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NE Rowing Sculling Series - Tyne stage - Saturday
31st October 2009
NE Rowing Sculling Series - Tees stage -
Saturday 24th October 2009
NE Rowing Sculling Series - Berwick stage -
Saturday 17th October 2009
NE Rowing Sculling Series -
South Hylton stage -
Saturday 11th October 2009
End of season dinner - Saturday 17th
October 2009
Gym night - Thursday's
Boston Marathon - Sunday 20th September 2009
Berwick Regatta - Saturday 20th June 2009
Club Trophy's at
Museum - 5th June 2009
Capsize Drill - Wednesday 3rd June 2009
Tees Regatta - Saturday 16th May 2009
Strathclyde Regatta - Sunday 26th April 2009
Opening of the Season Night - Saturday 4th April
2008
English Indoor Rowing Championships - Sunday 8th
February 2009
Scottish Indoor Rowing Championships - Sunday 1st
February 2009
Club Trophy's at Museum

The Berwick Barracks Museum
now have the clubs trophy's on display, some of which date back to when
the club was founded in 1869. These have recently been beautifully
restored by club president Gerald Bryson
Capsize Drill -
Wednesday 3rd June 2009
We are holding our annual
capsize drill on Wednesday 3rd June 2009, 7.00 pm at the Swan Centre for
Leisure, Tweedmouth, Berwick. All members please attend.
Tees Regatta - Saturday
16th May 2009
Bright
Sunshine mixed with
very heavy rain showers met the Berwick rowers who travelled to
Stockton on Tees for their annual
regatta. The Tees regatta has been growing in size since the formation
of the Tees Barrage and on Saturday attracted crews from Peterborough in
the South to Berwick
in the North with many clubs in between. This set up some great racing
with challenging opposition for the 5 travelling Berwick crews.
Sam Seaton
and Estelle Dodd opened the days racing for Berwick with a very smooth
performance in IM3 double sculls taking them straight into the final.
The four boat final put them up against Yarm School, Leeds and Tees.
Yarm
School went from the start but did not have the race their own way as
the Berwick ladies stuck with them keeping the pressure on never
allowing them to open up clear water. Despite sculling brilliantly
Berwick could not
close the narrow gap on Yarm giving them a very creditable 2nd
place out of 8 starting crews. Phil Craze and Rob Harvey in
Novice double sculls finished second in
their heat forcing them to go through the repecharge to gain a place in
the final. The men did very well in the repecharge to claim their final
place. The final saw very strong opposition from St Peters School York
but the Berwick crew worked hard and should take heart from their 2nd
place finish in a heavily fought contest. Later in the day Rob and Phil
competed again in Veteran Novice double sculls again qualifying
comfortably for the final setting up a tough race against Hull, York and
Tees. At the half way stage Berwick were trailing in third place but
made a huge push over the last 300m to be beaten into second place by
3ft again a very encouraging result. Rob and Phil then teamed up
with Ladies IM3 double Estelle Dodd and Sam Seaton to take part in the
hotly contested Veteran Double sculls. Both doubles very much enjoyed
the experience but did not manage to qualify for the final which was won
by a very polished double from Tees. Robin
Morrison was Berwick’s only single sculling competitor. In Vet D sculls
he came up against unknown opponents from Leeds, Ancholme and Hull.
Making a good start gave Robin a slight lead at the half way mark but
the Leeds sculler was not going down without a fight and hitting a buoy
in the closing stages may have cost Robin the race as the Leeds sculler
came through to take the win by ½ length. Robin also competed in Novice
single sculls sculling well in his heat to put him into a very strong
final field of 4. Again Robin sculled well from the start but the youth
of the Durham University sculler was too much as he overhauled Robin in
the second half of the race to win by 2 lengths. Ian Smith and
Alan Robertson moved to Vet G double sculls and took on two Tees crews.
Ian and Alan are a very experienced double scull who were able to ensure
they sculled straight down their lane and made light work of over coming
both of their Tees opponents winning by 2 lengths. Alison Inglis
and Hilary Cairns took on Peterborough in Vet B/C
double sculls. As Berwick were the younger crew they gave their C crew
opponents a 5 second start this took the pressure off the Berwick pair
at the start and allowed them to very quickly find their pace. By half
way Alison and Hilary had caught their opponents and went on to win by 3
lengths. Later in the day after a massive thunderstorm had passed
Alison and Hilary took to the water in IM2 double sculls against Talkin
Tarn. Full of confidence after their earlier victory the ladies made a
good start and led from start to finish claiming their second victory of
the day.
The travelling
members of Berwick would like to express their thanks to Nixon Hire Ltd
for the use of their vehicle and fuel to pull the boat trailer. Anyone
wishing to try rowing will be made very welcome at the boathouse at
6.15pm on Tuesday evenings.
Strathclyde
Regatta - Sunday 26th April 2009
The
beginning of the new rowing season was met with relish by the
7 athletes who travelled to Strathclyde Park on Sunday. The regatta run by The Scottish Amateur
Rowing association is one of the biggest regattas of the season. Racing is held on the
international 8 lane course with race distances varying between 1000 and 2000 meters depending on boat
category. As always the standard of racing was exceptionally high.
The first Berwick representation was Harry Black and Alan Robertson in a
composite Veteran E quad scull. Harry and Alan teamed up with scullers
from St Andrew Boat Club and Strathclyde Park Boat Club. As Berwick
were the slightly older crew they were given a handicap start over their
Inverness/St Andrew opponents. Sculling steadily to capitalise on their
handicap start the Berwick Crew made good progress. However the
Inverness/St Andrew crew put up a good fight and as the race entered the
closing stages it looked as if Berwick might just have been caught. But
they were in control of their destiny and stayed ahead to take Berwick’s
first the win of the season by ½ length. While the Quad races were
taking place Robin Morrison Berwick’s Vet D sculler was making his way
to the start. In a strong field of 6 Robin sculled steadily from the
start but in a small single sculling boat found the increasing cross
wind was pushing him out of his lane. While Robin steered back into his
lane the Durham sculler took his opportunity and opened up a lead over
Robin and the rest of the chasing pack. Robin hung on with
determination to take a well deserved 2nd place. Alison
Inglis and Hilary Cairns were next onto the water for Berwick in Ladies
Veteran B double sculls. This event was combined with Veteran A to give
a 7 boat race. In a very competitive race Alison and Hilary did not
make the best of starts but as usual sculled very strongly through the
middle stages to put themselves ½ a length in front coming into the last
250 meters. However previous leaders Durham responded to the challenge
and increased their stroke rate significantly to take the win with St
Andrew going with them to push the Berwick Ladies into 3rd place. Chris
Eke was Berwick’s only oarsman over the long 2000 meter course taking
part in R1 single sculls. Chris made a good start but the strong cross
winds in the middle of the lake proved a bigger problem to Chris than to
his opponent from Inverness this allowed the Inverness sculler to open
up a two length lead over Chris which he was able to hold onto to take
the win. Berwick’s final boat of the day was Phil Craze and Rob
Harvey in the 15 boat strong novice double sculls. There were 3 heats
with the first 2 boats from each heat making the final. Phil and Rob
were drawn in the second and strongest of the heats. By the time the
men made their way to the 1000 meter start the persistent cross wind had
strengthened in force causing the regatta officials to start the boats
from a free start rather than fight to line the boats up on the usual
stake boats in the very difficult conditions. Phil and Rob make the
break from the start but were being chased hard by Dundee who then
clashed with Berwick as they fought the strong cross winds. Berwick
regained their composure but found conditions testing. Coming into the
last 250 meters 1 crew was clear and a remaining 3 including Berwick
were battling it out for the remaining 1 place in the final.
Unfortunately Dundee and Berwick moved towards each other and again
clashed leaving Clydesdale to push on and claim 2nd place and
the last qualifying place for the final.
The Berwick
competitors would like to extend their most sincere thanks to Lloyd Ltd,
Kelso for the use of a vehicle and fuel to pull the boat trailer.
Opening
of the Season Night - Saturday 4th April 2008
Come celebrate the opening
of the clubs 140th rowing season on Saturday 4th April, at 7.30 pm at
the Boathouse.
English Indoor Rowing Championships - Sunday 8th February 2009
Phil Craze was the only club
member to head south to the English Champs after his winning success at
Edinburgh. Phil firstly competed in the Men's 30-39 HWT and once
again struck gold in the 2k event in a time of 6:21.3. He later
went on to race in the 500m sprint, which he completed in 1:24.8 and in
5th position.
Scottish Indoor Rowing Championships - Sunday 1st February 2009
The
Scottish Indoor Rowing Championships took place at Herriot Watt
University Sport Centre in Edinburgh on the 1st Feb. There were a record
number of entrants from all over the UK with over 400 individuals
competing in 31 races with ages ranging from boys and girls under 11’s
through to over 60’s. Racing was well organised with races taking place
on 20 indoor rowing machines in front of a large cinema sized screen
showing rowers and spectators the race order as it was happening.
Two club members from Berwick ARC competed. Alison Inglis entered the
event for the first time, competing in the Women’s Over 30’s 1609m (1
mile). Alison got off to a flying start, gaining and maintaining a
comfortable lead throughout, finishing the distance with a personal best
time of 6:02.2 and ahead of the field by 22 seconds, to take the Gold
medal position. Next up was Phil Craze in the Over 30’s 1609m
hoping to go one better than the silver won in last years shorter 1000m
event. Phil stuck to his game plan of starting hard, then settling into
a steady pace. After just 100m Phil was
ahead of his rivals and slowly
pulling ahead, eventually opening up and maintaining an unassailable 25m
lead to cross the line in Gold medal position in a time of 5:03.0.
Phil then joined work colleagues from AEGON UK to enter into the Men’s
team relay in the last event of the day. There were three other teams in
the event. One from Clydesdale ARC, which contained full time rowers
aiming for the 2012 Olympics, plus another from the Royal Navy. The
event was rowed over 2000m with teams of 4 rowers jumping on and off as
many times as they like. It was a frantic affair right from the start as
you can imagine, but both AEGON and Clydesdale started to pull away from
the rest and it was obvious to all watching that it was going to be
close with the lead changing all the time. There really was nothing
between the teams with 200m to go but the final changeover to Phil went
as well as it could have and the momentum was back with the team from
AEGON UK. Phil managed to dig deep and cross the line less than 2
seconds ahead in a time of 5:23. This rounded off a very successful raid
north of the border for the Berwick rowers. Phil will be heading south
of the border next weekend to try his luck at the English Indoor
Championships.
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