Tideway Scullers School

Controlled navigation and river closures will be in force over the weekend of the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant.

Saturday 2nd June

TSS members may go out in the morning, but must stay above Hammersmith Bridge and should be aware that river traffic may be heavier than usual. All members should be off the water by high tide: 1.33 p.m. at Chiswick Bridge.

In the afternoon a flotilla of approximately sixty pageant vessels will come down from Teddington Lock on the ebb tide, heading for the mustering mooring on Barn Elms Reach. A Harbour Service launch will be in attendance and local traffic control may be established if necessary.

Sunday 3rd June

The river will be CLOSED from 6 a.m. until approximately 3.45 p.m.

The river closure runs from Oliver's Ait (between the bridges at Kew) to Victoria Railway Bridge as the pageant vessels marshal, and will then roll downriver. As the pageant moves downriver the Harbour Service launch stationed at Oliver’s Ait will move downriver to re-open the river down to Putney by approximately 3.45 p.m.

Links: Notice to Mariners 20 of 2012, Notice to Mariners U9 of 2012

The club's veterans returned from Nottingham and the British Rowing Masters Championships with a clutch of medals, including one of each colour.

Gold was won by Rosemary Thom racing with Walbrook in a composite women's Masters E eight.  

There were silver medals for the all-TSS F quad, and for Mark Alloway racing with his sister Ruth Bradbury of Parr's Priory in Mixed Masters E doubles.

Bronze went to Mark and Stan Livy in C doubles.

Most of the men's squad headed up to Holme Pierrepont for some extra multi-lane racing at Nottingham City Regatta.

The Senior 4- of Murray Wilkojc, Nathan O'Reilly, Richard Twyman and Antony Smith won Senior 4-, while in the following final the IM2 4- were pipped into second placed by just 0.36 seconds.

The club had a mixed experience at Twickenham regatta, but came home with two wins.

Club Captain Stan Livy proved too intimidating for his opposition who scratched after the draw was published leaving him without events to race in.

A similar fate befell Zoe Gullen, who had a row-over and then a bye to reach the final of WIM3 1x, where she lost to a fast Sport Imperial sculler.

Claire McIntosh weathered a barrage of good-natured checks and advice from her fellow umpires to win WMA/B 1x, her first regatta win in a single, before combining with Zoe for WMA/B 2x. In the heat they dispatched a Marlow double with a comfortable row but the heat and final falling twenty-five minutes either side of Zoe's WIM3 final meant  that they lacked the fresh legs to deal with a quick Maidenhead crew in the final,

Kasia Lawrence and Jo Al-Janabi did a long warm up, rowing up from the club to the regatta. They just made it to the start on time, but the warm up obviously paid off as they beat Marlow in WME 2x by four and a half lengths. They deboated briefly to collect their pots and then rowed off home, back through Richmond to TSS, job done.

In the afternoon Roseanna Eisdell made a return to racing in WN1x but was unlucky to draw a GB Start athlete in the first round.

Thanks to Cygnet RC for towing the boats, Mel Sage for umpiring, and Andy and Ben Sage, Lizzie Mann, Stan Livy and Alfie and Dino for supporting. SL

Dino, the most vocal TSS supporter of the day

The United Hospitals Bumps will take place in the evenings of 18th, 19th and 20th May. Click here for the timetable of races.

From the Notice to Mariners U7 of 2012:

The races will be held between the Syon Pavilion and Chiswick Bridge, in the navigational channel in the direction of the tide. The river will remain open at all times. Competitors will break from the rowing code in the following manner:

• The rowing crossing point at Syon will be moved to a temporary position off Brentford Lock
• As and when it is safe to do so competitors may overtake in the restricted zones
• As and when it is safe to do so competitors may follow the racing line