St Andrew Boat Club

St Andrew Boat Club


Motto	Rowing for all
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland
Home water	Union Canal, Edinburgh
Founded	1846 (1846)
President	George Hunter OBE
Captain	Robin Collings
Membership	£78 - £240
Colours	Blue
Affiliations	Scottish Rowing
Website	www.standrewboatclub.com
Events
Silver Rudder
Notable members
Katherine Grainger CBE Sinead Jennings

St Andrew Boat Club (SABC) is the oldest amateur rowing club in Scotland, and is located at Meggetland on the Union Canal, in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.

A brief history of the boat club can be found here.^[1]

SABC is affiliated to Scottish Rowing,^[2] the National Governing Body for rowing in Scotland.

Training^[3]

Training on the water usually takes place on a 1600m stretch of the Union Canal during the week. 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.^[4]

Squads

Beginners and Novices^[5]
Juniors (J13 - J18)^[6]
Senior Men^[7]
Senior Women^[8]
Masters (Aged 27+)^[9]

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.

References

External links

Rowing

Australian rowing	Rowing Australia Rowing Championships Head of the River

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New Zealand rowing	New Zealand rowers at the Summer Olympics Maadi Cup Rowing New Zealand The Great Race

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