Ted Shergold. BTC Rowing Club.

It is with great sadness that we have to report the passing of Ted Shergold, President of BTC Rowing Club and a Life Vice President and former President of the Hants & Dorset Amateur Rowing Association.

Our condolances are extended to his family and to BTC Rowing Club.

Details of funeral arrangments will follow and be posted here when the details are known.

Update on Monday, January 9, 2023 at 5:16PM by Stephen Bull

Further to the sad news of the passing of Ted Dhergold please see below for a statement from BTC Rowing Club.

"It is with great sadness B.T.C. has to report the passing of our Life Member and Club President, Edward “Ted” Shergold on Saturday, January 7th.

Ted joined B.T.C. around 1945, at the end of the war before a brief spell at the newly founded Southampton A.R.C where he won the A.R.A British Championship Desborough Eights race in the early 1950’s. Rowing as a Senior oarsman he just missed out on a championship in 1959.

Ted was also extremely involved with the Hants & Dorset ARA he was a race official and a Life Vice President of the association. In 1986 & 1987 was chosen to be the Association President (a role which can only be held for two years) where he managed the set-up of numerous Hants & Dorset regatta and South Coast courses. In the 1970’s Ted was voted into the South Coast Council, where he was influential in many South Coast Championships. His dedication to the rowing community was recognised in 2010 when he was awarded the Daily Echo award for service to the Hants & Dorset, in 2006 where he was awarded Life Membership for services to the South Coast Council and A South Coast Lifetime Achievement Award In 2019.

Everyone at B.T.C. IS very thankful and proud of all that Ted has done behind scenes, not just for our club but for the wider rowing community, the Hants & Dorset and the South Coast Championships. Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time."

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The "Daily Echo Trophy" in Memory of Arthur Chatfield.

The "Daily Echo Trophy" in Memory of Arthur Chatfield.

The "Daily Echo Trophy" was presented to the Association in memory of the late Arthur Chatfield and is awarded annually,

at the Presentation Dinner, by the Association, to an individual

for Services to the Association and to Coastal Rowing.

It was agreed that Clubs would be asked to nominate candidates   for the award and that the Association's Executive Officers would make a final decision on who should receive the Trophy from those nominated. Nominations do not have to be, and arguably should  not be, from your own Club. It should be noted that the award is   for services to the Association and Coastal Rowing - and while    there are many deserving Club members who have made a significant contribution to their own Clubs - with this award we   seek to recognize significant contributions to our Association and    to Coastal Rowing.

Could your Club, therefore, please give consideration to who you may wish to nominate for this Trophy and send the nomination to me at 10, Brookfield Gardens, Binstead, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 3NP or by E Mail me at stephencbull@gmail.com  and to pennyrowing@gmail.com by the 22nd^th October, 2022.

The Mike Green Coaching Award.

The Mike Green Coaching Award

For those of you who attended the H&D online AGM in the spring of 2021, you will recall that Christchurch ARC have donated a new Association Trophy in honour of Mike Green, who sadly passed away last year.

The Mike Green Coaching Award will recognise an individual coach or coaching team within the H&D Association who clubs feel should be recognised for their dedication and commitment to their crews and the sport. The first recipient of the award was BTC’s Bob Douglas in 2021.

Mike was passionate about coaching and providing further resources and training for coaches to develop their own skills. Mike held the position of Regional Coach Educator and helped develop and deliver multiple coaching courses throughout the region and nationally. Mike was also a Coaching Tutor and Assessor for British Rowing and all of the coaches in the H&D who have undertaken a coaching course in the last twenty years will have been tutored or assessed by Mike.

If your club would like to nominate a coach or coaching team for this award, please can you provide in no more than 500 words, a summary of their achievements and why you feel they should be considered for the award. The Executive Committee will review each nomination and select the winner.

The award will be presented to the winning nominee at the H&D Presentation Dinner on Saturday 12^th November, 2022.

Can all submissions for this award please be sent to pennyrowing@gmail.com and to stephencbull@gmail.com by no later than Sunday, 22nd October 2022.

Itchen Imperial Junior Regatta. Saturday, 17th September, 2022.

Itchen Imperial Junior Regatta. Saturday, 17th September, 2022.

Below you will find links to all the regatta information, including the program.  All the documents can be viewed and downloaded from Itchen's website.  Please think of the environment before printing - share the links below.

Whilst Itchen have made every effort in organising the program to avoid any athlete having back-to-back races, there are still a couple of people who have only a 2-race gap, and a few with a 3-race gap.  Please ensure you are prepared to help your athletes to get off and back on the water quickly where needed.

Whilst we have allocated 5-minutes between races, we have often seen that we can get ahead of the schedule – with that in mind, please remind your athletes to keep up with the program and listen to the announcements over the PA system to avoid delays with crews not being ready to boat on time.

All documents are PDFs:

Regatta Invitation:
https://www.itchenimperial.co.uk/s/ITC_Jnr_Regatta_2022_Invitation.pdf

Regatta Programme: 

https://www.itchenimperial.co.uk/s/ITC_Jnr_Regatta_Program_2022.pdf

Regatta Instructions:
https://www.itchenimperial.co.uk/s/ITC_Jnr_Regatta_2022_Instructions.pdf

Circulation and Safety Plan: https://www.itchenimperial.co.uk/s/ITC_Jnr_Regatta_2022_Circulation_and_Safety_Plan.pdf

Trailer Parking and Boating:
https://www.itchenimperial.co.uk/s/ITC_Jnr_Regatta_2022_Trailer_Parking_and_Boating_Plan.pdf

Safety and Communications:

https://www.itchenimperial.co.uk/s/ITC_Jnr_Regatta_2022_Safety_and_Communications.pdf

All these can also be downloaded from its Calender Entry of the Hants & Dorset ARA Web Site - www.hdara.co.uk

2022 SCC at Paignton on 10th September, 2022.

The Final Race Time Table and Draw for the 2022 South Coast Championships Regatta at Paignton on Saturday, 10th September can now be downloaded in Excell format from its Calendar entry on the H&D ARA Web Site at www.hdara.co.uk.  

The Final Race Time Table and Draw can also be downloaded from the H&D ARA Web site - at www.hdara.co.uk - go to SCC Regatta Tab - Home page and scoll down.