Virtual Surfski / Sea Kayak Races – October 2020 5 or 10 Kilometres on Home Waters As a result of Covid-19, the Tail o’ the Bank Race had to be cancelled this year. However, as an alternative, Royal West is inviting entries for virtual races in October. Participants can set
Royal West rowers are taking part in the Castle to Crane: 5 Miles from Home challenge this weekend. This is a virtual running of the Castle to Crane over a 5 mile course in each team’s home waters. Teams from around the world will be participating. Each team will report
On the evening of Wednesday, 16th September draws were made for the Winners of the RWSABC 200 Club by Rose Sloan in the socially distanced presence of Heather Scott, Joe Heffernan and Marie Paterson. These were the first draws since the draw in January 2020 due to COVID Restrictions. Shown
The beach to the west of the Boat House is closed while work is undertaken to build the gabion wall. All members are required to stay out of this area until the work is completed.
Today significant changes have been announced by the Scottish Government concerning COVID restrictions. The Royal West has updated our guidance and you can find a link to this guidance below. Concerning ‘Informal’ water sports which are those not organised by a sporting convener the new restrictions are: No more than
It is with regret that we announce that Adam Graham has stepped down from his role as the Honorary Secretary of the Royal West, effective immediately. Adam had intended to take this action at the AGM scheduled for March, but this did not happen due to the impossibility of holding
To allow Rowing and Kayak Instruction to recommence the COVID Procedures for the Royal West have been updated. The major changes since the last version are: The areas for sporting activity has been divided into zones. Each zone has a maximum number of people that can be present within the
Allan Downie (House Convener) has prepared a list of painting tasks around the club which we would like Members to consider doing if they have a chance. There are 17 Jobs currently on the list. Allan has prepared detailed instructions about each of the jobs. The Royal West is providing
You can’t click on the link shown above as it is part of a JPG Picture. Click on the link shown below to go to the Virtual Ocean Race home page: https://sites.google.com/canoescotland.org/oceanracing/virtual-ocean-race-2020
On Saturday 8th August, 3 swimmers left the Royal West beach at 3:15 PM to begin a 3 km swim to Fox Street and back along the Esplanade. The first swimmer to arrive back at the Boat Club was Gerard Malone with a time of 0:49:33. Ally Robb was second