February’s draws took place on Friday 24th February at the Jolly Sailor., Heybridge Basin.

The weekly prize was £50 and the winners are:

No: 74 NM

No: 176 TM

No: 125 DMi

No: 55 DMa

Congratulations and thank you for your continued support.

Sunday 8th January 2023 saw the return of the annual sponsored row following Covid. The weather wasn’t too kind, windy and rain squalls and a little chilly, but this didn’t stop 36 craft on the water and over 100 rowers taking part.

Our outfits this year were a celebration of costumes we have worn over the years. The Basin Oars has been rowing in this event since 1991 and very proud to be able to say that we have raised just shy of £112,000 for the RNLI.

The event raised over £8,000. We retained the Panther Trophy awarded to the boat that has raised the most money, a total of £5,555 which has been generated for the most part through our running of the RNLI 200 Club over the past 12 years.

We are honoured and humbled to have had our fundraising efforts recognised by the RNLI with Emma Cunnington from the RNLI presenting us with a special award!

Thanks to everyone who has supported us over the years.

Here are the results of the Christmas Draws for 2022

Weekly Draws £50

147 DK, 129 VB, 181 TD, 177 ST

4th Quarter Big Oars Draw – 85 CK £76, 53 GC £100, 84 DO £250

Big Oars Christmas Draw 87 LS £200, 12 SN £500

Congratulations everyone and thank you for your continued support!

This Friday, 23rd December sees our Even Bigger Oars Draw for the end of the year. It will be held in The Jolly Sailor, Heybridge Basin at around 7pm. Big prizes.

A huge thank you to our 200 Club members who have raised £5,235 for the RNLI this year.

We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy 2023

October results: 62 – Maggie McPherson, 99 – Trevor Sinkinson, 129 – Vicky Brooks, 85 – Cate Knox

November Results: 53 – G Clarke, 132 – John Francis, 167 – Buffer Cox, 175 – John and Di Rogers

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The draws for August took place on Friday 26th August at the HBSA dinghy park in Heybridge Basin.

The winners each won £50 as the weekly prize.

No. 9 JD, No. 163 SH, No. 171 TS, No. 72 JS

Thank you everyone and many thanks for your generosity to those members who donated back to the RNLI. So far this year we are able to donate £5135 to the RNLI. This figure surpasses that which would be achievable at the end of the year!

Thank you!

No. 182 CB

No. 100 MS

No. 198 JT

No. 36 PH

Congratulations to our winners who each won £50 and thanks for your continued support

This month’s weekly draws will take place on Friday 27th May at the Jolly Sailor, Heybridge Basin during the HBSA Fitting Out Supper.

Prize fund remains at £50 per week.

If you’d like to be added to our waiting list please contact us via our Facebook page.

Good luck everyone and thanks for your continued support.

This month’s draws will took place on Friday 29th April at Marion’s house in Heybridge Basin. Weekly prize £50.

No. 17 Harley Swann

No. 29 Clare Hindley

No. 123 Clare Lawlor

No. 141 Clare Lawlor

Congratulations and thanks for your continued support.

The results of this month’s draws are as follows:

Weekly draws of £50 – No. 176 TM, No. 156 DM, No. 175 JR, No. 16 LS

Quarterly 1st Prize of £250 – No.6 CO, 2nd Prize of £100 DM,  3rd Prize of £76 No. 189 PS

Congratulations everyone and thanks for your continued support and a HUGE thank you to those who donated their prize winnings back to the RNLI. This amounted to £200. Thank you!