Anyone wanting to work off the culinary excesses is welcome to contact Kenny about Saturday's 9:00 am outing.
(Use GRCMembers, Bulletin Boards or email GRCCommittee. Ask someone how,
if any of this is confusing.)
No more web updates this week.
Merry Christmas!
According to the SEPA site (link on left) the river was going up through the 1.8m level yesterday. With today's rain (and tomorrow's - dearie me!) on top of that, rowing this weekend is looking very doubtful.
Ergos will be at a premium, too - so try to plan your 'outings'!
Still, anything is better than Christmas shopping.
Things will be running on an outing-by-outing basis over the next few weeks - make sure you stay in touch with what's happening and who it's happening with.
Spotted on Rachel Quarrell's site:
Photographs from Dodsworld, Salt, Birdman and BigBlade amongst others.
Thanks to everyone who took the trouble to enter Tubfest! yesterday. (And thanks for nothing if you didn't!)
We had two round-robin divisions in tub pairs, with the winners of those
going to the final. Sandy and Clap formed an
ad-hoc seeding committee and tried to balance the crews as fairly as possible.
After some hard-fought racing the winners were:
Meanwhile, Bryan was exhorting maximum efforts
from all and sundry in the 300-metre ergo challenge. Best time of the day
was produced by Al, but he was deemed ineligible for
not paying his entry fee and not being present at the prizegiving.
As a result, joint winners were
Winners were presented with sparkling presentation tankards, engraved: 'Glasgow Rowing Club - Tubfest 2008'. Thanks to Ronnie for organising those. Thanks also to Sandy for providing mince pies and for making sure that there was a constant supply of those and mulled wine available for contestants in need of sustenance.
At the Vesta Scullers Head, Johnny was 6th in Elite Lightweight (32 overall). Mrs Johnny was 2nd in Women's S1 Lightweight, in 245th position. Richard Mathieson is marked as 'did not finish'.
...Johnny and Mrs Johnny who are both competing at the Vesta Scullers Head this weekend. Only other Scottish-based competitors appear to be Richard Mathieson from Aberdeen BC and two scullers from Loch Lomond.
Hard to believe they could pass up Tubfest! for something so trivial!
Our record entry (17 crews) resulted in wins for Johnny in
Open sculls (no surprise) and for Johnny and Dan in
Res1 doubles (no surprise).
Rumour has it* that Malcolm and Russell won only
a share of the Vet double - sharing with Pete
and Clap... now that IS a surprise!
Well done everybody!
* Official confirmation once the results are published on the SARA web site.
Yes, there are 3 races on tomorrow, at 10:30, 12:30 and 2:30. As a result, our Saturday schedule is different again!
If you're racing, make sure you're down early enough to check all your equipment - the people you're racing with might be busy helping with novices!
The final draw for the Clyde HoRR is now online.
* Title and format © A.Walker 2003
Just a wee congrats to all racing at Clydesdale head. Good results all round and nice to see that GRC won some more pennants... ... ...It'd be good to get some of our new members into boats for one of the competitions in the new year.
Before Clap gets in first, Tubfest would be an ideal place to start.
Al
Tubfest!
A busy day at the club today - lots of boats on the water first thing, then the races:
We have crews racing in both divisions on Saturday: The crews for division 1 will need to be boated by about 11:30, so the usual schedule will be altered:
In breach of the usual 'no personal messages on the web site' rule:
Wow... and he doesn't look a day over... 70.
Any better pictures, email the webmaster. This was the only one I could find where he was smiling. Would have preferred one with socks and blazer.
GRC sent two different 'squads' to the two-day Aberdeen Heads.
Those who were success-ful (e.g. Colette Kerr) won a colourful medal as shown here.
We sent two 'waves' of competitors to Aberdeen for the Fours Head on Saturday and the Small Boats on Sunday. By any standards, the campaign was a success - Colette steered the Veterans to victory on Saturday in pretty difficult conditions, which just set the scene for Sunday, with GRC scullers winning 3 events (M2x, M1x and MRes2 1x) and setting the fastest times for both 1x and 2x in both divisions. According to the CotD website, the time set by Johnny in M1x (but not quite, with Al, in M2x) is a course record - which is pretty impressive if the conditions on Sunday were anything like those on Saturday. And Sam was only 11 seconds adrift of the previous best time, too. Well done, everybody.
Let's hope this weekend's race on the Clyde sees the recent trend continue - GRC wins at every event we've competed at.
In a poignant ceremony which included the breaking of bread (samosas and mini spring rolls) and the symbolic drinking of wine (those bubbles might be a problem), Ronnie demitted the office of GRC President after 25 years of peerless service. The meeting voted to give him an Honorary Membership as a small measure of the club's gratitude, that being the only gift the club has at its disposal.
The only other current Honorary Member, Lindsay Dick, has succeeded Ronnie to become the second President in the history of Glasgow Rowing Club.
The other business of the meeting included the elections for the other Committee posts (details are on the Committee page) and the setting of the subscriptions for the new year. These are unchanged from last year.
Please remember the club's AGM takes place Wednesday 12th [today] at 7.00pm in the clubhouse. Savouries and a glass of wine ( or a soft drink) will be available from 6.30pm. I look forward to seeing you all there.
Bryan has been in touch with the latest yanking statistics:
The next big date in the Yanking calendar will be on February 2nd:
Can any of these live up to the colossal success of the 2008 GRC Fours Head? Well... maybe just one.
Update - the start lists and boating lists are now out.
Our own Head Race is this week. The weather forecast is promising and FC wants your support!
The club will be 100% involved in running Saturday's event, so there will be no beginners' session on Saturday.
The club will be open for business on Sunday and there will be a session for beginners at 10:30. Anyone interested (participant or assistant), please contactThere will be disruption on the river this weekend: hopefully because the 3 divisions of the Clyde Head Race will go ahead as planned.
However, the rainfall this week is raising the possibility that the river may be unrowable again.
Keep checking the link to the SEPA web site that shows the river level
(click on "river level" near the top of the column on the left
of this page).
The 'normal' level is about 0.4m; when it reaches 1.4m that generally means
rowing is impossible. It has already been as high as 2.0m this week, and
more rain is expected before Saturday.
Assuming all goes well, there will be a shorter-than-usual beginners session, with a mad rush to get afloat at about 11:00 - i.e. as soon as the last crews from Div.1 of the head race are past our steps.
Although the state of the river meant that rowing on-water was not-on, there was an impressive turn-out of hard-working, sweaty (and more - yuk!) athletes grinding out erg-miles at the club this morning. All under the expert eye and vocal encouragement of Al and Lins.
St Andrew/Edinburgh University Head of the Forth: Results are on the SARA web site. The GRC victory came from Al and Ali in Open 2x, with the Vet 'C' four just happy to survive the exertion.
Any rowing on the Clyde this weekend is looking unlikely at the moment (but we've been wrong before - see [13/12/07]).
The Forth at Stirling is less obvious.
AGM 2008
This year the Club AGM will be held on the evening of Wednesday 12th November in the Clubhouse starting at 7pm prompt.
Any proposed changes to the Club Constitution should be by 25th October.
Elections for all Committee positions will take place during the AGM. Nominations should be e mailed to me by 25th October.
DANCE
As the final event in our 25th Anniversary year a Dinner and Dance will be held on the evening of Saturday 22nd November - venue ( possible City Centre Hotel) and price still to be sorted. This provided we have sufficient numbers interested. It would be our intention to invite some club sponsors as guests so it is important to find out asap is the event is going ahead.
IMPORTANT - Please asap, but within the next 10 days, to confirm if you will attend the function and how many tickets you would require.
The details of our own Fours Head are now available. FC will be looking for help from EVERYONE on the day - but you can still have a race, if you're able.
Now on the Clydesdale web site: results.
Good effort from GRC scullers, including new member Matt Loader as our highest placed overall. No prizes today, but lots of promise for the forthcoming season.
Next Saturday, the winter Head race season begins with the Clydesdale Scullers' Head taking place on the Clyde and being raced in 2 divisions for the first time. The main race (for single sculls) is at 12 noon. We'll need to get our beginners off the water soon after 11, so we're starting at 10:30 - sharp! - on Saturday.
This will be the last 'open house' beginners' session for this year, on account of the onset of Head Races and less pleasant weather.
The following week, 11th October, the club will be racing at Stirling - all volunteers to run a truncated Saturday session are requested to get in touch with a.s.a.p.
Here are Peter and Richard - the new Boston Marathon record-holders - performing earlier this year at the GRC Silver Regatta. (© M.Prescott.)
The annual 31-mile celebration of rowing self-flagellation that is otherwise known as the Boston Marathon took place this weekend.
Our own Peter Trenchard was racing in the Veteran 'F' Double Sculls, partnered by Richard Mathieson of Aberdeen Boat Club.
Not only did the bold boys win their event - they did so in a NEW RECORD TIME!
Russel Jones, who had until recently intended also to race in Veteran, raced instead a composite Novice 2x, entered as George Watsons and finished equal 6th (dead heat!) in the category.
Well done, chaps.
Any pictures?
Al has issued the following invitation:
The club's land training facilities will be open on Thursday evening from 5 to 7pm. So if you want to ergo/do weights etc. then come along anytime. However, no outings possible unless you are completely self-sufficient - no exceptions - sorry!
After all, the river looks good for the weekend.
We have the usual request for helpers and rowers at 10:30 and 11:00. We're expecting some new rowers at 11:00, along with several who've been down over the last few weeks.
At 10:30, an eight is likely, with FC in charge (that's 10:30, Lynda), although that might turn into a 4x+ and a tub 2- (are you paying attention, Mr Walker?).
Keep an eye on the 'river level' link (on the left, updates daily) to see how the persistent rain is affecting the river. Low tide on Saturday is around 10:30, which might mean that the first outing is difficult, but later ones might be better... wait and see.
[corrected 17/9]
No shortage of chat on GRCMembers about the merits or demerits of running ergo championships at Strathclyde Park - and whether the times were released the last time it wasn't done.
More importantly - looks like a busy day at the club on Saturday.
(You need to sign in to Google to access these....)
If you are still not able to access the GRCMembers group online, then you're probably the sort who'll enjoy the ergo league.
Details are now on the permanent panel to the right of the 'News' column on the main web page.
As usual - have a look at the Bulletin Boards and also check GRCMembers.
GB Rowing has certainly done its part, by contributing six medals - including two Gold, to the record British medal total.
Medal table.(from BBC Sport)
Various links to information about the regatta, and the Olympics in general can be found on this page.
The photos of last week's Barbecue and Boat-naming extravaganza are beginning to appear. See the 'photo column' on the right.
Eight at 10:30 - please be prepared to help out by rowing in this, along with some of our more recent new members. Any help with beginners is welcome - though we won't know for sure what is needed until nearer the time.
Beginners - please get in touch, via , to confirm that you're going to come down on Saturday - or that you're NOT coming!
...all of this is of course merely decoration for the main event, which is...
More details will be along presently. Watch this space!
Karen (one half of the GRC synch- ronized swimming team) has posted some photos on her Picasa 'GRC photos' album - glad someone reads this stuff!
A big thanks to those who prepared, cooked and generally helped make the event the success it most definitely was !! From a personal and "Goldie" family point of view, things could not have been better. I look forward to seeing a crew in the "Goldie" four being successful on many occasions.
...for once I was at a loss for words.
Any photos for the web site?(If you have any - please stick them onto a web-based gallery, preferably Picasa, and I'll link them here.)
Around 80 people are expected tomorrow for the barbie. Weather is looking less than perfect, but lets wait and see.
All the heavy rain means that it might be a bit tricky for beginners - but there's always the barbie!
Results, report and numerous photos of last weeks HCI are on the SARA web site.
Note that there are a number of pictures (click here for one) of our lovely new Vespoli pair. It was raced by Chris Logan and Iain Rice of GUBC, who finished third in a close-fought race behind Ireland and Wales.
Fran Jacob was racing for Ireland in the W2x, finishing 2nd behind Wales.
Unsurprisingly, there will be a monster boat-naming ceremony at the traditional GRC Summer Barbecue on August 2nd.
FC eagerly awaits your ticket order - all welcome.
This photo of Fran racing at Henley can be purchased from Big Blade.
Fran Jacob was again the flag-carrier for the club, competing in single sculls at the National Championships. She did us proud, and is the new British Champion.
Congratulations also to her coach, George Warnock who saw another of his crews, the GUBC pair (Chris Logan and Iain Rice), winning a silver medal at the regatta, easily beating all Scottish opposition - and creating selection problems for SARA.
Starting in August, we're going to look at putting an eight out for the 2nd session on Saturdays (around 10:30). The purpose is twofold: - to get more people on the water for a useful outing - and to give an opportunity for quicker development for the recent beginners.
FC will also be re-instating a vet squad (training and racing) for those who are prepared to show the requisite training effort.
Unsurprisingly, there will be a monster boat-naming ceremony at the traditional GRC Summer Barbecue on August 2nd.
FC eagerly awaits your ticket order - all welcome.
Fran's Henley campaign was short-lived, losing
in the quarter-final to the eventual winner of the event.
Good to have a GRC boat racing at that level again.
The GUBC boys went a stage further, racing
in Saturday's semi-final, where they fell to Newcastle Uni, who went
on to win the event (a good weekend for Tyneside, with Tyne ARC winning
the Wyfolds,
also).
It's that time of the year again; shouts of 'come on, Tim!' at Wimbledon
(yes, really) and the tension rises as the Scottish assault on Great
British Sporting Bastions is mounted.
As well as Andy Murray's efforts at SW19 it's good to see GRC represented
at Henley again.
This time it's Fran who is competing in the W1x
event ("The Princess Royal Challenge Sculls"). Quarter
finals are on Friday.
Before then (and also coached by George Warnock),
the GUBC 1st four are a 'selected' crew in the student
coxed fours event ("The Prince Albert Challenge Cup" -
which has a ring, doesn't it?). Correction
: Racing starts on Thursday today (Wednesday),
with the possibility of a quarter-final against arch-enemies Edinburgh
on Friday Thursday (no racing on Friday).
Remember that we will be putting boats on the water in Queen's Park for the first time on Saturday 28th June as part of our involvement in the Southside Festival.
Your FC needs YOU!
Sunday 22 June 9:30am British Eurosport
Sunday 22 June 1:00pm BBC2 Scotland
Scottish Championships weekend - good luck to all our GRC competitors.
Scottish Championships this week, and the Southside Festival is on 28th June - rowing will be affected on both days so ensure that you make sure you know what you're doing - if you aren't sure - ask!
This is out now. One assumes that it is provisional and liable to change - so keep an eye on the SARA web site for updates.
PDF files, with the races involving GRC competitors highlighted, are here:
Arising from 2 recent sculling-related episodes:
"Thanks were again due to Mr Walker and his excellent Tuck Shop, which had helped GRC finance the purchase of a rather lovely heavyweight Empacher sculling boat from Dr Lurve. Well, actually, from his dad."
WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT THEM ALL?
Snapper Ron has done it again, producing lots of excellent photos from Castle Semple and Clydesdale regattas, including those linked here; of some lithe, athletic GRC rowers. (Oh, and some overweight veterans.)
Update - Live Sunday racing free online at WCSN.com (normally a subscription service).
Details, as always, courtesy of the Radio Times.
Sunday 01 June 10:00am BBC Sport Interactive (red button)
Sunday 01 June 12:15pm BBC Sport Interactive (red button)
Sunday 01 June 2:00pm BBC2 Scotland
Tuesday 03 June 9:00am British Eurosport
Some photos of Semple regatta.
A bit dreich - the GRC efforts were good, but no cigars - except Paul's win with the GUBC novice four.
- are on 14 and 15 June. Entries close on June 3rd - full details on the SARA web site.
Business as usual - first outing 8:30, volunteers needed at 11:00 to help with beginners.
There is a review under way of how events are presented in Scotland. You can download the questionnaire here. Now is your chance to air your opinions, if you have any!
You might want to read the thoughts of Chairman Al, on GRCMembers.
This week, a small contingent will be heading down to Lochwinnoch for Castle Semple Regatta.
Volunteers are needed to organize and assist with beginners' outings at 11 a.m. See this message on GRCMembers.
There will be racing this Sat., From Dawn till Dusk (good picture -
very scary).
First GRC race is at 8:45 - Pete Craig in Vet
1x.
Last GRC race is in Vet 4+ at 16:44 (deep joy!).
Have a look at the provisional race
schedule on the SARA web site. If you aren't racing, or are wanting
to have an outing between racing, try to schedule it so that you aren't
coming or going during the 'Long course' sections of racing. These
1500m. races will start at Polmadie bridge and go round the corner in
front of GRC. The 'Short course' races are over 500m., from just above
the suspension bridge. Both courses finish at the Clydesdale fence.
Also - if you are racing in an 'unfamiliar' combination, try to get a decent practice outing in before your race if time permits, rather than sitting around getting sunburnt (if the weather holds).
For those of us who'd rather watch the experts than do it ourselves:
"The World Rowing racing season is just around the corner,
with two major events staged next week at the Olympiaregattaverein
in Munich: the first Rowing World Cup and the Final Paralympic Qualification
Regatta.
Follow the racing live during the event on www.worldrowing.com thanks
to the live race viewer, live commentary, daily race reports, and
photo galleries."
There are results and a brief review of the regatta on the SARA web site.
Al has posted his vote of thanks to everyone on the GRCMembers board.
As always, corrections are welcome (and I'm sure PT would have won if he'd been racing!), but I believe that Fran's was the only GRC success at the weekend, winning Women's Open sculls on Sunday.
And the last word:
It's the first big Scottish regatta of the summer and EVERYONE will be at Strathclyde Park.
You should have seen the miles
of correspondence this week about our catering efforts. We need everyone to
muck in, particularly first thing on Saturday and last thing on Sunday.
Oh, and we do have some crews racing, too!
The provisional draw is on the SARA
web site, along with various reminders about Rowing Licences © (A.Walker,
Prop.).
If you're racing, make sure you check your race times early
on each race day.
There will be NO SESSIONS at GRC this weekend!
That nice man Snapper Ron in Aberdeen has produced a very impressive 15-page programme for his regatta, with a cover price of 50p but which is also downloadable in its entirety as a .pdf document; which demonstrates (if proof were needed) that there is no truth in at least one of the rumours about Aberdonians.
Sadly, entries, although substantial, are almost exclusively from Aberdeen. Sign of the times.
From the SARA web site:
Karen has added a few(!) more photos. This one captured Sandy's response when asked if he could do a Racing Licence on the day as a favour.
Malcolm put some photos of the regatta on GRC Members. Click on the picture of Fran to go to the Picasa album (the GRCMembers files don't seem to be directly link-able).
Douglas has put some of his photos up on his own Picasa gallery . Click on the photo, or link to it from the GRC gallery.
The Glasgow Rowing Club 'Silver' Regatta ran according to plan yesterday, with almost all of the excitement contained in the racing, although there were two occasions when scullers discovered the hard way that the water temperature at this time of year bears no relation to the brightness of the sunshine. Sandy and his safety crew (Bill Mac) were quickly on hand to provide assistance, and the services of Dr Lurve were not required.
The racing programme ran very smoothly, in large part because of the experienced team of Umpires, ably led by the sartorially splendid Mr McKinney.
It was good to see GRC crews contesting a number of events notwithstanding the heavy commitment of personnel required to run the regatta, and in fact we were close (in a GRC/SUBC composite) to winning the main event of the day, the Men's eights, losing to Clyde in the final, having beaten Clydesdale to get there. In the end the only event we did win* was Women's Open Sculls, carried off in two races by the club's newest member, Fran Jacob. Well done Fran (and coach GW) - an auspicious start to the main season
Thanks, as usual, to all the helpers - and in particular to George, Sandy and Bill Mac, who stepped in, weeks ago, to make sure the regatta course and the necessary infrastructure was prepared and ready!
* It has been pointed out that the GRC/ABC Vet 2x combination of Peter Trenchard and Richard Mathieson (who didn't point it out) were victorious in their event, too!
The Glasgow Rowing Club 'Silver' Regatta will go ahead this Saturday. Racing will run from 10:30 am until approximately 4 pm. The provisional draw will be published later today.
To celebrate this special anniversary, we will be awarding a club prize of a set of gold-plated sculling oars to the most deserving club on the day!
You might think we obviously cannot afford to do this.... and you'd be right.... but when did reality ever put the brakes on a wacky scheme in Scottish Rowing?
For anyone interested, the boat race (the one that gives everyone the
wrong idea about rowing) will be on television this Sunday.(Oops.
Good job no-one reads this nonsense.)
The Herald have a piece about it today.
Interestingly, the 'rowing correspondent' is on an (all-too-brief) absence... so - no excuse for this, then.
HoRR results are here. Mixed outcomes for Scottish clubs; GUBC were fastest Scottish crew, while SUBC had their boat trashed by vandals.
The Veteran Head was cancelled. ("What a shame!" - S.Goldie)
Various descriptions and discussions of both events; on the Tideway Slug, the Rowing Service and rec.sport.rowing.
The main event is on Saturday, starts at 9:45.
The Veteran Head is on Sunday, starts at 10:30 over the same course (Mortlake to Putney).
Give us a shout!
...did go ahead, surprisingly!
The composite crew with GRC's Lindsay Dick and Fran Jacob were 17th overall and 9th in their S1 division - well done! Only 35 seconds behind the overall winners and 17th out of 236 crews finishing the race.
A lady called Rachel has posted these photos. There may be more on the WEHoRR site.
You might want to have a look at the Vesta web site for the Tideway Vets draw: www.vrc.org.uk/vets_head/
Good luck to GRC in the Clydesdale head.
See you next week.
Ronnie's favourite boat purveyor has a nice new web site.
Rowperfect are looking for feedback on a number of things, including their "Look after your Cox" competition.
The list of entries for the HoRR is now up. Looks like 11 Scottish crews, only 1 from a non-University club (ABC, crew 28).
On the SARA web site: Clydesdale 8s Head (8th March) details: poster, crew invite and entry form
Draw is now up. GRC composite is crew #186. Also 2 crews from GUBC.
Results are on the Official Chain-Yanking Website.
This year is the 25th year since the formation of Glasgow Rowing Club. As part of the celebration of that anniversary we will be hosting a main-season regatta, for the first time for some years, on Saturday April 5th.
More information is on the regatta page.
The updated draw is now up on the SARA site.....
....but still no more information about the
There's a piece about last Saturday's event in the Hootsmon - however, no results anywhere, a.f.a.i.c.s.
Details of the SARA Ergo Champs are now on the SARA web site.
GRC interest is confined to two events: in Women's Open (Race 24), new member Fran Jacob is making her first outing for the club, while old member Jonny Stevenson is competing for Aberdeen UBC in Men's Lightweight (Race 18). Good luck, both.
(And zillions of our student buddies from GUBC, of course - good luck, too!)
If I've missed anyone, my apology is sincere.
Entries close this Friday (event is on 16th Feb).
Any incriminating photos? (If you have any - please stick them onto a web-based gallery, preferably Picasa, and I'll link them here.)
Very disappointing for organizers and competitors alike.
...or there's always the ergo-boat!
At present access from Caledonia Road is blocked due to road works.
Access is only possible via Ballater Street.
We have no idea what it will be like on Saturday or how long this situation
will last.
Here's a map that includes the route from Ballater St., starting opposite the Adelphi Centre.
The draw has
been published!
GRC has two boats racing, both in division 1.... weather permitting.
Tideway veteran 8 - be ready to go out at 8:30 - more info here on GRCMembers.
Mixed 8? - read the GRCMembers correspondence!
SUBC small boats head - entries close this weekend; speak to big Al.
16/1/08
*This event has obviously been carefully designed to elicit a warm reaction from the SARA Race Control Committee [A.Walker, Prop.].
13/1/08
First race-practice for 2008 - the GUBC Western Head entries are now open.
Tickets now available from
4/1/08
Lots of call-offs this weekend.
Look at your relevant notice board for more info.
If the weather is foul there's always the "ergo-boat" - keep
thinking about that technique!
* NB -
Following discussions between GRC, SUBC and the SARA Race Control Committee,
we have cancelled our own Small Boats Head, allowing SUBC to take over
this more favourable date.
Like James Bond, we will return - we are hosting our first main-season
regatta for some years, featuring side-by-side racing on the
Clyde, on April 5.
We've received details of a chain-yanking event. (From the SARA! - how did you guess?)
Lots of large files, so they are linked here rather than have them fill your email inbox;
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