East Midlands

Make your nomination for BBC Sports 'Unsung Hero' award

randolph — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:51:53 +0000

The BBC is inviting nominations for the nation's Sports Unsung Hero.

'Now in its sixth year, the award is given to a volunteer who has made a difference to their community through sport.

Fifteen local winners are chosen by each BBC English region as well as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and will be invited to attend the Sports Personality of the Year awards ceremony at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on 14 December.

Mark Cooke - problem solver and fund-raiser

randolph — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:54:36 +0000

Mark Cooke of Nottingham Rowing Club was the East Midlands nomination for the Volunteer of the Year Award 2008.

Since taking over the Nottingham Boat Club, Mark has restructured the Committee and changed the shape of Trentside forever by proposing the merger of four rowing clubs. This took considerable time in persuading people to make a new beginning and create a club that can offer everything from recreational rowing to Olympic pathway.

Nottingham Rowing Club at the National Rowing Championships

rpadden — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:00:15 +0000

The National Rowing Championships were held over three days on a blustery multi-lane course at Holme Pierrepont.

Nottingham Rowing Club celebrated their second full year by winning six medals and equaling last years tally.

Split loyalties for Nottingham rowers

randolph — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:15:00 +0000

Nottingham Rowing Club’s Tina Stiller, already nominated as the Olympic spare sculler/rower will contest the women’s single scull event at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Brandenberg. Heats begin on the 17th of July.

Finals will be raced on Sunday July 20th. This regatta was established in 1976 with the aim of providing a stepping stone to the elite level for young rowers. Initially it was called the Match de Seniors and took on full Championship status in 2005.

Racing around at Waterfront Festival

rpadden — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:09:42 +0000

Final touches are now being added to next week’s Waterfront Festival line up and organisers are particularly excited about a brand new festival feature – the Rowing Regatta!

Rowing boom greets regatta

rpadden — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:31:25 +0000

Burton Regatta gets under way tomorrow with rowing in the town in its best ever state, according to president and chairman Bob McDonald, writes MATT DAVIES.

His view comes despite a downturn in overall entries, even though the club which wins the most races will receive a £500 cash prize and the historic Burton Cask trophy.

The decline in entries will be balanced by the anticipated rivalry between Burton Leander and Trent Rowing Club, both of whom have reeled off a string of victories at regattas across the Midlands this summer.

Newark RC Junior reclaims Indoor World Record

randolph — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:32:03 +0000

Callum Jones (aged 12) of Newark Rowing Club has broken the World and Great Britain 2km Ergo Records for J12 Boys with a time of 07:12:07. His success in this event means Great Britain claims back the record held by Croatia since 2004.

UKCC Level 3 Course - NW, NE, Yorks and East Mids

randolph — Thu, 22 May 2008 06:12:55 +0000

UKCC Level 3 course starting on Saturday 2nd August 2008, suited to those living in the North West, North East, Yorkshire and East Midlands areas.

The closing date for applications is 21st June.

Download the poster with further details here (pdf).

ARA Open Veteran Championships and Loughborough Regatta 2008

rpadden — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:45:50 +0000

The 2008 National Veteran Championships will be held on Sunday 15th June and Loughborough Regatta on Saturday 14th June. The events will run in conjunction at the National Watersports Centre, Nottingham. However this year the Veteran Championships will run exclusively on the Sunday due to high entry demand in 2007.

For the first time the championships will include mixed quads, there will also be Veteran Senior 3 events for single sculls, double sculls and coxed fours.

Rushcliffe Schools Indoor Rowing Competition

agroves — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:52:19 +0000

In September 2007 Rushcliffe Secondary Schools were equipped with brand new Indoor Rowing machines and staff were trained to use them. After-school clubs, led by Olympic hopefuls from Nottingham Rowing Club were then set up and the first indoor rowing competition took place at the Becket School in Wilford. The event was organized by Mike Kelly, Becket School and Jim Waller an ARA community sports coach.