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Aberdeen Fours and Small Boats HOR 16 - 17 November 2024 The advert for this event is now available Entries close on Wednesday 6th November at 11pm and must be made on the Excel spreadsheets below. Dowload these, edit and save locally, then email back to entries@cofd.co.uk Entry form - Fours HOR Saturday 16/11/24 (xlsx) Entry form - SB HOR, Sunday 17/11/24 (xlsx) |
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Home International Regatta (HIR) - Beach Sprints (or should that be HIR+ since this one featured not only Scotland, England Ireland and Wales but also Jersey) 28th September 2024 - Bournemouth, England (with practice on Friday 27th) Plenty drama on Friday when conditions, just, became possible for training. Saturday saw sunshine and generally calm seas but still produced lots of excitement in the form of close finishes, capsizes, and a close result in the contest for which volunteer found the prettiest shell on the beach! Full results are available at https://rowresults.co.uk/hirbs24. My pictures are posted here at slightly reduced resolution. If anyone wants a full-size image, please email me with the relevant file numbers. Snapper Ron Training on Friday 27/9/24 Racing on Saturday 28/9/24 and Prizegiving 
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North East Regatta - Aug/Sept 2024 -
Pictures Thanks to visiting amateur sports photographer, Dave Lee, who took some great shots at our regatta. Click on the image below to see them all or follow him on Facebook at: Dalee Sports Photography  |
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Beach
Sprints Championships St Andrews - 10-11 August 2024 (but these pics only from Saturday 10th) With a good strong wind forecast, I was hopeful of some exciting racing, but the only weather-related drama was the spontaneous beach-walk undertaken by the admin gazebo. The offshore wind made for remarkably flat water but the return sprint racing back to the shore was taxing. I have published a heap of pics but apologies that I did not manage to capture every competitor. Snapper Ron  
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Home International Regatta
(HIR) 27th July 2024 Strathclyde Park was host to the annual Home International match. We even managed to lay on (mostly) fine weather with little wind and good racing conditions except for a couple of cooling showers. The squad from England took home all four team awards and I managed to get pictures of all winners of the 500m sprint events and the overall teams.. Also a Scottish and personal biased set of other shots. Snapper Ron   |
North East Regatta 31st August and 1st September 2024  RESULTS are now published Now (3/9/24) with lists of winning names and marking of Qualifying events.  |
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ABC Inter Company
Regatta 22 June 2024 24 novice crews competed in the (mostly) glorious sunshine. Some very close races and the usual fun of selecting the best-dressed and best-named crews as well. Snapper Ron's pictures are available below, these are published at reduced resolution and please email me if you would like a full-size image.  |
Future Events updated Scottish Rowing have today (5/4/24) published their draft calendar of events from now until the end of 2025. Currently, this only features Aberdeen and Inverness events in view of the particular constraints that exist at both these venues. I will add to the list as further events are confirmed, but the list so far is available on our Future Events page. |
Universities of Aberdeen - Boat Race and Ball 24th February 2024 
  Lovely weather for the most publicised event in the Aberdeen rowing calendar. University principals from Aberdeen University and Robert Gordon University were represented and the Lord Provost of Aberdeen kindly attended to present the prizes (and what a nice bloke he was!). Winners were: Beginners race RGUBC Alumni race AUBC Main Race AUBC |
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Aberdeen Eights and SB HOR 10 - 11 February 2024 
Results from Saturday 10/2/4 Results - Sunday 11/2/24 SB HOR Sorted by Net Time Results - Sunday 11/2/24 SB HOR Sorted by Event, then Net Time Competitors Names Saturday (v2) Competitors Names Sunday (v3) The advert is still available. |
Private screening of The Boys in the Boat 13th Jan 2024 Gary organised a private matinee screening of this film at Cineworld, Union Square, Aberdeen. All clubs in Aberdeen were represented with lots of club colours evident. It is a shame that the large matt black room provided such a challenge for taking photographs but -158 and -159 probably represent the best that I could manage.  (published 13/1/24) |
December 2023 Some general pictures from the end of 2023 including a fine group of athletes snapped at the North British Rowing Club (NBRC) dinner; a photo-shoot of the formal challenge for the Universities of Aberdeen Boat Race (to be held on 24/2/24) and the Aberdeen Xmas Eights scratch regatta held on 16th December. (published 2/1/24)   |
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ABC
Womens Squad at Rutherford HOR Newcastle Upon Tyne 2nd December 2023 
 
 A good-sized squad of ladies (mostly Masters) braved the very icy weather on the River Tyne. Lots of happy faces after good rows and a victory in Womens Eights (b6 category). (published 6/12/23) |
Inverness HOR 11 -12 November 2023   Cold, but fine weather in Saturday for the small squad of ABC men that travelled to the Inverness WInter HOR. Sadly, and uniquely, the entire event was cancelled on Sunday due to thick freezing fog hanging around in the canal valley. This reduced visibility to an unsafe level. (published 7/12/23) |
Scottish
Rowing Awards Dinner 18 Nov 2023 Hamilton Ice Rink (with a free viewing of an ice hockey game!)  A lovely evening recognising many of the achievements of 2023. Above, SR President, Alistair Neil, presents Scottish Rowing Fellowship Awards to John McKinney and Dame Katherine Grainger. (published 19/11/23) |
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Aberdeen Head of the River Weekend 28th - 29th October 2023 Update 26/10/23 2pm: The Aberdeen HOR is CANCELLED We have just held a river inspection and two experienced J-18 scullers were struggling to make headway against the stream upstream of the King George VI Bridge. Aberdeen and surrounding area has just entered a Met Office yellow warning for rain which extends for the next 72 hours so water-flow conditions are likely to deteriorate. Regrettably, there is no suitable date this year to offer a re-run. Any entry fees which have been paid will be refunded. Grateful thanks to the many clubs and competitors who entered this event and we are sad that we were unable to run divisions on Saturday when record entries (87 in D1 and 75 in D2) were planned. |
Beach Sprints - St Andrews Saturday 9th September The sun shone again and another lovely day but sadly (from the spectating point of view) the wind direction changed overnight and the waves were not so impressive. Still lots of happy faces during a full day of racing for open competitors. See other link for pictures from Friday).  (published 5/10/23) |
Beach Sprints - St Andrews Friday 8th September 2023 Another sunny day at St Andrews trying to emulate Bondi Beach. Great excitement and lots of fun. Better waves today made for some spectacular launchings - especially of the larger boats. Today was mostly for students (see other link for Saturday's racing)  (published 5/10/23) |
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Games Night at ABC 19th August 2023 You can always rely on teachers to organise fabulous fun and frolicks. ABC hosted a games night of great silliness and much hilarity and some pictures are published here - they may have little meaning to those who weren't there but those who did shed their inhibitions had a great time.   (published 5/10/23) |
Deeside Scullers Island Picnic 12th August 2023 A band of hardy explorers from the Deeside Scullers Club reinstated a previous tradition by rowing up the Dee to a suitable island before partaking of afternoon refreshments. Members, who have suitable log-on permissions, can find all pictures on the Club Website.   (published 5/10/23) |
Wedding of Alan Lawrie and Debbie 4th August 2023 - Norwood House Hotel, Aberdeen  OK, so I know it isn't directly related to rowing but Alan is a long-term ASRA coach and member of the Committee of the Dee so, with his permission, Snapper Ron has published a few pics from the wonderful (and very energetic!) evening entertainment. (published 5/10/23) |
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Pictures from Aberdeen Sprint (2/9/23) published  With apologies for the delay, I have published a few pictures from our Sprint. Snapper Ron (published 4/10/23) |
Aberdeen Sprint
Regatta Saturday 2nd September 2023 Another Sprint, another lovely day of snappy racing on the Dee. We were delighted to welcome a large squad from Inverness but, sadly, our only other outside entry was a solitary sculler from Castle Semple (good to see you back in Aberdeen, Karen). Troublesome tides forced a late start with first race going off exactly on time at 1pm. With a lot of pre-planning and excellent cooperation from umpires, marshals and competitors, we were pleased to finish racing 14 minutes ahead of planned time, about 6 hours later. Weather was pleasant with a moderate tailwind and it was warm enough that the Senior Umpire had to advise some local children against swimming in the river off the ABC launching steps! With their huge entry, the Championship of the Dee award was easily won by ASRA but the other places enjoyed some to and fro battles over the day. Final Championship of the Dee points ASRA 145 ABC 57 Inverness RC 48 AUBC 6 Castle Semple 5 All Race Results (chronological list) All Race Results (draw Tree) Winning crew names and Champ of Dee table All Competitors' names All the above info is available as an Excel spreadsheet if you prefer. Event Programme (20 pages) Advert for the Sprint. |
Henley Masters
Regatta (HMR) 7 - 8 July 2023 For the first time ever, as part of Gary's plan for world (rowing) domination, ABC sent a trailer and large squad to compete in multiple events at HMR. Great fun, fantastic setting, good musical backdrop at times with Henley Festival next door. Some wins and some benchmarking.   published 25/7/23 |
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Henley Royal
Regatta (HRR) June/July 2023 A mixture of rowing action (some) and social (lots) pictures   |
Scottish
Championships Regatta 3-4 June 2023 Snapper Ron blew the dust off his big cameras and snapped a range of crews in action. Sorry for the delay in publishing these.   published 25/7/23 |
ABC Inter-Company Regatta 17th June 2023 It was great to see a large entry for this event and Snapper Ron's pictures are now published  
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North East Coronation Regatta Weekend of 6 - 7 May 2023 Thanks go to University of St Andrews BC as the only club which travelled to our very enjoyable event. To everyone else... you missed out on a lot of good racing and a fun party on Saturday night! Report and Results page With apologies for the delay, here (25/7/23) are a very few mostly personal pics from this event.(click on picture below)  |
ABC trip to
Tideway and Vesta Veteran HORs 18 - 19 March 2023  Just one ABC (Mens Mas E) crew this year. Unfortunately, a family illness meant that we needed substitute cox both days (thanks to Anna on Saturday and Pete on Sunday). Possible Norovirus then forced a further crew change on Sunday (well done, Lee, for finding Jacques to sub-in). These changes resulted in rather rushed races but still an enjoyable weekend. Thanks to ASRA for trtansporting our boat. |
Universities of Aberdeen Boat Race Saturday 11th March 2023  A good crowd of spectators enjoyed some close and exciting racing in pleasant weather conditions. Pictures (mostly) from Snapper Ron are published here. Updated 13/3/23 with finish videos from Lee Garrat and start and Suspension Bridge shots from Lindsay Kilvington published 12/3/2023 |
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Aberdeen Eights HOR Sunday 5th February 2023 Results Good weather for the time of year but an increasing headwind made for hard work going through some bridges and in the final 400m. Great to see Tay RC competing with their mixed Eight (mixed sex and experience, with one member only on his 4th sweep-rowing outing). Shame that no other clubs made the trip. The course in both divisions had to be shortened by about 150m due to unusually low water at the finish.  update 25/7/23 - I have published a small number of personally selected (and biased!) pictures. Click on the above image. Programme Original advert Competitors' Name (v2) Winners names |
Pictures from Aberdeen Fours and Small Boats HOR 5-6 November 2022  A small range of pictures (with the usual Aberdeen bias!) are published. These also feature pictures from the 'decades' event from the Deeside Scullers Club when they boated crews in a unique third divsion on Saturday. Boats 'raced' representing crews from the 1960s, 70s, 80s, 90s, noughties and tens. |
Aberdeen Fours and Small Boats HOR 5 - 6 November 2022 Good weather on Saturday but a variable blustery headwind on Sunday with some squals of rain. Overall, still not bad for the time of year. Results Saturday both divisions sorted by Net Time Saturday both divisions sorted by Event, then Net Time Sunday both divisions sorted by Net Time Sunday both divisions sorted by Event, then Net Time Programme for both days (v3) List of crew Names (v3) The Advert (v2) is still available |
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It was lovely to see a collection of fancily-dressed crews participating
again in the Aberdeen Inter-Company Regatta on Saturday 25th June 2022. Click here for Snapper Ron's pictures from the event. 
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 17th June 2022 Never mind ER's Platinum do, the real event of the year so far was the gathering to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the formation in Aberdeen of the fearsome four named Rick's Pr***s. Pictures are available of the ABC Balcony Club gathering in celebration. Also published is a miscellany of pictures from the past 50 years (well, the oldest relevant one I could find was a mere 39 years old, sorry). |
Scottish
Championships Regatta 3 - 5 June 2022  Sunday morning saw three ABC wins out of four consecutive races. published 7/6/22 |
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Beach Sprints Event - University of St Andrews Pictures from Sunday 15th May 2022 
  It may look as if boats were sinking (none did!) but lots of excitement and smiles as the surf picked up on St Andrews beach for this spectator-friendly event. Just like the competitors, you can do some wading as you negotiate the 900 pictures here. Comparisons with the water conditions at the 1,000m point of the SRSR were invidious (but not altogether inaccurate!) published 27/05/22 |
North British Rowing Club - Thames Training Camp 4-5 May 2022   A miscellany of members of the NBRC travelled to London to do some intensive training at Marlow and on the Tideway. A campaign artist (in the form of Snapper Ron) was invited to record this event. The suggestion that this invitation was in case his retired-doctoring skills might come in handy was scurrilous! published 27/05/22 |
Strathclyde Park Spring
Regatta (SRSR) Just a few ABC-orientated pictures from Saturday 23rd April 2022  Sorry, too busy to take many pictures! |
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Results from the North East Regatta 14 May 2022 Lovely weather for our first NER since 2019 due to Covid cancellation of the intervening two years. Click here for notes and results, and now (added 27/05/22) pictures 
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Pictures from the Universities of Aberdeen Boat Race 2nd April 2022 It was great to see spectators allowed again at the Universities Boat Race 
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Tideway 2022 26-27 March 2022 First ABC visit to Tideway in a while saw two Masters Eights (male and female) making the eventful trip south.   published 07/04/22 |
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Inverness Eights and SB HOR 5-6 March 2022  The ABC 'Tideway Eight' (with one sub) got in some good, and successful, practice at our northern neighbours event. Various other club wins were recorded. Photos are a bit limited, sorry published 07/04/22 |
The Bob Neill Scottish Schools HOR,
River Dee, Aberdeen (organised by ASRA) RESULTS Saturday 19/3/22 Division 1 Saturday 19/3/22 Division 2 Sunday 20/3/22 Division 1 Sunday 20/3/22 Division 2 |
ASRA Time Trial Sunday 6th Febrtuary 2022 Results |
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Aberdeen Eights HOR and Aberdeen Small-Boats HOR 19 - 20 February 2022  A lovely weekend of racing on the Dee. Happily, the predicted bad weather (strong winds) did not cause significant issues in Aberdeen but it did, understandably, deter some outside competitors from travelling. Results Saturday 19/2/22 results (both divisions) SB HOR Sunday 20/2/22 Div 1 Results SB HOR Sunday 20/2/22 Div 2 Results Pictures (almost all from Saturday) are published. Thanks, mainly, to Murray Bone and Lindsay Kilvington for taking these The original advert is still available here |
Inverness Fours and Small Boats HOR 20th & 21st November 2021  I have published an unashamedly ABC-biased group of pictures from the Inverness HOR weekend. Also worth visiting (and thanks for above pic) are the much more professional images at https://noremacpix.co.uk/ |
Future events Hopefully those who attended our recent Fours HOR had an enjoyable time. If you fancy another trip to race on the Dee, our Future Events page lists our plans up to Summer 2022. Dates for our Autumn 2022 HOR will appear later. A date has also been set for the Universities of Aberdeen Boat Race (Sat 2 April 2022) The page also lists other events on the SR calendar at this time (Nov 2021) |
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Aberdeen Fours HOR : Saturday 6th November 2021 10/11/21 Pictures from Div 1 (and a couple from D2) are now published - thanks to Elspeth Archibald for taking and Snapper Ron for processing  Results from both divisions on Saturday Sorted by Net Time Sorted by Event, then Net Time A breezy day, and as noted previously, we cancelled our SB HOR on Sunday due to predicted high winds. List of competitors nams (Saturday) For reference, the original Advert is availaible. Also the following documents relating to the cancelled Small Boats HOR on Sunday 7/11/21 Sunday (Small Boats) Start list Sunday names |
Clyde 3 Heads HOR Sat 23rd October 2021 
Snapper Ron dusted off his cameras and managed to catch many (sorry, not all) competitors at the HOR organised by Clyde ARC. Missing crews were when he had umpiring tasks to perform. published 24/10/21 |
September
2021 A few pictures from Castle Semple Regatta and also from the Captain's Dinner held at ABC published 21/10/21 |
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Aberdeen Sprint Regatta - 21st Aug 2021 picture below by Jonathan Byfield Click here for lots more pics from him. These are mostly of the first hour or so of racing and have an ABC bias. And also a few pics from Snapper Ron - many featuring the passage of the Aberdonian steam train  |
Aberdeen Sprint Regatta Saturday 21st August 2021 Results Yippee! Back to racing again as Covid restrictions ease. Many thanks to all the officials, volunteers and club members (near and far) that helped make this return to racing so enjoyable. Winning crew names (and club points) Results - chlonological list of all races Results - Tree view of all races Names of all competitors See adjacent box for some photographs |
Universities
of Aberdeen Boat Race Wednesday 26th May 2021  A limited event this year due to Covid, but thanks to Bob Newton for organising the match. A single race between AUBC and RGUBC which was won (verdict easily) by AUBC. RGUBC were hampered by loss of their rudder which forced them to make some imaginative steering manoeuvres as you can see in some pictures. |
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Update 27/9/20:
Our HOR weekend planned for 17th & 18th October 2020 has been cancelled due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation. -------- North East Regatta (NER) *CANCELLED* Henley Womens Regatta, the Olympics and Henley Royal Regatta have all been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic but, even more distressing for the rowing community, is the cancellation of this year's NER (due to have been held on 9th May 2020). A significant reason for this was the inability to safely deliver the macaroni vs steak pie tournament. Update 4th August 2020 - Aberden Sprint Regatta (29/8/20) *CANCELLED* Current (4/8/20) guidance from Scottish Government and SR indicate there is no prospect of us running a regatta this month so we have cancelled this event. |
Universities of
Aberdeen Boat Race 14th March 2020 A fine day of racing on the 25th running of this event. Pictures from Snapper Ron (mostly) and some from Lindsay Kilvington are available by clicking below. Apologies that Lindsay's camera clock was set differently so pictures jump about sometimes.  Some well-dressed athletes at the ball |
Sunday 23rd Feb 2020 Video files of ABC Masters (Tideway) eight training on the Dee. OK, these are not going to be of general interest but here is a way to access the full-size files of the videos that Carol took of 7/8 of our Tideway crew in action (or 8/9 if you include the cox). Right click the link below and select download, then extract the zip file and you should have 4 movie files to analyse and strike terror into any opposition. images/Videos/ABC Tideway Mas8 videos from 230220.zip |
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Aberdeen Time Trial Saturday 22nd Feb 2020 12noon (and 1:30pm) Results from Division 1 are available. A sunny afternoon but steadily increasing wind througout caused crews some problems. This was coupled with a faster stream than usual after rainfall in the upper Dee catchment. Sadly, we made the decision to cancel D2 due to safety concerns relating to high winds and strong stream in the finish marshalling area. We remain chuffed that we managed to run an event at a time when multiple recent and current events have been weather-cancelled. Pictures from Snapper Ron are now published |
ABC Xmas Eights Scratch Regatta and Annual Committee Awards 14th Dec 2019  Just a few pics of the winners of the regatta and recipients of the annual committee awards |
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Inverness
Fours and SB HOR 9th & 10th November 2019  Lovely frosty / misty mornings and fine, but cold, racing conditions for the biggest-ever Inverness HOR. This will be the last such event for 12 months as the canal needs to be partly drained to allow construction of a new swing bridge. Snapper Ron has published a biased selection of photos and videos featuring (almost) exclusively ABC crews. Click on picture above for these. **NEW (14/11/19) MORE PICTURES ** Thanks to Lotte Watts for submitting more pics from Inverness - click on image below to access them  |
'Discovered'
pictures from NE Regatta 4th May 2019  Oops - Alan Murphy sent me a memory stick with pictures he took at the North East Regatta six months ago. I forgot to publish these at the time but here they are now. You can also still see my pictures from prizegiving. |
Glasgow Rowing Club
4s HOR Sat 2nd November 2019  Snapper Ron captured some lovely autumnal colours at this event |
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Aberdeen Fours and Small Boats
HOR 26th & 27th October 2019 Results NEW (1/11/19) - more pictures, these ones from from Lindsay Kilvington Sat D1 sorted by time over course Sat D 1 sorted by event, then time Sat D2 sorted by time over course Sat D2 sorted by event then time A fine day of racing on Saturday but, regrettably, we had to cancel the Small Boats HOR on Sunday. Winds were gusting to 40mph making water conditions dangerously rough, especially in the upper reaches of the course. Entry fees applicable to Sunday will be refunded. Click here for pictures from Snapper Ron  |
Rhine Rowing Marathon 5th October 2019 Ron Wallace and Jim Steel from ABC were invited by Neil Gardner to join another alumnus of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (Clive Woodman) to row 26.2 miles on the Rhine, finishing at Dusseldorf. Great welcome from Wolfgang, our cox, and a memorable experience. 
 Click on either of the above pictures to see the pictues and videos that I took, including the GoPro footage from the race. If you want to download a full-resolution version of the same GoPro footage then click here and view or save the file but be aware that it is over 800Mb in size. Snapper Ron |
The Bob Neill Scottish Schools HOR 14th & 15th Sept 2019 ASRA hosted this event on the Dee Results are on our Results page |
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HIR (Home International Regatta) 27th July 2019 Strathclyde Park  The weather was dull but the racing was electric with many close results and a fantastic day for the Scottish team who won the league tables for Senior Men, Junior Men and Senior Women and came joint second in Junior Women. A unique result for Team Scotland Published (with apologies for lateness) 11/8/19 |
Aberdeen 'Tornado' Sprint Regatta
Saturday 31st August 2019 We were pleased to see the steam locomotive 'Tornado' chuff back and forth during this event. Another blustery day in Aberdeen with a particularly unpleasant squall during our Duathlon event (enough to, understandably, dissuade one competitor from undertaking the sculling leg). It was great to see another large squad from Stirling and we also welcomed a number of men from Inverness (perhaps their women and juniors may join us some day!). Also a single Masters sculler from Clydesdale (who managed to go home with a medal). Club Championship points (corrected after event) were
Winners names Results (chronological) Results (tree) Duathlon results Original programme (not marked with results) |
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Death of
Bernie (Brian) Gillian Sad to report the death, aged 74, of Bernie Gillian. He was a familiar figure umpiring at events over many years. I have found various photographs of him in umpiring action to reflect on happier times although these do not really reflect the true extent of his commitment to our sport. Snapper Ron  published 17/7/19 |
Henley Royal Regatta June/Juy 2019 More social / rowing shots from HRR  published 15/7/19 |
Henley Womens Regatta June 2019 Some rowing and social shots from HWR  published 15/7/19 |
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ABC Winners at Nithsdale Regatta 22nd June 2019  Richard Mathieson, Tricia Ritchie and Elspeth Archibald made the long trip to Dumfries to represent ABC at Nithsdale Regatta. Richard won Mas F-H 1x. Elspeth & Tricia won W R2 2x published 11/7/19 |
ABC Inter-Company
Regatta 22nd June 2019  Thanks to Lindsay Kilvington for taking these pictures whilst Snapper Ron was sunning himself at Henley Womens Regatta published 11/7/19 |
Scottish Championships 7th - 9th June 2019 A reasonable number of ABC wins at this event (not all featured in this selection of pics by Snapper Ron, sorry!)  Dan Davidson got a much-deserved 'thank you' from his Novice squad |
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Castle
Semple Regatta 19th May 2019 A smallish squad from ABC enjoyed some successes at this event. Thanks to Lotte Watts for providing the pictures of crews racing  |
ASRA training
camp in Regensburg, Germany 6th - 15th April 2019 Pictures by Carol Wallace  published 30/5/19 |
SRSR (Scottish Rowing Spring Regatta) (the event previously known as SPR !) 27th & 28th April 2019 Here is a limited number of Aberdeen-biased photos. 
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North East Regatta Saturday 4th May 2019 Results and a report on the day's racing are published. I have been promised some photos so these may appear later NER 2019 Results page Here are a few photos of Stirling RC collecting the Championship of the Dee trophy (again!) (published 3/6/19)  Mark you diaries for our next event, the Aberdeen Sprint Regatta on Sat 31st August 2019 |
Clyde Power Sprints 20th April 2019 Ron was the only Aberdeen competitor to travel to this event but he managed to win his Masters 1x event. A good, fun day of frantic 250m racing.  |
Universities of
Aberdeen Boat Race 23rd March 2019 Mostly pictures from Snapper Ron with extras from Lindsay Kilvington and David Hunter. Apologies that clocks on cameras were not synchronised so pictures jump around a bit.  published 30/3/19 |
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Heineken Roeivierkamp Regatta 9th & 10th March 2019 An intrepid Masters 8 from ABC attended this event  Sadly, racing was cancelled on Saturday due to high winds but we managed two of our events (2.5k and 250m) on a very cold,windy and wet Sunday. Then warmed ourselves up in the city in the evening. |
More pictures from
Inverness Eights HOR 16th & 17th Feb 2019 Lotte Watts has sent in some fine pictures of ABC crews at this event  Snapper Ron's pictures were previously published here |
Aberdeen Eights HOR Saturday 9th March 2019 With apologies for the delay, results are now published from this windy event. J-15 Quads were cancelled for safety reasons but all other boats managed to race. Div 1 sorted by finish time Div 1 sorted by event then net time Div 2 sorted by finish time Div 2 sorted by event then net time |
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Inverness 8s HOR 16th & 17th February 2019  A few pics from Snapper Ron and Mrs Snapper |
Naming ceremony for new URA (AUBC + RGUBC) Coxless Four 27th October 2018 Apologies for the very late publishing of these pictures but here they are now  Alison Bain names the new boat which was largely purchased through a crowdfunding campaign |
European Rowing Championships 2nd - 5th August 2018 Strathclyde Park  Well... I didn't quite manage to publish these pictures in the year that they were taken! Apologies for the delay but here are some pictures from sunnier days to brighten up the winter months. published 6/1/19 |
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ABC Xmas Eights 8th Dec 2018 A fun day with 2 Eights and 2 Sevens competing over a 500m course. The winning team was Santa's Little Helpers but Carol (organiser) also presented prizes to the two coxes who had steered all crews. Everyone then enjoyed President Jim's mulled wine and a fine spread of hot and cold Xmas lunch.  most of the winning crew |
Rutherford HOR (Newcastle) 1st December 2018 A Mens Masters 4+ from ABC went south to this event. Well organised and good fun but, boy, it was wet. They enjoyed the night life of the big city afterwards.  |
North British Rowing Club Annual Dinner 17th November 2018 Snapper Ron was invited to attend this historical event in Greenock. He apologises for the poor quality of the pictures which he blames, of course, on a malfunctioning camera and not on any failing of the human operator.  |
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Aberdeen Fours and Small Boats HOR 27th & 28th October 2018 RESULTS Fortuntely the weather on Saturday turned out (slightly) better than the rather worrying early forecast (hail and very strong winds). Still very cold on Saturday but Sunday was a lovely autumnal day. RESULTS: Sat Division 1 sorted by TIME OVER COURSE Sat Division 1 sorted by EVENT then NET TIME .. Sat Division 2 sorted by TIME OVER COURSE Sat Division 2 sorted by EVENT then NET TIME ..... Sunday Division 1 sorted by TIME OVER THE COURSE Sunday Division 1 sorted by EVENT then NET TIME .. Sunday Division 2 sorted by TIME OVER THE COURSE Sunday Division 2 sorted by EVENT then NET TIME |
Aberdeen Sprint Regatta Saturday 25th August 2018 Another lovely day of racing in Aberdeen. A fairly strong cross-head wind did entertain us with some rough water at times but nothing that us tough North Easterners aren't used to! We welcomed another trailer-full of Stirling rowers and also a good squad from Inverness (after their delayed arrival due to wind-turbine movement on the A96). Competitors and spectators alike seemed to enjoy our first-ever Duathlon (run/row) event - this was held in two heats of 8 competitors in each and attracted competitors ranging from junior to 70+ years of age. We are grateful to Scottish Rowing for providing financial support to help run this event. Complete results are available here, or if you only want selected portions from this, you can choose List of winners or Duathlon results (both of these are contained in the complete results) New 26/8/18 Snapper Ron has published a few pictures of the Duathlon  Most Successful Club We only award the Championship of the Dee trophy at our main North East Regatta but, for interest, I applied the same points system (2 points per person in winning finalists and 1 point pp for losing finalists) to ascertain the most successful club. Points were as noted below; ASRA 81 Stirling 64 ABC 56 AUBC/RGUBC 14 Inverness 13 Albyn Schools 7 Univ of St Andrews 1 |
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Crustaceans row from Leeds to Doncaster 16th - 28th July 2018 Snapper Ron was delighted to be asked to sub into this very enjoyable canal trip  (published 30/8/18) |
Henley Royal Regatta 4th - 8th July 2018 More social shots than rowing pictures (but the on-line video coverage is so good for the spashy stuff)  |
ABC Inter-Company Regatta 30th June 2018 A smaller number of crews this year but a re-jig of the format meant plenty racing for all competitors. Great weather, some close (and some not so close!) racing and entertaining costumes resulted in a very enjoyable day. Snapper Ron's pictures are available by clicking the above link.  |
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Henley Womens Regatta 22nd - 24th June 2018 Snapper Ron finally accompanied Mrs Snapper to this event - a lovely mixture of serious racing and laid-back (by HRR standards) spectating. He apologises for missing almost all of the Aberdeen clubs' races but at least the published pictures redress the normal NE Scotland bias!  |
Scottish Championships
Regatta 9th & 10th June 2018 A few rowing shots (mostly from Carol) and some pictures of the gathering storm clouds from Ron. Sadly, racing on Saturday had to be abadoned due to lightning storms.  (published 30/6/18) |
SPR (Strathclyde Park Regatta) 28th & 29th April 2018  Snapper Ron was quite busy umpring and racing so shots from a limited range of races are published below. Saturday pictures Sunday pictures |
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Clyde Power Sprints 21st April 2018 A small squad of ABC rowers went to Glasgow for this very enjoyable event (thanks to Carol for towing our boats down using her shiny new truck). We won three events (Mas 2-, Mas 1x and Womens Mas 1x). A scratch, composite 4+ featuring Matt and Lee of ABC along with a Clyde and Clydesdale rower managed to make it to the final of Open 4+ before sustaining their first defeat. Although racing was only over a 250m course, a round-robin system meant that everyone had lots of races. Great fun! The challenge to the Committee of the Dee is to make our Aberdeen Sprint on 25th August 2018 as enjoyable - keep checking this site for further details nearer the time.  A slection of pictures from Snapper Ron with a marked ABC-bias! |
North East
Regatta 14th April 2018 A wonderful day with great competition (thanks largely to a huge entry from Stirling). Great weather and a shock win for the Championship of the Dee. Update 16/4/18 - I have added a column to the results page identifying qualifying wins Further details Pictures  Strling RC celebrate winning the Championship of the Dee |
Universities of Aberdeen Boat Race Saturday 17th March 2018 At times it looked more like a surfing event than a rowing competition but competitors survived onslaughts of wind, waves, cold and bothersome crabs and (most) were still smiling at the end of the day. Snapper Ron's pictures (with a bit of help from LK) are published below  The AUBC Alumni crew hit 'The Wall' above the KG6 Bridge |
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More picturesfrom Snapper Ron (sorry, these have
been presented in published-order, not ordered by date taken) ABC Burns Supper 27th January 2018  (published 23/2/18) Inverness Eights HOR 10th & 11th Feb 2018  (published 23/2/18) |
Aberdeen Eights HOR 17th Feb 2018 Pictures Pictures from Snapper Ron (sorry, division 2 only)  (published 23/2/18) Updated 27/2/18 - more pictures - from Alan Murphy  |
Aberdeen Eights HOR Saturday 17th Feb 2018 Results from both divisions Lovely weather except for a bit of a headwind between the Suspension and Railway Bridges. Thanks to all umpires and helpers. Also thanks to our visitors from Inveress and University of St Andrews Programme for this event can now be downloaded - this includes course instructions and running order Parking arrangements for visting clubs will be announced later. The original advert for this event is still available. |
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Aberdeen HOR weekend 4th & 5th November 2017 Results from Saturday (both divisions) Results from Sunday (both divisions) Lovely weather on Saturday for our Fours event. The forecast of rain and gales on Sunday in reality became sunny but cold weather and a variable breeze. Overall reasonable conditions for Guy Fawkes weekend. It was great to see a large entry from lots of clubs including almost every Scottish university. Photo-update 14/11/17 I am delighted to present a cornucopia of pictures from various sources (thanks to all providers); **Saturday** 4s HOR Sat from Alan Murphy 4s HOR Sat Division 1 from Snapper Ron 4s HOR Sat Division 2 from Snapper Ron **Sunday** Small Boats HOR Sunday from Alan Murphy Small Boats HOR Sunday Division 1 from Snapper Ron (sorry, no D2 pics on Sunday from Snapper Ron as he was racing) 4s HOR Sunday Album by James Arthur (and the link to his jpegs) |
FISA World Masters
6th - 10th Sept 2017 Bled, Slovenia 
 Yes, I think it really is the most beautiful rowing course in the world! Not many rowing pictures (busy rowing and I only took a small camera) but lots of background and holiday shots. Snapper Ron Also a link below to the professional shots from Sports Graphics Still pictures from (mostly) Snapper Ron Videos from Snapper Ron Sports Graphics shots (all clubs) (Sports Graphics Aberdeen pictures) |
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More pictures from the North East Regatta Thanks to Rob Eyton-Jones for providing some great pictures from the sprint regatta held in Aberdeen on 19/8/17 (published 23/8/17)  You might have spotted Rob at SPR or Scot Champs sitting damply in his kayak opposite the finish tower snapping crews as they neared the end of their race. He chose land-based vantage points in Aberdeen but still relished the challenge of scrambing over rocks under the Suspension Bridge for best views! |
North East Sprint Regatta 19th August 2017 Results from this event are now published. Pictures from Snapper Ron are also published (19/8/17) Pictures from Rob Eyton-Jones ( NEW 23/8/17 ) Thanks to all sponsors, helpers, SR umpires, competitors and the weather (for delaying its thunderstorm until after prizegiving!)  |
Clydesdale Sprint Regatta and Corporate Challenge 5th August 2017 Snapper Ron has published his pictures from this event 
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Snapper Ron's pictures from the Home International Regatta  22nd July 2017 This event was organised by English Rowing but, unusually, took place at Strathclyde Park. (published 26/7/17) Click here to go to Scottish Rowing website for news report on this event |
ABC
Inter-Company Regatta 24th June 2017 The usual display of varied rowing costumes, and racing filled with enthusiasm but containing variable amounts of coordination entertained the spectators at this fun event. A bit breezy at times with a varaible tailwind but very enjoyable racing conditions. Snapper Ron's pictures are published here.  The Deewatch crew overhaul a nasty bunch of Star Wars Stormtroopers (serves then right for having Darth Vadar as a cox!) (published 26/6/17) |
Castle Semple Regatta 20th May 2017  I have pubished a selection of pictures from this event - not many shots from the lovely flat calm of the early morning (I was racing) but, sadly, a larger number of images of rough afternoon water. Snapper Ron (published 30/5/17) |
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Aberdeen Scratch Regatta 7th May 2017  Three Clubs (ABC, ASRA and Albyn) participated in this event. Many thanks to Elspeth Archibald for proposing the format which seemed to be enjoyed by all participants. An initial time-trial took place and the sorted crews were then divided into blocks of 4 or 3 for side-by-side competition - this took place regardless of boat class or competitors' status. All races took place over a very windy 700m downstream course resulting in some challenging rough water. Click for results or (only 3!) pictures |
ASRA Training Camp in Breisach, Germany April 2017 ASRA travelled further south this year, going to Breisach in Germany rather than their previous location of Ghent in Belgium. Everyone seemed pleased with the new venue. Pictures by Carol Wallace  |
Universities of Aberdeen Boat Race 4th March 2017  Congratulations to Aberdeen University who not only won the main race (after 6 years of domination by RGUBC) but also completed a unique hat-trick of wins by taking the Second-Crew race and also the Alumni event. Tides forced a late start to proceedings and a day of dark clouds and torrential rain led to challenges in photography. Apologies for the many blurry shots (no light) and misty atmosperic photos (rain on lenses!) |
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Aberdeen Eights HOR Saturday 11th Feb 2017 Results A strong tailwaind led to some fast times (tailwind) and also some slow bits (very rough water). Water was much rougher in Div 2 after the tide had turned. *new 12/2/17* Snapper Ron has published Pictures from Division 2 only |
Ian Duncan and Alex Wann wedding. Ian & Alex got hitched on Saturday 7th January 2017 The day finished with a celebration at ABC Click below for Ron's pictures.  (published 8/1/17) |
Aberdeen Xmas Scratch Eights Regatta 17th Dec 2016 Thanks to Alan Murphy for providing these pics  (published 25/1/17) |
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Pictures from the Aberdeen HOR weekend Thanks to Alan Murphy who took these pictures from one of the marshalling launches Fours HOR - Saturday 12th Nov 2016 SB HOR - Sunday 13th Nov 2016 and a few pictures by Ron Wallace of the cosy accommodation in ABC on Saturday night |
Aberdeen Head of the River Weekend 12th & 13th November 2016 Despite a pessimistic forecast, the weather
forecast, and actuality, on the days turned out to be lovely.
Results Saturday Div 1 - by finish order Saturday Div1 - by event Saturday Div 2 - by finish order Saturday Div 2 - by event Sunday Div 1 - by finish order Sunday Div 1 - by event Sunday Div 2 - by finish order Sunday Div 2 - by event Competitors' names Saturday Competitors' names Sunday |
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Deeside Scullers Club hosts the first-ever DS
vs Universities of Aberdeen competition for the prestigious
Hendricks Cup 1st October 2016 DS won the first Eights race then the pesky youngsters from AUBC and RGUBC took the second. In the third race, DS got off to a blistering start; once the youngsters had realised that the race was on they did manage to claw back their disadvantage to squeeze over the line first to take the on-water victory. Further points were hotly, and messily, contested in the egg & spoon race. Repeated cheating on both sides (including very clever use of melted cheese to stick egg to spoon!) resulted in a draw in the on-land competition so the Universities were declared the winners. Also present was the Kelly's Cat "Katherine Grainger" which has recently been purchased by DS  Rob Hamilton, President of Deeside scullers, presents the trophy to the winners from AUBC and RGUBC  |
Gin-Tasting session at ABC Niki, KP and Di are planning to cross-country ski 26 miles (gasp!) as a charity fundraiser. They started the fundraising by hosting a gin-tasting session which was both entertaining and educational (from what I can remember). Well done all!  (published 5/9/16) |
ASRA
training camp and Regatta in Gent, Belgium 4th - 10th April 2016 Apologies for the late (22/8/16) publishing of these shots taken by Carol Wallace  |
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Henley 2016 Lots of social shots from Snapper Ron with very occasional rowing pics  (published 11/8/16) |
Pictures from Scottish Championships Regatta 11th & 12th June 2016 Pictures from Snapper Ron David Nolan's Flicker site |
North East Regatta 4th June 2016 Results are published from this one-day event NER pictures from Snapper Ron Just a few pics from this event - mostly relating to the celebration of Deeside Scullers Club 50th anniversary. For members of DS, further pictures of the evening celebrations are published on the DS website. (pictures published 8/6/16) . |
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Clydesdale Regatta 7th May 2016 Snapper Ron has published some pictures from this event (published 26/5/16) |
Strathclyde Park Regatta 23rd & 24th April 2016  Snapper Ron has published some pictures from this event. (published 12/5/16) |
Litter pick-ups A message from Elspeth Archibald of ABC who has organised (and led) a number of litter-picking session between the QE2 Bridge and Victoria Bridge;
"We're planning our next picking weekend on 16th/17th april before all
the regattas start. Volunteers from any club are welcome to lend a hand. . |
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Updated tide tables Sharp-eyed Jim Steel pointed out confusion with the 'rowable limits' columns on the ABC tidetables - the figures were correct but difficult to interpret due to loss of AM or PM markers. I have modified the 2016 and 2017 tables to convert rowable-limit times to 24-hour notation. The actual tide data is correct and unchanged (published 5/4/16) ------------------------------------------------------------- ABC Update on 6/4/16 I received the following email from ABC (endorsed by Jim Steel, President) ABC are no longer using the 'unrowable' times from the tide tables. Instead ABC is using the +/- 3hours from high tide in daylight, +/-2 hours in the dark to prevent damage to boats when boating and landing, the same as we applied to launches. Other clubs are entitled to set their own limits for their rowing boats |
Aberdeen Eights HOR 26th March 2016 Windy and wet with a strong headwind and rough water up the 500m straight. Sadly a poor entry from outside clubs - our only non-Aberdeen entrant was a junior quad from Loch Lomond - but at least they won their division so hopefully they considered the trip worthwhile! Results (both divisions) Pictures from Division 1 Pictures from Division 2  |
Universities of
Aberdeen Boat Race 12th March 2016 Pictures from Ron Wallace and Lindsay Kilvington  This year saw the closest-ever main race with RGU taking an early lead only for AU to overtake them going through the Railway Bridge. A ding-dong battle ensued down the 500m straight with RGU pulling ahead shortly before the all-important finish. The Second crews raced, for the first time ever, over the long course and the aged(?) alumni were relegated to the short 750m course (which was, many said, long enough!) (published 19/3/16) |
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Committee of the Dee (Aberdeen Rowing) now has a Twitter account click on the above link to tweet away (published 2/2/16) |
ABC Burns Supper 23rd January 2016 We met to celebrate the Bard's birthday and enjoy some fine soup followed by Haggis, neeps & chappit tatties (thanks, Alex)  |
Change of date of
Aberdeen Eights HOR Please note that we have (with permission from Scottish Rowing) changed the date of our Eights HOR from 20th February 2016 to Saturday 26th March 2016 We made this change as the original date clashes with BUCS regatta and many University clubs have attended our HOR in previous years. (published 15/1/16) |
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Discovered photos! Apologies but I have found various batches of photographs which I have failed to process and publish. More may be added to this list but currently you can enjoy the following (in no particular order); ASRA's trip to Ghent in April 2015 (pictures by Carol) ABC Xmas Eights scratch Regatta (7th Dec 2013) pictures by Carol Inverness 8s and Small Boats HOR (21st Feb 2015) Scottish Schools HOR (26th & 27th Sept 2015) Marlow Regatta (21/6/14) Pictures from Colin |
River Dee post-diluvian **UPDATE 14/1/16** The turbulence upstream of the salmon-fishers bothy (between KG6 Bridge and HOR finish) has been identified as another car! (thanks Pete) Until this is cleared, all crews and launches should turn downstream of the salmon-fishers bothy (PS - car now cleared but all crews should still exercise caution due to changes in shoal banks) (13/1/16) You may have noticed it has been a bit damp lately! The river has changed significantly following the recent floods - two reports and sets of pictures are available below Pete Turner and Jonny Muir walked the lower stretches of the river on 11/1/16. Their written report and pictures are available. Dan Davidson walked the Dee at low tide and took these pictures from 13/1/16 - I have added his written observations to the foot of the above report.  (published 13/1/16) |
FISA World Masters - Hazewinkel 10th - 13th Sept 2015  Sorry for the late publication of these pics - there are a lot of personal pictures of our holiday in Belgium but also a number of rowing shots (mostly taken by Carol, thanks) (published 3/1/16) |
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The Committee of the Dee is concerned with organising rowing events on the River Dee in Aberdeen, Scotland. Events are run under the rules of the Scottish Rowing (previously known as the Scottish Amateur Rowing Association (SARA)). Members of the committee are elected from the five rowing clubs in Aberdeen;
Aberdeen Boat Club
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Aberdeen University Boat Club
Deeside Scullers Club
Robert Gordon University Boat Club
The Committee of the Dee is concerned with organising rowing events on the River Dee in Aberdeen, Scotland. Events are run under the rules of the Scottish Rowing (previously known as the Scottish Amateur Rowing Association (SARA)). Members of the committee are elected from the five rowing clubs in Aberdeen;
Aberdeen Boat Club
Aberdeen Schools Rowing Associatioon
Aberdeen University Boat Club
Deeside Scullers Club
Robert Gordon University Boat Club
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