen The last day of August brought the long awaited North Berwick regatta. An amazing row from the home team, North Berwick rowing club kicked off the proceedings with the …