Troon Coastal Rowing Club have been presented with a Blue Flag by the Scottish Coastal Rowing Association in recognition of their fundraising efforts this year on behalf of Irvine & Troon Cancer Care.
Many, many thanks again to everyone who donated and supported the club rowers & cyclists.
This weekend TCRC crews have been taking part in “Castle to Crane – Five miles from home”.
Many thanks to all the boat builders, painters, sanders and organisers who got the skiffs ready to row.
Best placed were the men’s 50+ team who finished third in their category. You can find the full results here.
After what seems like an eternity of not being able to row, compounded with necessary but frustrating late maintenance operations, rowers and boats are ready to return to the water.
It is however not back to normal. The details of the new procedures for handling the boats and for setting up rowing sessions have been communicated to the membership and will be included here as soon as possible.
Hopefully the new rules will enable everyone to take part as safely as possible and let us keep track of member interactions should need be.
Luckily the weather seems ideal for the next few days so we hope all members will be able to take part and enjoy being back on the sea.
Meanwhile, please get familiar with our new procedures by checking out the Quick Reference and the Full Guidance (to be published ASAP).
It was with great sadness that we learned our friend and fellow club member David Sutherland passed away this week.
David was one of our founding members, our first secretary and his talents as an administrator ensured that Troon Coastal Rowing Club got off to the best possible start.
Whilst designing our membership form and compiling the club manual his enduring legacy was in the creation of our club logo and skiff figurehead.
From the first days when we were just a small group of people building a skiff, David was at the heart of the team, always willing to turn his hand to whatever job needed done, from building a rolling frame for the boat to painting on a gold inlay.
After stepping back from his role as Secretary, David became a regular feature at the slipway, cheering us on at regattas and even finding time to write his own entertaining take on the world of coastal rowing!
Troon Coastal Rowing Club was one of David’s passions, and the Club owes him a great debt of gratitude.
Thank you David.
Taking advantage of the excellent weather conditions both skiffs set off for a pleasant row out to Lady Isle and back in perfect conditions.Photographs by C Bolster and J Mason.
Both our skiffs took part in the 13 mile row from Dumbarton Castle to the Finneston Crane in Glasgow.The row was carried out in very warm conditions and into a head wind.The mens +50 team in Ailsa Lass completed the course in an excellent 2 hours 22 minutes in second place in their class.Our team in Marr Voyager claimed to be the highest total aggregate age finished in 3 hours 28 minutes in 17th place in their class.
Both Marr Voyager and Lady Isle were out round the bouys in perfect weather conditions.Our local lifeboat paid us a visit.
Our team took part in the North Berwick regatta with 11 other clubs and were probably up against their toughest ever competition,but came away with a Gold in the Mixed 45+,a Bronze in Mens 50+and the Ladies 50+.A superb effort.
Our skiff attended the pontoon with Ailsa Lass at the RNLI station and offere
d rowing trips for the public.We also had our Wemyss skiff on display.
On the same day our skiff Marr Voyager attended the Dunure Sea festival but due to lack of space they were unable to offer any rowing.
Our team took part in Prestwick Coastal Rowing Clubs annual regatta along with Arran,FOCCRS,Renegade,Stranraer,Prestwick and Carrick.Arran won the overall regatta with Troon coming in a close fourth place just two points behind FOCCRS and Prestwick who tied for second place.Prestwick supplied a superb lunch and in the evening there was a choice of fish and chips or Indian curry.Entertainment was also superb and all at Troon thank Prestwick for a great day.Photos courtesy of Arran and Prestwick.
