Tyne United

Exciting racing on Saturday…

Our SBH is upon us, Saturday 5th November is the day of our event.

We welcome you all to watch the most exciting races on the Tyne from the clubhouse at Tyne United. We will be serving hot food and drinks all day during both events, please call in to see our happy volunteers.

Attached is the draw for the event which sees crews from far and away racing to be number one crew on the Tyne.

We hope you can all join us!!

TURC SBH draw

A small yet determined bunch of Masters made the trip for the most northerly round of the 2011 Long Distance Sculling Series. Despite concerns earlier in the week about the forecast, the weather gods looked kindly this year and it was good conditions on the day.

The newly formed Women’s Masters E 2x of Sarah and Barbara continued on their development as a double to put in a solid performance on the Tweed in both the LDS and SBH.

The Men’s Masters C 4x- of High, Corker, Armstrong and Ludman (in for Les) were the third fastest boat of the day in the LDS being beaten by a Chester-le-St IM1 quad and a very strong Cambois/Hexham/DARC composite Masters B quad.

And so onto Tees LDS/SBH in a couple of weeks and then Tyne LDS and our very own Tyne United Small Boats Head on the 5th November!

The club Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 27th October 2011 at 7.30pm in the club house.

The formal notice of AGM is attached.

For further information please contact Martin Thompson, Club Secretary at turc.secretary@gmail.com

Tyne United Rowing Club 2011 AGM

And so the new 2011/2012 racing season begins and Tyne United is already off to a winning start with the first events of the season in the North East at Wansbeck LDS and SBH

Sam Pearson and Patrick Cree reunite in their old doubles partnership and kick off their J17 year with a win in the J17 2x with a winning margin of 10 seconds.

Not to be outdone, Adam Kelly helped to continue our junior partnership with Leeds Rowing Club and both Adam and Christie won the J16 2x

It was a good day for the juniors with many boats out to compete including Joy making her competitive debut in her single as well as Liam putting a good summers worth of technical work into practice in his single.

The British Rowing Champs coxless quad were still chasing down the St Leonards boys and putting in a good performance to come second and Luke and Josh teamed up with Talkin Tarn to form a new coxless four which will go from strength to strength.

Not to be forgotten at the more “Mature” end of the scale was the Masters Quad of Les, Kev, Martin and Paul who are aiming to make this head season their own, putting the disappointment of not racing at Boston to one side to put in a strong performance.

Adult Learn to Row courses this Autumn are starting mid October, we will be running courses on Wednesday mornings and on Saturday afternoons. Our 10 week Learn to Row courses are ideal for beginners who want to try rowing for the first time for real on water. Please have a look at our Learn to Row page or contact Richard Chapman (Community Rowing Coach) on turc.community@gmail.com for more information or alternatively why not come along to our club open evening on Thursday 29th September between 6pm and 8pm to have a look around for yourself and ask any questions that you may have?

Tyne United member and former DUBC athlete Kieren Emery won gold for Great Britain at the World Rowing Championships.

Having won this years World Under-23 Rowing Championships in the Lightweight Coxless Pairs event with Pete Chambers from Oxford Brookes University; Kieren and Pete were called into the GB Senior Squad to test themselves against the worlds best in the Lightweight Coxless Pairs event.

Their success today is a fantastic achievement for someone making their GB Senior International debut and further proof of the strength of talent emerging from the North East.

More information on the racing and footage can be found at:

http://www.britishrowing.org/news/gold-and-two-silvers-gb-world-championships

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/14746129.stm

Work started on Monday August 15th to repair the fire damage. It is scheduled to last 6 weeks. This means that the mens changing rooms and showers will be out of action, although we understand that toilets will remain available. THe disabled toilet and shower will be available for use. Look out for notices in the club house

Whether you are a complete beginner or if you have tried rowing on machines in your school or gym, then why not come down to Tyne United over the summer holidays and try rowing for real on the river Tyne on our 3 day holiday camp?

Attendance on all 3 days is advised to get the most from the camp, lunch and refreshments are provided, prior booking required, maximum 8 spaces available. 13-18 year olds.

23rd/24th/25th August 09:00-15:00, cost £20 for all 3 days including lunch.

Please email Richard Chapman (Community Rowing Coach) to book on turc.community@gmail.com

On the evening of Friday 22nd July 2011, the club held its members fun regatta and social gatherering afterwards in the clubhouse, with an army of volunteers preparing a post regatta feast! The idea of the event was to have a social gathering of existing and new members to the club, following school and club Learn to Row courses held in the spring and it was certainly a good fun event, introducing the newbies to some regatta style racing on our home ground in stable quads!

Crews all raced alongside each other from the slipway to the gym shed steps, marshalled by Chris at the start and Alex as the finish umpire! Crews were drawn randomly out of a hat (well it was actually a pan!) with crews arranging themselves into positions, with a total of 5 crews racing, so not a bad turnout! The first heat was between Dean’s crew (Dean, Pat, Holly, Zach and Josh Dixon), Jim’s crew (Jim, Steve, Tesni, John and Liam) and Finn’s crew (Finn, Rogeglio, Amy, Charlotte and Lizzie). Dean’s crew came out victorious in the first heat against 2nd place Finn’s crew, with Jim’s crew c0ming in 3rd place.

The second heat was between Bernie’s crew (Bernie, Martin, Carli, Josh Pringle and Richard) and Sarah’s crew (Sarah F, Sam, Abbi, Tracey and Joy). This was won by Bernie’s crew thanks to some interesting race tactics being suggested by Martin (Bernie thought he was joking to start when he said rate 38, but he was deadly serious – although in a c-class quad maybe not!!!), but well done to Sarah’s crew for looking on the more ‘tidy’ side!

It then was time for the A final, meaning Bernie’s crew having to row straight back up to the start and race again, this time against Dean’s and Finn’s crews. Dean’s crew was once again victorious (maybe s0me discretional crew changes should have been considered, I say no more!) with Bernies crew in second place (feet in by the end of race!) and Finn’s crew in 3rd place.

The final race of the evening was the B final, which saw Jim’s crew racing against Sarah’s crew with Sarah’s crew of Sam, Abbi, Tracey and Joy taking the win! I think all who were there on the evening agreed it was a great informal fun club event with great club spirit to welcome new members into the club. Lets look forward to the next one to be held later on in the year!

Quick update after a very hectic few days in Nottingham at the British Rowing Championships…

One final, one amazingly close repechage, lots of heats, sun, wind, torrential rain, much debate over which burger van was best, Ben the dog entertaining the masses with his stone finding abilities and more…!

Some amazing racing – the junior squad stepped up to the plate, looked their opposition (a lot of which were older, taller and wider!) in the eye and didn’t flinch.

“Do we now believe we can race against this lot?”

I think the answer is yes…

Full report to follow later…