Fourth year ScotGEM student and rower Ryan Glymond has been selected to represent Great Britain at the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals in Wales next month. Ryan will be the cox of the mixed coastal quadruple scull for Great Britain, the first time a rower from St Andrews has been selected for the national team…
UStABC entered three crews to HWR this year, an aspiration quad, an aspirational double, and a development coxed four. The aspirational double was a young crew of first years Sarah and Maria, who had raced this combination a number of times through the year. They raced very well in the time trial against a large…
Spring Regatta The first regatta of the 2021-22 season was the Scottish Rowing Spring Regatta at the end of April. It was a very wild and windy weekend, with a strong crosswind really shaking up the racing. It was the first opportunity to race a 2k course that season, and the first time ever for…
One week after BUCS Head it was time to venture even further North for Inverness Head/Scottish Student Head and two days of racing on the Caledonian Canal. This was the first ever race for this year’s Novices, and a good opportunity for everyone to get out in multiple crews and combinations. Wins came from the…
The club travelled down to Newcastle last week for BUCS Head, and the first racing of 2022. After a still, sunny, flat and very un-Tyne-like pre paddle on the Friday evening, it was race day. The first crew down the course was the Women’s Int 8+, who produced a strong, confident row despite late crew…
An extensive review of UStABC's 2021, from lockdown training to the return of racing and some excellent results!
UStABC have recently become trailblazers in the world of coastal rowing! Taking advantage of easy access to the sea and suitable conditions, we have recently taken the first few steps in establishing a Coastal Rowing programme within the club. We sent a small group of athletes to the 2021 British Offshore Coastal Championships in July,…
We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Alan Sinclair as our new Director of Rowing.
On Saturday 23rd the Novice squads took on the Scottish Indoor Champions. The Novices broke previous club records with three teams medalling. While the Senior teams competed at Fuller’s Head of the River Fours, 32 novices joined by their coaches Aidan Graham and Monty Jones, competed near Glasgow. Having only joined rowing in September, the…
This weekend our senior crews took part in Fuller’s Head; with the women making their first appearance in recorded history. Taking on the Tideway, we had a total of nineteen athletes among four crews. Starting 49th, our men’s 4+ comprised of Chris Bock, Alex Chisholm, Aidan Witts, Joseph White, and Drew Nielson (cox); of which…
