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Scottish Coastal Rowing: UKCC Level 2 Fixed Seat Rowing Coach Award

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:21:44 +0000

The Scottish Coastal Rowing Association is pleased to announce that a British Rowing run and UK Coaching Council approved course for Fixed Seat Rowing Coaches will be run at Royal West in Greenock in April. The Official Course notice is attached to this message, the application form will be emailed to those who express an interest.

UKCC Level 2 Fixed Seat Coaching Course Notice

Please post the notice on your club website and in your clubhouses.

The Association is eager to see a good geographical spread of coaches so every club should consider this opportunity.

Please note that as we have to confirm numbers to British Rowing later this month we need forms and deposits in by 20th February.

Regards

Adam Graham

Scottish Coastal Rowing: Portsoy – 23/24 June 2012

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:28:11 +0000

Following the success of last year’s regatta at the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival Portsoy, the organisers feel that the St Ayles Skiffs made such a positive contribution to the event that they want us back again – more of us!

This year, the accomodation will be expanded so that 18 skiffs are invited. We are looking at options for a few more should there be the demand for places.

As clubs are starting planning for which regattas they are attending during the coming season, the draw for Portsoy is being made much earlier.

The Regatta will be organised by Jordan Boats in conjunction with the STBF under the Rules of the SCRA.

The race program will be for a similar course to last year, with the actual classes to be raced similar to 2011 but to be confirmed at a later date.

Scottish Coastal Rowing: Essential Navigation and Seamanship

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:23:14 +0000

Seamanship and Navigation are important skills for Coastal Rowers to develop. Although inland rowers can get by with an understanding of good rowing technique, for safe and fulfilling enjoyment of our sport skiffies will do well to develop an understanding of the sea. This is particularly so as we start to range further in training, racing and recreation.

With this in mind, Scottish Coastal Rowing Association is pleased to be able to announce that the SportScotland National Centre, Cumbrae is offering a special deal on the RYA online Essential Navigation and Seamanship Course. Members of SCRA clubs can enrol on the course at the discounted rate of £55 per head.

Essential Navigation and Seamanship is an RYA certificated course. The Centre will provide course materials by post for members to work on, as well as the online materials, tutorials and test and the service of a tutor at the centre who can be contacted to assist the candidate with any aspect of the course. An explanation of the course can be found on the RYA site: http://www.ryainteractive.org/course/view.php?id=491 . A certificate is issued on successful completion of the course.

Scottish Coastal Rowing: Coastal Surprise at Scottish Indoor Rowing Champs

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:35:55 +0000

John Irvine of North Berwick Rowing Club gave the slide seat rowers a bit of a fright at the Scottish Indoor Rowing Champs held at Heriot-Watt University. Despite the lack of waves Big John managed a magnificent second place in the over 50 heavyweight category. The racing is held on concept 2 rowing machines over distance of 1000m. With 200m, to go John was down on leader Milos Hunek of Czech Republic. However the live feed from the event showed him coming back strongly from then to the finish, where Hunek just managed to hold on by one tenth of a second. Hunek posted a time of 3:08.1, with Big John registering 3:08.2, and the third placed competitor coming in 2 seconds further back. A magnificent effort from the big man, as anyone who has ever checked their time on one of these machines will know!

Full results here: http://www.scottish-rowing.org.uk/applets/11SIRC_Results.pdf

Scottish Coastal Rowing: AntipodAyles revisited

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:23:37 +0000

Slightly less than a year ago, I posted that an order for St Ayles skiff kits had been placed with our agents in Australia. Unfortunately, it transpired that this was alcohol fuelled enthusiasm on the part of the prospective customer.

I have now had confirmation from our Australian agent that he finally has a cheque for a St Ayles skiff kit. This is being purchased by a group in Franklin Tasmania called Women on the Water. Having seen some of the emails regarding the purchase, it is very evident that there is a high level of enthusiasm about their project.

With one group having made the commitment to build, we are expecting two or three more kits to be ordered very soon from other groups who have expressed strong interest.

Alec J

Scottish Coastal Rowing: Cruising Log Competition

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:19:29 +0000

Rowing is not just about racing. Plenty of skiffies enjoy getting out in the boat just for the sake of it, and at the end of last year many of us enjoyed the social cruise in company up the Tweed organised by members of Dunbar Rowing Club.

This year we suspect that some groups will be using their skiffs or other rowing boats for exploring the Scottish coastline beyond their home waters. To encourage groups to share their experiences of this and to allow us all to learn from each other SCRA is pleased to announce the SCRA Cruising Log competition.

We would like members of SCRA clubs who go on expeditions and adventures to record them in a cruising log and forward that on to us. Ideally we would like to log to be uploaded so that we can post a link to it from our website. Logs should have some pictures or video as well as a written description of the voyage, giving details of launch and recovery sites, stop overs, and descriptions of the tidal streams and conditions. We hope that others coming after can learn constructively so please do admit to your mistakes as well as saying what went well, and please also include an appendix with some thoughts on safety issues that you feel others would benefit from.

Catterline Coastal Rowing: It's Starting To Look Like a Boat...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:33:02 +0000

Week 18 – 22 Jan 2012

“Wow it’s starting to look like a boat.”, Brendan Hall, Catterline boat builder

Six people were flat out on Sunday and were very productive. Both planks #2 were bevelled and prepared for plank 3. The component parts of plank 4 were scarphed. The blades on the first two oars were worked on to start getting the blades into shape. Then there was a big epoxy session with two more oars glued up and two planks glued into position (plank #3).

This week coming we have a visit from the P6/P7 class of Catterline Primary School on Friday. They will be put to work as well as learning about the project.

Hopefully the planks 4 can be glued together, which will allow them to be attached next Sunday.

Catterline Coastal Rowing: Boat Building Progress

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:07:26 +0000

Week 16 – 8 Jan 2012

The battle to get plank 2 recommenced after the Christmas Break. A slow afternoon to ensure that the planks fit perfectly, complicated by a slight error on plank 1, which means there is a slight bulge in the bow. However this should be minimal.

Whilst the plankers were scratching their heads, the oars were started and the blades for the first two were glued to the shafts. There will be plenty of planing to come.

Week 17 – 15 Jan 2012

The two plank # 2s (port and starboard) were glued in position on the Friday and Sunday sessions. All the head scratching and tweaking seems to have paid off as the planks both sat easily and snugly with the garboard (plank #1). The process just has to be repeated for the next four planks.

In preparation, the components of plank 3 were glued together, so plank 3 will be ready to be fitted this coming week. Scarphing of the remaining planks will also be needed, so that we are not held up by the preparation of these planks.

Scottish Coastal Rowing: Scottish Rowers at Jubilee Pageant on the Thames 3 June 2012

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:34:36 +0000

Several rowing groups in Scotland have been invited to take part in the Queens Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in London on 3 June. For those who do not know of the Pageant, Her Majesty is going to travel down London’s River on a royal barge, accompanied by a flotilla of 1000 small craft from all over the commonwealth. The accompanying boats will travel 10 miles downriver from Putney to Docklands.

From Scotland, the Monarch’s Lord Lieutenants have been asked to identify craft to represent their counties and some of those Lord Lieutenants have looked to members of Scottish Coastal Rowing Association to do the honours.

Berwickshire will be represented by one of the County’s St Ayles skiffs, with a crew hopefully made up of members from both Eyemouth and St Abbs. Ross is to be represented by a crew from Ullapool rowing club in Ulla. Stornoway Rowing Club are going to be representing the Western Isles, with their crew to include local youngsters being recognised for their sporting success. All three of these SCRA member clubs have a fair amount of training, fundraising and organising to do, and we wish them luck with that.

Scottish Coastal Rowing: UKCC Level 2 Coaches Course, April 2012

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:07:50 +0000

This is a preliminary notice to gauge interest and assess the most suitable dates.

We have just had confirmation that a tutor from Welsh Rowing is willing to run the course. It could be run over two of the first three weekends of April, dates as follows:
31st March/1st April & 7th/8th April ALTERNATIVELY 7th/8th April & 14th/15th April

A very rough estimate of the cost is £ 300.00/person. This is for the course only and does not include accommodation (if required) or the pre-requisite qualifications such as personal affiliation to British Rowing, First Aid or Safegaurding & Protecting Children courses.

There will probably be only 10 places available. The venue will be at Royal West in Greenock to minimise any costs for use of facilities or launching.

Anyone interested should get in touch with myself asap, either via adam_graham@hotmail.com or rowing@rwsabc.com