The second head race of the season took the club down to Saltford just outside of Bristol for the Monkton Combe Head race. A total of seven UoG crews entered, all racing the 3,300m long course. The first boats to set off in the morning division were Megan in the W.IM2 1x, Zoonagh in the … Continue reading Monkton Bluefriars Head
Sunday 9th October 2016 A small crew headed to Cardiff on Sunday to race a 3.2km course to start the beginning of a new season. A fun day was had by all, with five boats competing each doing the course in a good time. It was a great day, Zoe and Oonagh were very close … Continue reading Cardiff Autumn Head
On the weekend, we took a small trip up to Hereford with our friends from Gloucester Rowing Club to compete at Hereford Rowing Club's annual 1km Regatta and 500m Sprint. With eight categories entered, it was going to be a busy weekend for some of our rowers, all aiming to finish the season with some … Continue reading Points & Pots at Hereford Regatta
On Saturday the 14th May, the rowing club had a small entry into the Bristol Avon Regatta at Saltford. The distance was 1000m, with four boats in three categories, a W.Nov 1x, two W.Nov 2x's and a Nov 2x. The first boat of the day was Florence Stevenson in the women's Novice Single Sculls against … Continue reading Bristol Avon Regatta
The club took the small journey up the road to Evesham Rowing club for a weekend of racing - and the aim of getting some of the crews some regatta racing experience. Saturday The first boats out were our women's novice doubles: Crew Chariet and Zoonagh. Whilst the crews put in a great effort for … Continue reading Evesham Regatta
As the sun rose on Wednesday morning, the crews began to get themselves ready for the race in the afternoon, journeying up to Worcester at 9:30am to prepare and get the boats ready. After having a quick test on the water in the morning and grabbing some lunch, spectators and the crews were preparing themselves … Continue reading Varsity 2016
On Saturday 27th of February, the Rowing Club traveled to Saltford in Somerset for Avon County Rowing Clubs Spring Head Race. Four crews entered, a pair, two doubles and a coxed quad, all racing in the long course, 3300m. A head race is a time trial against other boats, where boats are set off periodically … Continue reading Wins for UoG Crews at Avon County
On Saturday 28th November, eleven members of the rowing club headed over to Cardiff to take part in the Welsh and British Universities Indoors Rowing Series. The men started off the day of racing in the Male Students Open 2k. Some great performances put in by the three Gloucestershire men in a very tough devision with … Continue reading Welsh & BUCS Indoors
On the 25th October, two of our crews entered the Head Race run by our parent club, Gloucester Rowing Club. It was a great day for racing, with a slight chill in the air, but being local we knew the race course well and were prepared. The men's 4+ raced in the morning short course … Continue reading Gloucester Autumn Head Race 2015
Captain Al and Paddy from the men's crew set out to run the Cheltenham Half Marathon last week. Aiming to do it under 2 hours, they completed it with a final time of 1:52, not bad for guys who sit down for our sport!
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