Essentially it is a race with yachts (provided), skiffs with cox and rowers, and runners.\u00a0\u00a0This takes place between the harbours of Newhaven and Granton in Waldie Bay.\u00a0The crew is six \u2014 cox and rowers, plus the runner.<\/p>\n There are two races with a break and food in between. The rowing race is 2km and is for a mixed crew.\u00a0This can be done with one crew or two.<\/p>\n The runner is \u2018the baton\u2019 and sets off in the appointed yacht.\u00a0Yachts race from Newhaven Harbour out into Wardie Bay to Granton Harbour. The runners depart the yachts and run the one mile distance back to Newhaven and jump in their club skiff, which has the crew waiting for them. The skiffs race the 2km out into the bay and back to the finish point in Newhaven Harbour.<\/p>\n This event has an informal emphasis on fun, while still being competitive . At present we have three ladies’ names on the sign-up sheet.\u00a0Can we give this one some consideration? We have not been able to attend the last two years as it clashed with other things.<\/p>\n Runners \u2014 we know who you are!!<\/p>\n To speed things up to register, I am happy to take names – email me at More photos from 2016 on Flickr.<\/a><\/p>\n PS. Bacon rolls to start, soup and cake in between, burgers to finish! Newhaven do a \u2018good spread\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rachel writes: Several members have asked me about the Newhaven event.\u00a0Here is the full information from Anna Cox of the\u00a0 Newhaven Coastal Rowing Club. Newhaven Midsummer Challenge, Saturday 15th June (NB corrected date!) Essentially it is a race with yachts (provided), skiffs with cox and rowers, and runners.\u00a0\u00a0This takes place between the harbours of Newhaven … Continue reading “Newhaven Midsummer Challenge”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":799,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions\/799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7681\/28052239622_5bb774bfe4_b.jpg\")
\nIt is suitable for experienced and novice rowers. Spaces are limited and Newhaven are keen for Queensferry to take part.\u00a0This is LOCAL and there aren\u2019t many local events on the SCRA calendar .<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7617\/27207257154_cdb9468654_b.jpg\")
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\nrachelholburn@gmail.com and I will add you to the sign-up sheet.<\/p>\n