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North Queensferry mini-Regatta 11 Sept

Alec — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:17:50 +0000

Skiffs from Anstruther, Portobello, Port Seton, North Berwick and Eyemouth will be at North Queensferry’s Traditional Boat Festival on Sat 11 Sept. North Queensferry Boat Club is raising money and interest to build their own skiff.

The Skiffs will be on display on the pier until 3pm, when there will be racing over an 800 yard course close to the Forth Rail Bridge in Mixed Open and Mixed 40+ classes.

Entrance to the Boat Festival is £4 for adults, £2 Conc. Visitors to the Festival should park at the Deep Sea World Park and Ride just off the A90 north of the Road Bridge, and use the free bus service to get to the harbour area.

For more information on the skiff racing, please contact Alec Jordan on 01592 560162 or email kits@scottishcoastalrowing.org

South Queensferry on the move

Alec — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:20:05 +0000

The “Scottish Coastal Rowing Project – Queensferry” are on the move with their build. On Wednesday, they moved in to their palatial workshop, and on Friday took delivery of their first kit.

The “workshop” is actually a retail unit next door to the local Co-op. The windows have been filled with information and pictures of the skiffs at other locations, and collecting buckets placed outside (when there is someone in the building!). I had quite a long chat with the team after we had unloaded the kit, and every few minutes there was a “thunk” as some more coins hit the bucket.

They have loads of enthusiasm,and their public visibility will assuredly get the local community involved in a big way.

The race is on – with North Queensferry – who have already said that this is the only skiff race between the two towns that they will be behind!

Alec Jordan

North Berwick Regatta Results

robbiew — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:53:53 +0000

Well Saturday was a great day for rowing in North Berwick, sadly the wind was just too much on Sunday for any racing. Well done to the following crews for winning the round Craigleith race:-

Men’s Open Rowing race: “Coigach Lass”, Achiltilbuie
Women’s Open Rowing Race: “Boatie Rows”, Port Seton and Cockenzie
Mens over 40 Rowing Race: “Boatie Rows”, Port Seton and Cockenzie.
Women’s over 40 Rowing Race: “Chris O’Kinnard”, Anstruther

More photos here

Eighth St Ayles Skiff Launched

robbiew — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:25:40 +0000

North Berwick became the first community to have use of two St Ayles skiffs, when their second was named, launched and raced on Saturday 28 August 2010. The boat is named “Skiff John B.” in memory of the last Provost of North Berwick, John Macnair, whose family donated a substantial sum of money to allow the kit to be bought. The boat was pushed from John Macnair’s former home in Forth Street to the beach, led by the North Berwick Pipe Band. John’s son, also John, was heavily invovled in the building of the boat, and was joined at the ceremony by his brother Billy and sister Wendy, and a crowd of around 400 people.

Catterline Kitted Up

robbiew — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:08:51 +0000

The small community of Catterline on the Aberdeenshire coast has received its first St Ayles skiff kit. The builders are doing some finishing touches to their workshop before boat building starts in earnest. More information and contacts for the build can be found here: http://catterline.org/coastalRowing

North Berwick 28 & 29 August

robbiew — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:32:00 +0000

We understand that East Lothian Yacht Club will be hosting St Ayles skiff racing at North Berwick as part of their annual traditional boat muster. The outline plan is to have long course races on Saturday morning in open and over40 categories for men and women. The intention is to race around Craigleith, which should take crews between 20 and 30 minutes. The afternoon will feature sailing events, although there is also a raft race in North Berwick bay (organised by others in aid of RNLI) starting at 4.30pm. On Sunday it is anticipated that there will be races in mixed open and 40+, and mens and womens and mixed 18-, and 55+ over a more usual 600m course involving a starboard 180 turn. Note 55 rather than 60, in the hope we can get a bit more participation amongst the baby boomers. CAn we find some womens crews in this cateroty? More details to follow when we have them.

User Cleanup

Alec — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:48:40 +0000

We have a had a lot of weird & wonderful subscribers added to the user list of this blog, many with Russian email addresses. As these are “junk” subscribers, I have deleted a large number of subscribers who I believe fit in this category.

If I have deleted any genuine names, my sincere apologies – please re-subscribe, but please put a real name against your SCRA username when doing so.

Alec Jordan

Coaching Course for Fixed Seat Rowing

Alec — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:22:27 +0000

UKCC Fixed Seat Rowing Course

Further to Ian Clark’s email around the association on 14th July there has been a small but encouraging uptake of the UKCC course being run by Welsh Rowing at Aberystwyth Rowing Club on 10th-13th September. Three members of Royal West have confirmed their attendance and there is interest from Ullapool, North Berwick and Cumbrae. Applications need to be with Sarah Hayward or Welsh Rowing by Friday this week.

The course covers

Safety on the water
Management of risk & incidents
Developing technique, skill and fitness
Planning and reviewing goals
Checking and setting equipment

At the end of the course the participants should have a very good understanding of approved coaching policy and technique as well as a nationally recognised coaching qualification. They can use this for the benefit of their clubs and the SCRA in general.

It has been suggested by Sarah Hayward of Welsh Rowing that with enough interest, and the correct logistics, this course could be run in Scotland. It would be our intention to further this discussion while in Aberystwyth.

Adam Graham

adam_graham@hotmail.com

Royal West of SABC

Sun Sand and Skiffs at Portobello

robbiew — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:07:47 +0000

A full report and results can be found on the rowporty weblog: http://rowporty.org.uk/porty-regatta-results-private

we have also come accross a photo blog of the day here: http://scotland4thesenses.blogspot.com/2010/07/return-of-portobellos-rowing-regatta.html

And still the numbers grow.

Alec — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:56:51 +0000

After a quiet couple of months on skiff sales, I’m very happy to say that the total number of kits sold has now reached 28.

These have come from…

Royal West at Greenock who have ordered two kits,

Eyemouth’s 2nd, to be built in the High School,

Catterline, who finally have the space in which to to build,

South Queensferry, adding another to the many on the south side of the Forth,

and finally Fife has woken up, with Pittenweem and Crail getting in on the act.

Other places in Fife are getting clubs going, and it seems possible that the spring of 2011 will see another 8 skiffs built in the Kingdom.

There has also been new interest from Helmsdale and Lochgilphead. My spy in Stornoway tells me that there there is renewed interest in Lewis and Harris and at Gairloch.

With the way the numbers are building up, I think it is very likely that by the first regatta in 2011, there will be something in the order of 40 skiffs on the water.

Thank you all who have purchased the kits.

Alec Jordan