Author: admin
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Dear All, I am very sorry, but the trends in COVID infections, and the general scientific advice indicated that the risks were too great to hold an event close to Christmas. I consulted with Robin our Group Secretary and Vic and we all agreed. We are made and sent out the decision on the 16th…
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As from the beginning of August, we are again taking bookings for evening outings on our boats. Please use the bookings page (under Centre Calendar) and the password for bookings “Viking14” The booking system is still experimental, so please check you get a response with a Subject “New Booking” and contents similar to this :-…
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Over the last few weekends I have been repairing damage done to Robin Arundel during the rescue of Hercules in the New Year Hercules sunk a second time, and I damaged the prop and mounting when we ran over a lose mooring line. Neale also been down to give me a hand by fixing the…
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On Tuesday the 22nd, Someone reported one of our boats in trouble on the moorings, Mark Edwards and one of his boys popped over the river in Robin Arundel, and found Hercules (our Home Counties Gig) awash, and seriously straining the mooring chains. The river was running at over 200cumecs … pretty fast. Mark part…
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Although my last rather depressing post indicated that I could not run the Christmas Breakfast this year, which would have destroyed an almost 90 year continuous run, the Group even met during the second world war, and also while still building the old HQ. But… my wife had a brilliant idea, everyone could have a…
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Sadly there is no way we can run the Christmas Breakfast reunion this year – first time in almost 90 years 🙁 This would have been the 89th Breakfast, and the beginning of the 14th Richmond Centenary year. Hopefully we can make up for this in 2021. I wish all our supporters a Wonderful Christmas…
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Dear River Racers & Supporters, **SAD NEWS** Firstly, thank you for bearing with us in these difficult times. As you know we had hoped to be able to hold our Water Weekend in September but it is with great sadness that, due to Government Restrictions, we have decided that this will no longer be possible.…
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At the beginning of May, The Jubilant Crew, bored of being away from the water for so long devised a team challenge, and made over £2000 for the NSPCC charity. 34 is the length in kilometers of the Great River Race which the Jubilant Crew have trained for and raced in every year since the…
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The Centre operations manual update is now done for 2020 (it was done earlier but I had no way to re-publish) it can be found under the “Important Document” link in the header menu Trevor
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Hi all – this is the previous post – from March sent by email repeatedI had the HQ cleaned on the morning of Sat 21st , so all bins empty and surfaces and floor clean for when we need the centre again.Today I went out on the river on Robin Arundel helped by my eldest…
