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Spitfire Boat Club

Rowing the Stour since 2001!

Somerset Maugham Boathouse
Gore St, Plucks Gutter
Canterbury, Kent
CT3 1JB

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Chilly outing this morning, but in fabulous condit

Chilly outing this morning, but in fabulous conditions! Thank you Keith for the useful footage 😊.
#rowing #sculling #eastkent #chilly #earlymorningworkout

More magical mornings on the river with Memory Lan

More magical mornings on the river with Memory Lane 😉 - trialling out the novel coxed hepta-scull boat!
Vice captain Ben also demonstrating how to carry a ridiculous amount of sculling blades 😎
Really lucky with the weather this weekend, hope it continues this way!
Footage from Lee and Tasha.
#sculling #riverStour #eastkent

Absolutely amazing conditions this morning, well w

Absolutely amazing conditions this morning, well worth the early start. 18 Spitfire rowers making the most out of the flat conditions - let's keep this up!
Photos by Manny, Tasha and Lee.

More octo sheneingans this morning! Might need to

More octo sheneingans this morning! Might need to invest on some zoom lenses if I want to still get bow pair in the image 😅.
Making the most of the extra water on the river at this time of the year 😎.
#sculling #eastkent #rowing

8 Photos for the 8 😉 Woah what a day Sunday pro

8 Photos for the 8 😉
Woah what a day Sunday proved to be, the first outing in the first ever Spitfire 8. What a momentous achievement for the whole club. It is really a statement to have a boat of that length snd status down the boat house!
A huge thank you to @maidstoneinvictarowingclub for this wonderful opportunity. We look forward to more outings and races in this beast!

Sunday 22nd September 2024, a day to remember.

#rowing #sculling #sweepoarrowing #riverstour #foryou

The Mike Kennedy is getting a respray! On Saturday

The Mike Kennedy is getting a respray!
On Saturday 14th September we are hosting another breakfast morning to help fundraise for the long term project. The Mike Kennedy is a Stelph 2x that has been off the water for over 5 years. All profits of the morning are helping to fund the project.

Breakfast Roll £3 (vegan options available)
Tea £1

We are running this just before the Learn to Row session 1, please arrive around half 8. There are still slots for the Learn to Row so message if interested!

All are welcome!

Race report for this year's Danson Dashes (organis

Race report for this year's Danson Dashes (organised by @gravesendrowers and @erith_rowing_club, which we've attended with @ukcrowingclub ) now live on our website (link in bio). Thanks to all organisers, umpires and competitors for such a nice event!
#racing #sculling #rowing #eastkent

This adorable pair of local residents have had chi

This adorable pair of local residents have had chicks again... it was lovely seeing the little balls of fluff out on the river after our own session 😊.

🚨RACE REPORT - SUDBURY 24🚨 On Saturday 3rd

🚨RACE REPORT - SUDBURY 24🚨
On Saturday 3rd August Spitfire made the annual trip to the wonderful Sudbury for the International Regatta. The captain towed with the wonderful puntonator for a great camp the previous evening. Partnered with members from @ukcrowingclub and @lucyyabigail_ of Maidstone Invicta, it set to become a great event.

@charlie.forster.04 was the first winner 🥇 of the day, winning firstly his semi final and secondly the final of the Open 1x Challenger competition.
Our second and final win 🥇 came from the Captain @manuelmarque after a great duel with VC Ben, an all Spitfire final after both respectively won their previous races, manny took the photo finish after previously being behind after the first bend. It was Carl Douglas v 2000s Burgashell, sometimes the tortoise does in-fact win the race 😂

A huge thank you to @sudburyrowingclubuk for another well ran event after the downpour that occurred last year, we will be back!

Full race report available from the link in our bio!

#sudbury #rowing #sculling #regatta

Spitfire went coastal! We had a great day at Deal

Spitfire went coastal! We had a great day at Deal Regatta today! Creating composite @hernebayrowing crews, sadly nothing won today but we will be back better and stronger! A huge thank you to all members who took part and helped organise the event. ❤️

We (together with @ukcrowingclub ) had a great tim

We (together with @ukcrowingclub ) had a great time this past weekend at @huntingdonbc regatta - a nice, friendly, well-organised event to kickstart our summer racing season. Even with the torrential downpours in the middle of the day, our enthusiasm was not dampened.
We will certainly be back!

A trip down memory lane for the club! The captain

A trip down memory lane for the club! The captain and junior member Sam went to @maidstoneinvictarowingclub to pick up our first 8. Also a double and a single to go with it. 4 new club boats in less than a month!

Today we welcomed a new quad to the lineup, an old

Today we welcomed a new quad to the lineup, an older racing boat from @cambridge1899 that club member Ben had thankfully gone to pick up.
A great boat and thank you to Lee for the pics. 😁

Not even the wind could stop us tonight! With juni

Not even the wind could stop us tonight! With junior member Sam in his new single named Nobba and a piece of advertisement for @gilda_bakery.
A great outing once again, looking forward to the next! 😁

Another great outing to round off the week, first

Another great outing to round off the week, first evening row of 2024, starting with small boats.
#rowing #riverstour #foryou

We had to unfortunately postpone our training away

We had to unfortunately postpone our training away day at @bewl_bridge_rowing due to the winds forecast for later in the day, but that didn't stop us - we had six crews out on the water this morning, supported by a coaching launch. Well done everyone, and it is definitely more pleasant to be out in this lovely weather 🙂
#rowing #sculling #eastkent #training #spring

Making the most out of yesterday's beautiful morni

Making the most out of yesterday's beautiful morning! A few hours later it couldn't be any more different 😅.

Photos courtesy of our member Melissa!

Busy times at the boathouse this morning - we got

Busy times at the boathouse this morning - we got all of our doubles out on the water! Brilliant conditions, definitely didn't feel like February!

Unreal skies during our early morning session at t

Unreal skies during our early morning session at the start of the week!
(The weather couldn't be more different right now!...)
#rowing #sculling #earlymornings #eastkent

New boat day is a good day! One more addition to t

New boat day is a good day! One more addition to the Spitfire fleet, a lovely coxless quad that will allow more of us to go out during our morning sessions. We look forward to getting it out on the water soon 😉.
#sculling #rowing #eastkent

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