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Glad Tidings from the Captain
24th December 2021
Dear all, As we rapidly approach Christmas Day, I wanted to offer you and yours all best wishes for a very happy and healthy festive season. The Cygnet family stretches far and wide these days, so wherever you are, a very Merry Christmas to one and all. May your stockings be filled with...
December Newsletter
19th December 2021
December Newsletter New captaincy, 100 years of the CSSC, remembering Big Malc ...
Fours Heads & Remembrance weekend
14th November 2021
A busy weekend at the Civil Service boathouse as we hosted crews from all over the country for both Fours and Vet Fours Heads. The weather played ball (for a change) which helped but all was calm and very well organised for the first race back after last year's wash-out. ...
Malcolm Burman
15th September 2021
It is with a heavy heart that we have to report that Malcolm Burman, a long-standing Cygnet member and one of our Honorary Examiners, passed away this morning. "Big Malc", as he was affectionately know, was contemporary of the Chairman and many others within our veteran...
Autumn Sculling Camp
14th September 2021
Absolutely fantastic to be back at our upriver training facility (aka The Bung) for sculling camp last weekend. A weekend of doing what we do best...Friends enjoying our upstream retreat with lots of sculling, catching up in the sun and on (in) the water, and the occasional beer or...
Club day
30th August 2021
Hot on the heels of the Cygnet End of Season do, we also held our traditional Club Day event, in conjunction with BBLRC, on Bank Holiday Monday. Some racing was done. Some prizes were presented. A good time was had by all. And guess what...some beer was consumed! ...
End of Season do
28th August 2021
In a change to our usual End of Season event at a local hostelry, a 'Beer Festival' and Hog Roast were instead enjoyed on the boathouse lawn over the weekend. However, one tradition that didn't change were the club awards which this year were presented to... Congratulations to...
ATTENTION! Barnes Bridge Arch Closure
23rd August 2021
The north/inshore/#1 arch of Barnes Bridge will be closed to navigation for significant periods from Tuesday 23rd August. This closure is due the installation of the foot bridge under the arch. Full details are in the Current Safety Notices here. This is obviously going to have a big...
Boathouse closure
22nd July 2021
Urgent notice from the Boathouse Executive: the Civil Service Boathouse will be closed tomorrow Friday 23 July. There will be significant activity and filming on site, with no access for members. Apologies for the late notice and any disruption but the clubs will be compensated for the...
Hammersmith Bridge re-opens
15th July 2021
Hammersmith Bridge re-opens - for both river traffic, cyclists and pedestrians. Full details on our Current Safety Notices page but in summary; The bridge control lights display two signals; green arrow and a red X The green arrow means the bridge is open and there are no...
