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Richmond Amateur Regatta
2nd July 2018
It was a glorious sunshine-y day for Richmond Regatta and the regatta was opened by a Novice 8+ contest between Cygnet and Kingston. Unfortunately for the boys in blue, their scratch Cygnet crew ended up on the wrong side of a 3ft verdict after 1250m of nail-biting side by side action. A...
Noel Davison
2nd July 2018
It is with great sadness that Cygnet RC reports the death of Noel Davison, who died peacefully at home on 1st July following a long battle with cancer. He was 65. Noel joined Cygnet in the early 1970s, having recently moved to London as an Inland Revenue recruit. Having gone through the motions...
Work at the Bungalow
29th June 2018
Between now and 7th July is a working period for general maintenance at the bungalow Any member and friend/s may visit, staying overnight if you wish, for free, providing you help with some work! Jobs include: cutting the hedge; cleaning the landing stage; trimming the bank; cleaning...
Glory, Glory
11th June 2018
Not content with messing about in fine boats, tub boats or Rhine boats, our LTR guru, sometime coxswain and vice-president Alan Cox has upped the game by having a go in a 'proper' sized rowing boat. Why they put the short bloke at stroke is anybody's guess! ...
Metropolitan Regatta
2nd June 2018
The 'Meatwagon' (Scott, Ian, Nick, Sam, Gigi) raced in Tier 3 and Tier 4 coxed-fours at Metropolitan Regatta on Saturday. Some tough racing against crews that would have registered as Senior and IM1 status under the old points system; Cygnet came fourth in their T3 heat, just missing out on a...
Bedtime reading
31st May 2018
Not to be outdone by Paul Rawkins' excellent "History of Cygnet RC", former captain Nick Bates has been hard at it editing "More Power - the story of Jurgen Grobler". The book is written by Hugh Matheson & Christopher Dodd and is published on 5th July. It will be available from Amazon...
Henley Friday
29th May 2018
Mrs Pat Sly, welcomes all Cygnet and BBLRC members and Friends to join her at Old Blades on Friday of Henley Royal Regatta, which falls on 6th July this year. Further details can be found here ...
Putney Town Regatta
23rd May 2018
Cygnet had just one boat entered into Putney Town Regatta this season, a Tier 3 novice IV+. No silverware alas but another encouraging performance from the novice squad, this time in the combo of Henrik, Mustafa, Rupert, Ashley, and Gigi (cox). They were outgunned in their heat by a very...
Dare we mention GDPR?
22nd May 2018
Well we have to I'm afraid. You should, by now, have received yet another GDPR email, this time from the Secretary, regarding your personal data and how it's used at Cygnet. Please do make the effort to reply. And in case you feel the need to double-check, it can all be found in the...
Borne Regatta
12th May 2018
More success for the 'Meat-cart' as they blast through two rounds to victory at Borne Regatta. It may have been our only victory of the day but great to see so many Cygnet crews racing in the regatta from new novices to old dogs in fours, eights, singles and quads. Roll-on Putney Town. ...
