2000 TO PRESENT - HENLEY WAS THE GOAL!
The club began the new century with our first recorded attendance at Henley Royal Regatta in 2000, with a crew attempting qualification for the Britannia Challenge Cup. They unfortunately did not qualify, losing out by just 0.2 seconds. It would not be until 2016 that the club next tried to qualify for Henley, succeeding on our just second time at the event with the crew of: Tony Poole, Aran Garrod, George Turner, Oscar Nick & Lily Steele qualifying for the PA.
HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA 2000
In 2000, the club made our first attempt to qualify for Henley Royal Regatta with the crew of:
BOW: Howard Versey
TWO: Chris Smith
THREE: Jamie Brown
STROKE: Steve Dorey
COX: Emma Turpin
The crew was just 0.2 seconds off qualifying. At that stage, the club had no coach and the crew raced in a women's 90s Janosek. It wasn't until 2016 that the club would next return to Henley.
HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA 2016
In 2016, the club made our second attempt to qualify for Henley Royal Regatta with the crew of:
BOW: George Turner
TWO: Tony Poole
THREE: Aran Garrod
STROKE: Oscar Nick
COX: Lily Steele
The crew successfully qualified for the PA and moved through to race Yale University, tough opposition for the club's first proper appearance at HRR! The boys pushed Yale to the line but were ultimately unsuccessful.
NEW TRAINING BASE - FEB 2016
The club changed our training location from The River Tay In Perth to Lochore Meadows in Fife, providing more consistent winter weather conditions.
HENLEY WOMEN'S REGATTA 2017
In 2017, the club returned to Henley Women's Regatta, entering two crews into the event:
S4-
BOW: Alice Thompson
TWO: Alex Shaw
THREE: Kirstin Giddy
STROKE: Hannah Myatt
A4+
BOW: Charis Evans
TWO: Naomi Wood
THREE: Ellie Livingstone
STROKE: Charlie Fling
COX: Matt Taylor
Both crews qualified in their respective events, a huge achievement for the club. The A4+ moved through and lost to well drilled Leeds University crew. The S4- moved through, beating Harvard University and then losing to the eventual victors Newcastle.
JUNE 2015 - EDEN BOAT CLUB FORMED
Eden Boat Club was formed by recent graduates of the club with a view to expanding club-alumni co-operation and building a network of supporters!
HENLEY WOMEN'S REGATTA 2016
In 2016, the club made our first attempt to qualify for Henley Women's Regatta with the crew of:
BOW: Charis Evans
TWO: Natasha Wood
THREE: Charlie Fling
STROKE: Hannah Myatt
COX: Matt Taylor
The crew successfully qualified and moved through to race Edinburgh University. Despite leading for almost the entire race, Edinburgh pipped the girls at the final sprint.
NOVEMBER 2016 - CATALYST ARRIVAL
The club hosted John Browne to officially name the boat he helped to donate, Catalyst. Then club then named a new pair in John's honour as thanks for all he has done for rowing in St Andrews and his contniued support.
ITALIAN TRAINING CAMP - JAN 2017
The club travelled abroad in January to Italy for a training camp in Lake Lovere, hosted by Canottieri Sebino where we returned to in Easter of 2018.
FEBRUARY 2017 - FIRST BUCS POINTS
The club won our first BUCS points at BUCS Head 2017, taking bronze in WC4+, the same crew moved to A final at BUCs in C4+ later in the season but not race Henley in the same combination due a rule change!
BUCS REGATTA MEDAL - APRIL 2017
The club won our first medal at BUCS Regatta in April 2017, with Alex taking bronze in Int1x! We were in 4 A finals across the weekend, compared to just 1 in 2016.
THE WOMEN'S HEAD OF THE RIVER RACE 2018
In 2018 and for the first time, the club broke the top 50 at WeHoRR.
BOW: Morgan Hartley
TWO: Alice Thompson
THREE: Julia Marache
FOUR: Ellie Livingstone
FIVE: Skye Arnott
SIX: Hannah Myatt
SEVEN: Kirstin Giddy (SW Captain)
STROKE: Jodie Cameron
COX: Matt Taylor
The crew just slipped into the top 50, placing 49th. In 2015, 16 and 17 the VIII had placed 147th, 101st & 56th respectively. This result was the first time the club had broken the top 50 at either WeHoRR or HoRR to date.
HOME INTERNATIONAL REGATTA 2017
Alex joined the Scottish HIR team towards the end of the 2016-17 season. He finished second in JM4x behind a well drilled English crew from Leander Club at Home International Regatta. We had two other trialists for the HIR team, Hannah Myatt and Kirstin Giddy, who lost out selection by just a bow ball at a seat race earlier in the season.
SEPTEMBER 2017 - SAINTS REGATTA
The club hosted our first Regatta, Saints Regatta at Loch Ore in September 2017. The event welcomed crews from across Scotland, mixing senior and junior athletes in a day of short sprint racing at the Loch!
SCOTTISH INDOORS - NOVEMBER 2017
The club won our first medals in recent memory at Scottish Indoors November 2017, with medals across the board.
SUMMER 2012 - M4+ WINS SCOT CHAMPS
A M4+ forms during the 2011-12 season and is the most successful crew for years previous with the highlight of the season being victory at Scot Champs during the Summer of 2012.
2004 - THE OLD BOATHOUSE IS ABANDONED AT GUARDBRIDGE
The club had rowed out of the Guardbridge boathouse since construction (date unknown) but it had fallen into disrepair on multiple occasions as well as rumoured use as a shooting range for the RAF at the nearby Leuchars Base. Condemned by the University Estates Department, the club left in 2004.
2007 - SPRING TRAINING IN PORTUGAL
The club heads to Portugal in 2007 for a training camp - the first record we have of a foreign training camp but these two videos and one photo are all that remain! Do get in touch and help us with more information!
TIDEWAY 2002 - MENS VIII
The only photograph we have a tideway crew in the early years of 2000 comes from this crew back in 2002, where the novices placed 333rd but we have no senior result - the first recorded club appearance at HoRR was in 1996 where the senior VIII placed 342nd out of 390 in a time of 21:37.41.
2005-6 SEASON, MENS VIII
The mens VIII of the 2005-6 season had a highly successful season - placing 288th at HoRR (a then club record) as well becoming BUSA Bronze medalists and winners of Scot Champs. Please do reach out to us and with any further details fo this crews success!
2005-6 MOVE TO INCHYRA
Since the departure from Guardbridge in 2004, the club had moved all around Scotland including removing at Strathclyde Park. Sometime between 2005-6 we joined Dundee University Boat Club at Inchyra, where we rowed alongside them until our departure and move to Perth Sailing Club in 2010.
2010 MOVE TO PERTH
In 2010, the club moved to a spot further up the River Tay, at Perth Sailing Club. The club rowed out of Perth Sailing Club until 2016, when we moved to Loch Ore Meadows, in favour of better winter training conditions.
