Saturday saw a crack NB team making the short trip to Portobello, keen to avenge their narrow defeat at the hands of Anster the week before. The Portobello course, straight out from the beach, round a buoy and back to the shore had the unusual feature of growing longer as the tide came in so …
Eleven hardy souls set off in the brilliant sunshine which changed to Scottish monsoon before lunch. Teriffic atmosphere at Greenock with our friends from Royal West, Queensferry, Anstruther and Troon along with those crazy Dutch guys who were camping in the garden. Success in the first long race saw a mixed crew of team Robertson …
Skiff Watch (SW) very much enjoyed watching the fourth NBRC Trades Cup last Thursday (29th May). 7 teams of novice rowers representing various organisations from in and around North Berwick competed in a series of heats and finals over an out and back course of about 4 minutes. The 7 teams were… Foxlake Adventures The …
What a great day. We launched our third skiff, Blackadder. The sun came out and the fantastic North Berwick Pipe Band marched us through the streets of North Berwick before we officially named and launched our third St Ayles Skiff. Here’s to a long hot summer of rowing….. [flickr photo=14082082037 size=medium] {flike id=242}
Probably the best away performance by NB yet, we went up to visit the mighty Coigach with a big squad of 30 rowers, entered every race, and performed heroically to a person. Our bosuns had put in a huge shift to get Skiff John B ready for racing and up we went to the beautiful …
Report to follow… [flickr photo=13980522260 size=medium] {flike id=240}
After a period of off the water maintenance Skiff John B is spruced up and relaunched ready for use. [flickr photo=13911186290 size=medium] {flike id=239}
Too soon! Too soon! was perhaps the thought uppermost in many mind as they battled the driving rain and freezing winds on the Friday night to pack up St. Baldred for the first regatta of the season, frolics at Fox Lake aside. But all was well and Saturday saw the sun shining on the Monaco …
Refurbishment of Skiff John B has been progressing apace. [flickr photo=12904168184 size=medium] {flike id=233}
A superb day out at the John Muir Winter Carnival at Foxlake. We had a little get together with the other East Lothian Clubs for some super sprint pursuit style racing in the lake. It was a clear blue sky but a pretty strong wind made it less than straightforward to navigate cleanly around the …