St Andrew Boat Club

St Andrew Boat Club
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
Motto Rowing for all
Location Edinburgh, Scotland Scotland
Home water Union Canal, Edinburgh
Founded 1846 (1846)
President Sarah Whitley
Captain Lindsay Flockhart
Membership £78 - £270
Colours      Blue
Affiliations Scottish Rowing
Website www.standrewboatclub.com
Events
Silver Rudder
Notable members

Katherine Grainger DBE

Sinead Jennings

St Andrew Boat Club' is located at Meggetland on the Union Canal, in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.

SABC is affiliated to Scottish Rowing,[1] the national governing body for rowing in Scotland.

History

The club was founded in 1846.

George Ogilvie of Holefield farm via Kelso, Scotland – father of Scottish Border poet and Australian bush balladeer Will H. Ogilvie (1869–1963) – was one of the inaugural members, and in 1904 was at his death the club's oldest member.[2]

Training

Training on the water usually takes place on a 1600m stretch of the Union Canal during the week.[3] At weekends regular training sessions take place at Auchinstarry, the River Clyde in Glasgow or Strathclyde Country Park, Scotland's Olympic standard regatta course.

Land sessions take place across the road from the boat club, at Energy Gym.[4]

Squads

  • Beginners and Novices[5]
  • Juniors (J13 - J18)[6]
  • Senior Men[7]
  • Senior Women[8]
  • Masters (Aged 27+)[9]

Silver Rudder

The Silver Rudder is the annual boat race between St Andrew Boat Club and Clyde Amateur Rowing Club (Glasgow), and takes place on the River Clyde in Glasgow.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Club Contacts". Scottish Rowing. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Personal". Freeman's Journal. LV, (3413). New South Wales, Australia. 4 June 1904. p. 18. Retrieved 20 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ http://www.standrewboatclub.com/Training%20and%20Racing
  4. ↑ http://www.standrewboatclub.com/Gym%20Training
  5. ↑ http://www.standrewboatclub.com/Beginners%20and%20Novices
  6. ↑ http://www.standrewboatclub.com/Juniors
  7. ↑ http://www.standrewboatclub.com/Senior%20Men
  8. ↑ http://www.standrewboatclub.com/Senior%20Women
  9. ↑ http://www.standrewboatclub.com/Masters%20Rowing
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