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The 14th Richmond Viking Boating Centre join the rest of the world in honouring the memory of our Queen Our District Commissioner, Phil Hunt, writes: We are all saddened across the District at the news of the passing of The Queen, the Patron of Scouting across the UK. We remember those occasions where Scouts from…
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A proposal has been made to make a permanent memorial to Bamber on the river by refurbishing the set of river steps near his home , and naming them Bamber’s Steps in honour of all his promotion and support for users of the Thames. please donate if you can on https://gofund.me/749859b1
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Please use the “Login/Register” tab to get a user password, I will let you know details on the (protected) booking page access in the response. Sorry this has take a while, but our boats have been laid up for the winter, but available now (Jubilant will be on the water in approx 10 days) The…
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it is with greatest sadness that I have to pass on the news that our Centre President and friend Bamber passed away on the 8th February Bamber was a great supporter of the 14th, always with a cheery word to us while we were out on the river with groups of young people, and we all appreciated his…
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We were all deeply saddened but the sudden passing of our friend David Isaac.David was the Group Scout Leader of Kew Scouts, and a huge supporter and user of the activities in our boating centre . He would never hesitate to help with our fund raising or activity events. We have lost a great friend…
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The Famous (and old) pontoon at Richmond riverfront has returned. The pontoon was built in the 1950s for the Festival of Britain so is in the order of 70years old. The pontoon has been at Turk’s boatyards in Chatham for the last few months, and been refurbished and modified to better serve the floating barge/restaurant.…
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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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After quite a bit of repair work and cleaning Robin Arundel our work boat is Up and running again. She has a new starter motor, and we are gradually cleaning/sanding and resealing the seat slats. On Saturday 17th April , we took her up through Teddington lock and towed back a couple of Skerrys for…
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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…
