St Andrew Boat Club

St Andrew Boat Club is alongside Meggetland Sports Complex, at Meggetland, on the Union Canal, in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.

St1 Andrew Boat Club
Image showing the rowing club's emblem
Image showing the rowing club's blade colours
MottoRowing for all
LocationEdinburgh, Scotland Scotland
Coordinates55.927°N 3.233°W / 55.927; -3.233
Home waterUnion Canal, Edinburgh
Founded1846 (1846)
Key people
  • Sarah Whitley (President)
  • Lindsay Flockhart (Captain)
Colours  Blue
AffiliationsScottish Rowing
Websitestandrewboatclub.com
Events
Silver Rudder
Distinctions
Only rowing club in Edinburgh.
1 (or St., or rarely Saint)
Notable members
Katherine Grainger DBE Sinead Jennings

SABC is affiliated to Scottish Rowing,[1] the national governing body for rowing in Scotland.[2]

History

The club was founded in 1846.

George Ogilvie of Holefield farm via Kelso, Scotland – father of Scottish Border poet and Australian bush balladeer Will H. Ogilvie (1869–1963) – was one of the inaugural members, and in 1904 was at his death the club's oldest member.[3]

Training

Training on the water usually takes place on a 1600m stretch of the Union Canal during the week.[4] At weekends regular training sessions take place at Auchinstarry, the River Clyde in Glasgow or Strathclyde Country Park, Scotland's Olympic standard regatta course.

Land sessions take place across the road from the boat club, at Energy Gym.[5]

Squads
  • Beginners and Novices[6]
  • Juniors (J13 - J18)[7]
  • Senior Men[8]
  • Senior Women[9]
  • Masters (Aged 27+)[10]

Silver Rudder

The Silver Rudder is the annual boat race between St Andrew Boat Club and Clyde Amateur Rowing Club (Glasgow), and takes place on the River Clyde in Glasgow.

Honours

British champions
Year Winning crew/s
1998Women 1x[11]
2014Women J18 4x[12]
2018Women J15 1x[13]
2019Women J18 4-[14]
2021Open J16 2x [15]

See also

References
  1. "Club Contacts". Scottish Rowing. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013.
  2. "Club finder". Scottish Rowing.
  3. "Personal". Freeman's Journal. Vol. LV, no. 3413. New South Wales, Australia. 4 June 1904. p. 18. Retrieved 20 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Training & Racing | St Andrew Boat Club". Archived from the original on 17 December 2012.
  5. "Gym Training | St Andrew Boat Club". Archived from the original on 7 June 2014.
  6. "Beginners and Learn to Row courses | St Andrew Boat Club". Archived from the original on 14 October 2012.
  7. "Juniors | St Andrew Boat Club". Archived from the original on 20 July 2014.
  8. "Senior Men | St Andrew Boat Club". Archived from the original on 20 July 2014.
  9. "Senior Women | St Andrew Boat Club". Archived from the original on 20 July 2014.
  10. "Masters Rowing | St Andrew Boat Club". Archived from the original on 20 July 2014.
  11. ""For the Record." Times, 20 July 1998, p. 36". The Times. 20 July 1998. p. 36.
  12. "Juniors defy weather to flourish at Brit Champs". British Rowing. 21 July 2014.
  13. "2018 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.
  14. "Thrills and spills at the 2019 British Rowing Junior Championships". British Rowing. 21 July 2019.
  15. "Race Information". Row results. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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