An invitation by Eastern Rowing Club for a fun day of race practice last Sunday at Portobello. Clubs attending alongside us were Eskmuthe, Row Porty, Alnmouth and of course Eastern. A welcome opportunity to get on the water for some much needed race training after the abysmal, stormy winter! A chance to see our fellow …
Port Seton Coastal Rowing Club hosted another excellent day of races, catering and weather. The day started with the traditional Port Seton vs Cockenzie race. This showcased the short sharp course – two skiffs lined up in opposite directions in the hammerhead between the inner and the outer harbour, a 360* buoy turn, skiffs pass …
Loch Tummel On Friday morning we packed up St Baldred and headed up to Loch Tummel, the Cowan car plus Jax (the pine martens) and the tow car, Simpson Wallace and Ann, (the otters) ready to compete in the Freshwater Sprints with South East Region. Little did we know what a journey it was going …
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Your 5 miles could look like this Seven North Berwick crews took part in the “5 Miles from Home” challenge this year, more than any other club. The challenge was first offered in 2020, at a time when rowers around the world were restricted in their ability to travel, and for some time even in their …
Skiff John B, Blackadder and skur Euphame had a grand morning out to Fidra island on Sunday 24th September. Their excited contents, in the form of 14 NBRC rowers, met at 8.45am to prepare for the outing. …
On Saturday 16th September 5 NBRC members, along with 11 other boats, participated in the annual Tweed/Paxton House Picnic row. It was a wet Friday evening packing up with Tracy, Sandy, and myself, we were all hoping for drier row as we headed down to Spittal to meet the other boats. Saturday dawned pretty damp and …
After all the hard work of Saturday, and the get together at the rugby club the hardy ones launched again in a balmy heat and perfect bass conditions. Two North Berwick boats had crews which were made up of club members plus a couple of bodies from other clubs. They were joined by two Port …
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[flickr photo=53143994491 size=medium] All set on the beach [flickr photo=53144204939 size=medium] And they are off On Saturday 26th August, we held our 13th annual regatta which saw 19 clubs from across Scotland participate, the largest number of …
A small but perfectly formed crew went to Eskmuthe Regatta last weekend. Another four seasons in one day fun! We met at NB harbour to prepare the boat for towing. Masterclass in how to with Ann and Jacque, thanks ladies. Arriving in sunshine we got the gazebo up and SJB onto the beach with help from the …
Ullapool certainly delivered – dramatic weather, epic racing and a ceilidh in a ferry terminal! After a Friday afternoon arrival, we kicked off with a small bit of rehydration in The Arches and watched some of the junior racing. Senior racing kicked off after the ferry left on Saturday morning and the skiffs lined up – …