Atlantic Odyssey rowers rescued after capsizing - Yaacov and crew safe

Some of you may know that EERC member Yaacov Mutnikas has been involved in a challenge to row the Atlantic.  Unfortunately they got into difficulties and their boat capsized but we're very relieved to hear that they are all now safe.

More details on the BBC News website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16804181

 

SOCIAL EVENT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

There are a few Social Events coming up.  We hope you will come along and join in the fun!

Tuesday 31st January - Club Supper Night is BACK!  We're giving it a try to see how many people are interested.  If you think it's a good idea, please support it and we'll make it a regular thing.  The bar will be open from 8pm (after circuits) and food will be available at the cost of £5 per person.  Please write your name on the sign up sheet so we know how much food needs to be bought. Read more »

CLUB KIT WEBSITE IS NOW OPEN - CLOSES 30TH JAN

The DiBi sport website is now open for club kit orders. 

If you want to have a look at it just go to http://www.dibisport.co.uk/clubroom.php and type "Eton Excelsior Rowing Club" in the Club Name Search field and click on the blue SUBMIT button.
 
Select the "Eton Excelsior Rowing Club" link and enter:
 
Username: eerc
Password: eerckit   
 
Please note that the password is case sensitive
 
Closing date: 30/01/12 at 5pm
NO orders will be accepted after this d Read more »

YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING CAN HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR EERC!

Did you know that you can shop online and raise money for EERC at the same time?

At the left hand side of the EERC home page is a link to Amazon.  If you start your Amazon shopping from the EERC site, we get a percentage of what you spend - at no extra cost to you! 

Also on the left hand side of the home page you can see a link to easyfundraising.org.uk. Sign up here with EERC as your chosen beneficiary and you can shop online at hundreds of major retailers and we also get a percentage - again with no cost to you.

Both of these links are available to e Read more »

ARE YOU GETTING EMAIL FROM EERC?

Regular email updates about club events are sent to all members via the membership email address - eercmembership@gmail.com

Please make sure you have added this email to your address list so that our messages don't end up in your spam folder or in junk mail!

 

EERC CHRISTMAS RAFFLE

EERC want to wish everyone a merry Christmas, so please come and join us on Saturday 17th December at 7.30pm for mulled wine and mince pies at the clubhouse.  The bar will also be open throughout the evening.


In order to raise money for the club, a raffle will take place during the evening.  The main prize will be an amazing Christmas hamper comprising of M & S wine, Scottish shortbread, Italian biscuits, Lindt chocolates, homemade jams, chutneys and jellies, a book, Seal socks and much more! Read more »

FUNDRAISING SUCCESS!

A couple of fund-raising success stories! 

The Junior Rowing Tour this year has raised over £2300 for the club!  Many thanks and congratulations to all who took part, supported and helped to organise. 

The recent Fish & Chip quiz night raised around £600 - and again, huge thanks to everyone who came along and to Alfie for organising it all. 

Some of the money from these events is being spent on new equipment for the gym area so look out for some great new training tools that will be available to everyone.  The rest will go towards essenti Read more »

Fish and Chip Quiz Night

Thanks to everyone who came along to the fish and chip quiz night.  It was a really good evening and well attended by members and their friends. Congratulations to Sian's team who were victories and thank you for donating your winnings back to the club.  Also a big thank you to Alfie for preparing the questions and to our Captain, Paula, for reading out the questions on the night.

Full Steam A-Head

EERC crews have been busy over the last few weeks competing at the Weybridge Silver Sculls, Marlow Long Distance and Fours head races.  At the Weybridge Silver sculls there were wins for Sian and Kathy in the WM C/D 2x as well as WME 1x and WMC 1x respectively.  There was a 1 - 2 finish in the WJ13 coxed quad event and a win in the J13 2x. Read more »

FISH & CHIP QUIZ NIGHT

The EERC Fish & Chip Quiz Night is BACK!  Friday 11th November at 7.30pm.

Tickets are £12.50 per person, including fish and chips.  The bar will be open throughout the evening, so get some friends together and come along for a fun evening!

Sign up on the club noticeboard or email eercmembership@gmail.com to reserve your place.

ROW ZAMBEZI SUCCESS

The Row Zambezi expedition, which based itself at EERC earlier this year, raised £20,000 for the village water charity which has meant around 1000 people in the remote areas of Zambia will now have clean water.  A lasting impact on this and future generations too!

Congratulations to Tim Cook, Yaacov Mutnikas and Katy Downs on an amazing achievement!

Membership Fees due 1st October

It's that time of year again....  Membership Fees will be due on Saturday 1st October so please come along to training with your cheque book in hand!  Remember that we rely completely on our membership fees for the running of the club, all the purchasing, maintenance and insurance of boats and the upkeep of the building and facilities so it's really important that everyone pays the correct subs on time.

Check out this years rates on the Membership pages of this website.

EERC Club Member of the Year

As we look forward to the start of the new rowing year it is also time to take a look back. Read more »

EERC ANNUAL DINNER 2011

The 2011 EERC Annual Dinner will take place at the Castle Hotel, Windsor on Saturday 15th October.
 
Tickets are £42 per person, including a three course meal, with coffee and a disco afterwards.
 
The dress code is black tie, and we ask that people arrive for pre-dinner drinks in the bar from around 7pm.
 
The dinner is open to all adult club members and their guests.  As in previous years, members of the Junior Squad aged 16 and over are also welcome to attend.
 
If you'd like tickets, there will be a sign up sheet on the noticeboard at the Read more »

EERC Supporting David Walliams and Comic Relief

David Walliams is swimming the River Thames from Lechlade to Big Ben in aid of Comic Relief.  He started on Monday, and on Friday 9th Sept he will reach Windsor.
We would like as many people as possible to be there on Friday evening - adults, juniors and parents - and anyone else you want to bring!  Please wear club kit / colours if you can.  We will need to arrive between 5.00-5.30pm in the area of the Christopher Wren Hotel, so that we can be properly organised for the TV broadcast by the BBC and 'The One Show'.  David's arrival time is obviously somewhat flexible b Read more »

PUBS & CLUBS 2011

A very, very big THANK YOU to everyone who took part in, and came along to support and help at Pubs & Clubs on Saturday.  Organising this event takes a great team effort before, during and after so we are very grateful to everyone who contributed.  The weather was especially kind to us on the day, and we had some very exciting racing with plenty of drama and clashing blades!

CONGRATULATIONS to 'Take Splash' (Steve, Valerio, Noel, Katy and cox Kathy) who were runners up and won the plate and to the 'Classy Crabs' (Sara, Izzy, Nicole, Lucy and cox Ben) who won the e Read more »

CLUB KIT WEBSITE - NOW OPEN!

The DiBi Sports website is now open so you can get your orders in for club kit as the new season begins.  The website will remain open until 30th September, and after that delivery usually takes about 6 weeks.

Go to the club kit pages to place your order!  Happy Shopping....

 

Wine Tasting Evening

Saturday 24th September - Wine Evening!!  Annabel Virtue will be hosting a fun and informative wine tasting evening.  We'll provide some nibbles to accompany the drinks and it should be a great informal social event.  Tickets are £15 per person.

Pubs and Clubs Regatta Places

Places are still available for crews to enter this years Pubs and Clubs Regatta. Email eercpubsandclubsregatta@hotmail.co.uk if you would like to enter a crew. Training takes place over the next 2 weeks in preparation for the regatta on Saturday September 3rd. See the Pubs and Clubs webpage for more information. Join the challenge!

Maidenhead Regatta Round-up

Congratulations to Kathy, Amy, Sian and Alicia who the Women's Master C/D 4x event. They won their semi final by 1 length. In their final they had to give their opposition a 4 second head start and after a scrappy first half they managed to draw level with the Maidenhead crew. They then put in a burst to push past Maidenhead and draw away for the win. Read more »

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