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Have a look at the regatta schedule on the Scottish Coastal Rowing Association (SCRA) website, and decide if you would like to take part in any of the events listed (not all are competitive regattas!). Let Sue know soonest of your druthers.

We have a mini-event ourselves on 31 May, with local clubs only – the Melfort Muster (not a regatta). The plan is for Kilmelfort, Luing and ourselves to row to an equidistant island at the head of the loch and have a picnic/BBQ.

Isle of Mull has invited us to the launch of their second skiff at Ulva Ferry on 25 April, with or without Selkie.

Selkie is now based at Balvicar Boatyard for the rest of the season, thanks to Mike McSweeney.

She will move down closer to the slipway when the yachts/bigger boats have been launched. Please park inside the second gate, on the right, and keep well out of the way of working machinery etc. Make sure that you shut all gates behind you.

Thanks to all who supported the Burns Night supper in any way – it was a good night out and we raised about £180 which will help to replace our lifejackets for the coming season.

The next social occasion is the Seil Panto on 31 January, in which Selkie plays a star part! Tickets from Balvicar Stores, £5, or on the door.

24 January 2015

A Burns Supper in Seil Hall, 1900.

Come and meet other rowers!

Tickets are £10. BYOB

Raffle prizes welcome.

Book now! email: enquiries[at]scenes.scot or telephone Sue: 300545

There was a good turnout in the T&T for the AGM last night. George Hannah stood down as convener and Sue Fenton was elected in his place. Louise Wilson remains as treasurer with Dawn Singleton (Hill) as the other office bearer. Dr George, Ewan Kennedy and Nick Bowles make up the management committee with Helen Glennie as minutes secretary.

We hope to have a Burns Supper for 24 January; pipers, musicians and toast-makers needed! Watch this space …

Selkie will shortly be berthed at Balvicar Boatyard, courtesy of Mike and Steven McSweeney.

The Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 25 November, at 1930 in the T & T (back room),

All welcome!

What a glorious day for our ‘Try a Row’ day! We took out eight new rowers in total, two of whom were actually waiting for a Sealife trip and were press-ganged! We hope to see some of you out with us again.

The skiff is now on the grass below Fasgadh, David Foster’s house, where she will be for a wee while. Our grateful thanks to David’s family for helping us out. Boating is possible from mid tide – anything below that and the launching trailer gets stuck in thixatropic mud!! Parking available in Fasgadh (mind the skip). The ‘fridge’ is no longer – everything is stored either in the skiff or at Polldoran next door.

And of course, very many thanks go to Nick & Bette Hunter for allowing us to keep the skiff by the Oban Seil Farm pontoon for two seasons (and for the space to build it in the first place!!)

2014 Rowing Regatta: 5th to 7th September at Tobermory

Skiffs expected are –

Admiral Redsocks, Collieston
Esther, Ardersier
Selkie, Isle of Seil
Hinba, Isle of Luing
Eala Bhan, Isle of Mull

Programme

Friday 5th

6:30pm 250m Sprints
For boats arriving on Friday. Multiple entries and composite teams welcome

Saturday 6th

9:30 am Registration and coxes briefing at Tobermory Harbour Asscociation building

10:30 40+ Mixed 2km
11:00 Open Mixed 2km
11:30 40+ Women 2km
12:00 Open Women 2km
12:30 40+ Mens 2km
1:00pm Open Mens 2km

1:30 – 2:30 Lunch at THA pontoons – Soup and rolls, Tea and bakes

3:00 Open Mens round Calve Island (approx 6km)
4:00 Open Womens round Calve Island

5:30 Prize giving at THA pontoons

6:30 Meet at Macgochans Wee Bar – bar meals available

Sunday 7th

10:30 – 1:00 Social Row
For boats not travelling home that morning

Selkie accompanied three kayakers on part of the launch of the Argyll Sea Kayak Trail on Monday 21 July. It was also one of ten satellites of the Commonwealth Flotilla converging on Glasgow for the Games.

The first crew met Rob and two Stramash kayakers off Goat Island (Eilean Duin) and accompanied them back to HQ, where there was a picnic lunch and a crew change for the rowers. The second crew went down beyond Degnish Point, then waved off the kayakers to Arduaine before returning to HQ via a quick sunbathe at Port na Morachd.

The Mid Argyll skiff and the Kyles skiff were joining the next members of the kayak relay, before all the flotillas assemble at Greenock at the end of the week.

There is no rowing in the Commonwealth Games. Having been disappointed by not being allowed to row up the Clyde through Glasgow as part of the flotilla (health & safety etc), at least we could join in a small part of the Commonwealth Games in our own waters.

See: http://flotilla2014.org.uk/argyll-sea-kayak-trail.php