Saturday 24th September Lewis organised a days training for a group of 5 of the club paddlers in blustery force 3-4 conditions off Farlie. Lewis put the group through various skills of close quarter manoeuvring. let hope these guys can move on to the assessment once they have cracked open
Maritime conections of Troon will be providing a RYA VHF opperators course at the Club This is a one day vhf radio course and simply tends to be known as the VHF Course. The course/exam leads to the new Short Range Certificate (SRC) and covers the new Global Maritime Distress
The weather on Saturday was variable, if you were in Greenock, however a small band of members from the Club took a wander to Carrick Castle on Loch Goil and managed to stay in the sunny & dry weather zone for almost the entire day. As rain spread from the
Proposed date is Saturday 1st October. Weather permitting Leave beach at 10am and head for Knockderry Hotel beach. Arrive there between 11:30-12:00, picnic lunch on the beach/hotel lawn/hotel lounge (maybe some football) Leave Knockderry about 14:00 Back at Club about 15:30-16:00 Boats away for the Winter, shower, bar Phone in
The Club will be holding a Halloween Party on Saturday 29th October. Details can be found on posters in the Clubhouse or by printing off your own. Members and guests welcome. Below is a link to the poster halloween poster
A group of 10-12 year olds marked the end of their first season rowing with a Fun Night at the Club. There was a Rowing & Club related quiz, then a scratch regatta using the St Ayles Skiffs. From Left to Right are Katrina Bryce, Andrew Graham, Ruairidh Smith, Kyle
To all coastal rowing clubs Queensferry Rowing Club would like to open the invitation to our annual Ceildh to all members of the Scottish Coastal Rowing Association. The Ceildh will be held on 7 October 2011 at the Loan, South Queensferry, from 8.00pm to 11.30pm. The caller will be Sheila
Member clubs of the SCRA have been invited to organised trips over the next month. One is being run by Dunbar CRC on 25th September from Berwick to Paxton House. Please look at the SCRA website for details. The other is being run by Cockenzie & Port Seton RC on
The 2nd Annual Oban Sea Kayak Race took place on Saturday 3rd September. The organisers state “the field this year was very competitive and was reflected by the range of racing boats and the finishing times.” As well as the serious boats there were plenty of flash winged paddles on
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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