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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On Saturday 26th August, we held our 13th annual regatta which saw 19 clubs from across Scotland participate, the largest number of clubs to enter our regatta to date! County clubs Dunbar, Boatie Blest from Port Seton and Musselburgh’s Eskmuthe, as well as Edinburgh clubs Eastern, Row Porty and, Newhaven took part in the day’s …
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 – …
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 …