St Baldreds and the Skiff John BOn a July night set out to seaThe Forth was calm and Craigleith beckonedAnother time trial loomed we reckoned.But up the fairway, past the pierThe Craig was looking far from clearThen we heard a rumble from the skyThen thunder sounded quite close by.The rain was coming down in bucketsAnd …
Last night we held the first “Trades Cup”, where organisations or trades within the town race against each other. The finals were a three way round robin, with teams representing Plumbers, Homeworkers, and North Berwick Rugby Club battling it out for the honours. The course was a sprint of around 750meters, with a 180 degree …
Chippy McNish and St Baldred attended the flatwater Scottish Rowing Championships at Strathclyde Country Park, to show the St Ayles skiff to the sliding seat rowing community. With most of the St Ayles fleet busy at Cockenzie and Port Seton Regatta, it was second boats from North Berwick and Royal West that attended. The boats …
It was a regatta of two halves at Port Seton. Day one started brightly with our open men’s crew getting off to a winning start in the first heat. The course was a harem scarem race around two buoys, completed in less than 2 minutes. Then the clouds gathered and North Berwick’s fortunes went the …
North Berwick regatta will take place on Saturday 27 August. There will be a social event that night, and on the Sunday there will be informal rowing in company, and the first ever edition of the North Berwick Fishing and Barbeque Race. The Races on Saturday will be in the following categories: Time Event Sponsored …
Well done to the Anstruther away team who braved another very windy day at the Anstruther regatta. Honours go to the Men’s Open crew who stormed to victory in the first race of the day, bringing home the first trophy of this season. The bravest crews of the day were certainly the ladies 35+ and …
In testing conditions, the North Berwick rowers turned in a fine performance against nine other skiffs at Achiltibuie last weekend. Overall honours went to Portobello, who seem to be setting the standard this year, then to Coigach. Full results haven’t been announced, but by our reckoning we were third overall, coming third in the Men’s …