St Andrew Boat Club Explained

St1 Andrew Boat Club
Emblem:Sabc09_logo.gif
Blade Image:Sabc_blade.png
Motto:Rowing for all
Coordinates:55.927°N -3.233°W
Home Water:Union Canal, Edinburgh
Colours: Blue
Affiliations:Scottish Rowing
Events:Silver Rudder
Distinctions:Only rowing club in Edinburgh.
1 (or St., or rarely Saint)
Notable Members:Katherine Grainger DBESinead Jennings

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

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

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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

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

width=70Yearwidth=400Winning crew/s
Women 1x[11]
Women J18 4x[12]
Women J15 1x[13]
Women J18 4-[14]
Open J16 2x [15]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Club Contacts . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130411190415/http://www.scottish-rowing.org.uk/contacts.html/ . 11 April 2013.
  2. Web site: Club finder. Scottish Rowing.
  3. News: Personal . . LV . 3413 . New South Wales, Australia . 4 June 1904 . 20 February 2018 . 18 . National Library of Australia.
  4. Web site: Training & Racing St Andrew Boat Club. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121217035007/http://www.standrewboatclub.com/Training%20and%20Racing. 2012-12-17.
  5. Web site: Gym Training St Andrew Boat Club. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140607003045/http://www.standrewboatclub.com/Gym%20Training. 2014-06-07.
  6. Web site: Beginners and Learn to Row courses St Andrew Boat Club. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121014155840/http://www.standrewboatclub.com/Beginners%20and%20Novices. 2012-10-14.
  7. Web site: Juniors St Andrew Boat Club. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140720064017/http://www.standrewboatclub.com/Juniors. 2014-07-20.
  8. Web site: Senior Men St Andrew Boat Club. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140720084942/http://www.standrewboatclub.com/Senior%20Men. 2014-07-20.
  9. Web site: Senior Women St Andrew Boat Club. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140720072748/http://www.standrewboatclub.com/Senior%20Women. 2014-07-20.
  10. Web site: Masters Rowing St Andrew Boat Club. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140720071438/http://www.standrewboatclub.com/Masters%20Rowing. 2014-07-20.
  11. News: "For the Record." Times, 20 July 1998, p. 36. The Times. 20 July 1998. 36.
  12. Web site: Juniors defy weather to flourish at Brit Champs. 21 July 2014. British Rowing.
  13. Web site: 2018 British Rowing Junior Championships results. British Rowing.
  14. Web site: Thrills and spills at the 2019 British Rowing Junior Championships. 21 July 2019. British Rowing.
  15. Web site: Race Information. Row results. 25 October 2021.

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