The Club has been asked to get involved at the above festival again this year. It is on 13th & 14th August, see the following webpage http://www.millport.net/ There is free camping at the Garrison in Millport and at the Watersports Centre near the ferry terminal. The Club intends taking at
Apologies for the late posting of this article, but your correspondent went on holiday very soon after the event, and is only just back. The weekend of 9th-12th July was particularly busy at the Club. We had a rowing regatta on the Saturday as well as a large party of
Sunday 26th June was the date for the South Queensferry Regatta. It also coincided with the RNLI Day in the town. The events complimented each other wonderfully and were topped off by the glorious weather. Royal West attended and took Birdie Bowers to his first SCRA event. We entered the
Last weekend two crews from Royal West travelled to Glenarm on the Antrim coast to take part in the inaugeral Dalriada Challenge 7km race. Chippy McNish was crewed by Robert Dowall, Paul Brooks, Alex Paterson, Ronald Graham(LARC) and Adam Graham. Birdie Bowers was crewed by Ian Clark, Alistair Blincow (JCRC), John Glover,
The club has been invited to take part in a number of local events. Mostly they are an invitation to provide “Come and Try” opportunities to members of the public. They give us a chance to publicise rowing as well as RWSABC in general, which is good for us. The
Chippy McNish was in action at two regattas last weekend. On Saturday a squad of 11 left Greenock very early for Port Seton to take part in the Cockenzie & Port Seton Regatta. On Sunday a youth squad from Gourock High School represented the club in a demonstration event at the Scottish Rowing
Saturday afternoon was windy and rough but this was not enough to put off the enthusiastic club members and well wisher who attended the club to take part in the naming and launching of the club’s second St Ayles Skiff, Birdie Bowers. Ian Clark’s wife Susie cracked open a bottle of
A small team of worthies spent time on Sunday afternoon readying Chippy McNish for a trip to the East Coast next Saturday. The skiff was emptied of oars, floorboards, etc. before being hosed down then rubbed down to remove the mysterious rust stains all over the internal paintwork. Until we
One of the umpires took a large series of photos on Saturday. They can be viewed via the article on the webpage below. http://scottishcoastalrowing.org/2011/06/01/saving-the-best-for-last-anstruther-regatta-pictures/ There are some incredible shots of Chippy McNish racing amongst a fleet of St. Ayles Skiffs. Adam
The club is proud to announce the safe arrival of our second St. Ayles Skiff. In the photo below Ian Clark can be seen accepting delivery from John Glover and the apprentices from the Trust in Port Glasgow. The new skiff will be named and launched at approx 3pm on