Thanks to all who showed interest in the Dreissigacker sculling blades
I advertised the other day.

The items have now been sold.

Ken Hastie

The Start Order for the Tyne Head (3rd March) is available here:

http://www.nerowing.com/FormTyneHeadStartOrder.xls

(Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet)


Ken Hastie
NE Rowing Online

I'm selling my spare pair of sculling blades if anyone is interested.

(Money needed towards bigger boat fund - the type of boat with sails, not
oars!)

Dreissigacker Lightweight blades, length adjustable.

(I already have a pair of Croker blades).

Listed on ebay under this URL:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=017&sspagename=STRK%3AMES
E%3AIT&viewitem=&item=270093609646&rd=1&rd=1

If that doesn't work, then just go to www.ebay.co.uk and search for item
270093609646

As they are also advertised elsewhere, they are available as a direct sale
from me for £150 or you can take your chance by bidding on ebay 8:)

Regards
Ken Hastie

Nick Scott, 41, former cox at Newcastle RGS Boat Club, Tyne Rowing Club and
Newcastle University Boat Club, sadly died on January 23rd 2007.

Nick loved sport, but had a congenital heart problem that meant he was
unable to take part in active sport. Rowing gave Nick the chance to train
and compete in sport as a cox. Throughout the 1980s Nick was an ever present
sight in the coxes seat on the River Tyne. He began his coxing at school for
Newcastle Royal Grammar School and later moved on to Tyne Rowing Club and
Newcastle University Boat Club.

Nick hung up his rudder when he graduated in 1989, but made a return to
coxing in December 2006 when he coxed a veteran Newcastle University Boat
Club alumni crew from the 1980s of Chris Squires-Parkin, Chris Davey, Bruce
Willoughby and Kevin Oates at Tyne Rutherford Head Race.

It was fitting that Nick managed to make a final coxing trip on his beloved
River Tyne before he died. Nick still retained an interest in rowing and
regularly attended local regattas in the North East. Nicks final visit to a
regatta as a spectator was in August 2006, when he attended the World Rowing
Championships at Dorney Lake. Rowing and coxing gave Nick years of
enjoyment, pleasure and the chance to compete in sport.

Nick was a great supporter of Oxfam and his family have set up a website in
memory of Nick for donations to Oxfam at www.justgiving.com/nickscott.

Kevin Oates


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Dear All,

This is just a reminder that entries for Tyne Head close on Sunday 25th February
at midday. OARA entries preferred.

Also to confirm that we are happy to accept entries for coxed as well as
coxless quads.

Regards,

Alex Shiel
Secretary
Tyne Head

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For clarity - I take it you mean Hard Arch

benjamin.taylor@... wrote:
There appears to be a submerged tree trunk under the number two arch of Elvet
Bridge. The arch nearest Brown's Boathouse and Chase.

It has just put a hole in one of our boats, so I would suggest avoiding using
this arch if it possible. Wouldn't want a hole put in somebodys shiney eight.

Yours,
Ben Taylor





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There appears to be a submerged tree trunk under the number two arch of Elvet
Bridge. The arch nearest Brown's Boathouse and Chase.

It has just put a hole in one of our boats, so I would suggest avoiding using
this arch if it possible. Wouldn't want a hole put in somebodys shiney eight.

Yours,
Ben Taylor

Because some thieving so-and-so nicked my oars from under my yacht
tender, I am looking for a pair of old sculling blades that I can cut
down and use. If you or your club have any wooden sculling blades
(carbon is a bit too hard to shave down!) that have seen better days
and are taking up a corner of your boathouse, I would be grateful to
hear of them.

Happy to make a small donation to the club in return.

Thanks and regards
Ken Hastie

Hi,

I was just wondering if anyone in Durham has a men's coxless pair they would be
willing to lend to St Mary's College Boat Club for an outing on Wednesday
morning please?

James Barnett
SMCBC Men's Captain

From: Victoria Laing [mailto:victorialaing@...]
Sent: 16 February 2007 21:49
Subject: Tees Rowing Club - new Committee Members


Please note the new Committee elected at Tees Rowing Club AGM, 15th February
2007:-

President:     John Green j.j.green@...
Captain:        Neil Hindle neil@...
Secretary:     Dilwyn Jones dilwynjones@...
Treasurer:     Ken Watson  kenneth.watson4@...
Safety Advisor: Steve Vaslet steve.vaslet@...

regards
Victoria Laing
outgoing Hon Sec
victorialaing@...


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Thanks to Phil for his response:

-----Original Message-----
From: P. Metcalfe [mailto:phil@...]
Sent: 15 February 2007 15:48
To: Ken Hastie
Subject: Re: [nerowing] FW: Rowing in 1840s Yorkshire


  >Ken
  >I would say that say that "Shakespeare"and "Mazeppa"are not crew >names
but are boat names. Crews tended then to row and race as
  >syndicates of friends going on boat trips and racing.. One of these
  >early groups of rowers that rowed at Durham was called Durham
  >Boat Club that raced at Durham in 1836. I assume that Henry Ebdy
  >would have been the son of Charley Ebdy who first rented boats from
  >Browns Boathouse for Durham Regatta who had it built in 1834, it was
  >then called Paradise Cottage.
  >Phil

Tyne RC is seeking a coach to work with the senior squads up to Nat
Champs in the first instance. We expect the workload to be approx
10-12hrs per week with rates of pay in the region of £10ph. For more
details contact dr.chris.parsons@....

Thanks,

Chris Parsons
Tyne RC

FOR SALE:
55-65Kg Burgashell x1. Bought new in 2003, superb condition, navy blue with

carbon wing rigger. NK stroke coach is included with fittings. Fell out of

rowing, hence sale. Beautiful boat, needs a good home! £1200 ono

Photos available, if interested please contact Amy:07921216113.

Also FOR SALE:
Carl Douglas v-shaped roof rack. Bought new, only used 3 times. ?40
Please contact Amy: 07921216113.

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I'd like to pass this e-mail to the group for comment.....it's interesting
stuff !



-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Dawson
Sent: 13 February 2007 15:28
To: ken@...
Subject: Rowing in 1840s Yorkshire


Dear Ken

  I have recently come accross a series of references to Rowing, and
also to Regattas in Yorkshire in the 1840s.

  Firstly a reference to the founding of the Wakefield Rowing & Gig
Club in June 1848, which was established for "rowing and aquatic
aerobics"; they  held their first Regatta on the Calder in August 1848
with four-our cutters and also gigs. The Wakefield  Herald of 23rd
June 1848 called if a "delighful aquatic amusement" and was very
tongue in cheak about  the whole affair.

Secondly refernece to the York Regatta of June 26th 1848, between
"Shakespeare" Rowing Club of Manchester and "Mezappa" Rowing Club of
Durham. This was the first rowing regatta held on the Ouse which was
considered to be "admirably adapted for a boat race". You mention on
your website timeline that the first York regatta was 1843, but this
appears to be contradicted by the press reports of 1848. Clarification
would be welcome.

The Crews competed for a £50 cash prize.

The "Shakespeare" Crew were George Collings, Thomas McCormick, Henry
Ault, Samuel Wood

"Mazeppa" were William Foster, William Mann, William Houlson and Henry Ebdy.

The coxes are not recorded.

The Umpire was Alfred Hargrove of York.

The Mezappa crew reportedly beaten South Shields RC at the Durham
Regatta of 1847 and also "Claspers" RC of Newcastle in the same year.

I was wondering if you could shed any light on these early clubs and
regattas; coming from Wakefield and being a rower I never knew we had
a Rowing Club or our own regatta! I wonder what  happened to the club.

Yours

Anthony

Anthony L Dawson B.Sc (Hons) Dip. PT
Personal Trainer & Rowing Coach.

John Mulholland has advised that he has now received a completed Water
Safety Audit for each Club, College, School and University in the region.
Can I thank everyone involved in achieving that milestone and to make a plea
that everyone aims to complete within the original date in future. This will
save John in particular a lot of chasing up work bearing in mind that he is
a volunteer.



John will be examining the audits and picking up areas of concern with each
organisation on an individual basis.



Thank you.



Andrew Bryant

Chairman Northern Rowing Council



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-----Original Message-----
From: KEN MURRAY [mailto:kp.murray1@...]
Sent: 13 February 2007 10:38
To: Ken Hastie
Subject: Concept 2 Ergo for sale


Hi Ken
Can you please advertise the following around the group.

Concept 2
Indoor Rower Model 'D' Egro with the PM 3 monitor
With 1 LogCard (new cards easily obtained from Concept)
USB Connection Cable

The ergo is In excellant condition having been kept in house rather than
garage.
Current new price £939.00 but willing to sell for £500.00
Excellant purchase for a Club/University or keen rower.
Delivery/Collection can be discussed.

Contact:  Kayleigh Warwick
"kayleigh warwick" kayleigh_waylee_woo@...

Best regards





KenM


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Does anyone have a fine coxed pair they are willing to lend / hire out? [or know
who has one etc]

Barbara Millns [Tyne RC & Div Rep] is going to be seat racing in one at
Caversham in a couple of months time; the next step in her quest to get into the
GB LTA [addaptive] 4+. She has been doing regular outings in a 2- but has never
even been in a 2+; probably a good idea to have a go before seatracing.

All clues to tracking one down gratefully received.


Chris Smith

Tyne RC



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Dear All

Many of you will know Colin Brown who was our CDO, pre Adi Dolo, Loretta
Williams and Rob Cree.  Colin who has worked for the ARA for ten years now and
was thanked at Saturday's ARA Council meeting for all his help is moving on.

Colin did marry Sarah Roseblade who many of you will also know.  They now live
in Greenwich, London.

Colin is leaving rowing for a career move that will see him as London Regional
Director for the Amateur Swimming Association, his last day at the ARA is on
February 16th.

Regards

Kate

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To: North East Rowing Group



Can I just issue a gentle reminder that Diana Ellis, Chairman of the ARA is
visiting the Northern Region this coming week Friday 16 February. The main
purpose of Diana's visit is to present an ARA Medal of Honour to Bill Parker
and an ARA Medal of Merit to Kate O'Sullivan.



A ceremony for Bill is to be held at St Leonard's School commencing at
3.30pm and a ceremony for Kate is to be held at Tees Rowing Club commencing
at 7.30pm.



I am sure that a number of you will wish to attend to recognise the
outstanding achievements of both Bill and Kate.



Thank you.



Andrew Bryant

Chairman Northern Rowing Council



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Dear Region,

Just to let you know that I am away in Italy skiing next week and
will therefore be out of the region between 10th and 18th February
inclusive. I will be dealing with e mails and messages when I get
back to the office on Tuesday 20th Feb. (I will be out in the field
on 19th Feb)

Hope this meets with approval!

Regards, Rob
Rob Cree
ARA Team North CDO

--- In nerowing@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Hastie" <ken@...> wrote:
>
> John Bell asked me for copies of the photos I took during the big
> floods at Durham of (I think) 2000.

Interestingly, Kim Metcalfe mentioned "That was in June, a week before
Durham regatta. It was topped by another flood later in the year.
The heights are marked inside DARC boathouse. Housebuilders should note
that neither of these is anywhere in the top 100 year floods"

and John Lyons had a chuckle at the thought of our quaint English
eccentric ways - we get a major flood and everyone sculls in the car
park and has a barbeque !

Ken Hastie
NE Rowing Online

John Bell asked me for copies of the photos I took during the big
floods at Durham of (I think) 2000.

I uploaded them for posterity to the Yahoogroup at:

http://sports.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/nerowing/photos

Interesting pic of the scullers making their way around the landward
side of Durham ARC along the old racecourse !

Ken Hastie
NE Rowing Online

One radio is missing from the batch that was provided to the Durham Small
Boats Head last week.

If you have it, please make immediate contact with me.

These are expensive units.


Regards
Ken Hastie

You will recall I mentioned the other day about the increasing number
of 'bad news' stories about dope test failures in the sport...

Well, there is always the odd bit of news that lifts the heart as
well....

(Thanks to Rachel Quarrell www.rowingservice.com for finding the link)

http://www.carlow-nationalist.ie/news/story.asp?j=30873&cat=news


Ken Hastie
NE Rowing Online

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Hamill [mailto:press@...]
Sent: 30 January 2007 10:14
Subject: English Indoor Rowing Championships - Press Release


Press Release Starts



The English Indoor Rowing Championships were held on 28 January 2007 at the
Manchester Velodrome.  Durham Amateur Rowing Club's (DARC) Gill Prescott
competed in the Ladies' 40-49 age group category winning a gold medal with a
personal best time of  7 minutes and 15 seconds over 2000 metres, taking the
honours in this category.  This was an absolutely fantastic performance -
not only did Gill compete at the top of her age category (aged 49 years),
she also beat the times of many younger rowers from teenage years up! Indeed
this personal best time was the fastest 2000 metre Ladies' time in all
categories on the day!



Results are available -
http://www.concept2.co.uk/racing/result.php?race=englishirc2007



Last Year Gill also won in her category at the British Indoor Rowing
Championships at Birmingham, over 2000 metres with a time of 7 minutes and
17 seconds.  On the water of course, Gill can also demonstrate her skill and
is part of the reputed DARC Women's Veteran C Quadruple Scull who include
local rowers Carolyn Edwards, Christine Heppell and Sam English.  This crew
had a string of wins during 2006 including winning a Silver medal at the
National Veteran Championships in Nottingham and finishing fastest ladies
four in the gruelling Boston Marathon - a 31 mile endurance event.



Ends





** Please reply with details of any proposed publication of this information
so that Gill and Club Members may be updated**  Additionally, if any further
information/photograph/interview is required, please contact me on 07811
962769.



Regards





Jonathan Hamill

Press Officer



Durham Amateur Rowing Club

Green Lane

DURHAM

DH1 3JU



U (Clubhouse) 0191 3866431

G press@...

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Dear all,

The new Grey College Boat Club exec is as follows:

  Captain of Boats - Dave Hewitt - d.f.hewitt@...

Men's Captain - James Mercer – j.e.mercer@...

Women's Captains - Amy Russell and Anna Skilbeck – a.e.russell@... and
anna.skilbeck@...

Treasurer - Lauren Watts – lauren.watts@...

Secretary - Kat Lorraine – k.b.lorraine@...

Social Secretaries - Robyn Dunn and Sarah Barnes – r.e.dunn@... and
s.e.barnes@...

Safety adviser and boatman - Paul Gilbert – p.r.gilbert@...

Kit and fundraising officer - Andy Jenkins – andrew.jenkins@...


Ed Garrett
Outgoing Captain of Boats


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Dear all,

Ustinov BC men's VIII wish to enter Tyne Head on 3rd March, but are
short of a boat. Is anyone going and only using an VIII for the other
division (women's VIIIs), or otherwise, that would be happy to help us out?

Please reply to alicia.huntriss@...

Many Thanks,

Alicia Huntriss
Ustinov BC

Photos from the Durham Small Boats Head can now be seen on
http://fractured-frame.110mb.com
Many thanks,
Fractured Frame Photography

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From: Barbara Edwards [mailto:barbaraedwards@...]
Sent: 04 February 2007 15:33
To: YHRowing Yahoo Group; 'yrcmembers@...';
'BradfordARC@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: Yorkshire Head of the River 17 March 2007



The Yorkshire Head of the River poster is available on the website -
www.yorkshirerowing.co.uk.

OARA is now open for entries.

Payment can be made by OARA, or by cheque to the Head Secretary to arrive by
Thursday, 15 March - contact details are on the poster.

Cheers

Barbara

The results are posted at:

http://www.nerowing.com/results/07dsbh.html

Ken Hastie