NBRC Regatta 27th August 2022
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Our regatta this year will be held on Saturday 27th August 2022. We will have races around Craigleith, approx 1.8miles, which takes 18-30 mins depending on conditions!
We aim to run each race with all boats starting at same time, but if the wind picks up or we have a lot of entries we may need to split the races into 2 waves, in this event final placings will be determined on time.
Boats entered so far....
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09:00 |
10:00 Men's 45+ |
10:45 Women's 45+ |
11:30 Mixed U18 |
12:15 Mixed Decades |
13:00 Mixed Open |
13:45 Mixed Novice* |
14:30 Mixed 240** |
15:15 Mixed 45+ |
16:00 Men's Open |
16:45 Women's Open |
| St Andrews | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Eastern (EACRC) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Queensferry RC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Eskmuthe | 1 |
1 |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| RUW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| St Ayles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Crail Rowing Club | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1 |
| Elie and St Monans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cockenzie & Port Seton CRC ('Boatie Blest') | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| North Berwick | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Alnmouth Community Rowing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Broughty Ferry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dunbar Coastal Rowing Club | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Troon |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Kinghorn |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Row Porty |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 11 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
*Novice rowers are those who have never won a race
**240 category rowers ages must add up to at least 240
Mixed races must have at least one man and two women
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North Berwick Regatta 2022
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On Saturday 27th August we hosted our annual club regatta and what a day it was! 15 clubs in total (including us) came to race around the Craig and back. The visiting clubs were St. Andrews, Eastern, Queensferry, Eskmuthe, St Ayles, Crail, Elie & St Monans, Boatie Blest, Alnmouth, Broughty Ferry, Dunbar, Troon, Kinghorn, Rowporty and our international friends from the Netherlands RUW! We were delighted to return the favour and host our Dutch friends, as they did such a lovely job of hosting us back in June at the Skiffie World Championships.
We returned to our normal race route for the first time this year since covid, much to the excitement of attending clubs. We were treated to relatively calm waters all day with a slight Easterly wind in the morning moving to a Westerly in the afternoon, pretty much making for near perfect race conditions. The sun shone for us all day which was just magnificent as the beach filled up over the course of the day with lots of spectators coming to see what all the hustle and bustle was about.
Our rowers managed to bag ourselves some medals in the following categories; Silver in the Mens 45+, Bronze in the Womens 45+, Gold and Silver in the Mixed Under 18, Silver in the Mixed Decades, Gold in the Mixed Open, Gold in the Mixed Novice, Silver in the Mens Open and Silver in the Womens up. In total 3 golds, 5 silver and 1 bronze medals. For a full list of the results click here and to see the programme click here.
We had many compliments on our beautiful handmade medals with some clubs even saying these medals were the best medals our club has ever made! Big shout out goes to the Cowans who made our medals this year, they cleverly made a print of the Bass Rock which was stamped onto each medal and painted in the according colour. Thank you The Cowans!
Thank you to everyone who helped make our regatta happen this year, we are already excited to host again next year! To see more photos of our regatta, click here.
Written by Millie Lowe
Skiffie Worlds 2022
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Ullapool Regatta 21st and 22nd May 2022
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What a wonderful weekend, the hardy-and you had to be in thoroughly inclement conditions- dozen North Berwick skiffies did their team, town, county and country incredibly proud, securing podium places in several categories. It wouldn’t be a regatta without plenty of drama on and off the water, near clashes of oars at turning bouys and interesting conversations were overheard from the umpire boats. “Can we meet on the beach for a private chat” was one such comment, leaving those who had crossed the finishing line biting their nails, in anticipation of a DQ! This was Ullapool however and the hosts were generous and kind and as delighted to be hosting a regatta, as we were to attend. North Berwick came 2nd equal overall, inextricably linked with Eastern (Easter Berwick?)however an extra point or two might have been gained, had two of the 60+ ladies not been “poached” to make up a composite crew- They know who they are and will remain nameless.
The racing was challenging, on Saturday there was a strong wind and lively loch, on Sunday flat calm, but with constant rain and visibility coming and going. Buoy turns, it would be fair to say, are still a work in progress and there were one or two incidents, when manoeuvring out of fairly tight spaces, but the rowing was terrific fun, highly successful and the team pulled together with excellent camaraderie. Sadly our gazebo was found in an intimate embrace with a give way sign, after a night of strong winds. Our hosts, who happened to be passing early in the morning were able to scaffold it, well done them! Plan B a requirement for the Netherlands! Wind, rain, babies (Luka is simply adorable- a teeny rower in the making), puppies, cake-lots of cake, climbing over walls whilst over-refreshed and unable to walk the extra 100m or so back to the tents, soggy feet and bottoms and a delightful Sunday morning row across a flat Loch Broom before the rain are all happy happy memories of a delightful weekend in the best of company, with the best of hosts. Bring on July 2023.
More pictures of the day can be found here
Norma Loudon
Broughty Ferry Regatta Saturday 14th May
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What a great day - mild, dry and lots of sunny smiles even before the sun came out and added to the lovely friendly ambience. Lots of good cheer around, old friends meeting up, all helped by the copious supply of wonderful food and drinks supplied, (the cakes get a particular thumbs up from me). The unofficial Club dog Maisie added a fluffy dynamic to the day.
What initially looked like a straightforward anti clockwise rectangular course around 4 buoys on the River Tay, showed an interesting element as time went on, as the preferred positions and routes changed during the day for each set of crews when the tide changed from incoming, to slack, to outgoing. In the last race of the day, the NB crew and one other felt the pain of being in the lane furthest from the shoreline where the tidal flow against them was the strongest.
This regatta was also an opportunity for some of the Worlds’ crews to compete together against stiff opposition. As a newbie to racing myself the sight of this was quite awesome. The Juniors were fantastic (well done) and the newbies did hold their heads up coming a respectable fifth (with one male in their crew whereas all others had two males). Many congratulations to all.
Our overall place at the end of a good day was second out of 12 Clubs. Brilliant - Well done all North Berwick crews. Broughty Ferry were overall first - Well done.
Great day. Looking forward to the next one now.
More pictures from the day can be found here
Claire Cadoux
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