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. Blackadder was the third boat to be built in North …
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 …
Five intrepid adventurers from North Berwick Coastal Rowing Club set out for a few days touring the coastal waters of Argyle. Basing themselves out of Easdale Island they spent 3 days exploring the area in 2 privately owned 18’ Skurs with a view to improving their overall planning, navigational and technical skills that they could then share with …
On Saturday 27th August we hosted our annual club regatta and what a day it was! 15 clubs in total (including us) came to race around the Craig and back. The visiting clubs were St. Andrews, Eastern, Queensferry, Eskmuthe, St Ayles, Crail, Elie & St Monans, Boatie Blest, Alnmouth, Broughty Ferry, Dunbar, Troon, Kinghorn, Rowporty …
Thirty-five intrepid rowing club members made it to Kortgene in Netherlands to take on the world. All the photos can be accessed below. Here is a snapshot of what happened. Day 0 – And so it began! The formalities kicked off with the official opening by the Kings representative and a row-by from all skiffs. And …
Our regatta this year will be held on Saturday 27th August 2022. 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 …
What a wonderful weekend, the hardy-and you had to be in thoroughly inclement conditions- dozen North Berwick skiffies did their team, town, county and country incredibly proud, securing podium places in several categories. It wouldn’t be a regatta without plenty of drama on and off the water, near clashes of oars at turning bouys and …
What a great day – mild, dry and lots of sunny smiles even before the sun came out and added to the lovely friendly ambience. Lots of good cheer around, old friends meeting up, all helped by the copious supply of wonderful food and drinks supplied, (the cakes get a particular thumbs up from me). …