Tyne United

After a very exciting race in the Masters D/E IM3 (average age 55-60)category 5 members of Tyne United won Gold by just 2 seconds  racing in the Regional Masters composite VIII at the National Masters Championships held at Nottingham 0n Sunday May 20th. Sarah Furniss, Barbara Millns, Gillian Davies, Linz Charlton and Jane Upstill-Goddard joined forces with Janet Wilkinson from Tees, Hazel Stainforth from DARC and Liz Bray from Tyne. THe oldies were given a start of 7 seconds and at no point were they ever overtaken. A fantastic result. Monmouth RC were second . Next stop Henley Masters and the Masters World Champs!!!!

An hour later Chris Smith racing as Masters F (60-65) came second in Novice Masters e/F race and the Masters IM3 4x- of Kevin Corker, Martin High, Les MacCabe and Paul Armstrong came 3rd in  IM3 Masters C(37-50). Sarah, LInz, Barbara and Gillian rounded off the successful day by coming second in the Championship Masters D Coxless quads behind Thames Rowing Club. Pictures to follow

TYne United has its first National and European Champion. At the Championships held in Nottingham on March 25th Barbara Millns won Gold in the 55-59 Age Group in a time of 7:56.4. In a closely fought race Barbara beat Jackie HIcks from GB and Loriata Bigatti from Italy who deadheated for Silver just 2 seconds behind.

THe North East Masters E crew comprising 4 club members – Barbara, Sarah, Jane and Julie together with Liz and Lynne from Tyne, Hazel from DARC and Janet from Tees raced at the Womens Head of the River Race held on the River Thames on Saturday March 3rd. THe oldest crew in the race they finished 265th out of 287 crews, beating several local clubs and colleges. On corrected time, acknowledging the Masters status the crew came 192nd. A fantastic result and the very first club members to compete at the Head of the River. Watch out for further posts with photos

Our Adult and Junior Learn to Row courses are filling up fast this time round, we have had lots of interest in courses so please if you would be interested in joining onto a course then email Richard Chapman (Community Rowing Coach) at turc.community@gmail.com or have a look at our Learn to Row page for further details.

Courses will be running throughout the year, with our February 10 week courses running on Wednesday mornings (starting 8th February) and Thursday evenings (starting 9th February) for Adults and Wednesday evenings (starting 8th February) for Juniors. There are 8 places available per course so get in touch soon to book your place!

A very grey day didn’t dampen the spirits of the Tyne United crews that attended the York City SBH. Visibility was very poor in all three divisions, it was also a very cold afternoon.

Here are the results of the crews entered in order of the overall finishing position:

1st) Josh/Luke composite J18 4x- 11min 13sec

2nd) Cowens IM3 4x- 12min 01sec

3rd) Taggart W.IM3 4x- 12min 32sec

4th) Wilkinson NOV 2x 12min 46sec

5th) Cowens IM3 2x 12min 51sec

6th) Dixon J18 2- 13min 10sec

7th) Connolly W.IM3 4x- 13min 16sec

8th) Dence NOV 2x 13min 48sec

9th) Collier NOV 4x+ 14min 46sec

10th) Pitt MaD/G 4x- 14min 46sec

11th) Chapman NOV 1x 15min 19sec

Well done to all our crews with a fantastic attendance and results.

Thanks TURC Comms.

Today Dean Cowens (Bow), Patrick Hall, Richard Chapman, Sarah Furniss and Briony Dawson (cox) of Tyne United set off in support of a local event, unLTD2011 is an event on 17th Nov 2011 which will introduce the concept of working outside of the office four walls.

Richard and Patrick are demonstrating how simple it is to work outside of the office, even in a Swift 4x+!!!

We planned to row into Newcastle where we would be snapped rowing through the bridges up to the Baltic, unfortunately at the half way stage the wind and water turned against us which made the water too dangerous to continue.

Our partners in this event were still really happy with what we achieved, CCS Mobile’s Sales Director Mark Lavender was delighted with the snaps the photographer got and personally thanks everyone who made it possible.

We wish CCS and the unLTD2011 parties all the best for the 17th and we hope we can help out again in the future.

Turc Comms.

Hi all,

Below are the results from the SBH, thank you for all the support from the volunteers.

TURC SBH 2011

Congratulations to all the crews in both events, here are the top three TURC crews from the LDS and SBH:

LDS:

1) Luke/Josh 4x- crew with Talking Tarn  - 17min 13sec

2) Les/Paul/Kevin/Martin 4x- crew -18min 25sec

3) Adam/Pat 2x crew – 20min 07sec

SBH:

1) Luke/Josh J18 4- crew with Talkin Tarn – 20min 30sec

2) Pat/Sam J17 2x crew – 21min 46sec

3) Dean/Jonny IM3 2x crew 22min 28sec

Again, a big thank you to anyone who helped out and made the event such a success.

Important update:

Please see below the starting and finishing points for the Small Boat Head.

Thanks TURC Comms.

TURC SBH 2011 Start and Finish

Attention all:

Boating will begin at 12.27 and racing will begin at 2pm.

All boat rigging and preparation will need to be complete well in advance of the 12.27 boating time as marshalls and stewards will need to inspect boats.

All the information for the race including Draw and Instructions can be found by clicking on the link below:

TURC SBH

Please read the race instructions carefully to ensure you get to the start on time!

Before our SBH Tyne United are putting on a firework display for all club members.

Feel free to invite others along as the more the merrier, there will be a chance to buy hot food on the night.

No alcohol will be supplied at the club, adults may bring their own and we hope you enjoy a good night of explosions and fun!

We look forward to seeing you all.

Cheers, TURC Comms!