July 2012

DUNCAN McCRONE & FRIENDS

AT THE BOAT CLUB SATURDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 7.30 for 8.00 Duncan originally came to the fore in 1982, when the big-selling Scottish singer at the time, Valerie Dunbar, released a single of ‘Always Argyll’, written by Duncan and a friend, Jimmy Jamieson, from Tighnabruaich.  The song went on to be

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“Once more round the Black Rock”

A squad from the Club headed over to Glenarm on the Antrim Coast last Friday to participate in the Dalriada Festival Regatta again this year. They were joined by crews and skiffs from North Berwick, Anstruther, Portobello and Port Seton this year. There was a very warm welcome awaiting them

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Request for information

The following email was received from a David Andrews a few weeks ago. Have printed it off and posted on the Club noticeboard but thought it best to post here also. “I am emailing as many of what I believe will be the relevant Scottish yacht and boat clubs on

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Club attend Dalriada Festival, Glenarm, Antrim

This weekend sees the second Dalriada Festival Rowing Regatta being held in Glenarm on the Antrim Coast. A mixed crew from Royal West is leaving with Birdie Bowers on Friday morning and catching the ferry from Cairnryan at 13:30. Travel to and from the event on the ferry is being

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Juniors fundraising event (update)

As many of you will know a group of our Juniors trained for and then participated in a sponsored row this year to raise money for Cancer Research UK. They had asked to do this at the start of the season and chose the day of the Club’s Regatta to

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Club trip to Lochgoilhead

Captain of Boats Alex Paterson is organising an overnight Club trip to Lochgoilhead on Saturday 11th August (conditions permitting). All members fit for the trip are welcome, whichever means of transport you prefer. Expect we will leave 09:00-10:00 on the Saturday with stops along the way for lunch and relief.

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Kayaking Update

Despite being plagued by strong north-easterly winds for the early part of the season, paddling has continued on with only one night having to be completely abandoned. Increasing numbers have been getting out on the water on both Monday and Tuesday nights with many of the novice paddlers now being

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Number 11 Pair refurb and open day news

Number 11 Pair is now undergoing a general refurbishment at Port Glasgow community development trust project. These are the guys who built our two St Isles Skiffs, Birdie Bowers and Chippy McNish. John Glover and his trainees will be stripping down the boat then varnishing both inside and outside,replacing worn

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Website Technical Problem

Some of you may have noticed a problem yesterday with the website. It was re-directing to an Indonesian based blog. Pam Forsyth has kindly sorted this issue for us and we are now back up and running. Have reported this interference by the Blog to the ISP that powers it,

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