ALNMOUTH COMMUNITY ROWING

In line with current government advice – ACR has suspended all activities until further notice.

We are the proud winners of the 2019 Annual Sports Awards – Club of the year. We were presented with our trophy by the Duke of Northumberland at the Alnwick Playhouse on Thursday. A remarkable achievement. Recognition for the WHOLE… Read moreAlnwick and District Sports Council – CLUB OF THE YEAR

Lots going on at Alnmouth today. Cox training. Get in touch if you fancy joining us ..great way to blow away the January cobwebs.

Coxes training session. Want to get involved? Contact Dave Foote.

It was a great row if a little blowy and far too unpredictable on the sea. Bring on rowing in 2020!

Fab day for a row round Coquet island. There were loads of seals and the 2 crews and passengers had a great time.

ACR sent a raiding party to North Berwick to participate in the North Berwick Skiff regatta. We competed in most of the races with commendable performances by all who rowed. The men’s Open crew cox’d by Rhoda Foote led us… Read moreNorth Berwick Regatta 24th September 2019

Alnmouth Community Rowing Club, together with our skiff ‘Enflaeda’, have just returned home from competing at SkiffieWorlds, the World Championship for the St Ayles Class of coastal rowing boat, which is held every three years. Racing took place on Loch… Read moreSkiffieWorlds 2019

Our beautiful new skiff Enflaeda will be named and launched on Sunday 12th May at 3pm.  This is a hugely significant event after of months of sweat, passion, lots of glue and many coats of paint and varnish – we… Read moreLAUNCH DAY FOR NEW SKIFF – Sunday 12th May 3pm

  Please welcome Foster Edgar , kitted out in club colours. We haven’t put him on the crewshout list as his mum can keep him up to date.  

A big, well-organised event – 14 Scottish teams and Alnmouth, 11 racing categories and most teams entering most of the categories. The Scottish clubs are veterans of such events and come equipped with smart gazebos to build their base on… Read moreNorth Berwick Regatta

A good social afternoon and evening of rowing, food and drink and pyromania. Alnmouth had 2 teams entered, this photo by Terry Collinson is of our more successful team hard at it. Thanks to Jo for organising. Jenny seems overcome… Read moreVolcano Night 19 August 2018

The sun and the gods shone on us yesterday as a team of 10 won the coastal rowing section of the 14 mile race from Carsethorn to Dumfries down the River Nith in just over 2 hours. The team was … Read moreNith Raid – it’s coming home

Today we had 16 rowers over 4 crews. 2 crews either side of a breakfast of pancakes, maple syrup and blueberries prepared in the boathouse. Oh and the weather was good and the sea provided just enough surf for it… Read moreThursday Breakfast Row – the high water mark?

  The kick-off meeting for the second build is scheduled for Monday, August 13 at 19.30 at the Boathouse Alnmouth. It is likely to last 90 minutes. All interested please come along. Dave Foote’s latest newsletter can be found below…. Read moreChairman’s latest newsletter and boatbuild kick off meeting

Further to the EGM , attached is a questionnaire that has been emailed to all members to gauge their level of interest in participating  in the project . If anyone reading this post is interested and is not currently a… Read moreBuilding of Second Skiff – the project is underway

To advise you of upcoming events , all on Saturdays in August.   There are two possible awaydays to Scotland to row – August 11th – Nith Raid – from the mouth of the Nith up to the centre of… Read moreAugust Events

Shot taken at the breakfast row yesterday.   Bright sun everywhere else! So weird rowing with no sight of land. Click on post header to see photo.  

11 rowers turned up for a 3.45 am start . Sea was calm , sky was clear – the only problem was the eastern horizon had a bank of dark cloud which meant we didn’t see the bright sunshine until… Read moreSolstice Row

Very good rowing day yesterday – we had 2 crews of 6 rowIng to and from Longhoughton beach and an extra row later in Alnmouth Bay for our newcomers  Lara and Andy. Thanks to John for organising. A pdf of… Read moreLonghoughton Row

Kate Allan of Eskmuth has kindly sent us their photos of the event where we are in the picture. I have put some of the best ones in this post and in our photo gallery: look out for the low-flying… Read moreMore Photos of the Coquet Island Row

A couple of nice photos from yesterday on the river.  

The Committee has agreed it is time to discuss with and ask the members whether to go ahead and build a second skiff over the autumn/ winter of 2018/2019, with the aim of launching the new skiff in the summer… Read moreClub Proposed Build of a Second Skiff

photos of the Coquet Island day have been added

So the sea wasn’t quite as calm as initially predicted , but one crew rowed from home to the yacht club at Amble and a second crew rowed round the island .  Attached is a pdf of the journey ,… Read moreCoquet Island June 4th

Dave , Rhoda and Jenny were rowing with some new potential members yesterday afternoon and encountered lots of dolphins very close by. Not quite as dramatic as the attached, but the same pod off the same coast. Click on the… Read moreAmazing Pod of Dolphins

Dave’s report on the Bank Holiday weekend and future rowing opportunities (click on the post header and then click on the attachment) DF UPDATE

If you click on “leave a comment” , then the hypertext has a line underneath it and should open as a pdf document if you click on it.   ACR Holy Island 2018 V2    

We are heading towards having the boat out 5 times a week:   Sunday (John Ellis) – 10.00 am club session unless advised to the contrary by John Tuesday morning (Tim and Fay Falconer) – just getting off the ground…. Read moreUpdate on Activities

The calendar now reflects weekly slots for Thursday morning rowing and Sunday morning. Timings on Sunday may vary a bit with the tide heights – we still have the option of launching from the river at high tide in the… Read moreRegular weekly Club rowing and forthcoming events

Sunny skies and calm seas – such a contrast to the week before . Those that ventured out enjoyed excellent conditions , followed by coffee and hot x buns. We tried out a new sea anchor drone  to help land… Read moreMarch 25th – first Club Session of 2018

John Ellis is able to organise  beds in two holiday lets in Staveley . From there we can drive to the Lakes each day and socialise in the evenings. We have done it before – the plan is to leave… Read moreDiary note – a weekend rowing in the Lakes – July 13-15

Maintenance is into the home run and also Thursday saw the very start of Spring weather – perfect for working and chatting!

Warmer sunnier weather seems a long way off at the moment , but the Season Opener takes place on Sunday March 18th . There is a super high tide at 4pm, so the plan is to meet at 12 noon… Read moreSeason Opener Event – for your diary – Sunday March 18th

Below is  a photo of the working party gathered after a session on Sunday 18th February . Still a few more weeks of work ahead. Thanks to all who have helped out so far and there is still time for… Read moreMaintenance work progresses

Sunday Feb 11th – 10am to noon at the Lifeboat house – boathouse maintenance working party – all members welcome. Sunday Feb 11th – 12.30 to 14.00  at the Lifeboat house – members’ meeting : activities for the year ahead;… Read moreForthcoming activities and events

Big thank you to all the movers and shakers behind the Boxing Day gathering at the LBH.  So especially to Sue, Jenny, John, Rhoda, Pauline for doing most of the work.  It was a shame that the sea was a… Read moreBoxing Day gathering

A reminder that the REDUCED membership fee for 2018 is now due (£25 single – bargain!) Also a little test to see if I can add the membership form to this post, and of course to see if any member… Read moreMembership for 2018

At the AGM on 6th December 2017, the members approved the following  to serve as the Committee for 2018: Chairman  Dave Foote , Secretary David Cant , Treasurer Mike Ewen , Charles Jones , John Ellis , Pauline Fearey.

For the past 2 years we’ve had a social gathering at LBH about mid-day on Boxing Day;there is usually talk of rowing but what wins the day is more likely to be standing round a fire with soup, mince pies… Read moreBOXING DAY SOCIAL