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Welcome to Spitfire Boat Club! We are a small river club based at Plucks Gutter along the River Stour, just outside Canterbury. We welcome adult members of all ages, with and without past rowing experience. For information on our learn-to-row courses, click here.
On the 19th of August, we once again travelled up the A2 for the Danson Dashes 2023. Special thanks to our resident legend Mr Mark Brice for towing our trailer on the day, we’d be lost without you. We had high hopes that the weather would hold out, as we had missed out on racing at the beloved Sudbury Regatta earlier …
by Krista Davis A 0500 start from the boathouse saw the team arrive at Huntingdon by 0740, a little chilly, but all ready to rig up and go. Last year SBC returned for the first time in a while for more racing in the stunning Huntingdon surroundings. This time though, we were able to bring our own trailer and therefore …
Sunday September 25th dawned bright and cold as SBC headed off to the River Medway for our first head of the season: Maidstone Small Boats Head. For many of our rowers, this was their first look at a 2.5 km course with many hazards: moored boats, bridges and “Bow, take a look!” – no, that’s not a half-submerged human – …
It is not every day that our club benefits from another club’s generosity – last year, we were blessed with the gift of the Richard Dunning from Sudbury RC which has made a tremendous impact among our members, even seeing action in our last race, Danson Dashes 2022) Hillingdon Rowing Club (where our secretary Michèle used to row), a community …
On the 20th of August, our lovely club from Plucks Gutter travelled up the A2 for The Danson Dashes. It was a very early start for us all, having to assemble our trailer for the 10 exciting races we had ahead of us. Special mention to Jon for taking the trailer, we’d be lost without you! As we pulled into …
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Dover tides. Add 2h30 to these times for the correct tide.
