Cancellation of Ryde Rowing Clubs Annual Regatta. Scheduled for Saturday, 15th May, 2021.

It has become apparent that due to the on-going Government Covid-19 restrictions and guidance from our governing body - British Rowing - it will not be possible to go ahead with Ryde Rowing Clubs Annual Hants & Dorset ARA Championship Regatta on the planned date of Saturday, 15th May - a problem that has been further compounded by the on-going activities of Southern Water investigating and seeking to repair the sink hole that appeared near the Clubhouse and has caused much disruption in the area around the Clubhouse and along the seafront where the regatta takes place.

Therefore I must advise you that the Ryde R. C. Regatta will not now take place on Saturday, 15th May as scheduled.

The Club is actively pursuing alternative dates later in the summer when the Government Covid-19 regulation may be relaxed and British Rowing gives approval for the resumption of competitions. However the other Hants & Dorset ARA fixtures, the summer season and the on-going activities of Southern Water round the Clubhouse,  and along the seafront may well make this impossible forcing us to cancel the Regatta for the 2nd year running following the cancellation of last years event due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

One possible alternative date we are considering is  Saturday, 7th August.  

 

Steve Bull.

Regatta Secretary.

H&D ARA - Race Officials Meeting & Safety Meeting.

The Minutes of the H&DARA Race Officials Meeting of 30/1/21 and the Safety Meeting of 27th February, 2021 can now be downloaded from the "Downloads" section of the H&D ARA Web Site at - www.hdara.co.uk

Go to the down loads tab and scroll down to the relevent section.

They have both also been EMailed to the Associations Executive Officers, Life Vice Presidents, Club and Event Secretaries - and for the Racing Officials Meeting - all Racing Officials and for the Safety Metting all CWSA.

Coalporters Community 15k run, erg, jog or walk fundraiser.

Coalporters are raising fund for the local community over the 20/21st March. Put on your club kit or wear club colours & complete 15k by Erg, cycle , jog or walk & encourage donations from family & friends to support the local community in Southampton through Southampton City Mission.
You do not need to donate to take part 
During lockdowns our regattas & races have been cancelled & as a club we’ve been exercising via zoom in groups or individually to keep active, looking after our health & well being & support each other.
All donations to the fundraiser are gratefully received .  

https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/.../showROFundraiserPage...

Southampton ARC Coastal HoRR, Scheduled for 10/4/21 - POSTPONED.

The Southampton ARC Coastal HoRR, Scheduled for 10/4/21 has been postponed due to the Covid-19 restrictions and British Rowing guidance.

The likley date for this event is now Saturday 9th October 2021.

Virtual Round Brownsea Race.

All Hants and Dorset Clubs.

Virtual Round Brownsea Race

Poole RC are wishing to revive the Round Brownsea Island race, but in line with

these current times with a little twist – a virtual one from the comfort of your own

home.

In conjunction with some clever people at Runcorn RC we are able to offer an ‘App’

which entrants can download and connect to their ergo and allows us to link people

up from the same club to form crews and race against crews from other clubs. We

can form crews of 2, 3 or 4 people in various age/gender classes if we have enough.

We will split the event up into divisions so that a family can use the same ergo in

different divisions.

The hope is to run the event in March and also to have footage of the course around

the island so that you can watch your progress around the island as you ergo.

On our couple of test events we have found that the key is the technology – the app

only runs on a pc or laptop, it does not run on an ipad or iphone. So you need an

ergo, a pc or laptop and a printer type cable to hard wire the two together. Plus a

decent wifi/internet connection so a remote gym or garage may not be perfect.

This is a pre invite to gauge the level of interest from clubs, we hope this is a great

way to start getting our competitive juices going and bringing the association back

together after such a long time apart – we are missing you all!

So could you push out to your members let me have an idea of the level of

interest/ability to meet the technology requirements from your club by Friday 26 th

February on pjacobs757@aol.com

Many thanks

Pete Jacobs, Club captain

Matt Sewell, Event Organiser