Rowing News

Royal West win 8K Exciseman’s chase at Maidens

On Saturday a mixed crew made the trip down to Maidens in Ayrshire with Skiff Chippy McNish for Carrick’s Exciseman’s chase, this event replicated times where smugglers would attempt to out run the authorities. One crew member had to take a Bottle of Whiskey (Miniature) from the start then sprint

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Change to long row date

Due to  clash in dates with the planned Saturday morning squads long row up to the leven and North Berwick’s regatta on the 24th of August its been agreed to move trip to the Sunday 25th so that those competing at North Berwick can participate. Low Tide being 9.14 can

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Royal West come in 19th at World Skiff Championships

The crew are done in, the blisters are still stinging but those are the symptoms of a fantastic week in Ullapool. In stunning surroundings and in stunning weather the inaugural Coastal Rowing World Championships was without doubt a major success. We had entered 4 events starting on the Thursday, our

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Royal West takes multiple wins at Troon regatta

Troon CRC regatta took place off South Beach on Saturday and was a resounding success for both the hosts and the crews from Royal West. The guys from Troon CRC put on a very slick and faultless event, even more impressive is that this was their first attempt at putting

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Castle Semple Rowing Club Annual Regatta invite

Castle Semple Rowing Club are having their Annual Regatta on Saturday the 1st of June at Castle Semple loch Clyde Muirshiel Country Park, Lochwinnoch. This is the largest single day regatta held in Scotland with a six lane 1000m course. The day sees races from early morning and into the

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Outcome of todays competitive rowing meeting

The outcome of the rowing meeting today is as follows, having taken into account the availability of members who would like to compete and can commit to training we will be attending Troon’s regatta on the 8th of June, The Comet Festival in Port Glasgow on the 22nd of June

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Competitive Rowing Meeting

Alec Paterson has called a meeting of all members interested in racing St.Ayles Skiffs through this year. Meeting will be held on Sunday afternoon at 3pm in the Clubhouse. Primary topic for conversation will be attendance at the St. Ayles Skiff World Championships in Ullapool in July Look forward to

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UKCC Level 2 Fixed Seat Rowing Coaches Course

The Club was the venue for a British Rowing accredited coaches course held over the last two weekends. A tutor from Welsh Rowing ran the course on behalf of the Scottish Coastal Rowing Association. It was attended by members of coastal rowing clubs from Mid-Argyll, Portsoy, Pittenweem, Cockenzie & Port

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