Closure of the Royal West on 19 September for the Queen’s Funeral
The Royal West Bar will be closed on Monday, 19 September to mark and respect the funeral of Queen Elizabeth.
13/09/2022
The Royal West Bar will be closed on Monday, 19 September to mark and respect the funeral of Queen Elizabeth.
To respect the passing of the Queen the Club’s flag will fly at half mast over the Clubhouse. It will remain at half mast until after her funeral. The Club offers their condolences to the Royal family and shares the sorrow of the nation.
The poster below provides information on an upcoming training course. The purpose of the course is to provide instruction on watching for whales, dolphins and porpoises. The reason for collecting this data to protect these animals. No previous experience or equipment is required. Training will take place either in person
A First Aid Course will be run at the Royal West on Sundays, 11 and 18 September. You must attend both days to complete the course. The Course is being led by Phil Jones of First Aid Matters. Phil is also the Club’s Canoeing Convener. The Cost of the course
On the evening of 12 August the Alec Galloway stained-glass window was unveiled. This window commemorates the 150 years of history at the Club between it’s founding in 1866 to 2016. The unveiling was carried out by the Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire Peter McCarthy.
An email was sent to all Royal West Members on Wednesday, 10 August. This email informed the Membership of the Closure of the Bar on Friday 12 August for the Official Unveiling of a stained-glass window created for the Club by Alec Galloway. This email invited all Members to come
It has been decided that the bar opening times should be extended for a trial period to guage interest. Therefore from Monday 18th July the bar will open from 7pm.
On Friday, 8 July 2022 the Greenock Telegraph ran a half page spread to mark the participation of the combined Royal West/Royal Gourock team as the WorldSkiffies Championship in The Netherlands.
Between 25 June and 3 July, 54 Teams representing Clubs from The Netherlands, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the USA and Canada came together in Kortgene, The Netherlands for the SkiffieWorlds 2022. The Royal West took our skiff Chippy McNish and competed in 13 of the events. Our team consisted of
There are a number of upcoming events that the Committee wishes to bring to your attention. These are: Friday 24 June – Boat Club Sessions 8pm start at the Club Saturday 25 June – Erskine Bridge Paddle (See RWSABC Facebook Page and News on this Website) Friday 8 July –