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Dust off your party shoes, it's time for one of the highlights of WBC's social calendar - the Holly Hop!
The section's annual Christmas party will take place at the clubhouse on Saturday 13th December. This year's fancy dress theme is BOND IN VEGAS – Cocktails, Canapes and Casino.
Tickets are still available, but going fast, so contact: Corri McDowell, Ruth Fountain, Naomi Yarwood, Marleen Kok, Rachel Keys or Joy Green or email: wbcsoco@yahoo.co.uk
And on Sunday, what better way to get rid of your hangover than a little early morning paddle?
Get yourself to the boat sheds at 9.30 on Sunday 14th December for the annual scratch regatta. Three of your finest British pounds gets you a racing seat, tea/coffee and a bacon roll (veggie option available). Wives, husbands, partners, friends and family all welcome. Turn up and get drawn into a crew to race for prizes.
Before the racing starts, we'll also be naming the new boats, so please be on time!
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Check out November's issue of the ARA's monthly magazine "Rowing & Regatta" for a two-page splash on your very own boat club.
Thanks to everyone who helped with the article.
The good news is that they have asked us to contribute more in the future, so if anyone has any great ideas for features please contact Lucy Rose on lucy.rose@summersault.co.uk
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Worcester Autumn Head race cancelled due to high water levels...
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calendar_winter_08.pdf
Winter calendar up until Christmas has been released. Click the link above to view (pdf). |
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Keep a free space in your diaries for Saturday 1 November – the venue for the rowing section Annual Dinner has now been booked.
Back by popular demand, the Dinner will take place at the Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick again this year.
Look out for further details and ticket info coming soon.
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Bewdley26&270708.doc
Glorious sunshine, lots of pots and a fair few beers... it was a successful weekend at Bewdley.
Notable wins included:
Vet C8o coxed by Corri
WSII80 coxed by Ali
John Hunter in the Vet E 1x
Matt & Dan in the SIV2x
The Novice 4 boys, who got a celebratory dunk in the river, and not forgetting Joy and Bossi who took on Kokkie and Dan in Mix SIII2x. They not only lived to tell the tale, but went on to win again on the Sunday.
Well done to all the winners and everyone who raced. See the full press release by clicking on the link (above). |
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Twelve Veteran squad members from Warwick Boat Club are planning to row 133 miles down the River Thames this summer, in memory of a colleague and squad member - John Powell - who died from cancer last year. John was 57.
John was well known in West Midlands rowing circles, having been a member both of Stratford-upon-Avon Boat Club and Warwick Boat Club, as well as a regional regatta umpire. Whilst he was never an elite oarsman, he was always enthusiastic, ever willing to help, and - most of all - possessed a great sense of humour.
The four-day memorial epic takes the rowers from Lechlade in Gloucestershire – the official start of the navigable Thames – to Putney in London, passing 44 locks en route.
Reflecting John’s sense of the ludicrous, the squad plan to complete the journey in two boats – an old and a new: one a modern coxed quad sculling boat, the other a traditional Thames skiff. The squad will rotate between the boats and the support cars.
Funds are being raised for both Myton Hospice and Macmillan Cancer Support in recognition of the valued care they provided to John. Funds donated on this page will go solely to Myton Hospice.
We all appreciate what John would have given to have participated in this row. What are you prepared to give?
Visit
www.justgiving.com/johnpowell_mytonhospice
www.justgiving.com/johnpowell_macmillan
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The tree is gone! The tree that had fallen across the river next to Banbury Road bridge has finally been removed by the council. |
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In what is usually a busy time of the year, 2008 is no exception. For the second week running, the WBC rowers made the 70-mile journey to Shrewsbury regatta to spend a sunny weekend in Shropshire with mixed success. Andy Speechly was the only winner of the weekend winning in his Vet B single scull.
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The first club regatta of the season was an indifferent showing for WBC with very little to shout about. However, flying the flag was John 'Pot' Hunter who won both his Vet D1x and Vet Nov 1x to move into joint first for the victor lodorum alongside Le Toc and Butler.
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