The west coast is notoriously rainy throughout the year. At NBRC we prepare ourselves for whatever the elements throw at us. However, 20 of our members were pleasantly surprised when arriving at Greenock on the 9th August for the Royal West regatta, to be bathed in warm sunshine with only a slight hint of a …
Saturday 1st August saw a small group of NBRC members head along the coast to Musselburgh to take part in Eskmuthe Rowing Club’s second skiff regatta. Other clubs present were Port Seton, Row Porty and some representatives of Amble Rowing Club who were using one of Eskmuthe’s boats. The racing kicked off in the early …
Eighteen members of NBRC made the journey to Loch Broom for the Ullapool Regatta on the weekend of Friday 10th July. Unusually there was a little rain this year (ahem!), but our spirits were not dampened, and as ever, we rowed, partied, celebrated, and all the things that make rowing fun. The complete results can …
A Midsummer Night’s Row – By Alan B., Cameron, Clive, Elisa, Finlay R., Issy, Jo, Karen, Mel and Sheena “Four oars will quickly steep themselves in night;Four rowers will quickly dream away the time;And then the skiff, like to a silver bowNew-bent in heaven, shall behold the nightOf our solemnities.” Those five lines set the …
Saturday 20th June dawned bright and breezy when a team of NBRC die-hards ventured to Granton Harbour for a different type of Skiff race. Although one of the larger clubs, our team was the only one where our runner ran twice, and our rowers…rowed twice. All other clubs had multiple runners and rowers. 9 Skiffie …
Well the day dawned very overcast and dreich. The thought of putting on layers and layers in mid June was not high on my agenda after the summer weather of last week. But trying to keep positive it was Sunny Dunny we were heading to. We had our coxes briefing crowded into the cadet hut, …
Friday evening is for new members to get out under the watchful eye of club captains Jacque and Medium John. Medium took the photos but I can’t figure out if they are all from the same outing or not, if they are then that was a heck of a change in weather over an hour. …
Beautiful morning in North Berwick today. A mixed crew training for the Cork Ocean to City race put some miles down by setting off from North Berwick to row around Fidra, Lamb, Craigleith and Bass Rock. 13 miles in total, great effort #ReadyForCork [flickr photo=17819981289 size=medium] [flickr photo=17820248389 size=small hspace=40] [flickr photo=17818955690 size=small hspace=40] {flike …
NBRC are sending a St Ayles skiff and a couple of smaller boats to Cork for the Ocean to City race at the end of May. So thought we’d get some practice in with a 10 mile sharpener from North Berwick to Dunbar. [flickr photo=17181545150 size=medium] [flickr photo=16746588314 size=small hspace=40] [flickr photo=17161589327 size=small hspace=40] {flike …
Evening rows can be even more enjoyable, made it out to the Bass Rock tonight to watch the gannets feed. [flickr photo=16481018733 size=medium] {flike id=267}