BTC Coastal & River HORR. 8/10/17. CANCELLED

Due to the lack of entries we will be cancelling the event on October 8^th.  If you have paid by cheque it will br torn-up. If you have paid by BACS the BTC treasurer will return the entrance fees (although he is currently in Australia so may take a while).

For clubs that sent entries thank you for your support, hopefully we will have more response in the spring.

Regards. Kaye. BTC Rowing Club

REDEVELOPED SOUTH COAST JOURNALISM TO CONTINUE

A brand new, redeveloped, South Coast Journalism will continue and the mark II version of the website is set to be launched at some point in the near future following the massive and truly touching reaction from the local community.

The current version of South Coast Journalism was closed on Monday by editor Alex Barnes due to his current health issues but the senior team, following the local reaction to the news, have decided to continue SCJ, albeit with a major overhaul. 

Alex has stepped back into an advisory role and is currently taking a well earned break. However, with the support of Pixel Juice, a new South Coast Journalism website is currently being built to replace the current site. Alex will return to his camera and editorial duties when he is feeling suitably recovered. 

We will focus on what we are most popular for: our videography and highlights work. With the support of our major sponsors we will continue as a free service but are also set to bring back the club listings and local events pages. SCJ will also begin to produce video interviews and more video features than it currently does. 

Event footage in the online store will also be dramatically improved with price tiers depending on the required quality. We will also be changing SCJ's hours. Much of what Alex and the team here originally did was focused on getting the highlights out quickly. This is what has played a major part in Alex's health and personal sacrifices. 

Therefore, SCJ's editorial side will now reflect a standard business and will operate 9am-5pm Monday to Friday. Obviously, the videographers will still be out at weekends and in the evening to actually film the sports (otherwise it would all be a bit pointless). Weekend highlights will now be published on a Monday. 

South Coast Journalism will also be offering other sports clubs, students or videography companies to promote their own YouTube videos, clips or match highlights through our website on a dedicated page (free of charge) if they wish. 

More details will follow through our social media channels in the coming days. 

We would like to thank everyone for their continued support. 

Metting of the H&DARA Council. Itchen Imperial Rowing Club. Saturday, 21st October. 10.30am

A meeting of the Council of the Association will be held at the Itchen Imperial Rowing Club,  Crosshouse Road, Chapel, Southampton, United Kingdom, SO14 5GZ, on Saturday, 21^st October, 2017 starting at at 10.30am in accordance with H&D ARA Constitution, Rule 11.

Representation at the meeting will be the Executive Officers, Life Vice Presidents plus one delegate from each affiliated Club and each Event that receives an H&D Permit. (H&D ARA Constitution, Rule 7.)

The Agenda and attachments can be downloaded from the meetings calender entry on the home page of the Hants & Dorset ARA Web site at - www.hdara.co.uk

South Coast Journalisam Closing down.

It is with a great sadness that we announce that South Coast Journalism will be discontinued and closed down. 

All footage orders will be completed in the next couple of days and the YouTube channel will remain active so people can look back at previous videos.

The Hants & Dorset ARA would like to put on record their appreciation of Alex Barnes and his team - for the truly excellent coverage they have provided of the  Hants & Dorset ARAA events and activities - they will be sadly missed.

A full statement from editor Alex Barnes is available at - https://www.southcoastjournalism.co.uk/scj-closure-alex-statement.php

H&D Sub Committee Meeting. Tuesday, 17th October, 2017. 6.30pm. Venue (Southampton) TBC.

There will be a meeting of the H&D Subcommittees at 6.30 pm on Tuesday 17^th October at a Southampton venue tbc.  BR are attending to discuss the new competition structure.  Please advise Jeff Watling at jeff46watling@gmail.com of any agenda items by the end of this week - 30/9/17.  It is useful for any proposed rule changes to be discussed at the subcommittee before the Autumn Council meeting.  Agenda's will be sent out early next week.