Loki Returns with a Bronze, Gold, Silver and One Wheel missing (more of that later)...

The rowing team from LBSC headed south on Friday, brimming with excitement and nervous tension. New oars, old bodies , raring to go!


Team Loki consisted of rowers Jill, Kate, Shona, & Libby for the ladies, with Paul, Sage, John & Sandy for the men . Karen & Lisa in supporting roles along with Shona's Dad, Alex and Jonathan and Michael also cheering from the shore! Thanks also to John, from Newhaven and an LBSC member, and Hannah, also from the Newhaven team who helped cox a couple of races for us too! 



The men set a high standard in our first race by claiming bronze in the over 50s, narrowly missing silver by just 11 seconds! The ladies set themselves a personal best time but no cigars for them! Another good time was recorded in the mixed open with Kate & Shona bravely doing back to back races, along with Sandy & Paul to come a respectable 6th out of 11 boats!  More excitement followed in the afternoon session with the men pipping Newhaven for third place in their Mens open heat, 7th overall out of 11 again!



The last race of the day was in honour of Andy Jarvis, a Queensferry club stalwart who sadly passed away earlier this year. Names in a hat , everyone mixed up into different boats and off they set with Sandy bringing home the lead Anstruther boat for gold position and John taking silver position in the Crail boat team! 

Libby and Jill also represented LBSC in the Newburgh and KInghorn boats. A fun weekend had by all, a stunning setting under the 2 and 3/4 bridges,  some near misses (and that wasn't just the rowing) but all back to Ullapool safe and sound . Big thanks to Paul & Kate in particular for organising the whole weekend and for towing Loki there and almost back! More on that in the pub...