Category: Rowing

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Santa Row 2016

Santa Row

It’s very soon time for Goring Gap Boat Club’s annual Santa Row, at  10am on Sunday 18th December. Come to the Hardwick site (with wellies,  it’s a bit muddy) and enjoy carol singing, mulled wine and bacon sandwiches before or after a ride in an eight horse open sleigh.  Silly hats are preferred.

So what is a Santa row? We’ve got a Good King Wenceslas Sprint Race, a Deck the Decks with  Boughs of Holly Coxes Challenge, and even a Dance of the Sugar Plum
Ferry organised for you, so whether you want to row, cox or watch from  the bank with a bacon sandwich and glass of mulled wine or coffee  they’ll be something to entertain you.

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Capsize drill done!

So a large crowd of us practised our capsize technique in a single scull in a large hot swimming pool near Henley. Our lovely trainer showed us what to do, how to be safe, how to get out of the water and on to the boat.  For those of you who would like to learn more, watch this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DcPE8-gENLo. For those of you who think it might be scary, it’s actually ok!

If you would like to sign up for our next session, please contact the membership secretary, Pamela Birch.  Give it a go!

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Try kayaking/rowing this Saturday!

The Adventure Dolphin  Club will be with us at the club session on Saturday 24th September.  Come down for 9am.

Members from Adventure Dolphin will paddle down to us in their kayaks for 9:30 and we will give them instruction and an opportunity to have a go in our boats.

At the same time GGBC members can have a go – with instruction from Adventure Dolphin –  in one of the many kayaks they paddle down to us.

Between times on the water, we will have coffee, snacks and chat !

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No rowing on Sunday

There will be no 10:00 session this Sunday 11 September due to the Pangbourne Canoe Marathon which is talking place on our reach, between Mapledurham and Whitchurch locks.

 
The Explore Rowing session at 08:00 is also cancelled because we need to be off the water by 08:30.
 
However, if you are on the tow path in Reading on Sunday afternoon, look out for and give a shout out to the GGBC crew who will be taking part for the first time in the Thames Valley Explore Rowing League splash and dash races, hosted by Reading Rowing Club.