In summer, all that intense training for the regatta can leave you feeling tired – but GGBC has two punts, which we keep in Streatley.- the ideal way to unwind, drifting lazily under the willows…..
Summer is here
Now the clocks have changed we are resuming Thursday evening rowing at 18:00. Quiet evenings are a great opportunity to see the river at it’s best. Of course our normal Saturday morning sessions at 09:00 and Sundays at 10:00 continue. New members are welcome at any session.
No Rowing Sunday 14th September
Because of canoe racing on Sunday 14th, we won’t be rowing.
Learn to row course
Our latest learn to row course has been progressing well. We will be running more courses later this year, so if you have ever thought ‘I’d like to try that…..’
Timings looking OK – just need a little less focus on your own blades!
2014 Regatta is now the 2015 Regatta!
After careful consideration, the Goring Gap Boat Club has decided not to stage the Goring and Streatley Regatta this summer. The event will return in July 2015.
The Regatta site is still waterlogged from the January/February floods and may not dry out sufficiently by July, and in the event of any more significant rainfall in the next 3 months a later cancellation would be inevitable. It makes sense to cancel now, minimizing disruption and giving the water meadow a chance to recover and be in good shape for the 2015 Regatta.
By the time the Regatta returns in 2015 the GGBC’s permanent base in Lower Basildon, for which we have been pursuing planning permission over the last eight months, should be close to becoming a reality. This has been a long held ambition for the Club, and will provide a new focus for our rowing activities nearer to Streatley and Goring.
The Goring and Streatley Regatta in 2015 and will be a major village event and we will be seeking to attract interest from other organisations in the villages to assist by co-hosting the event. In the meantime, GGBC will continue to provide local people with access to the river in a variety of unpowered boats. The Club runs regular Learn-2-Row courses, and holds three open rowing sessions every week. New members are always welcomed regardless of age or experience.