AS FAR as Scottish rowing is concerned, it would appear that charity
no longer begins at home, writes Mike Haggerty.
Because of lack of interest from the clubs this year, Glasgow
University has been forced to cancel their traditional Charities
Regatta, an event which, for decades, has been run to raise money for
the students' annual charities appeal. The event due to take place this
Saturday, but when entries closed last weekend only Strathclyde
University and Heriot-Watt University had put forward crews, a total of
18 in all, which was much too small to make the event viable.
Strenuous efforts by the organisers to drum up more interest have
failed completely, leaving the University club with no option but to cut
its losses and cancel the event for this year.
In former years, the Glasgow clubs in particular entered eagerly into
the spirit of the event, raising substantial funds in the process.
In order not to disappoint the two university clubs that had taken the
trouble to enter, Glasgow University intends to organise an informal
low-key event at Glasgow Green on Saturday.
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