Tidal Diamond 913
- Social Update
- Thames Great River Race 2023
- Ebb & Flow
- Useful Links
- Diary Dates
Social Update
Marine Life Rescue Talk – Friday 29th September
Jenny and Rob from the SSAC have kindly agreed to come along and give a talk about the British divers marine life rescue organisation and their involvement in it.
Jenny is an advanced medic and has been involved in rescues of seals, whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Please book on webcollect if you wish to eat before the talk, we will be serving chilli and rice from 6:30pm
https://webcollect.org.uk/tudorsc/event/marine-life-rescue-talk
TSC Photographic Competition
We need to play a bit of catching up, so please keep your fabulous photographs coming in to tscmedia for our calendar competition to raise funds for the RNLI.
Please feel free to resubmit pictures, the voting has been very close!
Thank you
Sue Elson
Social Secretary
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Thames Great River Race 2023
Last Saturday saw the action in the “Thames Great River Race 2023”, the big UK/International race of the year for all fixed seat rowers, 229 boats from many (Highly competitive) European countries plus a crew from New Zealand and the USA raced 22 miles up the Thames from Millwall to Richmond, Tudor SC have entered this race since 2017 always with great success and this year was no different with 6 of our Gigs at the start line bringing in some hugely impressive results at the finish:
- Navigator 9th overall and fastest Bursledon.
- Freedom 11th overall and fastest over 60`s Veterans.
- Crazy Daisy 17th. overall.
- Lady Jane 54th overall.
- Friendship 65th overall and 2nd in Women’s over 40`s Veterans.
- Rosie 68th overall and 4th in the Woman`s over 40`s Veterans.
The weather was a bit warmer than ideal which saps the energy but generally the race was a smooth process apart from a software failure which meant that the organisers had to use their fingers and toes to crunch the results which did not become available until Monday.
As usual we had the “race in a race” between Navigator and Freedom, this internal battle is highly beneficial to both boats as it assists in driving us ahead of the other competitors and also as usual, they finished within shouting distance of each other with Navigator taking the honours on this occasion, less than a minute separation! Quite amazing after 2hrs and 40mins of flat-out racing, nobody drives these gigs faster than Tudor.
The atmosphere at this race is amazing as hundreds of boats gather in the river prior to the start all working hard to stem the current and avoid collisions, not easy when each boat is effectively 18ft + wide with a poor turning circle, all dealt with by much banter and goodwill.
This year saw the introduction of a specific new trophy for the fastest Bursledon Gig, the ”Friendship” trophy was jointly commissioned by and donated to the GRR by Hamble River Rowing and Tudor Sailing Club, thus revealing the close bond between us.
It was a great race among great people who all know how to live life and with a great result for Tudor SC…..Magic
Written by Ian DuCane
Ebb & Flow
First off a quick correction to last weeks Tidal Diamond. Somehow, in spite of my habit of checking all links in a preview, two managed to get removed from the Oo(al)H Race Report. The results are on the Tudor Website: Link to Results, and likely of more interest now, the video is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c09-bOR9ak.
Next, a reminder that the Formula Kite European Championships are this weekend of Eastney Beach. I suspect it will be both a spectacal and busy. More details at: https://www.rya.org.uk/events/formula-kite-euros.
Almost last, a piece that may be of interest on Langstone Harbour and the Harbour Board on the BBC website at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-66797922.
Finally, an invite to the Langstone Harbour Board Open Forum. It is on Tuesday 3rd October, from 7pm to 9pm at ECA. We have speakers from the Blue Marine Foundation (on the Solent Seascape Project), Clean Harbours Partnership (on Life after Pollution), Langstone Harbour Board (on a Vision for the Future) and RSPB (on the Three Harbours Partnership). There is a special ferry service for anyone coming from Hayling Island. More details on the attached flyer (just let us know you are coming so we have an idea of numbers).
As ever, feel free to drop me an email at this address, it is always nice to hear from members. Any ideas of things to include in the Tidal Diamonds always most welcome.
Let’s be careful out there.
Paul Tansom
Tidal Diamond Editor
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Useful Links
- WebCollect: dinghies for more details.
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