June 2019 (18.06.2019)

LOUGHBOROUGH BOAT CLUB COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES 18.06.2019 7:30PM LOUGHBOROUGH BOAT CLUB, ZOUCH Present: Stuart Ward, Sandra Martin, Tim Ives, Allen Storey, Jeff Hallam. Apologies: Mary Carswell, Rebecca Hambleton. Minutes from previous meeting: Minutes were approved Actions arising: Nothing to report Accounts: Balances: General:          £39,053.62 Savings:          £11,324.02 Social:            £13,011.40 (Inclusive of £1900 of WRMR deposit) […]

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A Perfect Match

Two members of Loughborough Rowing Club have become the third couple from the club to get married in recent years.  Mike Targett and Jennifer Smith tied the knot last weekend and were feted with a ceremonial tunnel of rowing oars at the Boat Club’s picturesque premises on the banks of the River Soar at Zouch.  […]

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The Lady is a Champ (both of them)

This year saw a new venue for the British Masters Rowing Championships, which was held on the beautiful Strathclyde Loch in Strathclyde Country Park near Glasgow.  The move up to Scotland from the more usual venue at The National Water Sports Centre provided a welcome opportunity to race against a greater number of Northern and […]

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Don’t Try This in an Eight (Part 2….)

As part of the celebrations for Mike’s Stag Weekend, two rubber rafts full of Loughborough rowers (male and female) discovered that one can actually have great fun at Holme Pierrepoint, even when the weather is horribly wet and windy! Steered and directed by two very experienced and slightly manically crazed Water Sports Centre staff, the […]

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LBC stags go rafting

Swapping oars for paddles an adventurous cohort of members took the opportunity to dunk Mike and Jen in the River Trent in preparation for married life. Whilst originally designed as a Stag trip the Hen rebelled and no-one, especially not Mike, was brave enough to tell Jen that the prospective bride was not supposed to […]

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Potless Peterborough

The Peterborough Spring Regatta saw 28 club members experience the highs and lows of competitive racing in the heady atmosphere of Thorpe Meadows Country Park.  Following on from the huge success of the Easter training camp, all rowers enjoyed the opportunity to practice racing on the 1,000 metre laned course, in eager anticipation of the […]

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