What a great weekend of head to head rowing we had a Port Seton & Cockenzie at the weekend. Everybody turned up with waterproofs and hats and gloves remembering the weather we got last year, but at the end of a day of perfect conditions with blue skies and bright sun there were a few red heads. Sunday, not so warm...but still fun!
NBRC was well represented, competing in all categories sometimes with two crews. We had new rowers competing in their first regatta and some hoping to regain the titles they won last year.
The format was knockout type competition with two boats going head to head in a pursuit style race of ~2 mins. It was a real test of coxing to get round two bouy turns efficiently and a test of the rowers' ability to quickly accelerate the boats to top speed both at the start and after each turn. As with all rowing, it's the teamwork that brings the best results.
The home teams' practice paid off and they got to every final (there were five clubs attending) but we nicked a couple from them. The finals were contested by
| Category |
Teams |
Winner |
| Mens Open |
Boatie Rows vs North Berwick |
North Berwick |
| Womens Open |
North Berwick |
Boatie Rows |
| Mixed Open |
North Berwick |
North Berwick |
| Mixed 55+ |
Boatie Rows vs Boatie Blest |
Boatie Rows |
| Womens 40+ |
Boatie Rows vs Anstruther |
Boatie Rows |
| Mens 40+ |
North Berwick |
Boatie Rows |
Over two days of racing NBRC set the fastest times, our Men's Open crew had the best time of 2min 6 secs, closely followed by our Mixed Open crew at 2min 9secs, which bodes well for the forthcoming season.
Thanks to the BoatieBlest club of Port Seton & Cockenzie for hosting a wonderfully unique event and providing some smashing cakes :-)
