The alternative to ‘On the Beach’ After a two-year Covid-induced hiatus, it was great
to be able to run an unrestricted NER again.
Sadly, the University of St Andrews (with
subsequently-apologised-for backing from SR) organised a novel Beach
Sprints event on the same weekend.
This bled from the Sunday into Saturday and provided direct
competition for our entries.
One regular-attender at previous NERs said they had planned to
come to Aberdeen but decided to go beach racing instead.
This may have resulted in one single sculler from
Hollowell Scullers being the only non-Aberdeen entrant. We were,
nevertheless, happy to see a good entry from all local clubs and some
well-contested events with 8-10 entrants.
With 94 races over a full day at four-minute intervals we enjoyed
some clear results and others that tested the eyesight of our finishing
teams, as well as the sprinting muscles of the competitors.
The knockout heats of our Masters single sculling
event ended with the interesting final of a Masters A sculler racing
against a Masters I, who enjoyed a 32 second ‘handicap’ advantage at the
finish (and won!) Weather was lovely with no wind initially and a
gentle breeze later and dry and sunny throughout. Despite the huge ASRA entry in various events, ABC
also had a successful day and the points total for the Championship of
the Dee award was a closer battle than many had expected with results
below;
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Winners names and Champ of Dee poinnts NER 2022 Race results (chronological) NER 2022 Race results (tree) |
NER 2022
Names of all competitors at time of entry NER 2022 Full original programme (pre-event) NER 2022 original advert |