Aberdeen Schools Rowing Association

AGM & Inter-Schools Regatta

This morning ASRA held the club’s Annual General Meeting with our committee and club members, where the membership voted in their new captains for the 2026/27 season. Massive thank you to our outgoing captains (Lily, Luke R, Gabz and Sandy) for last season - you have done a wonderful job and we are so grateful for all of the time and commitment you have given your roles for the past year!

Welcome to our new captains for the upcoming season:
Girls Captain: Mac M-S
Boys Captain: Sandy B
Girls Vice-Captain: Madison O
Boys Vice-Captain: Nicol M

Awards were also handed out by the coaching team for the 2025/26 season! We awarded our Club Spirit Embodiment Award to two club members this year as well as a recognition award for Coxing Excellence! Congratulations to our award winners:

Club Spirit Embodiment Award: Gabz T & Blair C
Coxing Excellence: Lily A

After the AGM we had our annual Inter-Schools Regatta and BBQ where, after some close racing, the RGC Navy team came out on top in the final! Congratulations to them and thanks to everyone for a really fun day!

Six ASRA athletes have been selected to row for Scotland at the Home International Regatta this weekend. Good luck to Sandy, Nicol, Finlay, Lottie, Gabz, and Ines in their racing tomorrow!

And good luck to all of the ASRA FPs who have been selected as part of the Scotland Senior Team!

HENLEY WOMEN’S REGATTA

Our WJ18 4+ is competing in Henley this weekend, they have progressed through the Time Trials and are racing Shiplake this afternoon at 16:06. Best of luck to the crew!

B: Mac M-S
2: Gabz T
3: Ines DK
S: Lottie M
Cox: Lily A

Let’s go ASRA!

Learn to Row with ASRA!

This summer, ASRA is holding several Learn to Row Weeks over the holidays and they are open to anyone aged 11-18!

Whether you want to try rowing for fun and exercise, or you have ambitions to become the next National Champion this could be the perfect summer activity for you!

If you’re interested, click the link below or scan the QR code and it will take you over to our website where you can find all of the information to sign up.

www.asra-rowing.co.uk

ASRA’s final National Schools Regatta Crew Announcements are here!!! Our J16 & J18 crews will be racing over 2000m on Saturday & Sunday.

⚫️⚪️SATURDAY⚪️⚫️

W J16 4+ (Anna Fangen Cup)
S- Jenn E
3- Cara F
2- Raisa O
B- Madison O
Cox: Isobel M

Ch 4- (Royal Engineer’s Cup)
S- Nicolas A
3- Luke M
2- Findlay C
B- Rory T

Ch 4+ (Hedsor Cup)
S- Nicol M
3- Luke R
2- Finlay A
B- Sandy B
Cox: Hugo L

G Ch 4+ (Jim Mason Plate)
S- Lottie M
3- Ines DK
2- Gabz T
B- Mac M
Cox: Lily A

⚫️⚪️SUNDAY⚪️⚫️

G Ch 2- (Leander Cup)
S- Hope T
B- Mackenzie P

Good luck to all athletes competing over the weekend at ! 💪

The first of our National Schools Regatta crew announcements are here!!!

⚫️⚪️FRIDAY⚪️⚫️

O J14 8x+ (Cherwell Cup)
S- Euan J
7- Zecheng Z
6- Rory P
5- Thomas M
4- Ewan A
3- Thomas F
2- Seán R
B- Orrin B
Cox: Max Martin

W J14 4x+ (Hunter Cup)
S- Effie M
3- Renee DK
2- Freya W
B- Megan S
Cox: Amelia F

O J15 4+ (Mariner’s Cup)
S- Henry J
3- Blair C
2- Saif K
B- Angus S
Cox: Kate P

O J15 4+ (Mariner’s Cup)
S- Calum Z
3- Oliver P
2- Hector R
B- Ryan M (Not pictured)
Cox: Cara F

W J15 4+ (Katrina Jacks Trophy)
S- Isobel M
3- Isabel F
2- Sophie C
B- April C
Cox: Madison O

Good luck to all athletes racing over the 1500m course on Friday, go ASRA! 💪🏻💪🏻

Staying on home waters, ASRA competed at North-East Regatta which is held over 750m. We were very lucky as we had blue skies majority of the weekend with minimal wind. North-East regatta is a brilliant competition to practice starts and sprints alongside racing another crew 1 vs 1 making it very exciting! Have a look down below at all the medals collected from the weekend! ⬇️

SATURDAY 🥇
* Open 4-
* R2 4+
* Nov 4 +
* J14 4x+
* W J14 4x+
* Open 2-
* Women Nov 2x
* J18 1x
* W J16 1x

SUNDAY 🥇
* Nov 8+
* Wom Open 4-
* R2 4+
* W R2 4+
* W J18 2-
* Nov 2x
* J14 2x
* W J15 2x
* J14 1x
* W J15 1x
* W J14 1x

Thank you to for organising the event and thank you to the parent helpers of ASRA for making it run as smoothly as possible. Also a big shoutout to our athletes for being on time for every race and being very well organised throughout the regatta!

📸 Andy Freeman

After trialing at Inverness head in March, 23 ASRA athletes were selected to represent Scotland in the Junior Inter-Regional Regatta at Holme Pierrepoint, Nottingham. Whilst some crews were all ASRA, a couple of the athletes joined with other Scottish clubs to make composite crews, gaining good experience rowing with other members from different clubs.

Our O J16 2- Sandy B and Nicol M put on an outstanding performance winning silver in their event, and were only 1.4 seconds off of gold. This was their second lane race in the pair so it will be interesting to see what else they can do this season.

Our O J15 4+ which included Henry J, Blair C, Saif K, Angus S and cox Kate P secured a middle place in the A final after the time trial and placed overall 4th in the final.

Following these results, the remainder of the crews put out brilliant performances in the B/C finals.

Overall, it was another successful weekend for ASRA and some great racing on lovely water for the athletes. Thank you everyone for helping out and for the weekend.

Written by Gabrielle Topp

Kicking off the regatta season, ASRA headed down to Strathclyde Park for the Scottish Rowing Spring Regatta. Saturday brought some challenging weather conditions, which saw all of the training the club have had in rougher conditions come into play. Fortunately for both the athletes and spectators, Sunday brought significantly more pleasant weather.

By the end of the weekend the club had gold medals in a total of 11 events, as well as multiple silver and bronze medals across the field:

SATURDAY-

* O J18 2- 🥇(Finlay A, Luke R)
* O J14 8x+ 🥇(Euan J, Zecheng Z, Griff A, Rory P, Willow A, Effie M, Megan S, Penny O-W, Cox - Ewan A)
* O J18 4+ 🥇(Nicholas A, Luke M, Findlay C, Rory T, Cox- Max M)
* W J14 2x 🥇(Willow A, Effie M)
* W J18 8+ 🥇(Lottie M, Ines DK, Gabz T, Mac M, Mackenzie P, Hope T, Raisa O, Cara F, Cox- Jenn E)
* O J16 2- 🥈(Sandy B, Nicol M)
* W J18 4x 🥈(Lottie M, Ines DK, Gabz T, Mac M)
* O J18 4+ 🥈 (Sandy B, Finlay A, Luke R, Nicol M, Cox- Hugo L)

SUNDAY-

* W J18 2- 🥇(Lottie M, )
* O J15 4x+ 🥇(Henry J, Saif K, Blair C, Calum Z, Cox- Max M)
* O J18 8+ 🥇(Sandy B, Nicol M, Luke R, Finlay A, Nicolas A, Luke M, Rory T, Findlay C, Cox- Hugo L)
* W J18 4+ 🥇(Lottie M, Ines DK, Gabz T, Mac M, Cox- Isobel M)
* W J16 4+ 🥇(Jenn E, Cara F, Raisa O, Madison O, Cox- Effie M)
* O J18 4- 🥇(Sandy B, Finlay A, Luke R, Nicol M)
* W J18 2- 🥈(Ines DK, )
* O J14 2x 🥈( Zecheng Z, Griff A)
* O J15 2x 🥈(Henry J, Saif K)
* O J14 4x+ 🥈(Euan J, Zecheng Z, Griff A, Rory P, Cox- Ewan A)
* O J18 4-🥈(Nicolas A, Luke M, Findlay C, Rory T)
* W J18 2- 🥉(Mac M, Gabz T)
* O Nov 4+ 🥉(Calum Z, Oliver P, Hector R, Bobby T, Cox- Michael J)

Congratulations to everyone who competed this weekend, and also always a big thanks to the coaches, volunteers and parent helpers who made this weekend a success. Also big thanks to for hosting the event! 🙌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿