Carrow Cup 2016 Results

Here is the result of the 2016 Carrow Cup Traditional Boat Race for the Bicentenary Trophy.

Traditional boats muster for the 2016 Carrow Cup

No.		Club	Boat type	Boat name	rowers	Elapsed time	Corrected time
233	Peck	Lower Thames RC	Lara skiff	Hornet	3	00:22:19	00:18:22
235	Dunmow	Lower Thames RC	Celtic Longboat	Victory	4	00:21:47	00:18:22
232	Large	Lower Thames RC	Lara skiff	Leigh Ho	3	00:22:29	00:18:30
240		Southend CRC	Loddon Skiff	Silverback	2	00:21:51	00:19:41
238	Riddle	Lower Thames RC	Hanningfield Gig (Spirit)	Dunkirk	4	00:23:03	00:20:05
231	Combe	CRABlakeney	St Ayles skiff	Hoi Larntan	4	00:24:39	00:20:14
239	Nawrat	Lower Thames RC	Hanningfield Gig (Spirit)	Proud Mary	4	00:23:21	00:20:20
241		Southend CRC	Seax gig	Rozinante	4	00:24:02	00:20:24
236	Hodge	Norfolk Skiff Club	Eton 2X+	Seraph	2	00:24:08	00:20:39
237	Forrest	CRABlakeney	St Ayles skiff	Bluejacket	4	00:24:35	00:21:14
234		King's Lynn CRC	St Ayles skiff	Ouse Rewet	4	00:26:00	00:21:54
230	Harris	Norfolk Skiff Club	Faering	Raineach	2	00:29:56	00:22:29
243	Meakin	Norwich RC	2X+		2	00:19:38	00:18:33
244	Livesey	Broadland BC	2X+		2	00:30:52	00:32:25
242	Frost	Mersea CRC	Hanningfield skiff		2	DNS

Once again Lower Thames Rowing Club swept the board taking the first three places in the sixth year  in modern times that "traditional"boats have taken part in this historic event. The traditional course follows the rivers Wensum and Yare through the centre of Norwich, finishing at Thorpe St Andrew. Jonathan Hooton, chairman of The Norwich Society, presented the impressive silver bowl, which had first been given by the society in 2013 to mark the bicentenary of the Carrow Cup Race.

Carrow Cup

Christmas - Bah Humbug!

The Carrow Cup Race, now in its 203rd year, will be held on the River Wensum in Norwich on 10th December 2016. For the 6th year Norwich Rowing Club has invited traditional rowers to bring their skiffs, galleys and gigs to the event. The traditional boats will muster at Pull's Ferry, in the shadow of Norwich Cathedral, at 11.30 a.m.

 Entries to:- Harry Scott, C/O Carrow Cup Entries, Ravensmere House, Ravensmere, Beccles NR34 9DZ or by phone 01502 713589 email: cjhs1050@gmail.com 

Entries Close 6pm Saturday 3rd December 2016 

Cost £11 a seat if paid before race day and £12 on the day 

Cheques payable to Norwich Rowing Club 

Lower Thames Rowing Club will be bringing 5 boats to defend their successes in 2014 and 2015, and  the Norfolk clubs will be there to give them a run for their money. Both King's Lynn and Blakeney will be sending St Ayles Skiffs and The Norfolk Skiff Club will field a skiff and a Norwegian Faering.

There's still time to register and I hope that the other clubs from this region and elsewhere will make the journey to Norwich for this traditional start (if you are a rower!) to the Christmas season. 

Norfolk Skiff Club Summer Picnic

 At long last summer arrived and Norfolk rowers and scullers gathered at Barton Turf for a relaxing day on the water.

The Rewet crew from King's Lynn made the cross county journey for an opportunity to sample the pleasures of The Broads and they were joined by scullers from Norfolk Skiff Club and CRA Blakeney.

After a picnic at tranquil Gay's Staith, the flotilla landed at the Norfolk Punt Club raft for tea and cake.

In truth little was achieved, but everyone appeared to have enjoyed themselves and finished the day with promises to return next year.

Our thanks are due to Simon and Sheila of Barton Turf Adventure Centre without whose hospitality the day would not have taken place.