Category: Regatta

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Upcoming events and courses

 

The year is well and truly underway and we’ve got a few exciting activities planned for the next couple of months.  Here are some key dates and events that we hope you’ll join us for.

 

Learn2Cox course – 22nd Feb.  Ever fancied learning how to cox, but feel daunted by giving commands and steering a boat?  Well don’t be…come and join our beginners coxing course on Sunday 22nd February at 10am where we will show you the basics and get you coxing.  The course is free. If you would like to learn how to cox then please email Alastair at captainofrowing@goringgapbc.org.uk to register your interest.

 

GoRow day – Saturday 28th March.  We will be holding an open day (10am-12pm) for anyone who would like to try out rowing, so bring a friend and come and give rowing a go.  Our coaches and club members will be on hand to help show you the ropes.

 

Spring Learn2Row – The next course will be run in April & May.  The course costs £125 and will be run over 6 sessions on the following dates 18th, 22nd (evening), 25th, 29th (evening) April and 2nd & 9th May.  Please email Stuart at captainofrowing@goringgapbc.org.uk to book a place or for more information.

 

 

Call for volunteers – As always we need volunteers to help with running our Spring Learn2Row, Learn2Cox and the GoRow day,…so if you are able to row or help out in anyway then please let Stuart and Alastair know by emailing us at captainofrowing@goringgapbc.org.uk.

 

Goring 10k running event – 1st March.  It is the biggest fun-raiser for Goring’s local primary school so a really worthwhile cause, and a great reason to get you out training! The event is on Sunday 1st March and they’ll be providing smiling marshals, cheering supporters, beautiful countryside as well as flapjacks, jelly babies and bananas to all runners. It’s a brilliant day!  Tickets are selling fast, so to find out more and sign up, visit www.goring10k.co.uk.

 

Goring & Streatley regatta 2015 – Saturday 25th July. A great day out for all the family and some superb novice rowing too.  More info on the club website www.goringgapbc.org.uk/

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WARGRAVE & SHIPLAKE REGATTA

Friday August 8th 2014 – Saturday August 9th 2014

Each year WARGRAVE & SHIPLAKE  hold one of the largest regattas on the Thames with races for skiffs, punts and canoes. 

There are 1000 individual competitors competing in 400 races over two days. The course is around 400 yards, down stream, but still arduous. The boats are traditional in style and heavy.

The regatta is open to everyone. There are events for boys, girls, ladies, gentlemen, mixed and veterans. 

GGBC won’t be officially entering any crews but if you and your family or friends fancy entering a crew then please do. They provide regatta training in the weeks leading up to the event.

It’s a great day out for all the family with lots to do (racing, shop, bar and food tent, plus bouncy castles and ice cream vans for the kids). 

 

Tickets are available on the gates (under 5′s get in for free).

If you are interested then please enter. Full details are on their website http://wsregatta.co.uk/

 
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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.