Tag: rowing
Oar inspiring boat crew brewing up a storm at Bellfield Brewery tell all
Many of us would struggle to row half a mile let alone 3,000 miles across the Atlantic but that’s what a team of five rowers from Portobello achieved.Crossing the finish line in Antigua in...
Porty pals pull together to conquer Atlantic rowing challenge
Five Portobello pals are testing the strength of their friendship as they tackle a 3,000 mile trip across the Atlantic in a rowing boat.The quintet set off from La Gomera in the Canary Islands...
Peebles HS former pupil gets set to row Atlantic
Taylor Winyard, a Peebles High School former pupil, is gearing up to row across the Atlantic Ocean in December.Winyard will take on one of the world’s toughest endurance challenges alongside Tom Rose, James...
Portobello sailing club shores up funding with sportscotland grant
Portobello Sailing and Kayak Club (PSKC) are paddling towards a £155,000 fundraising target to create a permanent water sports hub after being awarded £77,625 from sportscotland.The new facility will allow the club to offer...
Rowers ‘count coast’ of Covid-19 shutdown
Coastal rowing is the fastest-growing sport in Scotland and celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2020 - highly appropriate in the designated Year of Coasts and Waters.In these strange times, however, no-one is rowing. Although...
Rowing – South Queensferry Rowing Regatta 2016
North Berwick dominate Queensferry's Rowing RegattaTen traditional skiffs from around Scotland launched in the Firth of Forth on Saturday as the North and South Queensferry rowing clubs held their annual regatta at Port...
Rowing – 2016 South Queensferry Rowing Club Regatta
This coming Saturday, September 10th, North and South Queensferry Rowing Clubs are combining for their annual Regatta at Port Edgar Marina, South Queensferry. Clubs competing include Anstruther, Loch Broom, North Berwick, Broughty, Crail, Newhaven,...
Rowing – Queensferry Regatta
Words and Image by Donal Ferrie (Queensferry Rowing Club)Queensferry Rowing Club in partnership with North Queensferry Rowing Club will be hosting their annual Regatta on Saturday June 27th with racing starting from 10am. The...
Rowing – Alan Meldrum community rowing challenge
Hopetoun Dig Deep for VictoryReport and photo courtesy of Donal Ferrie of Queensferry Rowing Club.Queensferry Rowing Club hosted the inaugural Alan Meldrum Community Rowing Challenge at Port Edgar Marina on Saturday the 10th of...
Rowing – Queensferry Rowing Club
On Saturday May 10th, Queensferry Rowing Club will host the inaugural Alan Meldrum Community Challenge at Port Edgar Marina. Alan Meldrum was the first Vice-Captain and a founding member of Queensferry Rowing Club in...
Commonwealth Games inspires Heriot Watt v Waikatu rowing match
Well we should explain that there was no travel involved. The students did do the rowing - except they weren't in the same place at the same time!Rowers from Heriot-Watt Rowing Club took on...
Edinburgh filmmaker sends news from the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge
The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge started at the beginning of last week. It was delayed by a day due to bad weather, although some crews are now almost a quarter of the way across...
Queensferry Rowing Club launch their boat
Part of The Scottish Coastal Rowing Project, the Queensferry Rowing Club launched their boat at the Harbour in South Queensferry.The procession to the harbour was led by the Town Crier Lindsay Munro, the boat...
RowPorty launch their new boat!
This was the scene on Sunday at Portobello Beach where the St Ayles skiff just completed by the rowing club was formally launched into the sea.First of all the new boat Jenny Skylark...
Row Porty get a new boat
At High Tide on Sunday (round about midday) Rowporty's new skiff will be named and launched from Portobello Beach. Teams of volunteers are working against the clock to finish the new vessel in time,...
