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Boat race coverage

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.

Tideway aftermath

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.

Tideway

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!

Women's Tideway...

...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.

More Eights

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.

Nature watch

"Sit up at the finish!"

Malcolm has some photos of the local fauna, on GRC Members. Click on the images to see bigger versions.

"Going to the M74 demo?"

"Yup!"

New website

Ronnie's favourite boat purveyor has a nice new web site.

Competition

Rowperfect are looking for feedback on a number of things, including their "Look after your Cox" competition.

Tideway

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).

Next, please:

On the SARA web site: Clydesdale 8s Head (8th March) details: poster, crew invite and entry form

Some results

• From Inverness (Sat): - division 1 and division 2
• • PT sorely missed by his soulmate,
  • fast time from the women's composite crew in both races,
  • while the composite veteran boat stuffed all comers.
• From the Tyne (Sat): Tyne Head results
• • Good wins for GUBC in both divisions.
• From the Trent (Sun): Head of the Trent
• • Cambridge blue boat wins, Goldie 2nd
  • Leander S2 crew stroked by Invernusian Alan Sinclair.

Women's Tideway

Draw is now up. GRC composite is crew #186. Also 2 crews from GUBC.

Chain-yanking

Results are on the Official Chain-Yanking Website.

'Silver' Regatta

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.

Inverness

The updated draw is now up on the SARA site.....

....but still no more information about the

....chain-yanking

There's a piece about last Saturday's event in the Hootsmon - however, no results anywhere, a.f.a.i.c.s.

Chain-yanking

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.

Inverness

Entries close this Friday (event is on 16th Feb).

Burns Supper

Any incriminating photos? (If you have any - please stick them onto a web-based gallery, preferably Picasa, and I'll link them here.)

Saturday - SUBC Small Boats - CANCELLED

Very disappointing for organizers and competitors alike.

Contingency:

• Tideway veteran 8 - be ready to go out at 8:30.
• Mixed 8?

...or there's always the ergo-boat!

Next!

• 16th Feb - Inverness 8s and Small Boats Head
• 23rd Feb - Aberdeen Eights Head

Diversion

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.

GUBC Western eights head - CANCELLED

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

More head news

• On-line entries are now open for the GUBC Western Head (Sat. 26 Jan.)- using the 'original' version of the GRC on-line entry system.
• The details have been published for the SUBC Small Boats/Fours/Time-only* Head (Sat. 2 Feb.).

*This event has obviously been carefully designed to elicit a warm reaction from the SARA Race Control Committee [A.Walker, Prop.].

13/1/08

Eights!

First race-practice for 2008 - the GUBC Western Head entries are now open.

Burns Supper - Feb 2nd

Tickets now available from

4/1/08

Happy New Year!

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!

Some forthcoming events:

• 26th Jan - GUBC Western Eights Head (on the Clyde)

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• 2nd Feb - SUBC Small Boats Head (on the Clyde) *
  GRC Annual Burns Supper
• 9th Feb - Indoor event
• 16th Feb -
  • Inverness 8s and Small Boats Head
  • Tyne Head
• 17th Feb - Head of the Trent
• 23rd Feb - Aberdeen Eights Head

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• 1st Mar - Women's Eights HoRR (Tideway) (start at 10:00!)
• 15th Mar -
  • HEAD OF THE RIVER (Tideway) (start at 09:45!)
  • Scottish Schools Head, Glasgow (on the Clyde)
• 16th Mar - Vesta Veterans Head (Tideway)

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• 10th & 11th May - Ghent International - 125th Anniversary

* 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.

Ergo "Championships"

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;

• Poster
• Competitor Info
• Entry - Individual
• Entry - Team
• Event List
• Terms & Conditions