August 2011

Is Skye the limit for rowing at Royal West?

The club’s rowing fleet was in action on a number of fronts over the weekend, competitively, socially and promoting the club within the local (and not so local) community. On Friday Birdie Bowers travelled to the Viking Festival in Largs to form part of the exhibition of products and services

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Julia Darby 4 STAR LEADERS AWARD

CONGRATULATION TO JULIA DARBY ON PASSING HER BCU 4 STAR LEADERS AWARD. THIS IS NOTHING LIKE THE OLD 4 STAR THAT WAS JUSTA PERSONAL SKILL AWARD AND WAS NORMALLY ASSESSED IN HALF A DAY. TO BE SUCESSFUL JULIA HAD TO ATTEND A 2 DAY TRAINING COURSE A COASTAL PLANNING COURSE

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OBAN SEA KAYAK RACE

The 2011 Oban Sea Kayak Race will take place on Saturday 3rd September 2011. George MaCallum will be representing the club in this event and has been training hard over the last couple of months. We all wish George every success in the race. A number of us are going

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Night Paddling

NIGHT PADDLING As we draw to the end of the session for paddling on a Monday and Tuesday evenings we normally continue paddling for as long as we can. This means that we will be paddling in the dark Night paddling can be a very rewarding experience for all but

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Addition to the kayak fleet

A new double sea kayak has been added to the club kayak fleet. NECKY LOOKSHA T™ Specs: MATERIAL: Superlinear® Polyethylene LENGTH: 18′ 1″ / 5.5 m WIDTH: 30″ / 76.2 cm WEIGHT: 92 lbs / 41.7 kg COCKPIT: 35.5″ x 17.3″ / 90.2 x 43.8 cm BOW HATCH: 15″ x

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Clyde Swim Event – 20 August 2011

The route of the Clyde Swim on Saturday 20 August 2011 had to be altered due to the effect of wind strength (SW F4 gusting to F6) on safety cover. Rather than crossing over from Kilcreggan, participants swam alongside Greenock Esplanade and back to the RWSABC.  Nevertheless all swimmers and

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IMPORTANT. Gourock Development Public Consultation

The Riverside Inverclyde Gourock development is now open for Public Consultation. The 3 presentation pages are available on: http://www.riversideinverclyde.com/news-and-archives/update-public-consultation-and-feedback-form.html The main issue for the Club is that the current beach access will be lost unless we make comments in support of keeping/improving it. This launching/landing site is lodged with planning

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Rowing based events over the next few months

Below is a list of events and activities for the next couple of months. Help and assistance to organise the events would be welcomed. Thursday 18th August, 7pm Meeting in Tighnabruaich to discuss starting a coastal rowing club based on the SCRA model. Ian Clark attending Saturday 27th August North

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Paddle sports winter programme

Duncan Winning a world authority on the history of sea kayaking has agreed to give a talk on the origins and history of sea kayaking this winter all welcome Date to be announced Duncan has also kindly agreed to also run a workshop on how to make your own inuit

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