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‘Darkside’ refers to bowside: they only drink dark beers.

‘Lightside’ refers to strokeside: they only drink normal beers.*

* Most Grammarians row both sides and drink all beer.

The final race of the rowing year is Australia’s biggest VIII’s regatta – ‘The Head of the Yarra’ in Melbourne.

The Yarra River is like our Brown Snake’s way skinnier, twistier, bridgier cousin.  Far less room between boats, far more fun. 8.6km of close quarter, on-water jousting, collisions and cursing, with several tight bowside turns where bowsiders are visited upon by the four oarsman of the apocalypse, whilst strokeside do sweet FA. To acknowledge this disparity (and thank bowsiders for their service), it is mandatory that the first order of duty, at the first bar, on the first night of the Yarra 4-day weekend, is that we raise a beer, colour-coded in accordance with our up-coming charter. 

Now you know.

For fun, fitness, frivolity and mental well-being, BGRC is your once, twice or thrice weekly oarsome health habit – from now until your 80’s.