Tay Rowing Club are very excited to announce that we have secured funding from the National Lottery Community Fund for the purchase of rowing machines in order to set up and run an indoor rowing schools pilot.

Rowing is a new sport in Perth and Kinross and the establishment of an indoor rowing programme linked to Tay Rowing Club will offer opportunities to young people to benefit from a sport they have never done before. Rowing is well known for developing individual self esteem and teamwork amongst those who participate. The provision of a new sport within the school communities will provide opportunities for young people to participate in something completely different that will assist in developing their own potential, make them feel good and develop team building skills that will set them up to maximise the opportunities that will come their way be it through participation, competing, coaching, volunteering and officiating

Members please note that for the remaining duration of the Autumn/Winter months, rowing sessions on Saturdays and Sundays will start at 10am instead of 9am.

IMPORTANT – The time change starts from this Saturday – 16 November.

Please remember that if you are rowing then you should be at the club for 10am so that we are on the water no later than 10.30am. Please try and be punctual, but obviously take care on the roads in wintry conditions.

Also quick reminder to everyone to come equipped for cold weather rowing. Make sure you have plenty of layers, hat and gloves, suitable footwear and cosy clothes to change in to after your row.

Thanks and here’s to a great winter season 😊 🌨❄️

Do you want to learn to row? Could you commit 5 days in July 2019 (dates to be confirmed)? Tay Rowing Club are checking interest levels for running a 5 day intensive course this summer. If you’re keen and would like to find out more, please complete our contact form and select ‘Learn to Row – 5 day intensive’ from the level of interest list.

Just a couple of days to go now until we attempt to row the length of the River Tay, all 188km, on our rowing machines. We will be rowing from 12pm – 6pm (Saturday 11th May 2019) at the Perth Beer Festival which is being run by Perth Rugby Club on the North Inch.

Why are we doing it, you may ask?! We are fundraising for safety equipment and so that we can develop the club and take on junior members. We’d be really grateful for any help!

As well as our rowing effort you can also enter our quiz, testing your knowledge of the Tay! One lucky winner will win a bottle of Tayport Distillery‘s fantastic ‘eau de vie’ Blackcurrant liquor.

We hope to see you there!

Perth Beer Festival – Tay Rowing Club Rowing the length of the Tay!

Saturday 11th May.  Join us at North Inch Park, Perth in conjunction with Perth Rugby Club’s amazing Beer & Gin Festival, Tay Rowing Club members will be taking on a challenge to raise funds for the club.

The challenge; to row (on rowing machines) the length of the River Tay, some 188km over a period of 7 hours whilst not drinking too much beer..! 🙂

Thanks to Perth Rugby Club for allowing us to be part of their awesome event.

This year will see Tay Rowing Club having 2 club evenings each week; Tuesday and Thursday in addition to weekend morning rowing on both Saturday and Sunday giving everyone more opportunity to get out on the water!

Our first evening for this year was Tuesday 2nd April and was also the training night for the first of our new Learn to Row crews.

Conditions were perfect! Let’s hope the rest of the year continues in this way.

If you’ve rowed in the past (even if it’s quite a while ago), can get to Perth and are interested in getting back on the water, we’d love to hear from you. Drop us a message and we can try and co-ordinate a suitable time to get you along … click to contact us!

Saturday 30th March was the first day at Tay Rowing Club HQ for our 2 new Learn to Row crews. The 8 were put through their paces over the course of the day by coaches Hazel & Tim, ably supported by some of the regular members.

After initial introductions, the day started with a demonstration and session on the ergo and an intro to the rowing boat.

Members pulled out the stops by putting on a superb BBQ as well as bringing some awesome baking for everyone to enjoy which also provided good opportunity for everyone to have a chat and get to know each other better.

After lunch the 2 crews had a core & stretch session before getting the opportunity to get on the water for their very first taste of rowing on the Tay. From the smiles on everyone’s faces as they came back to base, I’d say it was an enjoyable day all round! 🙂

If you’re interested in following in the footsteps of our 8 new Learn to Row crew and want to find out about our next course dates, drop us a message and we’ll be happy to provide further details … click here to contact us!

Members of Tay Rowing Club headed up to Inverness at the weekend for the JBT 2019 Winter Head Weekend. Taking part in 3 races, the crews put in the hard work to come away with a win!

Among the winning crew were Kevin and Theresa who joined the TRC Learn to Row programme in March 2018. A year later, here they are proudly showing off their medal for first place in a mixed 8s race! From novice to medal winner in a year! A great testament to the great team at TRC!

Special thanks go to Chris & Barbara for organising us all and making sure we had a boat to race with, as well as our 2 amazing cox’s Hazel and Gemma.

It would equally be amiss not to mention Inverness Rowing Club who were great hosts and ran a very efficient event!

Our next races will be at Aberdeen and Chester, both in March. Here’s hoping for more success!

If you would like to find out about joining Tay Rowing Club, whether you have rowed before or simply always wanted to give it a go, we’d love to hear from you. Contact us for further details.