Rowing Regatta 2023

Published 13:47 on 7 Jun 2023

The RTYC rowing section, Broughty Ferry Boating held their annual regatta here at the Club on Saturday 3^rd June. Clubs involved were Broughty Ferry, Burghead, Catterline, Collieston, Cromarty, Dundee, Eastern, Elie St Monans, Forfar, Lossiemouth, North Berwick, St. Andrews and Wormit.

Rowing Captain Scott McCallum welcomed the teams to Grassy Beach this was followed by John Miller briefing the coxes on the course and Commodore Ralph Hopkins briefing the umpires before a full programme of racing commenced at 10 am.

A 2k course on the Tay was the venue for what turned out to be an excellent days racing, the clubs each with their gazebo space enjoyed a sun packed programme of eleven races.

It was great to have Dundee and Forfar join us for their first ever regatta with some of their rowers only having a few months experience, with a helping hand from BFB coxes the Dundee crew of Novice Women had an enthusiastic 2^nd place silver medal.

With a lot of clubs transitioning from the pandemic the plan for BFB was to involve as many of our members as possible both old and new, with four rowers and a cox in each race this resulted in 39 rowers competing in 11 race categories.

What was so pleasing for BFB was that all 39 rowers received a medal, with BFB being placed in the first three of every race! Probably something thats never been achieved before at any of the many regattas throughout Scotland.

The full results are as follows

Women 275+

15.44 Eastern

16.58 Broughty Ferry

Women 40+

13.13 Eastern

13.34 Broughty Ferry

14.06 North Berwick

Novice Women

14.04 Eastern

14.46 Dundee

15.04 Broughty Ferry

Men60+

13.00 Broughty Ferry

13.09 Eastern

13.14 North Berwick

U19

12.54 Broughty Ferry

14.32 Eastern

15.10 Lossiemouth

Mixed Novice

12.53 Eastern

13.27 Burghead

14.03 Broughty Ferry

Women 240+

14.26 Broughty Ferry

15.03 Cromarty

15.11 Elie StMonans

Novice Men

12.28 Eastern

12.57 Broughty Ferry

13.22 Catterline

Women 50+

13.30 North Berwick

13.41 Eastern

14.17 Broughty Ferry

Women Open

13.11 North Berwick

13.20 Eastern

13.44 Broughty Ferry

Men Open

11.46 Eastern

12.13 Broughty Ferry

12.20 Elie St.Monans

The overall winners were 1^st Eastern 2^nd Broughty Ferry 3^rd Elie St. Monans.

A big thank you goes to the Beach Club House catering team who worked tirelessly throughout the day feeding the crowds of rowers and supporters along with the drivers and volunteers on the safety boats and everyone who helped to make the day such a success.

Photos courtesy of Gina Hope, Susan Jones and Brian Summers