29/7/10
World Rowing Bronze Medallist

GB success for Sam
Photo: Peter Spurrier/
Intersport Images
We now have two of these in the club!
Sam has joined Lindsay on
the World podium, winning his Bronze in the GB U23 lightweight quad
scull (the similarities continue).
The regatta took place last week in Brest, Belarus. As well as Sam's success,
Polly was also representing GB and raced in the
final of womens fours, finishing 4th. Also amongst the medals was Andy
Holmes - cousin of Cousin
Willie, Cousin Shona and nephew of "Who's-the-daddy-and-don't-forget-Cousin-Kate".
Commonwealth Regatta
The four-yearly Commonwealth Regatta is being held in Canada this weekend.
Each national team comprises only eight individuals.
There are four GRC members in the Scottish team: Steph
McDowall, Polly Swann, Chris Logan and Jonny Logan are racing for
Scotland in the regatta and will also be racing under the 'Scottish Rowing'
banner at Canadian Henley on 5th - 8th August.
28/7/10
It's catch-up time.
Apologies for the quiet week - here's what you've been missing:
- at the British Rowing Championships on 16, 17 and 18 July: -
- Olivia won the Silver medal in WJu16 2x, with Emma from Castle Semple
- other finalists:
- Alan and Matt were 4th in Open 2-
- Willie and Graeme were 5th in Lightweight 2x
- Steph (for GUBC) was 6th in WOpen 1x
Nat Champs results page
- at the Home International Regatta last weekend, there were a number of GRC members in the various Scottish boats:
- Amanda and Jenn were in the 2x and 4x
- Willie and Graeme were in the Ltwt
2x and 4x,
- Alan and Matt were in the men's
8, coxed by Marianne, whose participation
was sponsored by Pathfinder Energy Services.
HIR
results on the IARU site.
More updates pending... World U23 (see photos on right) and Commonwealth
regatta..........
14/7/10
Le Crunch!
(it's Bastille Day today)
This weekend, Strathclyde Park is the venue for the British Rowing Championships.
GRC has a number of athletes taking part. The following list may not be complete, apologies for any errors.
| Name |
Event |
First race |
Final |
| Kate |
WJu16 1x |
Friday 12:55 |
Sat.14:44 |
| Olivia |
WJu16 1x |
Friday 12:55 |
Sat.14:44 |
| Olivia and Emma |
WJu16 2x |
Friday 13:30 |
Sat.16:09 |
| Al Sarahs |
U23 1x |
Sat.10:00 (TT) |
Sun.15:27 |
| Steph (GUBC) |
W 1x |
Sat 10:50 |
Sun.12:39 |
| Amanda |
W 1x |
Sat 10:50 |
Sun.12:39 |
| 'Cousin Willie' & Dreggy |
Ltwt 2x |
Sat 11:15 |
Sun.13:09 |
Chris & Jonny |
Ltwt 2- |
Sat 12:00 |
Sun.13:33 |
Op 2- |
Sat 12:20 |
Sun.13:39 |
| Matt & 'Daddy' |
Op 2- |
Sat 12:20 |
Sun.13:39 |
| Jen Alex & Amanda |
W 2x |
Sat 15:15 |
Sun.15:45 |
| Iain |
Ltwt 1x |
Sat 16:50 |
Sun.16:09 |
The full - provisional - draw is here.
GRC rowers in GB and Scottish National Squads
A number of GRC athletes will be rowing in Scottish colours at this year's Home International Regatta (Wikipedia) and the 4-yearly Commonwealth Regatta (info: regatta website and Wikipedia).
This is in addition to our 2 representatives at GB under-23, Polly and Sam. The World Championships U-23 regatta is later this month in Belarus.
More details after the weekend.
5/7/10
More Henley.. and Talkin
30/6/10
Henley updates
- Official HRR info
- Regatta
Radio - choose your media player and listen to the race news
on your computer.
- The Henley Twit -
GRC-related Tweets, re-Tweets (results etc.) and photos
29/6/10
Latest
At Nithsdale, Olivia won Ju18 doubles, along with Emma from Semple.
At Henley this week, in addition to the 2 crews mentioned below, GRC will also be supporting Sam who is racing in the Prince of Wales in the Agecroft Rowing Club and Durham University boat - GB U23 squad.
And finally...
Katharina's cousin Heike would love to wave her flag in support of Jonny, Chris, Jen and Sam this week, but has had to stay a bit longer in South Africa.
Shame, that.
24/6/10
Henley and Nithsdale
More top-class racing!
- The Henley
qualifying races are on tomorrow (Friday). GRC
involvement is in two events - Jonny and Chris are
mixing it with the big boys in the Goblets,
for which qualification alone is looking pretty hard, while Jen
Reid has
a berth in the Tideway Scullers/Sport Imperial boat that is contesting
the Remenham.
The GRC one-piece could just about do for the Scullers colours. Good
luck to both crews.
UPDATE - Both crews have qualified (pdf file).
- On Saturday, the TV cameras* move location to Dumfries for Nithsdale
Regatta (draw) .
Our only competitor will be Olivia who
is racing with Emma in a Castle Semple/GRC composite Ju18 2x.
Henley results info
There are a number of ways to keep up-to-date with Henley results. Details
are on this
linked page.
The HRR
Twitter page is an easy way to check on the latest news, including
live race results. There will be a link to it from this page once the
regatta is under way.
* It's a joke.
21/6/10
Top class racing
GRC crews were racing last weekend at two of the UK's top regattas-
- at Henley Women's Regatta Polly was
the only Scottish-based success, winning Elite 4- in her squad composite
crew, while her erstwhile crewmates Lorna, Jen, Steph
and Amanda, coxed by Marianne, were
competitive in their semi-final of Elite 4+ but lost to the event winners. Jen
Alex lost out on Friday in Senior 1x.
HWR results .
- Meanwhile, at Marlow Regatta, the Logans were involved in some top-class pairs races where they clocked under 7 minutes and still only got a 5th place. Next stop Henley qualifying this Friday.
Marlow results .
More 'rowing'...
Good start for Irish women at Henley
NB - there's a list of 'rowing' news
items to be found every day under the appropriate link in the left-hand
column.
17/6/10
Proof!
...if any was needed, that Coxes are the closest thing we have to Almighty
Beings in rowing.
Nice one, Ron!
- the photo is part of the extensive
collection from the 2010 Scottish Champs by Snapper
Ron.
Next!
(From the SARA (d'oh!) web site, and from David
Biddulph's calendar.)
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Some GRC website features are provided by Google or use Google tools. These include:
HIR 2010, Cork

Amanda and Jenn -
Scottish W2x 2010
Jenn has posted an album of pictures from
the HIR regatta, mostly of the GRC contingent, and featuring some
strange behaviour from "who's the" Daddy
Holmes.
WORLD U23 Champs - Medal!

Polly and Sam (with medal)
at the
World U23 Regatta

GB U23 lightweight
quad scull - Sam at 2.

GB U23 W4- Polly at stroke
Photo: Peter Spurrier/
Intersport Images
We had 2 rowers from GRC taking part in the 2010 World Under-23
Championship Regatta in Belarus.
Sam won the Bronze medal in the Lightweight quad scull.
Polly just missed out on a medal, 4th in the Women's 4-.
Photos
of the regatta are on the World Rowing web site.
More photos on Intersport images.
British Champs - Medal!

Emma and Olivia -
Silver medallists
(D.Nolan)
At the British Championships, Olivia and
Emma won the Silver medal in J16 double sculls.
There are excellent pictures of the weekend's racing at Strathclyde Park, from the usual outlets:
Scottish Championships

GRC/Semple - WINNERS
(D.Nolan)

Olivia and Emma

Graeme and Willie

Jen and Steph

Coach Kenny
Update
'Snapper Ron' has published his photos, including the astonishing one of Marianne running across the loch to escape J-Lo's smelly pits.
David Nolan's are on his Flickr site - there are slide shows of GRC crews:
First photos are appearing: Malcolm has an album of images from the early part of Saturday, while Peter has some from the later part of the regatta.
Met. Regatta

Winners of Elite 2- at Met
(Snapper Ron)
'Snapper Ron' was at Met and took this lovely picture of GRC's most successful participant (sorry, boys).
More from the Snapper.
Nat. Schools Regatta

Post-TT
Some pictures, from a dark and blustery Nottingham, of Olivia and Kate competing in Ju16 doubles and singles.
Photos by dad Peter, who also took the
farewell picture of the family car...
Any pictures from Semple?
Strathclyde Park Regatta

"Try this one -
it has a fishy finish."

Beth and THAT trophy.

SUC W2- Polly, Jen and...
There are already loads of photos for you to see, and lots more
to come.
Picasa albums from Peter D (Sat.
and Sun.), Clap (Sat)
and Uncle Alan (a.k.a. Karen)
are already online.
Here are Malcolm's photos:
Niall
Darroch has put up a mountain of photos. There's some GRC gold
buried within.
GRC Spring Regatta

Peter C. sets the
ball rolling for GRC.

View from the top.
(D.Nolan)
Photos from Malcolm and his new (Peter's
been dumped) snap-dragoon TK, on Malcolm's Picasa
site.
David Nolan has got his usual excellent crop of photos on his Flickr
site, including this
slideshow of GRC crews.
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