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Castle Semple Regatta - Sep 2021

We were back racing again at the weekend, this time in Lochwinnoch for Castle Semple Regatta.

A fantastic day out for the club, where we had 22 members racing, 5 of which this was their very first regatta!

We had wins in:

Open 1x

W Open 2x

J18 2x

WJ18 2-

J15 1x

Mix R1 2x

We also had a lot of 2nd places in some very tight races!

Thank you to CSRC for putting on a great event once again!

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World Indoor Rowing Championships - Feb 2021

 

Fantastic result for Gregor Hall in the Lightweight men’s 500m sprint at the World Indoor Rowing Championships. Gregor finished in an impressive 4th place narrowly missing a medal by 0.1 seconds and secured a PB time of 1:23.5 minutes. Great to see Stirling RC competing on the world stage!

#GoStirling

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Aberdeen Boat Club Sprint Regatta - August 2021

 

A great day on Saturday at the Aberdeen Boat Club Sprint Regatta! The club had some great performances, with wins in:

Mix R1 2x

Mix Mas 2x

R1 2x

WR2 2x

WR2 4+

Thanks to Aberdeen Boat Club for putting on a great event - it was nice to be back racing on the Dee! Photo credits to ABC members including Ron Wallace and Jonathan Byfield!

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Scottish Rowing Lochdown Regatta 2021

Congratulations to all of our members racing at the Scottish Rowing Lochdown Regatta this weekend at Strathclyde Park! An excellent weekend for it, and it was great to see some of our seniors racing again, as well as some of our juniors racing for the first time (and winning their event!).

Looking forward to the next regatta and hopefully getting even more of our members back racing.

ONov 4x+ -

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W Club 1x -

Mas 1x -

#lochdownregatta #gostirling

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Travel to Tokyo Fundraiser 2021

We reached the end of our Travel to Tokyo fundraiser challenge.

We had almost 40 members taking part over the 30 days, and travelled a total distance of 11,322,820m - over 2 million meters past our target! Part of the money raised will be going to Venture Scotland.

Thank you very much to Adam at Scottish Rowing for all of the work he did to allow us to run the challenge using the Playwaze software. It was so simple to use, which made it so much easier to keep a track of all the meters completed. Well done again to all involved!

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British Rowing Junior Championships 2021

 

A massive well done to all of our juniors who took part in the British Rowing Junior Championships in Nottingham this weekend! This is the first time the club has sent a group of this size in many years, and they all performed brilliantly against a very strong field of competitors in very hot conditions

J15 1x - 3rd in C final

WJ16 1x - 5th in C final

J18 2x - 4th in B final

WJ18 2x - 4th in D final

Already looking forward to returning next year with a bigger group!

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Henley 2021

Isla raced in the Junior Coxed Four event in a composite with George Watson's College Boat Club and George Heriot's Schools Rowing Club.

Hannah raced in the Development Four event with University of Bristol Boat Club.

This is the first time in a long time that Stirling has had anyone compete at Henley Women's. Congratulations to you both !

Scottish Indoor Rowing Championships - Nov 2019

November 23, 2019

Scottish Rowing Indoor Championships

Well done to all 15 juniors and seniors who competed in Motherwell today at the Indoor Rowing Championships.

All strong performances, lots of PBs and some great results including a clean sweep for the Junior 16 Boys - Joshie winning Gold, Ruairidh Silver and Robbie Bronze!

The Mixed Open Relay of Graeme, Natalie, Gregor and Eilidh also came second in their team event. The Junior 16 girls team also did well just beaten into 2nd place in the relay.

Great to see everyone cheering each other on - always a feature of SRC at competitions and well done to everyone who raced!

Scottish Indoor Championships - S4

November 22, 2019

Congratulations to Joshie Matthews who won S4 boys Indoor Rowing Championships event today and well done to Ruairidh Reid who finished 4th in the same event and to Rachael Graveling who came sixth in the girls’ S4 category.

Well done all! #GoStirling

Inverness Rowing Club - Head Races

November 16, 2019

A good spread from the Stirling Observer yesterday and a great 6th place overall for SRC in the Victor Ludorum last weekend. Thank you Stirling Trailer Centre. #GoStirling

Day 1

A fantastic first day at Inverness Rowing Club Head Races. The day started off chilly but turned into beautiful crisp sunshine for all 15 crews competing in Division 1 and Division 2 today.

A great win for the Women’s R2 coxed Quad for Natalie, Lindsey, Eilidh, Chris and Ollie and some excellent performances all round!

Looking forward to more fun and more racing on Day 2. A few photos from Day One and full results here...#GoStirling 🚣‍♀️🥇👏

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Day 2

Another great day in Inverness rounded off a brilliant weekend for the club! In terms of the rowing, the sun shone again with crisp winter conditions and some great performances from juniors, seniors and Masters. Well done everyone - it’s a long way down that course! Special mention Gold medals for..

Rachael and Rebecca in Women’s Junior 15 Double
David, Andrew, Rob and Dave and Ollie in Masters Coxed 4
Sandra, Graeme, Sam and Dave in Mixed Masters Quad
Billy in Masters Single Scull

It was also the event’s biggest ever entry - 570 boats and also for SRC in Inverness with 19 boats transported and 35 athletes. I think a fun weekend was had by all, a great team effort and special thank you to Gregor and Natalie who put a huge effort into the preparation, organisation and running of the weekend including all the food. 👏👏👏

Thanks also to Stirling Trailer Centre for the vehicle and to Kevin for towing. And thanks to everyone who volunteered and supported the weekend.

. 💕Inverness #GoStirling

Clydesdale ARC Scullers Head - Oct 2019

October 18, 2019

Great results for Stirling at Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club Scullers Head today...

DIVISION 1
Gregor won the Masters A-C Single
Billy won Masters G-I Single

DIVISION 2
Billy and Simon won Masters Double Scull

Strong performances from the rest of the crews and it looks like fun had by all! Full results here


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#GoStirling

Clyde 3 Heads Race

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October 05, 2019

CLYDE THREE HEADS RACE

Well done to everyone on a great result yesterday on the Clyde! Some fantastic performances with great conditions for racing. Medal winners for the club as follows:

 

DIVISION 1
Gregor in Masters A Single
Robbie in J16 Single
Ruairidh in J15 Single

 

DIVISION 2
Ross and Gregor in Open Double
Sam and Sandra in W Master Double
Billy and Martin in Masters Double
Chris and Richard in R2 Double

 

DIVISION 3
Rachael in WJ16 Single
Hannah in WJ18 Single
Billy in Masters Single
Chris, Eilidh,Lindsey and Natalie in W Open Quad

 

Some other brilliant performances on top of these as well so great effort everyone! Here are the first few photos captured on the day.... more to come and thank you Stirling Trailer Centre for your support

#GoStirling

Scottish Junior Sculling Head

September 27, 2019

SCOTTISH JUNIOR SCULLING HEAD

 

Well done to all the juniors who competed at Strathclyde Park @Glasgow Schools Rowing Association’s event last Saturday.

Some great performances from the crews and congratulations to Joshie and Robbie on winning silver in the Junior 16 Double!

 

A great start to the winter season 👏🥈🚣‍♀️ #GoStirling

Raising Funds for RFHM

October 21, 2019

Today we had a team from ‘Rival Kit’ with us today showing us their new club kit, which looks fabulous.
We also presented them with a cheque for £920 in aid of ‘Rowing Together For Healthy Minds’ (RTHM) which we raised through our recent Million Metre Row.


Here’s some of our crews showing support for RTHM

Seniors Come and Try Day

September 21, 2019

What a great morning we had with 18 new beginners taking part in our come and try session. Everyone did really well, and we look forward to seeing you all again on Wednesday at 6pm for the learn to row program.

 

Well done to you all & huge thanks as always to all our coaches and club members who helped out today.

Aberdeen Sprint Regatta 2019

August 30, 2019

Well done to all the crews who competed at Aberdeen Sprint Regatta last Saturday in tough conditions! We had 11 wins for the club with full results at the link below.

congratulations everyone and thank you Stirling Trailer Centre for supplying the towing truck!

 

#GoStirling

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Stirling Rowing Junior Awards Evening - AUGUST 2019

August 23, 2019

Congratulations to all the Juniors on a fantastic season which was celebrated last night at the annual summer barbecue! A few prizes to mention.. Well done to:

 

BEST CREW OF THE YEAR
Joshie, Robbie, Ardal and Ruairidh

 

MOST DECORATED JUNIOR BOY
Robbie Waddell with 10 wins

 

MOST DECORATED JUNIOR GIRL
Rachael Gravelling with 8 wins

 

STAND OUT PERFORMANCE
Rebecca Plank at British Championships

 

MOST IMPROVED JUNIOR
Hannah Lawrie winning the triple at Scottish Championships

 

AWARD FOR SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING 😉
Rachael and Isla

 

JIM DAWSON SHIELD FOR JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Ardal McKenzie for an outstanding season

 

This year you have voted Joshie Matthews as Club Captain with Robbie Waddell as vice captain. Well done boys.

 

A great year for the juniors to build on next season

 

#GoStirling

British Rowing Championships - July 2019

July 20, 2019

Well done Rebecca who placed 4th out of 88 girls at the British Rowing Championships on Friday representing Stirling in Under 14 Girls - a mix of boat skills, slalom and sprint. 👏👏👏 thank you to St. Andrews Boat Club for taking the boat back!

 

#GoStirling

Donations to STARTUP STIRLING

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July 10, 2019

Thank you to everyone at the club who donated food and gifts to Start Up Stirling. Yesterday we delivered the food and household items that we have been collecting over the last few weeks, to our local food bank @stirlingstartup.

Their stock gets low at this time of year so we are delighted to support this amazing charity!

 

Well done everyone.

Nithsdale Regatta - June 2019

June 21, 2019

What a great day again for Stirling Rowing Club at Nithsdale Amateur Rowing Club Regatta with 14 wins across multiple events!

 

The sun shone and calm conditions made for some great racing today for all the juniors and seniors at the club. Full results will follow but for now here are a few photos to sum up the day! Well done everyone - athletes for great racing, thanks Neil for towing the trailer, coaching team and parents for supporting and unloading boats etc.

 

As always a real team effort from the club 👏🥇🚣‍♀️👍

 

#GoStirling

MIllion Metre Row ! June 2019

June 28, 2019

On Saturday 29th June, Stirling Rowing Club are trying to row one million metres over the space of 13 hours in order to raise money for the club equipment fund.

 

30% of all money will be donated to RTHM (Rowing Together for Healthy Minds), a mental health campaign for rowers. RTHM aspires to raise the profile of mental health in rowing, to inform athletes and coaches about the symptoms of depression and other disorders, and ultimately to make it easier for people suffering from these issues to reach out for help in future.

 

Please donate what you can to help the club and our chosen charity at this page

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/stirlingrowingclub

BRITISH MASTERS ROWING - SUCCESS FOR STIRLING ROWERS

May 31, 2019

A Masterful performance at the weekend - picked up by the Stirling Observer this morning. Well done to all who competed at British Rowing Masters Championships, to the medallists - congratulations, and to the whole club a huge well done for coming 3rd in the Victor Ludorum.

WHAT A WEEKEND!

A fantastic six wins over the weekend’s British Rowing Masters Championships at Scottish Rowing Strathclyde Park for Stirling crews and incredibly we managed to finish 3rd overall in the Victor Ludorum amongst 81 competing Clubs 👏🎉🥇 #GoStirling

 

Well done to our winners

 

SATURDAY

Kevin in Masters C Single Scull🥇
Gregor & Graeme in Masters A Double Scull 🥇
Billy in Masters E Quad Scull with Castle Semple 🥇

 

SUNDAY

Gregor, Graeme, Kevin & Ross in Masters A four 🥇
Gregor & Graeme in Masters A pair 🥇
Kevin & Billy in Masters E pair 🥇

 

Other fantastic racing from all club members to add to the points tally. We were positioned only in 8th from Saturday but moved up the table to 3rd overall after Sunday’s racing. A truly stunning result for our club against big clubs from around the UK.

 

Thanks again to Stirling Trailer Centre for their support towing boats to the event and for of our volunteers who regularly support the club!

Scottish Rowing Championships - June 2019

June 07, 2019

Scottish Championships Day 2

A fantastic day’s rowing at the Scottish Rowing National Championships for Stirling with 4 Gold medals in separate events. The weather could not make up its mind all day but spirits were high and we had an exciting finish at the end of the day. Time trials finalists for the Championship single event from Day 1 did well with Gregor ranking 22nd overall, Kevin 25th and Chris 31st. And for Day 2 events Well done to the Gold medallists especially!

Hannah in Beginner Single Sculls
Billy in Masters G-H Single Scull
Eleanor, Jenna, Melissa, Hannah and Ollie in Women’s Intermediate Coxed Quad
Ardal and Robbie in Intermediate Double Scull

 

Looking forward to seeing more action tomorrow

And here’s a handful of photos from Day 2 #GoStirling 🥇🥇🥇🥇

Scottish Championships Day 3

 

Another hugely successful day for Stirling at the Scottish Rowing National Championships with 5 wins today for the club bringing our total to 10 over the weekend!

 

First of all we thank Stirling Trailer Centre for their support to the club. It has already made a huge difference to our first competition with the STC truck!

 

Well done to all the racing crews today who put in a huge effort and congratulations to the following Gold medallists today...

 

Ross Marchbank - Masters A-C In Single Scull (Day 2)
Natalie and Lindsey - Scottish Champions in Women’s Lightweight Double Scull
Billy in a Composite Masters E-G Quad
Robbie, Joshie, Ruairidh, Quinn and Ollie Scottish Champions in Junior 15 Coxed Quad
Hannah and Rachel in Women’s Beginner Double Scull
Ardal, Joshie, Ruairidh, Robbie and Ollie in Men’s Intermediate Coxed Quad

 

Thanks to all the parents who shouted, supported, made cakes and contributed to a great weekend and the volunteer coaches and helpers at the club who make a difference every week.

Castle Semple Regatta - May 2019

May 17, 2019

CSRC 2019 Results

What a day for our club at Castle Semple Regatta at Lochwinnoch yesterday. We had our most successful day there winning a massive 11 races and placing well in a lot of other races too.

 

Well done to everyone who raced, supported and assisted our crews. Here is our list of winners 🏆🥇🎉

 

Melissa & Rachel won women’s J15 double scull.
Natalie, Makayla, Lindsey, Christine with Chris coxing won women’s restricted 2 quad.
Ross & Graeme won masters double scull.
Sam & Neil won mixed novice double scull.
Rachel, Isla, Rebecca, Melissa & Quinn won womens J15 quad.
Robbie, Ruairidh, Ardal, Joshie and cox Lindsey won novice quad.
Ross won Masters single scull.
Davie, Ian, Andrew & Dave won Masters quad scull.
Kevin, Graeme, John & Ross won Open quad sculls.
Rachel won Women’s J14 single scull in her first ever single sculling event 🎉.
Davie, Ian, Andrew, Dave and cox Natalie won Masters four.

 

Thanks to everyone who helped on the day and for sharing photos - a quick selection mo...#GoStirling

Inverness Small Boats Head - 10th & 11th November 2018

November 10, 2018

Last weekend 28 rowers from Stirling Rowing Club travelled to Inverness for the annual Fours and Small Boats regatta on the Caledonian Canal, hosted by Inverness Rowing Club. One of the busiest regattas of the year, the Inverness regatta had four time trial races over the weekend, 2 each day with over 120 boats competing in various categories.

Saturday morning’s race saw six Stirling crews compete in glorious autumn sunshine and beautifully calm conditions on the canal. Notable results included a second place finish for Rebecca Plank in the Under 14 single scull and third place finishes for Jenna MacLennan and Melissa McGarva in women’s novice double scull; Ross Marchbank, Graeme Duff, Gregor Hall and John Dunse in the restricted 1 quad and the women’s restricted 2 coxed quad of Sophie Brett, Natalie Firth, Lindsey Arnott, Ellie Butler and cox Ollie Plank.

Saturday afternoon’s race saw four Stirling crews take to the water with an impressive win for the men’s restricted 2 coxed quad of Chris Hartley, John Dunse, Rory Duncan, Neil McGuire and cox Sam Sellars. Stirling has won this event for 3 consecutive years. Stirling boys also did extremely well gaining second place to Aberdeen schools in the Under 15 quad with Quinn McDonnell, Ruaridh Reid, Ollie Plank, Joshie Matthews and cox Ellie Butler – this result all the more impressive for the crew being much younger than the 15 years threshold.

Sunday morning’s race saw 7 Stirling crews compete in much foggier and colder conditions. A great result for the men’s veteran four of David Plank, Richard Graveling, Ian Robb and Dave Sannachan and cox Ollie Plank who gained second place in their event. The men’s open quad of Ross Marchbank, Graeme Duff, John Dunse and Gregor Hall also managed a great second place finish. A number of third place results capped off a good first division with strong performances from the ladies’ doubles : Ellie Butler and Eleanor Culley and Natalie Firth and Lindsey Arnott.

Finally the last race of the weekend on Sunday afternoon saw further strong performances from the Stirling club despite the rain with a win for the mixed veteran quad of David Sannachan, Sam Sellars, Sandra Engstrom and Neil McGuire. The junior boys crew of Ruaridh Reid, Quinn McDonnell, Joshie Matthews, Ardal MacKenzie and Ollie Plank also did particularly well overtaking several crews to gain a second place result, again pipped by Aberdeen schools at the finish. Special mention to our single scullers Melissa McGarva, Rory Duncan, Chris Hartley and Richard Gravelling who raced in this division after a long weekend of racing too.

Well done to everyone who competed and thanks to those who organised the trip, the crews and the towing of the boats for what was a fun and successful weekend of winter racing.

Aberdeen Sprint Regatta

August 24, 2018

Stirling Rowing Club put in another great performance last Saturday, 25th August at the Aberdeen Sprint Regatta with a team of 22 competitors and 13 boats. Stirling was the only club south of Aberdeen to compete with all other crews based in Inverness or Aberdeen itself. 

 

With an early start to make the two hour journey north, the racing got underway around 11am for the Stirling crews who had entered 31 events.

 

The first win was in the Girls’ Junior 15 coxed quad won by Jenna MacLennan, Eleanor Culley, Melissa McGarva, Rebecca Plank and cox Oliver Plank. This was quickly followed by wins for captain Graeme Duff and Kevin Plank in Open Masters Double and Robbie Waddell and Quinn McDonnell in the Junior 14 Double - a very close all Stirling final against Ruaridh Reid and Joshie Matthews.

 

There was more success to be had in doubles with Gregor Hall and Natalie Firth winning Mixed Restricted 1 Double, Jenna MacLennan and Ellie Butler winning the Women’s Novice Double and Rebecca Plank and Melissa McGarva winning in the Junior 14 category.

 

The youngest club member, Oliver Plank, age 11 had success too with a win in the Under 12 Single Scull. Oliver won another medal in the Generation Double rowing with dad Kevin. Gregor Hall also deserves a special mention for winning the new Duathlon event raced in two waves and consisting of a 1.4 mile run and a 1000m single scull in a time of 10 mins 48 seconds. Chris Hartley also competed in the Duathlon event. 

 

As always it was a fantastic team effort both from the racing point of view and transporting the club to Aberdeen and back in a day! Thanks to all the volunteers who helped, supported and cheered. The next regatta is the Saints Regatta at Loch Ore, Fife on 9th September. 

Nithsdale Regatta - Press Release

June 25, 2018

Rowers from Stirling Rowing Club continued their good form at Nithsdale Regatta, Dumfries last weekend.  Another large squad of 24 made the journey to race over the 750 metre course on the river Nith.  This regatta proved to be a really fun event in spite of the competitive nature of racing.

 

Stirling got off to a great start winning the majority of their heats and semi finals during the morning session. After the break, finals began and one of the first was the Club 8, an event where clubs had to field an eight with four males and females.  Stirling fielded a very mixed crew containing two juniors, three seniors and three masters rowing, beating Clydesdale from Glasgow in the semi-final then moving well clear of Lochwinnoch’s Castle Semple club in the final, retaining the title they won last year.  Well done to Ellie Butler, Lindsey Arnott, Natalie Firth, Caroline Ridden, Graeme Duff, Gregor Hall, Ross Marchbank, Kevin Plank and cox Sam Sellars.

 

This great start continued into other events with notable wins for the father and daughter team of Simon and Ellie Butler who won their novice mixed double scull event.  Continuing the clubs dominance in the mixed gender events, wins also came in the Open mixed double scull for Gregor Hall and Natalie Firth and the quad scull which included Natalie, Gregor, Graeme Duff and Lindsey Arnott with all Stirling finals in both of those events. Another all Stirling Final saw Natalie Firth and Lindsey Arnott defeating Caroline Ridden and Sophie Brett in the Women’s Restricted 2 double scull event.  Chris Hartley enjoyed a great day winning the Men’s Restricted 2 single scull event comfortably over Clydesdale in the final. A win for Gregor Hall and Ross Marchbank in the Open double scull who then teamed up with Graeme Duff and Kevin Plank to win the Open quad scull over Home club Nithsdale in the semi -final then Chester ale Street in the final, rounded off the senior wins for the club.

 

The juniors had great success too winning a number of events.  Melissa McGarva and Robbie Waddell won their respective Junior 14 single sculls events against English opposition.  Robbie then joined up with Quinn McDonnell and won their Junior 14 double scull event.  Both then teamed up with Joshie Matthews and Ruairidh Reid coxed by Lindsey Arnott to win the boys Junior 14 coxed quad.  Finally Eilidh McGowan from Loch Lomond Rowing Club raced with Stirling’s Jenna MacLennan, Eleanor Culley and Melissa McGarva coxed by Sam Sellars to win the girls Junior 15 coxed quad.

 

Overall another fantastic effort for those who travelled to Dumfries, with almost everyone winning one of their events.  A special mention to Gregor Hall who managed to win all of his events taking home five medals for his efforts with a number of club members taking home multiple medals. Particular thanks to Neil McGuire who once again towed our trailer to the regatta.

 

Our next event on Saturday the 30th June is the Club’s fundraising sponsored row which is a Dawn till Dusk row which will see a boat on the water from 0330hrs until 2300hrs.  This is a fundraiser for new equipment but will also see 30% of the money raised being donated to Strathcarron Hospice.  This event will see a number of juniors take part in our Learn to Row programme as well as a number of other events and activities across the day. 

Scottish Championships - Press Release

June 12, 2018

Stirling Rowing Club Wins at Scottish Championships

The Scottish Rowing Championships held at Strathclyde Park, Motherwell last weekend proved to be very successful for the 35 athletes from Stirling Rowing Club who were entered in 29 events over the weekend in Junior, Senior and Masters categories.

Saturday was a day of contrast off the water with a thunder and lightning storm cancelling a number of finals that Stirling were preparing for later in the day, however before the heavens opened, sunny skies and warm weather made for excellent conditions for those competing earlier in the day.  The club had some great results on Day 1 most notably for Lindsay Arnott and Natalie Firth claiming an exceptional Gold medal in the women’s lightweight double scull. This result was made all the better as it is the first Open Championship win for the club at the Scottish Championships in a number of years.  Well done ladies! The other win for the club on Saturday came from masters rowers William Brown and Kevin Plank who again dominated their event winning the Masters D-F pairs comfortably.  

The cancellation of racing on Saturday meant that the boys and men’s novice coxed quads who both qualified really well were unable to face off in the final, but a great effort from both crews to make it that far in a really tough and competitive event.  Masters events of E-G coxed four, Masters C-E quad and the Girls Junior Under 14 double scull were all unable to compete with some medals likely in those events, but safety came first.

Sunday’s racing took place in great sunny conditions throughout the day thankfully and Stirling crews took full advantage of this winning a number of medals with excellent performances all round.  The highlights were wins for Ross Marchbank in Masters A-B single scull, William Brown winning in Masters G-H single sculls and Graeme Duff and Kevin Plank winning Masters A-B double scull, well done to the more experienced members of the club on these results.  

The girls novice coxed quad, all of whom were juniors ranging from 13 to 17 years old won a spectacular silver medal in one of the toughest and most competitive fields over the weekend.  Well done to Rebecca Plank, Eleanor Culley, Melissa McGarva, Ellie Butler and cox Lindsay Arnott on this result.  Stirling had two finalist crews in this event, showing the fantastic strength and depth that the club has at present.  

A bronze medal in the Open men’s double scull from Gregor Hall and Ross Marchbank and an excellent second place for the women’s Open quad of Makayla Francis, Sophie Brett, Natalie Firth and Lindsey Arnott capped a brilliant weekend for the club especially in the prestigious Open events.  

Overall, the weekend was a great step up from previous regattas and although the Scottish Championships event was the pinnacle of our club’s racing this year, there is still more to come when the club travels to Nithsdale regatta in Dumfries next weekend.  We hope for continued success during the next part of the year but all club members who have raced so far should be congratulated on their efforts which have lead to such fantastic results across all categories. We would also like to thank our parents, volunteers, committee and all club members who have supported the various crews throughout the racing season so far.   The journey would have been much more difficult without their support and assistance.

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Come and Try Dates for Summer 2018

These events must be pre-booked and confirmed due to coaching capacity

May 15, 2018

JUNIOR Come and Try is on Saturday 30th June at 10am to 1pm (Book in from 10am to 11am)

SENIOR Come and Try is on Saturday 14th July at 10am to 1pm (Book in from 10am to 11am)

** These courses must be registered & confirmed in advance due to our coaching capacity **

If you're keen to try rowing, please get in touch via our Contact Us page and we will confirm if places are still available on these dates. If no spaces remain, we will add you to our waiting list for next time.

RESULTS - Strathclyde Park Regatta - Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th April

STIRLING ROWING CLUB MAKE WAVES AT STRATHCLYDE PARK

April 27, 2018

 

Stirling Rowing Club enjoyed a record number of entries at Strathclyde Park Regatta last weekend 28th and 29th April with a team of 34 competitors compared to 10 just three years ago. Strathclyde Park which will also host the European Rowing Championships this August, welcomed over 40 clubs to the competition including teams from the North East of England and Northern Ireland.

Stirling had a broad range of abilities and ages competing with the youngest member of the team being 11 and the oldest at 71. For some members of the club it was only their second competition.

 

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The next event for the club is Castle Semple Regatta on Saturday 12th May.

North East Regatta, Aberdeen BC - Saturday 14th April 2018

Stirling RC are Winners of the North East Regatta - First non-Aberdeen club to win for 39 years

April 13, 2018

A lovely thank you from Ron Wallace of Aberdeen BC

Gregor, and all at Stirling RC,

Wow!  What a great event.

One of the most enjoyable NERs that I have experienced for many years and your presence was a significant part in that.

Results and my limited range of pictures are published on the Committee of the Dee website  http://cofd.co.uk

If you want any of the pictures at full-resolution, please just email me the names of the ones you want.

Many thanks again for bringing up such a large and well-organised team.

 

All the best
Ron

 

Dr Ronald M Wallace

Inverness Head - 10 February 2018

February 10, 2018

 Well done to Billy Brown, Natalie Firth, Gordon Henderson, Ross Marchbank and Kevin Plank for winning open eights with the Stirling/Castle Semple composite crew.

Fun Quiz Night - Saturday 17th March at 7pm

March 17, 2018

A great night was had at the Quiz night with a fabulous turnout and over £500 raised towards the club's eqipment fund. Many thanks to everyone who came along, who helped out with food and organising the event and to everyone who donated raffle prizes.

New Committee Appointed for 2018

December 17, 2017

Stirling Rowing Club is delighted to welcome new members to its committee for 2018, with Liliane McGeogh sadly standing down due to other commitments, and Makayla Francis joining the committee.

The average age of the committee members is the youngest it's ever been and we are delighted to welcome new younger committee members with all their fresh new ideas for improvements to the running of the club.

Graeme Duff is our new Captain, with Natalie Firth assisting him as Vice Captain.

Gregor Hall continues not only as Assistant Treasurer, but also as Regatta Secretary, organising and planning the club's entries to all regatta and head events

Although we lost Neil McGuire as Captain, he has been appointed as our Safety Officer, and Makayla Francis is now our Child Protection Officer.

Christmas Dinner & Ceilidh - Saturday 16th December 2017 - Great success & Fun had by all

December 16, 2017

A great evening was had by everyone attended the Christmas Ceilidh this year, with the Riverside Ceilidh Band providing the music in wonderful lively fashion as always and with a wonderful raffle, with fabulous prizes donated by our club members, we even raised over £500 to add to our equipment fund.

Many thanks to Graeme Duff, our new Captain for compering the event, and to Natalie Firth and Lindsey Arnott for running the raffle.

Huge thanks were given to Neil McGuire, our retiring Captain for his hard work over the past two years, and for all the wonderful things he does for the club. More huge thanks were also given to Gregor Hall for his superb organisation of all the regattas and head events that Stirling attended throughout 2017 - Its a difficult job and Gregor does it fabulously well. Thank you to you both !

Stirling Rowing Club wins the Scottish Sprint Series

October 28, 2017

Last weekend saw Stirling Rowing Club presented with two brand new Cox boxes as a result of their efforts in the newly launched 2017 Summer Sprint League.  Scottish Rowing organised a new Sprint Series of regattas during what is normally a quiet period for domestic competition in August and September.  Clydesdale ARC, Aberdeen BC and St Andrews Uni BC all stepped forward as event organisers for the Sprint Series

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