Red Rose Time Trial Results - 30th November

Well done to all LRGSBC crews at the first of this year's Red Rose Time Trials on the river Lune. Thank you to DY, parents and ROCAP for helping to run the event and to Agecroft RC for joining in. If anyone has any good quality photos, I will publish them here.

A summary of the results:

Northwich Autumn Head 2014

The 2014/15 campaign started with a trip to Northwich which is a busy and popular autumn time trial over 2350m on the river Weaver. The usual early morning start saw us running to schedule, hooking up the trailer at the Army camp by 05:50, on the motorway at 06:15 and arriving through the gates of St.John Deane's College, Northwich before 08:00.

Division 1 Results.

Having 'bagged' our customary trailer slot in the car park, Mr.Yates and Roman Bell rigged their single sculls and joined the queue of scullers paddling up the river for the first division. The rest of us rigged crew boats and woke up more gradually. DY (09:31) put up a good performance in IM1 against a rather large Grange School J18(?) sculler called Ozsanlav-Harris (09:20) and Roman Bell came 6th in the IM3 category.

A nice clean area to rig boats!

Thanks to DY for writing the report on Division 2 and 3 results (below) and to Mike Gelder for supplying the better quality photos in this report.

Division 2 and 3 Results.

LRGSBC had 2 double sculls competing in the Junior 15 double sculls competition. The crew of Thomas Kerr and Lewis MacPherson led off the division and put in a strong performance to finish in 3rd place just 0.2 seconds behind the crew from Hollingworth lake. Ben Hesletine and Will Burrow set of at the back of the division and had to steer a trickier race overtaking crews on the narrow course to finish in 4th place ahead of crews from Grange School, Mechant Taylor's School and North Staffordshire Rowing Club.

In the coxed quads division LRGSBC again had 2 crews competing. The B crew of Ben Hesletine, Will Hornby-Phillips, Liam Targett, Jamie Morphet, coxed by Joe Gelder battled the length of the course with Warrington Rowing club's B crew to finish in 6th place out of 9 beating the A crews from Merchant Taylors School, Hollingworth Lake and Runcorn Rowing Club. The A crew of Caiden Whittaker, Tom Kerr, Will Burrow, Sam Gelder, coxed by Chris Hopkinson set off at the front of the division and produced a classy row leaving the Warrington A and Grange School A quads in their wake. A fantastic performance saw them win the event by 17 seconds.

J15 4x+

J15 4x+ A

Congratulations to the novice coxed 4 of Vipin Kammath, Tom Nixon, Adam Fyfe, Joe Unwin and cox Roman Bell. They produced an excellent performance to win the event by just 4 seconds ahead of Bishop Vasey's Grammar School and well ahead of their other opposition.

Novice 4+

The Junior 17 coxless quad of Dan King-Cox, Cameron Stuart-Burgess, Oliver Tidswell and Josh Mapp produced a fine row down the course finishing 2nd to Northwich Rowing Club. This was still a fine performance and saw the lads finish as the 6th fastest crew of the entire day out of nearly 300 crews in total.

J17 4x-

The final crew to race were the novice double scull of Vipin Kammath and Rayhan Munavvar. With 700m to go they were leading the event but unfortunately whilst overtaking their opposition they were forced wide and clipped a buoy causing them to "catch a crab" unfortunately ending any chance of them winning the event.

Well done to all the boys competing for such great performances throughout and for the support of the parents at the event. We were back on the road by 17:15 and returned to School by 19:30.

J15 4x+ medals

Full results can be found at Northwich RC's website: http://www.northwichrowing.co.uk/events.php

New Rescue/Coaching Launch

A new Zodiac 3.10m rib has been purchased with the help of a donation from The Sports Hall Management Committee. The boat will act as a new rescue/coaching launch. Like all boats, this essential item of equipment does not come cheap and we are very grateful to the Committee for stepping in and helping. We had been running with one small launch so far this term as the ex-sailing club launch which we were also using has now perished.

A virtually new 2-stroke 15 hp Yamaha engine was wisely bought last year as part of a two engine deal with Pennine Marine of Skipton. The new launch, which was also supplied by Pennine Marine, is correctly matched with the size of the engine and they run very well together.

The arrival of the new launch coincided with some R.O.C.A.P. parents qualifying as RYA level 2 Powerboat drivers, who enjoyed their familiarisation with the new boat.

Launching the new launch!

Scott Durant, World Champs Silver Medallist in coxed pair, returns to LRGS.

Scott Durant (OL) won a silver medal in the coxed pairs event at the World Rowing Championships. The Championships, at De Bosbaan in Amsterdam at the end of August, mark the end of a fantastic season for Scott who has been racing in the World Cup Series for the GB senior men's team.

Those of you to follow this blog will know that Scott successfully represented GB last year in the senior Men's Four and in the Men's Eight this year. If you have been following Worldrowing.com and the BBC Sport's coverage of rowing, you will have seen Scott in action at international regattas across the world.

Alan Sinclair, Scott Durant and Henry Fieldman (cox)

Results

1 New Zealand   06:33.260

2 Great Britain 06:43.450

3 Germany       06:45.850

4 Argentina     06:47.470

5 South Africa  07:02.400

6 Netherlands   07:07.730

The British pair went out hard from the start to lay a marker down and stay with the favoured Olympic pair from New Zealand. A full race report can be found on the British Rowing Association web site and a video of the final can be viewed on the World Rowing website.

Scott started rowing at LRGS and as a J18 won the School's Championship Pairs Cup at the National Schools Regatta with his twin brother Mason. In the same year, Scott was selected to represent GB at junior level, racing and winning in a coxed four at the Coup de Jeunesse in a course record. Many of the juniors that Scott and Mason started with have now progressed to the senior ranks. Scott has also won trophies and set record times at Henley Royal Regatta with GB and Oxford Brookes University.

Scott returns to LRGS to meet boys and staff on Thursday 18th September. He will be down at Halton on Thursday afternoon and Saturday morning to encourage our boys on the water. More photos to follow here.

Scott, the double named after him and his brother with and our J15s

The octuple project: new blades from The Rowing Foundation and Friends of LRGS

This year's 'BBQ Row' will take place on Saturday 28th June at Halton Training Camp. This fits in with our normal Saturday rowing outings at Halton.

The decision to hold it on this date rather than the Sunday of Founder's Day weekend was due, in part, to the Tour de France stages in Yorkshire which several boys, staff and parents are planning to attend that weekend. Henley Royal Regatta also takes place that weekend.

Boys to arrive at normal rowing time for a Saturday morning at 09:30.

Entry to the Army Camp is to be through Gate 2 which is 50 metres beyond the Main Entrance.

We will probably have to arrange for Gate 2 to be manned to allow entry.
Parents can arrive at any time from 09:30 onwards but we cannot guarantee that the Gate will be open after 10am when racing starts. If it is not open, please phone PJago (07549651 370) and I will arrange for a boy to come and let you in.

Note that Halton Road is closed to public traffic at two places: 1) just before the aqueduct with a diversion in place, and 2) just before the Army camp. Ignore closure signs before the Army camp and proceed to Gate 2 which is being used for Constain Works traffic.

Racing Format:

The following events will take a round robin format where all crews will race against each other. 2 points for a win, 1 point if you finish within a length of the winning crew. The winner is the crew with the most points at the end.

10:00-11:15           J14 single sculls competition
10:00-11:15           Jago Challenge Cup - Mixed J16/J15/J14 Quad sculls event
11:30                     J16 single sculls competition

12:30 Lunch Break

The following event will start with a time trial. If time permits, successive rounds will be raced in pairs to get the overall ranking.

13:00                     Double Sculls Tankards

13:30-14:00           Prize Giving

LRGSBC T-shirts will be on sale (Small, Medium, Large) as well as a few Polo Shirts (L,XL).
I also have a few LRGSBC Race vests still in stock (£20).

Please can boys return all cups and trophies presented last year, polished please!

Scott Durant Selected for GB World Cup 2014 Eight

GB Rowing have announced the teams for the forthcoming rounds of the 2014 Rowing World Cup (GB Teams website link). Scott Durant (OL) has been selected for the bow seat of the GB Men's Eight.

This comes after a successful winter of GB Trials and a Bronze medal at the European Rowing Championships in Belgrade 2014 in the bow seat of the Men's GB eight. See the final of this race including a photo finish with the Polish eight to take the Bronze medal on World Rowing (Germany Gold 5:33, Russia Silver 5:34, GB Bronze 5:35).

Scott Durant (Arrow) with Bronze Medal in the Men's Eight at the European Championships, Belgrade 2014

GB Eight 2014 Crew selected for the World Cup Series.

1. Scott Durant (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Lancaster/12.02.1988)
2. Alan Sinclair (Leander Club/Inverness/16.10.1985)
3. Nathaniel Reilly-O’Donnell (Univ of London BC/Durham/13.04.1988)
4. Matt Langridge (Leander Club/Northwich/20.05.1983)
5. Pete Reed (Leander Club/Nailsworth, Glos/27.07.1981)
6. James Foad (Molesey BC/Southampton/20.03.1987)
7. Matthew Tarrant (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Shepperton/11.07.1990)
8. Will Satch (Leander Club/Henley-on-Thames/09.06.1989)
9. Henry Fieldman (cox) (Imperial College BC/Barnes, London/25.11.1988)

Coaches: Christian Felkel & Rob Dauncey

The GB race calendar for the rest of the season is as follows:

• June 20-22 World Cup II, Aiguebelette, France
• July 2-6 Henley Royal Regatta
• July 12-13 World Cup III, Lucerne, Switzerland
• Announcement of GB Rowing Team crews for the World Championships - venue TBC
• July 23-27 World U23 Championships, Varese, Italy
• August 16-28 World Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing, China
• August 24 – 31 World Championships, Amsterdam

Both Scott and his brother, Mason, raced for the GB Men's Eight in Seattle (May) against the Washington 'Huskies'. They became only the third crew ever to beat the University of Washington 'Huskies' at this event and win the Windermere Cup (GB website report and American news video link of closing stages of the race).

GB 'Windermere Cup' Eight

1. Phil Congdon (Molesey BC/Bury St Edmunds/06.06.1989)
2. Oliver Cook (Univ of London BC/Windsor/05.06.1990)
3. Mason Durant (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Lancaster/12.02.1988)
4. Scott Durant (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Lancaster/12.02.1988)
5. Matt Gotrel (Leander Club/Chipping Campden/01.03.1989)
6. Adam Neill (Leander Club/Peterborough/29.5.90)
7. Nathaniel Reilly-O’Donnell (Univ of London BC/Durham/13.04.1988)
8. Daniel Ritchie (Leander Club/Herne Bay/06.01.1987)
9. Alan Sinclair (Leander Club/Munlochy/16.10.1985)
10. Matthew Tarrant (Oxford Brookes Univ BC/Shepperton/11.07.1990)
11. Henry Fieldman (cox) (Imperial College BC/Barnes/25.11.1988)

GB win the Windermere Cup

National Schools Regatta 2014

The National Schools Regatta is one of the top three rowing events in the junior rowing calender. The others being Henley Royal Regatta and the National Rowing Championships of Great Britain. This prestigious event attracts the best juniors in the UK. This year, for the first time, LRGSBC entered crews at Junior 14 level. LRGSBC crews only start rowing in September of the same academic year and by this time have only had a couple of races. It had been very much in the mind of the coaches to enter our younger oarsmen for a while, the mission had being hatched around Christmas. After the performance of both J14 coxed quads at Strathclyde Regatta earlier in April, it looked like we were on track.

The regatta spans three days with the younger crews racing on Friday. The number of entries into events means that the first round is a time trial to reduce the number of crews that go on to race in multi-lane races. This takes place at the start of the day's racing. So, it was an early start, again. Meet at 04:40 and on the motorway by 05:15. ETA at the National Watersports Centre at Holme Pierre Point, Nottingham by 08:30.

All went well until we got stuck in traffic on the road leading into Nottingham due to road works and rush hour. A nervous 30 minutes passed and we arrived a little later than planned at 09:00. Time enough to assemble boats, gather boys together who had traveled with parents, get coxes weighed and introduce everyone to the procedures at such a big event.

There are two boys J14 coxed quad (4x+) events, the "Nautics Cup" for School second crews and the "Canterbury Cup" for School first crews. Each event had about 23 entries which had to be reduced to 12 crews after a time trial. First up, were the J14 'B' crews. LRGSBC started behind Windsor Boys' School 'B' crew. Windsor Boys', one of the very few state rowing schools, had entered 'A','B','C','D' and 'E' crews in this event. There was not a lot of time to prepare for the race, the landing stages were busy and managed to get the B crew afloat and on there way in time for them to paddle up to the start, turn whilst still warm and prepare for their race. They raced well over the 1000 metres on flat, near perfect conditions. Their time of 4mins 10.5 seconds was not good enough to get through to the next round but placed them beside Bradford Grammar School and just being our other 'local' rivals, Yarm School Boat Club. The fastest non-qualifier was Bryanstan School with a time of 4mins .05 seconds.

Results of Time Trial J14 4x+ 'B' event.

Club Name Time
WBS Windsor Boys A       3:45.41
NSC Norwich Sch             3:46.73
WBS Windsor Boys B       3:47.95
WES Westminster A          3:48.40
WBS Windsor Boys D       3:49.66
ORA Oratory                     3:50.86
CCS Claires Ct                  3:52.57
WTN Warrington               3:53.56
WES Westminster B          3:53.68
WBS Windsor Boys E       4:01.62
YRM Yarm A                   4:02.48
LOS Lon Oratory             4:04.74

Non-qualifiers
BRY Bryanston                4:05.42
WBS Windsor Boys C     4:08.33
DUL Dulwich                   4:09.16
WIN Winchester              4:09.98
BRG Bradford GS           4:10.05
LRG Lancaster                4:10.48
YRM Yarm B                 4:11.23
MNK Monkton              4:15.11
MNS Monmouth Sch     4:23.04

LRGS BC 'B' crew's time beat 5 crews in the 'A' competition and in the top 40 crews in the country that entered. Crew: L.MacPherson (stroke), J.Murfitt, S.Gelder, J.Morphet, T.Bolton (cox).

J14 B crew at the finish

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The 'A' event was after the 'B' event and boys had slightly more time to compose themselves. The big debate was whether to do a regatta style start or a rolling head race start. The decision was to be kept flexible until conditions at the start could be witnessed. DY would follow on his bike down to the start to sort this out.

The 'A' crew time trial went well with LRGSBC qualifying and going through to the semi-finals.

Results of Time Trial J14 4x+ 'A' event
Club Name Time
WLT Walton                 3:33.00
RAD Radley                  3:33.24
HEN Henley                  3:35.72
WBS Windsor Boys      3:36.25
STK Trentham               3:39.54
NSC Norwich Sch        3:41.23
CAN Canford               3:43.03
WES Westminster         3:43.10
WIN Winchester           3:43.31
BRY Bryanston             3:46.29
WTN Warrington          3:46.90
CCS Claires Ct             3:47.07
LRG Lancaster              3:47.74
BRG Bradford GS         3:50.33
HWG High Wycombe   3:50.83
YRM Yarm                   3:53.34
LOS Lon Oratory          4:00.11
MNK Monkton             4:02.44

Non-Qualifiers
MOC Monmouth Com  4:03.39
MNS Monmouth Sch    4:08.60
KCA Kings Canterbury 4:08.61
DUL Dulwich                4:11.02
BDS Bedford Sch         4:14.59
HCS H'ford Cath          4:19.03
ORA Oratory               4:25.89
HIN Hinksey                4:29.29

Crew: T.Kerr (Stroke), C.Whittaker, W.Burrow, B.Heseltine, C.Hopkinson (cox)

The semi-finals were in the afternoon. LRGSBC got lane 6 which indicated that we were not the fastest of the qualifiers and potentially had the roughest lane conditions. The crew then experienced the wait for the race. They managed themselves extremely well and professionally prior to the race as well as during it. They gave it their all, coming 5th in their semi-final (see results below).

getting afloat

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LRGS BC 'A' crew finish

Results of Semi-finals and final - A event

After the race

LRGSBC came 5th in their semi-final in a time of 3 mins 50.01 seconds. The eventual winners were Radley College in a time of 3 min 36.55.

The whole J14 squad performed very well in their first year of racing. Their target was for both crews to go and experience the event. Anything else was a bonus. The results show that LRGSBC have great potential to do well in the forthcoming years with this age group and have strength in numbers to develop a good squad. An eight for Henley Royal Regatta in a couple of years?

LRGS BC 'A' Crew

It was a long but enjoyable day. Those of us in the minibus getting back to Lancaster and unloading by 22:00, a 19 hr day but well worth it. Many thanks need to go to the parents who have supported at each and every event and to DY and RGT encouragement and time at weekends and in the gym.

Full results can be found at:

http://www.nationalschoolsregatta.co.uk/

Photos can be found and ordered at:

http://rowingphotography.photoshelter.com/

Strathclyde Regatta 2014 Results

Early on Sunday morning, J14, and J16 squads as well as J18 scullers headed north to Strathclyde Park near Glasgow. It is the home of the Scottish National Rowing Centre. A multilane course that is usually 2000 metres. At this event the distance was reduced to 1500 m due to preparations for the Commonwealth Games triathlon swimming competition.

The advance party of Mathall Ashall, Tom Kane and RGT were the earliest to arrive, getting up there for around 8 am to pick up hire boats and be on the water for their races at 09:15. The Open Restricted 2 1x event was full of Club and University student scullers. Matthew and Tom did well to race with these older scullers but did not get through the heats. Tom came 7th (time 7:33) in his heat and Matthew came 6th (time 6:28) in a faster round that would have seen him come fourth in the previous heat.

The minibus and boat trailer with J16s, Jack Hatchman, DY and JPJ arrived by 09:40 to set up camp. The J16 group of eight boys raced J16 double sculls in the morning and J16 quad sculls in the afternoon.

LRGSBC had entered four J16 double scull crews. There were two heats with two LRGSBC crews in each. LRGSBC 'A' and 'C' raced the first heat. The 'A' crew of Adam Fyfe and Oliver Tidswell got through to the final behind Nithsdale RC. The 'C' crew of Joe Unwin and Cameron Stuart-Burgess came 5th in the heat, beating Clysdale RC but coming behind Glasgow Academy and Aberdeen SRA. LRGSBC 'B' and 'D' crews raced the second heat. LRGSBC 'D' crew of D.Kingcox and J.Mapp got through behind Clydesdale 'A' but LRGSBC 'B' of T.Nixon and D.Hammond came 4th behind George Watsons College and missed the cut.

J16 2x LRGSBC 'A'

J16 2x LRGSBC 'B'

The final was competitive with Clydesdale showing that they were the dominant force early on. Out of the LRGSBC crews, A.Fyfe and O.Tidswell looked the most threatening and powerful. At a lesser event, they may have won.

Preparing for the final J16 2x.

J16 2x Final

Open Junior  Under 16 Double Scull Final                                                                                   500m      1000m       1500m     FINISH
1 Clydesdale ARC A             01:52.5    04:03.1          -    6:21.30

2 Nithsdale ARC                02:01.0    04:17.1          -    6:28.50

3 LRGSBC A                     02:00.3    04:22.2          -    6:39.90
Oliver Tidswell, Adam Fyfe

4 Glasgow Academy              02:09.5    04:33.2          -    6:46.90

5 George Watsons Col BC        02:11.8    04:34.0          -    6:48.10

6 LRGSBC D                     02:08.5    04:35.5          -    7:04.10
Daniel Kingcox, Joshua Mapp

 Jack Hatchman wants to go to Glasgow University and was encouraged to come up to Strathclyde to have a look at the Glasgow university crews and facilities. In his J18 single scull race, three scullers were to go through. Jack came 4th (time 6:29), just missing out by 0.4 seconds to Aberdeen Schools, George Watsons and Stirling RC.

The J14s arrived with parents around lunchtime. It was there first national regatta and there was plenty to take onboard. LRGSBC entered two J14 coxed quads and draw produced a straight final. Both crews prepared their boats and experienced the excitement of their first regatta. Their race lived up to their expectations with LRGSBC 'A' running side by side with Inverness for most of the course. It was only when Inverness put a push in that the Scottish crew drew out a half length lead which they extended to a length and maintained through the finish line. The LRGSBC 'B' crew also produced a great race which showed a huge leap in performance since Warrington Head.

LRGSBC 'B' J14 4x+ 

LRGSBC 'A' J14 4x+

Open Junior Under 14 Coxed Quad Scull  F 1500m

                                500m      1000m       1500m     FINISH
1 Inverness RC                 02:00.4    04:14.9          -    6:16.90
        
2 LRGSBC A                     02:01.6    04:15.0          -    6:20.80

Ben Heseltine, William Burrow, Caidan Whittaker, Thomas Kerr, C. Hopkinson

3 Aberdeen Schools RA          02:05.1    04:27.7          -    6:28.20

4 LRGSBC B                     02:09.3    04:52.2          -    6:53.10
 Jamie Morphet, Sam Gelder, Jack Murfitt, Lewis MacPherson, Tim Bolton

5 George Watsons Col BC        02:23.4          -          -    7:32.90

As the J14s come back, the J16s go off for their final.

The last race for LRGSBC was the J16 coxless quad final against George Watsons College and Clydesdale. In a reversal of the fortunes in the J16 double scull event, George Watsons College were the class act to catch and both LRGSBC crews beat Clysdale ARC.

Open Junior Under 16 Quad Scull F 1500m

                              500m      1000m       1500m     FINISH
1 George Watsons Col BC       01:44.1    03:36.1          -    5:26.80

2 LRGSBC A                    01:46.6    03:42.4          -    5:38.90
Oliver Tidswell, Joe Unwin, Adam Fyfe, Joshua Mapp

3 LRGCSBC B                   01:56.1    03:58.5          -    6:01.00
Declan Hammond, Daniel Kingcox, Tom Nixon, Cameron Stuart-Burgess

4 Clydesdale ARC              02:00.2    04:05.5          -    6:11.50
             

Rowing Schedule over Easter Holidays

The following times have been arranged for crews to row over the Easter holidays:

1. Wednesday 9th April (2pm)
2. Saturday 12th April (9.30am)
3. Wednesday 16th April (2pm)
4. Thursday 17th Arpril (2pm)
5. Saturday 19th April (9.30am)

 

Crews racing at Strathclyde Regatta need to train for this event (1500m) which is on Sunday the 27th April. The first weekend back after the Easter break.

Details of the event will be posted here.

http://www.scottish-rowing.org.uk/index.php/news/293-strathclyde-park-regatta-2014

Springtime Red Rose - Sat. March 29th 2014

It was a very pleasant Spring morning down on the river bank at Halton Training Camp. It was also very busy when we started arriving from 08:45-09:15. A Royal Marine convoy of various heavy duty vehicles and equipment had arrived the day before and was just departing en route for Scotland. In addition, a squad of cadets was marching back and forth.

DY had organised a big group of boys to compete in this Red Rose event and boys were expected to row twice, if possible, in both Divisions. He had some extra juggling of crews to do at the last minute but it all worked out well. A J14 octuple in both Divisions was a first for the event. LUBC and JOG crews were somewhere in the fleet of boats.

J14 Octuple (8x+)

The J16 4x- A of J.Mapp, A.Fyfe, D.Kingcox, and O.Tiddswell led the charge, racing up the river from John O'Gaunt boat house to just below the Motorway bridge. On the return leg, there was an unusual easterly and warmish tail wind pushing the boats back with the stream.

A brief pause after Div 1

Once boats returned, there was not much time to recover before swapping crews and boats and heading off again for the 2nd Division. It was good to see the octuple in action. The stern section was boosted by having the J14 boys who had raced at York a fortnight ago. Their experience helped the bow four. For some boys, it was their first experience of a race.

Off again, for Div 2 (J16 4x-B)

The J16 4x- A crew came out as the overall winners based on handicapped time with M.Ashall in his 1x finishing second overall. Well done to all crews for some good racing. As soon as I get the 'official' results, I will post them here. It was great to see J14 parents coming down to support. The squad is developing well.

Many thanks to DY for organising the crews and to RGT, Ciro and our latest helper, Radu (a trainee teacher & rower from Romania), for giving up their Saturday morning so that the boys could race.

Has anyone got any photos of the start/ finish area? Thanks to Mr.Gelder for supplying photos. I will try and put some more up here later.

Results. Note that the ranking is based on a handicap which is based on age,sex, boat type.

I must admit that I have not been through the calculations myself to get to these ranks!

Summer Term Regattas - 2014

Several events have been added to the School calendar for next term. As usual, they need to be firmed up next term. At this stage, there is a commitment to go to Strathclyde and Nat.Schools.

1. Strathclyde Regatta (Glasgow). 
Multi-lane event over 1500m. Sunday 27th April. First weekend back after the Easter break.
http://www.scottish-rowing.org.uk/index.php/news/293-strathclyde-park-regatta-2014

Crews aimed at: J14x+, J16 4x-, Nov 2x, 4+

LRGSBC at Strathclyde Regatta 2010

2. Merseyside Regatta (provisional?) - Saturday 3rd May, although it is the weekend after Strathclyde.

3. National Schools Regatta (Nottingham at the National Water Sports Centre).
Friday 23rd May - Sunday 25th May. First weekend of the Half Term holidays.
http://www.nsr.org.uk/

LRGSBC at NSR 2010

Crews aiming for this event: J14 4x+, J16 4x-

4. Durham Regatta (14-15th June)
http://www.durham-regatta.org.uk/

5. York Summer Regatta (June 22nd) - Provisional. The day after Open Day which might mean we cannot do it.
http://www.ycrc.co.uk/

6. Barbecue Row Regatta (Founder's Day) - Saturday 5th of July. The Tour de France is in the UK this weekend, so we need some feedback about the suitability of holding this regatta on this date.