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Mermaid Race 21st August 10 – £1000 prize money  www.mermaidrace.co.uk

Race from Cardigan Castle around Cardigan Island – part of Cardigan Quays Festival weekend.

Cardigan Longboat Race 1st August 2010

Cardigan South League Race – Sunday 1st August 2010

Teifi Boat Club, Patch, Gwbert, Cardigan SA43 1PP

Registration 9.00am
Coxes Briefing 9.30am
1st Race 10.00am Race order: Ladies, Seniors, Juniors, Mixed
High Tide 11.45am

Llangwm Longboat Race 18th July 2010

Black Tar Beach, Llangwm

Black Tar Beach, Llangwm

Llangwm South League Race – Sunday 18th July 2010

Llangwm Race Pictures

BLACK TAR BEACH, LLANGWM, SA62 4HN

Registration: 9.00 – 10.00
Coxes Briefing: 10.00am
Start time of 1st race: 11.00am

WSRA League standings as of 13th July

WSRA League standings Click here

Aberdyfi Longboat Race 11th July 2010

Aberdyfi Race 2010

Aberdyfi Race 2010

Aberdyfi Joint League Race Day Sunday 11th July 2010. Aberdyfi race pictures

Registration from 9am–10am   -  First Race 10.30am prompt start due to tides.

Camping in Tywyn, Gwynedd just a few miles up the coast from Aberdyfi at Ynysymaengwyn Caravan and Camping Park

Fishguard Longboat Race 2010 – 20th June 2010

Fishguard Celtic longboat race pictures Here

Well done all 5 teams excellent club performace today!

Full Fishguard 2010 South League Race Details
Meet at Aberporth beach car park 10.30am

Solva Race 6th June 2010

New Team Kit

New Team Kit

We are a lot easier to spot now!

Well done to all 4 teams that took part. Race results to follow soon.

Sponsored Row Raises over £1050!!!

Sponsored Row 2010 Pictures

Sponsored Row 2010

Our Bank Holiday weekend Sponsored Row exceeded our expectations as we managed to raise a massive £1053.80!

Oli Box kicked off proceedings at 9am on Sunday morning and Tim Ogilve finished a fantastic days rowing 12 hours later at 9pm.  We managed to row 158,842 meters in the 12 hours which meant Mr J T Bank won 1st price in Guess the distance, Nick Ogilve won 2nd place and Rob Mayer 3rd. Thank you to everyone who entered Guess the distance and everyone who came along on the day to support us. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

A huge thank you from everyone at Aberporth Rowing Club to everyone who contributed equipment, gifts, prizes and time. Special thanks goes to Sheila Williams mi.Trainer, who supplied us with two concept2 rowing machines for the day and who also helped motivate some of us across the finish line.

Well done all the rowers and all the helpers, fantastic day!!!

Sponsored Row May 2010 Pictures

12 Hour Sponsored Row 30th May 2010

12 hour Sponsored Row at  Aberporth big  Beach Car Park on Sunday 30th May, starting at 9am. BBQ & Stalls from 12 noon.

If you would like to guess the distance there are sponsor forms in the Ship Aberporth.

For full details visit our Events and Whats on in Aberporth page. Come on down for a fun filled afternoon (not for the rowers!)

Deli Delights Sponsorship

Delicatessen Cardigan Ceredigion

Delicatessen Cardigan Ceredigion

Huge thank you to Deli Delights for sponsoring the rowing club!

Deli Delights has recently been nominated for Deli of the year – To vote for them please click Here

See all Aberporth Rowing Club sponsors

Return of the Cleddau 2010 – Sat 22/05/10

Return of the Cleddau 2010 pictures

Registration 12:30 Picton Centre, Picton Playing Fields, Haverfordwest – Briefing 13:45 – Start from Haverfordwest 14:00. Trophies for all usual classes – All rowing craft welcome – Times and certificates for every team.

Entry £5.00 per person to include food at Neyland Clubhouse after finish

PYC Longboat Race 2010 (Pembrokeshire Yacht Club)

PYC 2010 pictures

The 2010 Pembrokeshire Yacht Club WSRA league race was held on Sunday 9th May in good conditions. Aberporth had 3 teams entered and all performed really well. Full PYC 2010 results below. Continue reading →

Newport Longboat Rowing Race 2010

Newport 2010.2

Newport longboat rowing race 2010 report to follow soon. Check out the Newport race pictures here.

Dolwen – Our Brand New Celtic Longboat!

Dolwen

Dolwen

Dolwen has her first launch off Aberporth Beach!

Dale Sailing recently finished building our Celtic longboat and we wasted no time in picking her up. A huge thank you again to Charlie for driving to collect her from Neyland.

Bring on the new WSRA season!

Tilly Whim Arrives in Aberporth!!

Tilly Whim Like buses! 6 months of trying to get are hands on a Celtic Longboat and then 2 come along together.

In March 2010 Swanage Rowing Club put their Celtic Longboat on the market and we made them an offer which was accepted. The road trip was on! Charlie very kindly offered to drive to Exeter to collect the boat and the club gives you a huge Thank you!  Oli & Andy also made the trip down to Exeter to keep Charlie awake.

Tilly Whim arrives at Dolwen car park Aberporth Beach

AGM – Friday 26th February 2010

2010 Clwb Rhwyfo Aberporth Rowing Club AGM will be at 7pm on Friday 26th February at Parcllyn Social Club. Everybody welcome.

Our Brand New Shiny Celtic Longboat is on order with Dale Sailing!

New Celtic Longboat - celebrateThat’s right, Clwb Rhwyfo Aberporth Rowing Club will soon be the proud owner of its very own Celtic Longboat!!!!! The order is in with Dale Sailing and should be ready for its maiden voyage off Aberporth beach in March 2010.

Huge thank you to The Sports Council of Wales, our sponsors, companies / individuals that have made donations and everyone associated with the club that has helped raise the money. Well done everyone!

Aberporth 2010 Rowing Training has Resumed

Training every Sunday! Launching off the jetty in St. Dogmaels until sea conditions off Aberporth beach are more stable. Rowing times are dependent on the tide so please contact Oli or Andy to confirm each week.  As a rough idea we try to launch around High tide Ceredigion Tide Tables

City of Swansea Small Boats Head 31st Jan 2010

swansea bridge 2300m down stream

Organised under WARA rules

Medals for each Category with over 3 entries Continue reading →

Aberporth Rowing Club Logo Design Competition

The winner of our logo competition with this fantastic design was Daniel Ramsbottom of Aberporth Primary School. He won 2 tickets to a 3D cinema showing that were kindly donated by Theatre Mwldan. Daniel’s winning design will be used to form our new club logo. Continue reading →

70’s & 80’s Night Raises over £500!

Our 70’s & 80’s night was a huge success with a fab fancy dress turn out. Congratulations to Emma Poole and Ryan James for winning the best dressed competition. Emma wearing original 80’s roller girl costume (speech was funnier than your costume!) and Ryan as a full on 70’s hippy.

Everyone at Aberporth rowing club would like to say a huge thank you to Sian, Anthony and Parcllyn Social Club Commitee for the venue and all your help and support for the event.  We would also like to thank all the sponsors for you kind raffle donations.

Click on continue reading —> below to view all the photo’s from the 70’s & 80’s Night.

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70’s & 80’s Disco Night 20th Nov 09

70’s & 80’s Disco Night at Parcllyn Social Club.

See our What’s on in Aberporth page for full deails if you fancy a boogie

Sponsored Row Raises £405

Due to weather conditions on October 25th we were unable to do the planned row from Cardigan to Aberporth, instead we decided to row the equivalent distance up and down the river Teifi.

Four crews all rowed once each up and down the river to complete the distance in a time of 2 hours 8 minutes and 35 seconds. The winner of the £25 Guess the Time competition was Mr David Williams from Tremain with a time of 2 hours 10 minutes. Congratulations to Mr Williams and thank you to everyone who took part.

The club would also like to say a special thank you to Stewart Forsyth & Helen Young for providing the support boat for the event.

Vice Chairman Andy Mayer presents Dai Williams with £25 for winning guess the time.

Vice Chairman Andy Mayer presents Dai Williams with £25 for winning guess the time.

Aberporth Fireworks Night 2009

Aberporth fireworks night is going to be held at 6.15pm on Saturday the 7th November 09. Can all members of the rowing club please attend at 5.45pm to help with collection buckets and to provide general support to the event. Also if anyone has any wood they would like to contribute to the fire please speak to Owen or Tim, No garden waste!

Click here for more info on Aberporth Fireworks Night

Club Meeting – Thursday 5th November 09

The next club meeting is 6.30pm on Thursday 5th November 09 in The Ship Aberporth.

The Body Shop & Mundos Party!

On Tuesday 27th October we will be hosting a Body Shop and Mundos (Interior accessories and children’s gifts) party!

For full details visit our Aberporth Events & What’s on page

Club Meeting – Friday 23rd October 09

Next meeting is 6.30pm on Friday 23rd October 09 in The Ship Aberporth.

Sponsored Row Moved to 25th October 09

Our sponsored row from Cardigan to Aberporth will now be taking place on Sunday the 25th October 09. Final details to be arranged at next meeting.

For your “Guess the time” sponsorship forms please contact Lisa or Emma and get raising!

Training Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th September at 1pm

The boat will be in the water again this weekend for training and taster sessions so come along and have a row! No equipment required as all provided, just bring old or water suitable shoes.

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Club Meeting – Friday 9th October 09

Next meeting is 6.30pm on Friday 9th October 09 in The Ship Aberporth.