Cambois
Rowing Club

Once again we send out a friendly welcome and good luck to all the clubs sending Juniors to compete in the Junior Inter-regional trials this coming Sunday.

The starting order for the event can be found here ...

Starting Order

Congratulations to our J16 crews who have all qualified for the JIRR to be held in April. Good luck to Shaun, Becky, Ellie, Katy, Amy, Jamie and Luke and not forgetting the coxes Daniel and Gavin.

It's a new year so here's a quick note that may be of interest to some. The Cambois website in 2009 has received in total 404,000 hits !!

Thanks for all the kind comments regarding it and don't forget to let me know if anything needs added ( I have a couple of pages in the works )

Ian

As we all had such a great time last year, we shall be running our christmas jumble again open for all rowing members of Cambois club on Sunday the 20th December. Names will be drawn out of a hat to make up quads who will then hold knock out races against each other over a 250m course from the road bridge to the pontoon.

20p entry fee and a prize for the winning crew. Best of all though ... bragging rights and a chance to see who can have the most fun on the day.

Spectators are welcome to cheer on / heckle the competitors.

9:30am at the boathouse.

Cambois ( Imperial College or Tideway Scullers just have him on loan ) sculler Jamie Kirkwood has won the prestigious Scullers Head event over the boat race course (albeit in reverse) on the Thames from Mortlake to Putney.

Well done Jamie. A fantastic result !

Full results

Telegraph online article about the event

The club's annual general meeting is to be held at the boathouse this Thursday the 26th November, at 7pm.

Agenda (word doc)

Our youngest club member, 10 year old Natalie Dixon has won the girls J11 event at the British Indoor Rowing Championship 2009 at the NEC in Birmingham.

Her distance of 509 metres in 2 minutes is a new championship record and according to the concept 2 site a new World Record !

Brilliant stuff Nats !

Link to the concept2 results

The new boathouse extension was officially opened by Councillor Jeff Reid, leader of Northumberland County Council. The new extension houses the singles and doubles as well as having a breakout mezzanine floor for private ergo facilities.

Our two new boats, 'Banks of Cambois' and 'Milne Hunt' were also named by Councillor David Ledger and Milne's widow Mrs Brenda Hunt.

Picture gallery

Daniel Jamieson has won 2nd prize in Rowing and Regatta magazine for this great picture taken at the end of the Boston Marathon.

Well done Daniel !

The draw for the Wansbeck LDS can be found here...

draws.xls (Excel file)

And further boating instructions..

BOATING ORDER FOR WANSBECK LDS
ALL 1X NUMBERS 57-99 START BOATING AT 9.30
ALL 2X NO 28-56 READY TO BOAT WHEN 1X HAVE PAST PONTOON
ALL 4X NO 1-27 START BOATING AT 12.15

YOU WILL BE RACING DOWN STREAM THIS YEAR.
DO NOT USE SOUTH ARCH OF ROAD BRIDGE.
MARSHALLS WILL TELL YOU WHERE TO WAIT AND TURN THERE WILL BE A MAP IN BOAT HOUSE

Thanks David Wright
 

We are very sorry to announce that Norman Howitt, the Club's President, passed away on Monday 12th October at the end of a very brief stay in hospital. He had spent the Sunday morning at the Club as usual, helping members young and old. Norman's rowing career with Cambois Rowing Club was lifelong, and he served as an umpire in the region. For many newcomers to the Club and to the sport, of all ages, Norman's was the friendly face that particularly made them feel welcome while they were settling in. He will be greatly missed.

One of the pictures from our recent beach training session was published in the ARA Rowing and Regatta magazine July edition. It can also be found on the ARA website under regional news at the following link.

http://www.ara-rowing.org/news/cambois-rowing-club-beach

The cookery book won for being Editor's Choice will be eagerly awaited by all members of the club.

The first Northumberland Schools Indoor Rowing Event was held at the club on Monday 22nd of June. In the Year 10 team event Luke Dixon, Shaun Jamieson, Jamie McCarron and John Robson were victorious. Not to be outdone, the Year 11 squad of Lee McCarron, David Johnson, Nathan Shiel and John Robson matched the win. In the Singles events, Josh Dixon took the Year 12 boys title and Cambois club member Becky Bates won the Year 10 girls category rowing for King Edwards School.

Our very own superstar of women's rowing Sarah Wright competed at the prestigious Women's Regatta at Henley this weekend. Rowing in a junior double sculls with her partner from Durham University BC, they easily won their first heat. In the next round they were unlucky to lose by only three-quarters of a length to a crew from Marlow.

Congratulations for doing the club proud Sarah !

The National Veteran Championships were held at Nottingham this weekend. Paul Freeman competing in the Veteran E singles took a well deserved win, sealing an impressively consistent season for our oldest active competitor.

Well done Paul !

One of the advantages of the club being so close to the sea is we occasionally train on the beach. Here are a few pictures of the juniors cooling down after a run along the sands.

Photo Gallery

Well done to Lee, David, Nathan and Jamie Y who came sixth in the J16 eight along with rowers from Durham School and Queen Elizabeth High School.

Shaun and Luke finished ninth overall in the J15 double sculls in a personal best time.

Congratulations to Ruth and Becky and to Luke and Shaun for qualifying in the WJ16 2x and J15 2x events respectively at the recent Junior Inter-Regional Trials held on the River Wansbeck. Both crews go forward to represent the North of England at the Inter-Regional Regatta being held at the National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham in April.

To help raise funds and have some fun along the way the club juniors, lead by Josh and Sarah, devised a quiz of general knowledge as well as rowing questions. Everyone had a great time !

Yes David it really does hurt when you get shot ! A great day out for some team building fun.

The club held a fun jumble event for all it's members. Lots were drawn to decide the crews from young and old alike. A series of very close knock-out races were held over a 250 metre course from the road bridge to the clubhouse. The winning team comprised of Luke and Josh Dixon, Paul Freeman, Daniel Stephenson and Daniel Jamieson as cox.

As everyone had such a good time, we hope to make this a regular pre-Christmas event.

Many thanks to Donna for all her hard work in organising this.

The rowing club welcomes one and all to the Wansbeck Long Distance Sculls held this Saturday, the 18th October. The draw for the event is available here (excel file)

The six race autumn sculling series kicks off this Saturday, 4th Oct on the Wear at Durham. For more info check out the events calendar

They were a little too keen to do the land part of the event though :)

here you can catch up on the latest news, check the event calendar and look back at previous results. Hope you all like the new look