Caption Competition - New caption comp is up go and check out the handsome devils on the caption page. The winner for last month is Kirsty Sanders. Well done Kirsty! If you want to go straight to the next pic just click here.... Good Luck!!!

New Starts -A reminder for all of the new starts. We are now on our summer break and there will be no New Starts sessions for two weeks. William will be back taking the sessions on the 18th of July. Hope you all have a good break wherever you are.

Regatta photo's - There are lots of photo's from this years regatta so I have split them up into 4 seperate albums to make it a bit easier. They are split up according to the time they were taken, so here goes. Photo's taken between 7am and 10am, 10am and 1pm, 1pm and 4pm and from 4pm till the end of the day. I have also put up the photo's from the Strathclyde Park regatta so take a look at those too. To see a picture nice and big, double click on it, you can then just click on the right of that picture to scroll through them in a decent size.

If anyone wants a copy of a photo please email Karen and ask very nicely, she has all of the full size images.

Club Kit - I have been asked by a number of people about when we are going to do a bulk order for club kit from Godfreys. For new members who don't know, if you order the kit as a bulk order the prices go down, so it pays for us to get organised. I am planning on doing a club order at the beginning of September, this means kit should be on time for christmas. I will put a call out for orders about the middle of August. If you want to look at what is on offer go to the club page on the Godfrey Website.

CSRC Regatta Results - Wow, what a day!! The sun was out, the water was a little challenging in places but we ran over 100 races in just under 10 hours and I am reliably informed the last race set off only 1 minute late. Thanks to everyone for doing a magnificent job helping out to make it another huge success. More thanks will be forthcoming but I wanted to get the results up as soon as possible, so here they are.

National Schools Regatta - Andy had another successful weekend. He won Gold in the OJu17 1x on Saturday and then Silver as part of a scratch crew in the championship pairs on Sunday. The National Schools Regatta is particularly competitive as it is well attended by the most promising juniors in the country.

Below is a picture of Andy on the podium after receiving his gold medal at Munich in the coxless four.

CSRC Regatta - Can all members go and have a look in the Forum please. You don't have to have registered to read the posts but there are some appeals for stuff to borrow and we really need some more volunteers. Please help out if you can so all the work isn't left to the same few people.

Clydesdale Regatta - Well done to everyone who competed at the Clydesdale Regatta on Saturday. Results are now up on the racing/results page. Special mention goes to Gavin who won in his very first regatta Congratulations Gavin!

New Links - I've updated the links page to add a load of websites that are quite handy if you want to do a bit of shopping, clothing, boats and accessories are all covered. If anyone has any more that I haven't covered, drop me a line and let me know.

Caption Competition - New caption comp is up. The winners are on the caption page . If you want to go straight to the next pic just click here.... Good Luck!!!

Regatta information - The Regatta page has now been updated with this years regatta information. You can download Entry forms, the official Poster, check out which races you want to enter and check the conditions of entry for the answers to all of your questions. Entries must be in by 9pm on the 21st of May.

Regatta requests - I am getting a few requests from people for things we need for the regatta. First up, has anyone got (or can get) a big urn for heating water for the tea and coffee on Regatta day? There are going to be more requests getting closer to the day so there is a new section of the Forum where anyone can put up a request. Please check it out now and then to see if you can help get us ready for the clubs biggest day of the year!!

Learn to Row course - The course has now started. Check out the Learn to row page if you would lke more information about when the next one starts.

Club Maintenance Day - Thanks to everyone who came and helped out on the day. Lots of jobs got done and the place is looking a lot cleaner. There are still a few bits and bobs to get done so if you couldn't make it down and can spare a couple of hours have a word with Bill and see if there is anything left you can get your teeth stuck into!!

Andy has been competing at the International Spring Regatta in Ghent.

He has once again done himself proud by winning the U18 and U23 pairs on Saturday and the U18 and U23 pairs on Sunday, he also got the silver in the coxed four. 4 Golds and a Silver, not bad for a weekends racing!

Strathclyde Regatta - The closing date for entries is Tuesday 14th April so please get in touch with Karen ASAP with your entries so she can get them in (contact details are on the Forum). There is a full list of events being run on the Events page of the Scottish Rowing website. Check out the link on the panel on the right hand side of the page.

Request - Does anyone have a copy of the plans for the clubhouse or know where they might be? If you do can you have a word with Martin or email the webmaster please.

update: Martin thinks he has now found a copy but please check out the forum and give us your suggestions of things you would like to see if this goes ahead.

Glasgow Spring Regatta - Unfortunately the Glasgow Spring Regatta has been cancelled. There is a full statement on the Glasgow Rowing Club website.

Scottish Schools Head - The Scottish Schools head took place on Saturday 21st March. The OJU18 4+ crew who were all from Johnstone High School placed 6th in the event at Dullatur. Well done guys!

GB Junior Spring Assessments - The spring assessment are an invite only GB rowing camp held from the 21st to the 27th March at the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham.

HORR Thames - We had a couple of club members down at the HORR in London at the weekend and they did us proud. Andrew Holmes was a member of the Westminster Boat crew that won the Senior 3 Pennant (46th overall) and Alan Holmes was in a Glasgow Boat that came 36th overall. Well done to them both.

Club Capsize Drill - This Sunday 29th March at 4.30pm, Garnock Pool.

The capsize drill is compulsory for all juniors who don't want to wear a life jacket and its strongly recommended for all adults who haven't already done one. You will need to be able to swim 2 lengths of the pool in clothes, so be prepared!

Scottish Rowing Newsletter - Heres a downloadable copy of the first issue of the Scottish Rowing Newsletter that has been circulated by SARA. As an interim measure, this newsletter is designed to take the place of the hard copy issue of Rowing Action. Its full of interesting articles and tips.

Boat Names Poll - The poll is closed and the names have been chosen! The winners of the poll were Jeffreystock and Sandpiper. Well done to Mel for the suggestions! The new boats will be called Jeffreystock and Mursheil. The next new boat we get will be called Sandpiper.

Membership Renewal - It's that time of year again, membership fees must be paid by the end of January. Renewal letters have been sent out by email, if you are planning to take part in competition early in the new year please be aware you must have sorted out your new Racing Licence to be able to take part. It takes 2 weeks to get your racing licence and you must have paid your club fees so you need to be a bit organised. If you want to get an early start you can download the Renewal Form.

Note: The membership form has been updated to include the standing order form. If you have already filled in the form a separate standing order form is now available

100 Club - While you are sorting out your membership why not join the 100 club? The 100 Club exists to help Castle Semple Rowing Club raise much needed funds, at the same time it offers an opportunity for its participants to win as much as £100 for a modest monthly payment. Download the Application Form and start winning today.

Club T-shirts - Club t-shirts and hoodies are still available, if you want to order one drop me a line and let me know what you want and what size etc.

The design will be printed on the back. On the front will be CSRC 2009.

All of the options below are with the design (red) printed on white or black garments.

There are a variety of options to choose from.

Click HERE for more information on sizes

2009 Rowing Calender - The events calender for 2009 is now up on the SARA website. There is an edited version in the training and crew notices section of the Forum.

Results - For more detailed results go to the Racing/Results page

Club Scratch Regatta - What a great day! We had sunshine, good food and good racing. A full list of winners is now up on the Racing/Results page. Thanks to all those who organised the event and helped out on the day. Already looking forward to next years!

Boston Marathon - Although they managed to race for another club ;-) Pete Murray and Martin Holmes achieved their goal of beating the course record for their category in this years Boston Marathon. They managed to finish the course in a very impressive time of 3:36:12 coming in 8th overall. Congratulations also go to Andrew Holmes who completed the course in 3:57:00 coming in second only 90 seconds behind the winner of the J18 1X. Well done lads!!

Thanks - Karen Sanders has produced a splendid book of 2007 photographs and donated a copy to the club. Thanks Karen its really great!!

100 Club - The 100 Club winners for the whole year are in the AGM minutes on the Forum.

Get your kit on! - Dot kindly organised a club kit page on the Godfrey Website for you now to place your orders for kit directly. Godfrey will add up all the discounts etc. from orders placed and calculate the discount due.

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