Whilst some Nottingham Rowing Club members were enjoying the rugby at the Cardiff Millennium Stadium, Tony Lorrimer was busy just down the road at the Cardiff Bay Water Activity Centre taking part in the Welsh Indoor National Rowing Championships. He entered both lightweight, where he … [Read more...]
Nottingham Rowing Club send crews to Fours Head race
Nottingham Rowing Club sent five crews to the Fours Head to race over the boat race course in reverse. Despite the forecast of strong winds suggesting the race might be shortened, the conditions remained calm enough to race the full championship course, albeit rowing into a very strong … [Read more...]
Success for rowing club at Worcester Small Boats Head
On a wet and windy Saturday, Nottingham Rowing Club took part in the Worcester Small Boats Head on the River Severn over a 4,500-metre course, starting at the Camp Inn and going downstream to the local rowing club. In the first division, the Men’s Band 2 coxed four of Steve … [Read more...]
Another win for Nottingham Rowing Club’s Grace
The 2018, World Rowing Championships were held in Plodiv, Bulgaria and Grace Clough, Nottingham Rowing Club's paralympic champion, was part of another success. She took her place in the GB PR3 mixed coxed four with Ellen Buttrick, Ollie Stanhope, Daniel Brown and Brin Way Socki-Jones and … [Read more...]
Sculling Festival success for Nottingham Rowing Club
The Nottingham Rowing Club sent a few of their beginners to the British Sculling Festival held at the National Watersports Centre. The events consist of getting points for several skills tests and time trials over 500 metres and 2,000 metres. Harry Preston collected gold in the Beginners Men … [Read more...]
Successful Nottingham City Regatta
By Tony Lorrimer The National Watersports Centre at Holme Pierrepont hosted the 2018 Nottingham City Regatta. Before the event it was confirmed that last year’s regatta had been the largest one-day club regatta in the UK, but as a consequence of a change of date this year numbers were down, … [Read more...]
Regatta season gets under way in style for Nottingham Rowing Club
The Nottingham Rowing Club Masters G coxed four of Dave Wregg, Tony Lorrimer, Steve Cuthbert, Peter Stasiuk and cox Claire McCready are celebrating after they won the Masters E/F/G coxed fours event over the 450-metre sprint course. Their first-round opponents were from their old rivals … [Read more...]
The history of the Good Friday Row
By Richard Pickup For over a century rowers have taken to the River Trent on Good Friday. Photographs of rowers passing through locks go back to at least 1908. The photograph shows rowers in their club blazers, some worn over polo neck sweaters, passing through a lock. A dog was a passenger … [Read more...]
Nottingham Rowing Club: Back to the Tideway part four
Another squad from the Nottingham Rowing Club recently raced on the Tideway. This time is was the masters section represented by the F eight (over 60 years old) of Paul Williamson, Steve Cuthbert, Andy Townsend, Andy Brown, Shane MacSweeney, Chris Beesley, Peter Stasiuk, Tony Lorrimer and cox … [Read more...]
Head of the Trent 2018 – a storming success
On Sunday 25th February, 1,110 competitors turned out for the annual Head of the Trent, a timed rowing race over the River Trent in Nottingham. With 79 eights and 120 fours competing over the day the entry was less than last year’s record entry. However, eight of the top 10 men’s eights from … [Read more...]