Following the Scottish Government statement at lunchtime today and issue of the updated Routemap, the Management Committee will be reviewing the current restrictions to use of the Club. From an initial review these will probably be very minor changes to the procedures. One point of note is that there can
Following consideration of the guidance and statements issued by the agencies listed below we feel that the Club can re-open for water sports on a very restricted basis from tomorrow morning, Saturday 30th May 2020. Scottish Government Peel Ports Marine & Coastguard Agency RNLI SportsScotland RYA Scotland Scottish Canoe Association
Folks, We have three key markers that all need to be in line 1. Approval of Scottish Government 2. Approval of the relevant marine agencies & governing bodies 3. Internal Club procedures Once all of these in place we can commence the re-opening process. The announcement this afternoon by the
Following the release of the Scottish Government Routemap the Management Committee is developing procedures so that the use of boats and the river can recommence safely, as soon as all the relevant maritime agencies and the Scottish Government deem it appropriate to do so. These procedures will be in place
The Subscriptions were set based on an emergency budget for the year, which took into account the expected fixed costs to maintain the building, cover insurance, utilities, etc. This had to be balanced against the reduced income expected from hall rentals, functions, events, fundraising etc., also an expected 15% drop
At the onset of the lockdown restrictions we sold off to Members, or gave away to local worthy causes, the bar stock that would have gone out-of-date by the end of May. It has come time to repeat this exercise with the stock that will go out-of-date by the end
For the first time ever the Management Committee hade a Virtual Committee meeting on Wednesday night. A few things came out of the meeting that need to be intimated or re-iterated to the membership. 1. As there are no solid prospects of the suspension of the current social distancing guidelines,
Read about the sections of the virtual row that the Club started this morning. Day 1 Greenock to Port Bannatyne Day 2 Port Bannatyne to Kames Day 3 Kames to Lochranza You can read about the journey from Gretna and then follow the progress in the coming months at the
Folks, Following the statement from the Scottish Government at lunchtime today, it would be highly irresponsible of us as a Club to put any unnecessary strain on the emergency services. This includes providing a location for the virus to be transmitted while taking part in water sports or taking part