08/05/2020
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
John McCann, a long-time member of Royal West, died peacefully in Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, aged 84, on 23 March following a short illness. As with all deaths at this time, his funeral was attended only by a few – his wife, Brenda, his two daughters, Jane and Elizabeth and
The Royal West Club House is currently closed due to lock down associated with COVID-19. Therefore, the tradition of paper forms to collect information about Members is nearly impossible to implement. Therefore, the Committee has set up an on-line form to collect information from you. If you are currently a
The past year has been a pleasantly busy one at the Club, and looking after the Clubhouse has been no exception. Keeping any 150-year-old building in running order means there’s always a list of on-going maintenance, from simply replacing bulbs and locks to fixing plumbing or roof leaks. The Club
I would like to think that 2019 was the year in which we continued with the development and growth of the kayaking section started in previous years and before I became involved. 2019 started with the normal pool sessions at the Waterfront Leisure Complex. As always, they were well attended
I am going to apologies in advance as it was only when I sat down to write this that I realised how busy we had been this past year. So please bear with me as I take you through a brief summary of another successful rowing year for Royal West.
Hi all, We would normally have posted the 2019/20 Accounts and Proposed Budgets for 2020/21 on the Club Noticeboard last weekend. This would have been pointless as the clubhouse is closed and things were evolving hour-by-hour, that would impact on the 20/21 Budget. I will come back to the year