Our regatta this year will be held on Saturday 26th August 2023. We will have races around Craigleith, approx 1.8miles, which takes 18-30 mins depending on conditions! We aim to run each race with all boats starting at same time, but if the wind picks up or we have a lot of entries we may …
A day out in Sunny Dunny! What a treat for the NBRC rowers, so a contingent of 28 rowers headed around 10 miles East to row in ‘the proper North Sea’ at Dunbar International Regatta. We hadn’t attended this regatta since pre covid times but our long-standing members shared some tales of past events and …
On 3 June, 14 members, two supporters and two dogs travelled to the leafy suburbs of Dundee for their annual regatta. This was NBRC’s sixth attendance at the event which has become a favourite in the calendar and was further enhanced with the fact it was a glorious sunny day with just a light easterly …
On Thursday 1st June, 5 of our members, Norma Loudon, Jo Drewitt, Clive Drewitt, Duncan McKay and Ann Hume, packed up St Baldred and set off on their journey to take part in the Ocean to City race, An Rás Mór, in Cork. We were to be just 5 of 650 participants and 1 of …
Seven teams headed along to the first regatta of the season at Port Seton this weekend. It was overcast and misty much of the day with rain showers and even a bit of thunder to add some drama to the racing! [flickrphoto=52884972770 size=medium align=center] There were some worried faces on arrival at the lack …
The Boat Maintenance Team at NB Rowing Club have been busy over the spring repainting and varnishing Blackadder ready for the 2023 rowing season. After sanding and painting the hull, the fixtures and fittings were given a bit of TLC and the new cushions strapped in. [flickrphoto=52873134949 size=small] [flickrphoto=52873339775 size=small] Blackadder was the third boat …
On Sunday 16 April nine new crews took part in the Trades Cup. This event, organised by North Berwick Rowing Club, gives people who have never rowed before the opportunity to practise under the supervision of an experienced cox before competing against each other. Ages in the teams ranged from 15 to 82 years old …
Throughout March 2023, North Berwick Rowing Club have been introducing rowing to young people from the North Berwick Youth Project. The collaboration between local clubs was supported by volunteers from NBRC who firstly introduced the boat and some safety points before heading out to learn to row. Some much appreciated funding from North Berwick Trust helped …
8am Sunday 26th March 2023 and five club members and St Baldred were tightly packed in/behind Robbie Wightman’s car as we headed north via Callendar and a bacon roll stop at Loch Lubnaig, turning right at Lochearnhead onto the A85. Two miles further on the north side of Loch Earn we arrived at Drummond Trout …