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Latest news, frequently updated No boards EA river conditions Restricted rowing Club's guidelines         3 February There is a 'club kit order window' open until 12th February. Go to www.godfrey.co.uk and choose "Weybridge RC" from the list of clubs at the top of the page. Any orders will be collated together to get the discount. We know there are already orders for gilets, so these will be at the discounted price. Delivery is scheduled for the week commencing 10th March at which point it will be avaialble for collection at the club. Further details are on the Godfrey information sheet; or speak to Katy. Sad news reaches us that Keith Symons passed away this week. Keith rowed in the successful veteran squad in the 1980s and 90s. Further information to follow when we get it. Nigel Burton has sold almost 100 copies of his club history book which was published before Christmas. Copies have been sent far and wide - including one to Charlie Street  who now resides in New Zealand.  He was the first winner of the Spreadbury Cup in 1948. Hard-back copies are still available at £13 each from Nigel at book@weybridgerowing.org.uk 1 February The next time-trial is this coming Sunday (5th). Katy asks if we can meet in the clubhouse at 0930 for a briefing, then going on the water at 0940. All are welcome. Please sign-up here. The first piece is 3km downstream at 1015, then 3km upstream at 1100. Crews can do either, or both. The Sunday Social follows the racing at midday on Sunday. Free bar snacks are provided. If you haven't been down lately, come along and see the changes - the site is looking quite respectable, with regular cleaning, the grounds being cleared & tidied by Dave Cox's Half Day Club, and the changing rooms cleared & painted. Richard Harris will be in attendance before he heads off to Thailand for an extended stay. 27 January Further photos of home crews at Weybridge Winter Head are on-line, courtesy of Nick Coxhead. The other day, a guide dog visited the clubhouse with his owner. Unfortunately, Topnut the cat found himself cornered by the big black labrador, wagging his tail. Cat jumped on the dog and tried to force his way out of the situation. The men's vet squad were on-hand to separate them. No harm done, but do be aware that Topnut might be old and soppy but he still doesn't much like dogs in his house ! 24 January Next race coming-up is Hampton Head on Saturday 4th February. The Hyne Cup is scheduled for Sunday 26th February at 11am. Weybridge are hosts this year. Photos from Weybridge Winter Head are on-line, courtesy of local photographer Gary Dowzall. 22 January Weybridge Winter Head was held in mild but blowy conditions. The results are now up. The home team took a very useful 8 wins: - J18 2x Josh & Zac - Mas Nov 2x Clive & Gareth - J15 2x Alex & Ben - WJ15 4x+ (Megan's crew) - Mas E VIII (Ashley's crew) - WMasNov 4x+ (Anne's crew) - Mas H 4- (Alasdair's crew) - WMas D VIII (composite with Walbrook) and there were some encouraging results from some of the younger and newer crews too, especially those making their racing debuts such as the boys in the IM3 VIII. A big Thank You goes to all of the organisers, umpires, helpers and supporters for putting on a successful and worthwhile event. Many of the prizes were handed out at the presentation. We'll contact the few who went uncollected. 18 January Apologies for the break in service. Our domain was not automatically renewed, even though it was paid for. Then we had an issue with name servers. Anyhow, we're back and will catch-up with updates over the next day or two. The instructions for Saturday's Weybridge Winter Head are on-line.  And the starting order is now available. 13 January Circuit training will NOT be at Heathisde next Tuesday (17th) because the halls are being used for mock exams that week. Katy advises that training will be at the clubhouse instead, from 1830. 10 January Circuit training sessions resume tonight (Tuesday) at Heathside School, from 1830 to 2000. 9 January The January time-trial was held in perfect conditions. The results are posted here. Some of the upstream times were affected by a slow-moving cruiser that caused a bottle-neck at Walton Bridge. Thank you to all of the marshals, coaches and time-keepers for your help. The clubhouse make-over continues: - the balcony floor has been re-laid by Mark Johnson; - Dave Cox is making a new concrete step for the bottom of the metal stairs. - George has fixed the rear door of the men's changing room. - many members have helped by taking away various items of rubbish which is much appreciated. Two weeks to go until Weybridge Winter Head on Saturday 21st January. 6 January Noel is compiling a list of volunteers for Weybridge Winter Head on Saturday 21st January. There are 2 divisions (1030 and 1230) and we'll need time-keepers, marshals, swan-feeders, caterers, carpark attendants as well has general help for set-up and tidy-away. Please send him a mail if you can help : noel.watson @ weybridgerowing.org.uk  . Thank you. Tom reports that he found the Cat trapped on the balcony at New Year. Please check before you slam the outer door! Do look for somebody black on the yellow floor under your feet and either put him back in clubroom or on the outside steps. 3 January 2012 The next time-trial is this coming Sunday (8th Jan). Katy asks if we can meet in the clubhouse at 0930 for a briefing, then going on the water at 0940. All are welcome. Please sign-up here. The first piece is 3km downstream at 1015, then 3km upstream at 1100. Crews can do either, or both. Evening traning sessions for seniors re-commence on Wednesday (4th) at 1900. Please sign-up here . Slightly belatedly, the results of the December 200 Club draw are now up. 28 December Here's a reminder that the Dave Cox Work Morning kicks off at 9am tomorrow, Thursday. Many hands make light work, so please come along if you can, if only for an hour or two. We had a couple of boats out on Christmas morning - including an eight. Around 20 people enjoyed the rum punch afterwards. 23 December Josh Foulkes was awarded the Junior-of-the-Year trophy at the Christmas Pudding races last Saturday. Congratulations on a great year. Thanks to the team led by Caroline, Anna, Anne and Jayne for laying on the Christmas Dinner this year. It was a lovely evening, by all accounts. 22 December Details of our Learn-to-Row courses in Spring & Summer 2012 are now posted on-line. 20 December The traditional Christmas Morning row is on. Turn-up at 1030 and we'll put some crews together for a paddle down to Sunbury and back. Rum punch will be served afterwards, courtesy of Greg Jones and utilising rum kindly supplied by Michael Swain, President of the Bermuda Rowing Association. 19 December Heathside School have confirmed the sportshall will be unavailable over the holidays. So the next circuits session will be on Tuesday 10th January. Monday and Wednesday sessions for seniors are on as usual this week, break for a week, then resume on Monday 2nd January. Katy has posted suggested training sessions for the holiday period on the board in the clubhouse. Dave Cox is orgainsing a 'work morning' on Thursday 29th December, commencing 9am. The basic plan entails: - replacing and painting the fence panels near the front gate - removing vegetation from around the fire escape - raise the racking of the octuple and the small boats about it. Many hands make light work, so he looks forward to seeing all those who can make it. Thanks are due to George Sheils for kindly painting the inside of the mens changing room. 12 December Provisional results for Walton Small Boats Head are now out.  Some excellent close racing results in 3 wins : WJ15 2x Emelia Cole MasNov 2x Noel Watson & George Sheils WJ15 2x Emelia Cole & Elena Foulkes So the year closes with 18 Head wins to go with the 26 Regatta wins. Well down to all these crews, coaches and supporters. 9 December Good luck to our 25 crews racing at Walton Small Boats Head on Saturday. Please note that half of our landing stage is being used at Walton RC for the day, so do alow extra time for getting afloat. The National Trust have filed a planning application for maintaining the trees around the clubhouse. The map and photos indicate which ones are involved. It is proposed that the big tree near the front gate is to only have its lower limbs trimmed. 7 December Clive, Nick & Katy announce that the Christmas Pudding Races are on Saturday 17th December. Scratch quads will race from the sailing club up to the finish at our flagpole. Proceedings start at 0930 and aim to finish around 1300. Catering is provided by Sharon and Caroline. All Weybridge & Weyfarers folks can sign-up on this link until 1200 on Thursday 15th.  31 people took part in circuits last evening. There's space for a few more people. Sessions run every Tuesday (except 27 Dec).  Weybridge Head is on Saturday 21st January, which is only 6 weeks away. Details are now on-line. 6 December There is a senior squad meeting at the clubhouse on Friday (9th) at 1930 for all those planning on racing in the new year. The starting order for Walton Small Boats Head is now available . Peter Morley has stepped down as vice-captain for non-rowing personal reasons; he is ably replaced by David Hudson who has a vast amount of relevant experience. Please offer these chaps your best wishes and support. Here's an early reminder that the next 200 Club draw is on Sunday 18th December. 5 December Some sound results from J15s at Hampton Head with the girls quad coming in 12 seconds behind the winners who won last summer's National Championships. The J15 boys double and quad completed the course in the same time, which is a comparative improvement for the quad since Henley Sculls, while the double were 7th, just 24 seconds behind the winners. Zac and Josh were about 40 seconds behind the winners in their J18 singles and a minute in the J18 pair. Results from Sunday's time-trial are posted here by Katy. The boathouse looked remarkably sparse during the session, with all 3 eights out on the water along with several fours and quads. On Saturday, the president's crew took drastic evasive action to avoid a junior girls double from another club. They fell in opposite The Anglers, quickly extracating themselves from the boat and were rescued by nearby coaches from several clubs. It is extremely rare for a four to go for a swim so this is a golden opportunity to explain why we check and maintain heel restraints in all our boats. Training for seniors will start at 1830 tonight to allow a prompt finish at 2000 before the December committee meeting. The ergo #5 with non-functioning display has been fixed, serviced and cleaned. Thanks to Carl for wielding his soldering iron. In an effort to reduce the mud outside the boat bays, the hose pipe has been withdrawn by the captain's team and replaced with buckets and sponges. 29 November This coming Sunday 4th December is the monthly time trial. Crews will meet in the clubhouse at 10am. Given it is the week before Walton Small Boats, the course is likely to be 3000m downstream. Senior crews should sign-up here by 5pm on Saturday to be included; junior crews will be organised by Katy unless they have stated otherwise. The Sunday Social will commence at 12noon, after racing. Please advise Greg Jones if you plan to attend so he can organise the catering. We have junior crews racing at Hampton Small Boats Head this Saturday. Regretably there will be no supper after Wednesday night training this week. The chefs are either on holiday or working, not on strike. 28 November At Burway Small Boats Head, there was a win for Gareth & Clive in Masters-Novice doubles by a margin of 99 seconds. Well done. Further afield, the Masters 'C' 4- raced at Wallingford Head, supported by the President who happened to be passing by. Photos are available here. 24 November On the British Rowing website today, there is a summary of the volunteers of the year awards including a photo of Caroline receiving her certificate. 23 November We have two head races this weekend. On Saturday it is Burway Small Boats Head where Clive & Gareth are doing their 2x; and on Sunday "Ashley's four" are off to Wallingford Head. Tonight's supper is normandy chicken followed by chocolate tart, prepared by Caroline. Yesterday's first circuit training session at Heathside school had 30 participants, most of whom are probably aching today! For those who missed out, there is space for a few more people next Wednesday if you want to take-up the challenge. 21 November Josh and Zac attended GB junior trials at Boston for the first time coming 67th and 69th respectively out of 152. This was a sound result and the boys learned about the intensity required at this level. They plan to attend the next trial in Febuary in a pair together on completion of a good 5k ergo in the next few weeks. Two well deserved wins at Kingston Small Boats Head: - J15 2x of Ben Brisco and Alex Pope won by 18 seconds over the next crew from Hampton. - WJ16 4+ won by 87 seconds over St George's, and faster than the WJ15 quads which is their normal event. - a newly formed J15 4x raced and came 12th out of 25 - WJ14 4x+ girls were 6th from 9 with the usual cox making an appearance in the stroke seat. Here's a reminder that circuit training is on Tuesday night from 1830 to 2000 at Heathside School. The sports hall is right at the back of the school, with access via the little drive that goes up the nearest (east) side of the main buidling. Remember to bring £1 per session (or £15 for the whole winter of 18 sessions). Dave Cox has kindly painted the first of the men's shower cubicles. He asks if people could refrain from using it until the paint is dry, which could take a few days at this temperature. 18 November A handful of junior crews are off to Kingston Small Boats Head on Saturday.  16 November A little team led by Caroline & Anna have kindly decorated the ladies' changing room. The paint should be dry by now. A different team will be tackling the men's changing room shortly, orchestrated by Greg Jones and Dave Cox. If anyone knows of any surplus paving slabs, please can they either bring them down or a committee member know so we can arrange collection ? We would like to reduce the muddy areas around the boathouse perimeter. Any size or colour or quantity would do. Thank you. Post-training supper today is sausage casserole, cooked by Caroline. 15 November Details of the Seniors' Christmas Dinnner (Sat 10 December) and the Juniors' Christmas Party (Thursday 22 December) have been posted by Caroline on the social events page. This Saturday morning, there will be pre-outing boat inspections performed by the captain's team. Please could all crews allow 10 minutes for heel restraints, hatch covers and bow-balls to be checked, just as they would be at a regatta. Also on Saturday, Zac Cole & Josh Foulkes are off to Boston for the GB junior squad trials. Katy will be with them. They are travelling-up with St Georges folk. We haven't had any candidates for a number of years so we wish them the very best of luck. The joint Weybridge/Weyfarers Dinner Dance at the Cobham Hilton was a jolly affair with good food, short witty speeches and a DJ who responded quickly to requests. Thanks to all who helped to organise. 14 November Circuit training returns! Tuesday nights at Heathside School gym from 1830-2000 (with allowance for those who can only make it for 1900). Run by Katy, it all starts on 22 November and runs every Tuesday until the end of March (except 27 Dec). Only £1 per session, or £15 for all 18 sessions, to help cover the fee to the school. Some handy results at Henley Sculls on Saturday: - a win for Zac & Josh in J18 2x (2nd quickest double of the day). - 2nd place in J15 2x for Ben & Alex P. - 3rd for WJ15 4x+ and WJ14 4x+ - 4th for J15 4x+ and J15 1x (Ben) - plus other sound performances from the other 10 boats. Well done. Thank you to all the enthusastic coaches and supporters. Title picture above shows some of the crews in action on a warm, calm day. More photos here . At Teddington Head the Mas.E 4- came 2nd in their event and were 12th fastest boat of the day. Thames Street in Weybridge is open again; the sewer repairs were completed on Saturday. 9 November Nigel Burton advises that a limited number of copies of  "Weybridge Rowing Club 1880s-1980s" will be available at the Dinner Dance for £13 each. Cash or cheques payable to Weybridge Rowing Club accepted. Speak to Carl or Claire on or before Saturday night. Six beginners are on the current Wey-to-Row course, led by Katy Knowles. It runs each Sunday afternoon until mid-December, between 1300-1600. On their 2nd session, the participants were out in the Eton whiff singles, making the most of the benign conditions. 8 November The seniors/masters training sheet is posted here by Rachel, so people can amend their own availability and also see who else is training on a given day. It is also linked via the index on the left. Supper this Wednesday after training is due to be lasagne and your chef is Carl. This Saturday is Henley Sculls and we have 16 junior boats taking part. And closer to home, we have a masters 'E' 4- racing at Teddington Head . 7 November Results of yesterday's time trial are posted here by Katy. There was a huge turn-out for John Burnett's medal-of-hounour presentation yesterday, including several long-distance visitors. Nigel Burton sold at least 50 copies of his club history book at its launch. Hard-back copies are available at £13 each from Nigel at book@weybridgerowing.org.uk  Hopefully copies will be around for inspection and purchase at the upcoming Dinner Dance and Christmas events. At the Veteran Fours Head, there were wins for the Mas.G 4x (Mike C, Dave H, Eric W & Mike K) and for the Walbrook/Weybridge composite 4+ (Rachel). The Mas.E 4- was 6th from 8 and Mas.H 4+ 3rd from 3. 4 November The deadline for securing places at the Dinner Dance is this Sunday morning. Please speak to Caroline if you would like to come along. We will have crews taking part at Henley Long Distance Sculls and Teddington Head on Saturday 12 November. More details to follow once entries have closed. 2 November Rachel writes "A huge thank you to the dedicated few who came to the work afternoon last Saturday, and to a noble few who have since cleared up riggers, bags of dust and taken away junk to the dump. A lot of dirt and cobwebs were removed which makes the boathouse already a more pleasant place to be. This Saturday, from 12.15pm we will work on the Eights, so please do come and help if you possibly can." The combined Sunday Social & John Burnett presentation & book launch is this Sunday from 12noon. There will be free wine and finger buffet kindly organised by Greg Jones. All are most welcome. Please could all members make a special effort to keep the clubhouse tidy in advance?  Thank you. Supper will again be served after seniors' training tonight. Claire advises that the menu is pasta carbonara. 1 November A huge £2720 was raised by the juniors' 50km sponsored row to Richmond and back on 18th September (in lieu of the cancelled Boston marathon). Well done and many thanks to all involved. Included in this figure are all the Gift-Aid donations made during October. The starting order for Sunday's Veteran Fours Head is now available. We have 4 boats to watch out for: 'E' 4- "Tom's crew" 'G' 4x - "Dave H's crew" 'H'" 4+  "Alasdair's crew" W'D' 4+ "Rachel's crew" with Walbrook. Over half-term week, the juniors ran their 14th beginners rowing course. Mostly fine weather enabled the youngsters to experience sculling in a range of boats from the octuple to fine singles, cumulating in a short race in quads up the club stretch. Thanks to Clive, Nick, Katy, Graham and Roy, and all the juniors who made it a successful and enjoyable week for all. Last Wednesday, Katy plus Lisa (our HSCT coach) ran an introductory, improvers sweep oar afternoon session, introducing 19 juniors to rowing in eights and fours, rather than just sculling. A good time was had by all and no doubt a follow up session will follow. 28 October The weather should be fine for the work afternoon tomorrow Saturday, from 1230 to 1600. Feel free to bring a cake or some biscuits. Tea will be provided. Rigging tools would be useful, too. Greg has collected lost property from the clubhouse and changing rooms and displayed it on a table on the balcony. Please can members take what is theirs? The left-overs are likely to be sent to charity shops ahead of the visit of Di Ellis, British Rowing chairman, on 6th November. 25 October Pictures of most Weybridge boats competing at Silver Sculls are available here, courtesy of Graham Jenkins. Thanks to Nick for sending us the link. Here's a reminder that Weybridge & Weyfarers combined dinner dance will be on Saturday 12th November at the Cobham Hilton. The details are here. 22 October Silver Sculls was held today in idyllic conditions: blue sky, negligible stream and a little breeze that affected the later divisions. There were 3 wins for the home club. - Noel & George in Masters-novice 2x - Rachel & Margaret in Masters E 2x - Emilia in WJ15 1x The organisation was excellent. Thank you to all who helped maintain the first-class standards that our competitors enjoy. Click here for a photo of the presentation of the Silver Sculls to the winner Tim Male. 21 October Here is an urgent message for those coming to Silver Sculls, particularly with trailers. Thames Street has been closed at the junction with Portmore Park Road due to a defective sewer. Cars can divert via Portmore Park Road, but that corner is not suitable for trailers because there is fencing around the worksite in addition to the usual pillars. Please use Walton Bridge and Walton Lane to reach Weybridge Ladies ARC.  Or trailers can go to Walton RC in Sunbury Lane instead. 20 October The captain and her team are proposing a 'work afternoon' on Saturday 29th October from 1230 until 1600. This will entail a rapid tidy-up of the boathouse and provide an opportunity to address any boat problems or concerns. If you care about the facilities then please come along, even if only for an hour or so. Many hands will make light work ! This is a request for members to clearly mark private blades with their name before the 'work afternoon'. Any un-identifiable equipment is liable to be put into general use. If any dusty, disused blades are found, then the owners might be approached to see if they would like to offer these to the club. In essence, we want the boathouse to be a home for useful equipment only. 18 October A super special Sunday Social is planned for 6th November! John Burnett will be presented with the British Rowing Medal of Honour; and the club's long-awaited history book will be launched. Proceedings will start at 12noon, with the presentation at 1pm. There will be free wine and finger buffet kindly organised by Greg Jones. All are most welcome. John Turnbull is getting some custom boat covers made at the start of November. He is willing to help any scullers wishing to cover their private boats with the same material used on the Weyfarers quads (and on curtain-sided lorries). A single scull cover works out at about £50 which is extremely good value compared with other outlets. Contact John if you are interested. 17 October We've had a large entry for next Saturday's Silver Sculls, completely filling 3 out of 4 divisions.  The starting order is now available. At the Elmbridge Sports Awards on Friday, the Mayor's Award went to John & Caroline Turnbull for their devotion to increasing participation in sport. Congratulations. 14 October A remimder that entries for Silver Sculls close tomorrow Saturday at 10pm. The draw is on Sunday and the starting order should be available on Monday. Thanks go to Paul, Alasdair and Derek for cutting back the trees in Desborough Cut. It is now far easier to navigate upstream without clipping the bushes. The backlog of boat maintenance is being addressed with gusto. A couple of singles have been sent way for refurbishment. And the outlay on spare parts during this month will probably exceed £1000. The skiffers are out on Sunday morning for their annual doubles marathon. Their course is upstream from Elmbridge leisure Centre, up the Cut, around Desborough Island clockwise and back to Thames Valley Skiff Club. The first wave is at 10am, then 11am and 12noon. Please allow them space and don't risk obstructing their race. Thank you. 13 October Land training for seniors/masters got off to a good start with 18 attendees for the first Wednesday session.  The next one is on Monday, starting at 1900. Supper is available on Wednesdays at 2030. Caroline kicked-off the catering this week; next week your chef is Claire. Last Saturday's Pairs Head was held in decent conditions on the Tideway. Here's a summary of the results: Liz & Rachel were 2nd from 5 in WMas D-G 2x ; Ruth & Kirk also came 2nd from 5 in mixed D/E 2x ; Mike & Eric were 5th from 11 in E/F/G 2- ; Al & Ellie finished 5th from 8 in WMas B/C 2. 11 October Here is a reminder that subscriptions were due on 1st October. Click here for the rates. Thank you to those people who have kindly used the "GiftAid It" link above to make donations beyond the normal subscription. Please note that the GiftAid system is free for debit cards but 6% is deducted for credit cards. 10 October Land training for seniors & masters starts this Wednesday night at 1900. The coaching team have setup a sign-up sheet for this session and the rest of October. This is so they can anticipate the turn-out and adjust the sessions accordingly. The club timetable has been updated to reflect the new weekly schedule. Caroline, our new social secretary, has kindly updated the social diary for the remainder of 2011. 5 October We understand that John Burnett is to be awarded the British Rowing medal of honour for a lifetime of supporting our sport at a multitude of levels. Congratulations are due from all at Weybridge. Look out for an official announcement from BR headquarters. The Elmbridge Canoe Club marathon race is this Sunday. The rowing fraternity are kindly requested to avoid the congestion at the top of the Cut between 1000-1100 and 1230-1300.  Full details are posted here . Also - the Skiffers' singles marathon is Saturday (8th) afternoon; and the doubles marathon is Sunday 16th October (time to be ascertained). 4 October This Saturday is the Pairs Head from Mortlake to Hammersmith. We have 4 crews entered. The race starts at 1430. Rachel has taken 9 sets of high mileage Croker sculls to be re-sleeved and re-gripped. They are now back in service. Claire has taken the boat towels to be laundered. The holey towels have been replaced with new ones obtained from a local Freecycler . Our new committee chairman is Clive, to whom we convey the best of luck. 2 October The results from the October time trial race are posted here courtesy of Katy. Results and photos from Wallingford Long Distance Sculls are now available. This was the hottest 'head' race for some years, with afternoon tempertures reaching 27C. 30 September Regular, organised time trial sessions return for the winter season! The plan is to run these on 2nd session of the 1st Sunday each month. The opening effort will be this Sunday (2nd October), with the race getting underway at 1045 from the Silver Sculls start and finishing near the top Cut bridge. The sign-up sheet has full details and is open until midday on Saturday. 29 September 10 coaches and crew co-ordinators attended the coaches' meeting on Wednesday evening. The programme for each squad - including land-training options- will be available very shortly. "Pat's Workboat", the stalwart vessel of Walton & Weybridge Regatta and all the other events on our reach since 1982, has been condemned. It was removed from the river and broken-up on 24th September by a team led by John Burnett. A substitute boat is available from the nice people who run Sunbury Regatta. 28 September Here is confirmation that the Weybridge & Weyfarers combined dinner dance will be on Saturday 12th November at the Cobham Hilton. The details are now on-line . New picture above is the WJ15 quad, courtsey of Chris Marchington. 27 September A new event for Mixed Masters-Novice doubles has been added to Silver Sculls this year; all crew members must be novices and no age handicaps will be applied. Entries are now open via British Rowing On-line Entry. The next Seniors' Sunday Social is on 2nd October, with the bar open from 12 noon. There will be complimentary snacks on offer. Please come along. Greg Jones has kindly offered to clean the clubhouse on Fridays. He has made a start on the wmoen's changing room and men's loos. Members are urged to help in maintaining basic cleanliness and thereby keep Greg happy. If you can take rubbish away when you leave, it will help enormously. Thank you. In a spot-check, a club sculling boat was found without heel restraints last weekend. The sculler knew that a previous user had removed them for use elsewhere but had failed to re-instate them. Using a boat in this condition is an incredibly daft thing to do since the risk of drowning in a capsize is much higher. Please do not use any boat with defective heel restraints ! Fix them first, or if in doubt, report the issue to your coach, captain or vice-captain. 26 September There are 5 entries from the junior squad for Wallingford Long Distance Sculls this Saturday 1st October. The new boat booking sheet is now available. It is also linked to the index on the left of the homepage. Note that future months are on separate sheets, look for the tabs in the botttom left corner. Katy has offered round a questionnaire for seniors to fill in. Please complete it here if you're a member over 18 and haven't already done so do. Closing date is Sunday 16th October. Weybridge & Walton Physiotherapy, based in Weybridge high street, have continued their sponsorship for another year. They have specifically asked that it goes towards coaching for adult beginners. Here are the salient points from the Annual General Meeting which was attended by 69 members: - before the captain's election, there was a lively debate which mostly centred on the respective priorities of coaching, boats and facilities. Rachel Kornberg was elected as captain for 2011-12. Out-going captain Kirk Langley pressed that getting the boathouse linked to the main drains be a priority but negotiations with the owners of Whittet's Ait continue. - Katy Knowles is appointed as professional head coach on a provisional basis until December. Funding beyond that is being actively pursued. - new vice-captains are Peter Morley, Clive Capel & Claire Boon. - elected committee members are: Jon Beagley, Nick Coxhead, Jason Mann, Tim Owens, Ashley Tilling, Caroline Turnbull & Ellie Wells. - Leif Mills is confirmed as president for 2011-12. - subscriptions are unchanged for another year and are due on 1st October. - re-building/re-development plans are progressing; the working party is going to have costed suggestions in the next few months. - the complete club history from 1880s to 1980s has been compiled by Nigel Burton and runs to almost 200 pages. It is with the printers now and will be available shortly for £12. A reminder that the club's AGM is on Thursday 22nd September at 8.30pm. It promises to be a lively affair with a long list of nominations for committee positions and 2 candidates for captain which will lead to a ballot amongst those members present. The Agenda and 2010 Minutes are posted in the Members Area . Katy Knowles advises that a beginners' course aimed at over-18s is planned for 7 consecutive Sunday afternoons from 30th October. Details are up on the Wey-to-Row page . Boston Marathon was cancelled only a couple of days before race day due to weed in the River Witham. Ever resourceful, the Weybridge coaches organised a susbstitute event on Sunday from Weybridge to Richmond Lock and return, a distance of just over 30 miles. The 4 junior crews duly completed this distance against the clock and the results are available. Well done.  The crews and coaches are keen to say that sponsorship can still be made on this link. Thank you. An audible alarm is sounding from the control box for the boathouse cesspit. The captain advises that the tank is almost full and will be emptied shortly. The recent 200 Club results are now on-line . This year's Boston Marathon is on Sunday 18th September. There are several junior crews representing Weybridge including a J18 4x-, J15 4x+, WJ15 4x- and a mixed J17 2x. The latter two crews are attempting to beat the record time in their events. They are raising money to support the club in paying for a professional coach. Please support them by making a donation via the Gift-Aid It logo at the top of this page or use this link. The British Rowing Tour runs from 1st-4th September on the Lancaster Canal. A good number of Weyfarers/Weybridge people are participating. There is a rowing triathlon at Marlow on 2nd October. More details on the Weyfarers website . Good luck to all those off to Poznan in Poland for the FISA Masters Championships from 8th-11th September. Weybridge Silver Sculls is on Saturday 22nd October. Please can all members pop this in the diary and be prepared to volunteer to help on the day. Local police have alerted residents to damage occurring to cars during the hours of darkness. Amonsgt the locations mentioned is Portmore Park Road. They ask people to take notice of car alarms going off and to call 999 if they see anything untoward. During the week of 15th August, the junior section held their latest learn-to-row course introducing 15 new youngsters to the sport.  At the Proctor & Gamble/Surrey Advertiser 'Community Matters' awards on Wednesday night, Weybridge RC Juniors picked up bronze prize worth £750 for our "continuing commitment and achievements". The award was accepted by junior representatives Katy Denham & Zac Cole along with Clive Capel. News from Maidenhead regatta : there was a half-a-length win for the women's IM2 eight; and a novice win for Elizabeth Flint in a composite with Maidenhead in W.Mas B/C Nov 4x.   Greg Jones advises that the next 200 Club draw will be on Sunday 11th September from 12noon. This is a week earlier than previously advertised. The next Allan Whitwell sculling course is on the weekend of 17/18th September. Please contact Peter Morley if you are interested in participating.   For older items, look at the news page.