Berwick Amateur Rowing Club

06/09/2026

Lambton Invitational Regatta 2026

An action packed day at Lambton with lots of rowing, far too many cakes and some exciting BARC debuts!

Jaden 🥇 OJ15 1x, OJ15 2x and OJ15 4x+
A well-paced performance in the time trial meant that Jaden won the first BARC medal of the day. Jaden was soon back on the river in a double, flying up the course with his Lambton teammate. Racing in a quad to finish the day, Jaden raced in a TURC, Lambton and BARC composite where he set a fantastic pace sitting in stroke. Throughout the day, Jaden demonstrated skill, confidence and his signature powerful stroke.

Katie ⭐️ WJ13 1x, OJ13 8x+
Making her debut performance for Berwick, Katie was first out in a WJ13 1x. Overcoming initial nerves, Katie delivered a row which made her teammates and coaches proud. Katie was then back out on the water in an oct alongside Ailie. Katie was full of smiles after the race, having made the most of her first experience in an oct. Well done Katie!

Reuben ⭐️ OJ12 1x, OJ12 2x and OJ13 4x+
After impressing in a single in the trial, Reuben was back on the water in a double. After setting a good pace, Reuben and his teammate from Lambton crossed the line having shown great potential on the course. With little time to waste, Reuben was then racing in a quad, putting on a strong performance to finish the day. An exciting season awaits!

Blair 🥇🥇 OJ11 1x, OJ11 4x+ and OJ11 4x+
Making his long awaited debut for Berwick, Blair started the day in a single. A strong row and confident in his race plan, Blair raced the course at a fast pace but, unfortunately, as the only rower in
his age category, no medals were up for grabs on this occasion. Blair was then in the cox seat in a quad, steering with confidence beyond his years to help his crew to a win. With just enough time for a quick change of kit, Blair was straight back on the water rowing in a quad. Good timing and good communication amongst the crew led to Blair’s second medal of the day. Brilliant Blair!

Thomas🥈 OJ12 1x, OJ12 2x and OJ13 4x+
After his first race of the day in a single, Thomas and his Lambton teammate demonstrated great team work and enthusiasm, narrowly missing out on a win. Thomas was then racing in a quad, sitting in stroke seat with his fellow BARC rower, Reuben, in the same crew. A highlight for Thomas was winning 2nd place in the U12 ‘Beach Sprint’ Challenge. Fantastic work Thomas!

Ailie ⭐️ WJ12 1x and OJ13 8x+
Making her debut for BARC, Ailie started the day in a single. Despite some first race nerves when boating, Ailie crossed the finish line after a smooth first performance. Later in the day, Ailie returned to the water in an oct, alongside fellow Berwick rower Katie. Whilst some rowers race their whole life, never having experienced the thrill of racing in an oct, the same can’t be said of our BARC rowers who achieved this milestone on their first competitive outing! Awesome Ailie!

Neve 🥇🥇 WJ15 1x, WJ15 2x and OJ16 8x+
After first racing down the course in a single, Neve was quickly back out in a double with a fellow WJ15 rower from TURC. Neve, unusually sitting in bow, steered around the corners of the Wear to victory! Racing in an oct in what was the fastest race of the day, Neve, back in stroke seat, and her crew delivered a clean and composed performance which resulted in the final BARC medal of the day. A fantastic end to a fantastic day!

Many thanks for Lambton for the invite and for hosting us on the day.

Thanks also must to coaches from Lambton 🖤💛, Tyne United ❤️💙 and Cambois 💚 🤍 for their help boating throughout the day.

29/08/2026

A busy day for Berwick ARC with some crews at Lambton invitational regatta ⬇️& others at Aberdeen Sprint Regatta ⬆️

First up…⤵️

ABERDEEN SPRINT REGATTA 2026

Aberdeen | A day of close racing, big steps forward; a generational double, and enough junior single sculling to keep the bank-side nerves operating at full capacity.

Berwick’s small but determined squad headed north for Aberdeen Sprint Regatta, demonstrating once again that apparently there is no distance we won’t tow a collection of expensive boats just to race them for a few minutes.

🥇 WJ16 1x – Amelia
Amelia delivered a superb performance in the WJ16 single, taking the win and putting Berwick firmly on the Aberdeen scoreboard.

🥇 J14 1x – Ewan
Ewan decided one race simply wasn’t enough excitement for the day. He won his heat, won his semi-final and then completed the job by winning the final. Three races, three wins and a very well-earned victory.

J16 1x – Freddie
Freddie rowing up an age group, produced a strong race in his heat and, although he didn’t progress, it was a close contest and a very solid performance.

J16 2x – Ewan & Freddie
The boys stepped up into J16 competition against a much more experienced crew. They didn’t progress from the heat, but gained some valuable racing experience against stronger and older opposition.

Generational 2x – Amelia & Kate
Possibly the most important result of the day in a crew with minimum 25 years between them! They took on a strong Inverness double and whilst they may have lost the heat (against two big blokes), they comfortably won the smiling competition which, depending on which version of the rules we’re using, absolutely counts.

So, two wins for Berwick, some excellent racing and plenty of experience gained. More importantly, nobody appears to have fallen in, broken anything expensive or accidentally left a junior in Aberdeen, meaning the day can officially be classified as an organisational triumph!

Huge thanks to Aberdeen for hosting- it’s always a treat to come to the Scottish North East! Thanks too to the coaches, parents and supporters who spent another perfectly sensible Saturday standing beside a river shouting increasingly specific instructions at people who were already rowing as hard as they possibly could.

The boats are now heading back south, the winners have earned their bragging rights, and somewhere on the A90 a conversation is almost certainly beginning with “I reckon if I’d just…”

Another successful Berwick away day. 💙🤍💙

23/08/2026

TYNE REGATTA 2026

River Tyne, Newburn | Mostly sunny, pleasantly warm and the Tyne behaving itself just enough to avoid becoming the main character.

Berwick ARC arrived with five rowers competing across seven events, a full day of racing ahead and the familiar regatta-day optimism that everything would run precisely to schedule. Adorable, really.

🔥 RESULTS ROUND-UP

WJ16 1x – Amelia
Amelia raced strongly but lost her opening heat.

WJ16 1x – Neve
Neve won her opening heat before giving her Cambois competitor a great race and finishing second in the final.

🏆 WJ15 1x – Neve
Neve completed an excellent day’s racing by winning the WJ15 single.

OMas E–H 1x – Ian
Ian won both of his opening races before losing the final to his long-time competitor from Talkin Tarn.

OJ15 1x – Freddie
Freddie won his opening heat but lost in the semi-final.

OJ15 2x – Freddie & Ewan
Freddie and Ewan lost their opening heat in the double. Strong effort boys!

OJ14 1x – Ewan
Ewan won his opening heat before finishing second in the final, thoroughly puffed out having just rowed the course in the double.

A strong Berwick showing with six race wins, four final appearances and an event victory for Neve. Well done to all our rowers, coaches and supporters and thank you to Tyne for hosting a cracking day of racing.

The boats are back on the trailer, the legs are suitably ruined and everyone has earned the right to spend Sunday moving like a recently assembled wardrobe!

Next week takes many of our scullers to Lambton Invitational Regatta, whilst others are off to Aberdeen Sprints. 🎉 Best of luck to all!

17/08/2026

🚣 BERWICK ARC TRADE 4s
SPECTACULAR SCENES ON THE TWEED

Yesterday saw the return of the Berwick ARC Trade 4s the annual event where we take lots of inexperienced rowers, give them a few weeks worth of training; put them in boats and collectively agree that this is a perfectly sensible thing to do.

And it was bloody brilliant. 😂

☀️ Weather — suspiciously perfect.
🌊 Tide — mostly cooperative.
👏 Spectators — magnificent.
💪 Volunteers — absolute machines.
🚣 Rowers — enthusiastic, determined and occasionally pointing in roughly the correct direction.

The racing was fiercely competitive, the effort enormous and the fancy dress spectacular.

Special mention to Valhalla, who decided that arriving on the Northumberland coast dressed as Vikings was a good idea. Historically, we’ve had some issues with that. Thankfully this lot mainly wanted to race, shout loudly and locate the bar.

After some tremendous racing and several people discovering muscles they didn’t know existed our champions were:

🏆 Men’s: Crew-Ella & The Auld Spotty Dugs
💎 Women’s: Diamonds
🦓 Mixed: Noah’s Ark

Huge congratulations to the winners and every single person who raced. You were brilliant entertainment and threw absolutely everything at it.

And a massive thank you to the volunteers and spectators who made the whole thing possible.

Sunshine. Racing. Vikings. Diamonds. An Ark. Spotty Dugs. Questionable steering.

Frankly, we’ve had worse Saturdays. 🚣🍻😂

16/08/2026

Our final race sponsor to the annual EP Electrical Berwick Amateur Rowing Club Trade 4's event is the lovely Sarah Owston at Avenue House Therapies who contacted yesterday and shouted 'I will sponsor a race!' Many of us in the club are Sarah fans, some call her the wite witch, we just think she is fab! Sarah can usually help with an array of things, pain, trauma, worries, allergies, anxiety....give her a call...mad as a hatter and totally amazing-she will make you feel at ease very quickly!

16/08/2026

Specsavers Berwick branch kindly sponsored a race at our EP Electrical annual Berwick Amateur Rowing Club Trade 4's event! Thank you Vicky Davidson for coming forward. Vickys son is a past member at our club. A great selection of eyewear, help with hearing loss and very friendly service!

16/08/2026

A new supporter this year as a race sponsor is Berwick Style & Culture Magazine - thank you so much for supporting our annual EP Electrical Berwick Amateur Rowing Club Trade 4's . It is super appreciated. This Magazine lets you know what we have going on in Berwick amongst lots other great stuff! And...you know what...Berwick is punching well above its weight with events.

16/08/2026

Huge thank you to https://mspagriculture.co.uk/ for another race sponsor for our annual EP Electrical Trades 4s. A long term supporter of our club and a huge local employer we are very grateful. David, who works for the company, is our usual announcer at the event-didn't he do a great job!

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