Trondra rowing regatta (at Scalloway)
Posted: Wednesday, 25 July 2007 |
A brief mention of the rowing has been mentioned on other blogs, but time perhaps to give a bit more info for the wider community.
We, Trondra Yoal Rowing Club, are organising the final points race of the season from the Scalloway Boating Club on the afternoon of Sunday 5th August.
Points races have been held in Collafirth, Bigton, Whalsay, Yell and Reawick so far this season.
Normal race distance is 1000 metres, and winning times generally fall between around six and a half to seven and a half minutes depending on wind and tide.
The Brae to Aith race has also been held, the winning time was around 1h 7m
Championships to be held on 11 August in Burra, plus a round Trondra race on 17 August.
Boats are based on the traditional Shetland Yoal - and are raced with a crew of six rowers taking one oar each, plus a cox. Boats come from communities around Shetland.
Categories raced are U16, U21, Open and veterans (over 40). Men and women.
Anything up to 10 boats are raced in each category.
The actual rowing is but one part on the event - they are great social events, involving plenty of yarning, eating and just a little bit of drinking. Purely to quench ones thirst after having been rowing, of course.
If you get the chance come along and watch, and even better, take the chance to go along to your local club and get involved.
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We, Trondra Yoal Rowing Club, are organising the final points race of the season from the Scalloway Boating Club on the afternoon of Sunday 5th August.
Points races have been held in Collafirth, Bigton, Whalsay, Yell and Reawick so far this season.
Normal race distance is 1000 metres, and winning times generally fall between around six and a half to seven and a half minutes depending on wind and tide.
The Brae to Aith race has also been held, the winning time was around 1h 7m
Championships to be held on 11 August in Burra, plus a round Trondra race on 17 August.
Boats are based on the traditional Shetland Yoal - and are raced with a crew of six rowers taking one oar each, plus a cox. Boats come from communities around Shetland.
Categories raced are U16, U21, Open and veterans (over 40). Men and women.
Anything up to 10 boats are raced in each category.
The actual rowing is but one part on the event - they are great social events, involving plenty of yarning, eating and just a little bit of drinking. Purely to quench ones thirst after having been rowing, of course.
If you get the chance come along and watch, and even better, take the chance to go along to your local club and get involved.
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Comments
Thanks for this Ardnort, great to get a full explanation of the finer workings of points racing. This sounds like a great day out and I for one am certainly looking forwar to this. My other half is also very impressed at the explanation ArdnortRupshot anf feels it compensates in some small way to your earlier reference to "forced smiles" at the peerie neep - see you Saturday.
diamonbigdod from Trondra
Racing is Sunday, not Saturday DBD. Think you have some rolls - mind an tak dem oot o da freezer on sunday morn. Thought the other half might be over it by noo.
ardortrupshot from Buns out of the freezer
Love the picture, did you get it from OC? I have felt for many years that the ness yole and the modern racing versions are among the prettiest of Britain's traditional boats. How about some more photos?
Hyper-Borean from Da Hunnispot
OC? Not up on some of the abbreviations. Picture was taken during last years round Trondra race as the women passed under the Burra bridge. I'll be taking a few photos at regatta on sunday and will put some on the site.
ArdnortRupshot from Trondra
OC - Oscar Charlie?
scallowawife from in the book of anacronyms
Go to the top of the class Scallowawife. I suppose the advantage of a bridge over a chopper is a combination of proximity and stability for photographic purposes.
Hyper-Borean from The hangar
did anyone else notice that in H-B's last sentence eight of the words had more than 6 letters in them, and they got progressively longer and more complicated as his sentence crawled towards the full stop?
scallowawife from haulin H-B up the class ladder
Up the class ladder Scallowawife, up the class ladder? I'm working class and proud of it.
Hyper-Borean from The remedial class
You are one up on me, Hyper-B, if you are proletariat with an edoocashun. I am lumpen, yet trying awful hard to get some further knowledge (what for, I have no idea) before I kick the pail.
mjc from NM,USA
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