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Her open jacket disclosed a galaxy of souvenirs pinned to the background of bright blue,--a small American flag, a button of the Wareham Rowing Club, and one or two society pins.

Fourteen coastal rowing clubs took to the Cromarty Firth in St Ayles skiffs on Saturday to compete in two championships.

The move up to Scotland from the more usual venue at The National Water Sports Centre provided a welcome opportunity to race against a greater number of Northern and Scottish rowing clubs, and to meet crews not normally encountered on the Midlands regatta circuit.

The weekend's events were fully subscribed within 48 hours of entries opening, attracting a diverse range of 300 competitors of all ages representing schools, colleges, universities and rowing clubs. The fastest times were posted earlier in the day when conditions were more favourable before overnight rainfall had time to take its effect on the flow of the river.

Nithsdale Amateur Rowing Club has been awarded Scottish Rowing accreditation, a marker of quality for its affiliated rowing clubs.

A fleet of fellow boat users will be taking to the water, including vessels from Port of Tyne, the Sea Cadets, Northumbria Police, NE Community Rowing Clubs, Red Seal Rescue and the North East Maritime Trust.

At amateur rowing clubs across the country, membership figures have risen higher than ever before and many now have long waiting lists.

There are a number of different rowing clubs along the Corniche

The competition was split into four divisions to take into account the huge entry of around 350 crews from rowing clubs throughout the region.

On Saturday rowing clubs from around North Wales converged on the harbour town to follow the route taken by their predecessors and some got into the spirit of things by dressing up in historic costume The host town's rowing club chairman Geoff Wood said 11 boats in total took part in front of around 100 spectators.

Now in its 146th year, the Evesham Regatta is one of the biggest rowing events of its type and this year is attracting participants from more than 45 rowing clubs across the UK.

However, the success of Redgrave, Pinsent et al at LA, Seoul, Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney and Athens failed to see rowing clubs nationwide report record membership, with youngsters from Leytonstone to Lanarkshire bidding to become the UK's next wave of medallists.