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Raffle Winners

Thanks to all those that came by the stalls today. Another very successful day with lovely chats in glorious sunshine and some very gusty winds.

The winning tickets for the raffle were:

TicketPrize
Yellow 151Family Paddle Session
Yellow 228Rowing Boat Hire
Yellow 148Food at Heavenly Scran @ Cloisters
Yellow 186Wine
Yellow 180Wine
Yellow 150Beer
Yellow 218Bag of wine ad chocolates
Yellow 249Bag of wine ad chocolates
Yellow 221Bag of wine ad chocolates
Yellow 225Travel Pack
Yellow 157Toiletries
Yellow 137Whisky
Yellow 130Box of gins
Yellow 198Potted plant

We’ll be in touch with the winners over the next few days. Any questions, please contact info@eucs.org.uk.

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Rowing Boat Launch Day!

To mark the start of the 2026 Rowing Boat Season, the Edinburgh Union Canal Society (EUCS) will be hosting a ‘launch event’ on Sunday 12th April when our three traditional rowing-boats will be available for hire.

On the launch day, EUCS will also have “Information Tents/Stalls/Tea/Coffee/Cake & a Raffle (with great prizes!)“; all on the towpath, opposite the Ashley Terrace Boathouse; and additionally, we’ll also be hiring out our three rowing-boats!

Some further details, including some requests for help, follow below:

We’ll be open to the public between 12 noon and 5 pm, so please do come along on the day, if you can – you’ll be able to find out more about our ongoing work and also sample some marvellous homemade cakes! Additionally, we’ll be holding a raffle with great prizes on offer, all helping to raise further funds for the Society!

Able to volunteer to help make day a success? There are various ways to help:

A home-baker? Donate a cake. We’ll be cutting and bagging cakes at 32 Cowan Road from 6.30 pm on Saturday 11th.

If you can donate an hour or two of your time on the Sunday, that would be great. We are onsite from 10.30 am setting up. Or help out running the stalls. Then from 4.30 pm we will start packing up. A extra pair of hands for any of these helps enormously.

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Neighbourhood Consultation and Social Evening 2026

Tuesday 10th March, 7.00 pm; at the Merchiston Tennis & Bowling Club

We are delighted to invite our local residents and members to a social evening to share the evolving vision for the EUCS boathouse project. Following the successful completion of our initial feasibility study and positive discussions with Scottish Canals and Historic Environment Scotland, we are eager to present our concept designs to the community. This is a chance to drop in, enjoy some refreshments, and chat with the committee about how this project will enhance our stretch of the canal. Whether you’re interested in the rowing boat plans or the broader architectural vision, your feedback is vital as we move toward the next stage of development.

The bar will be open serving drinks 🍻 🍷. Show your interest on our facebook event page and share to all your quizzing competitors.


Can’t make it? We’ll be posting the full FAQ and digital feedback form right here after the event.

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EVENT: the “Flotilla of Lights” cake and information stall – afternoon/evening of Saturday 8th November 2025

We’ll be ‘live’ from 4pm; with the actual ‘Flotilla of Boats’ coming past Harrison Park around 6.30pm

Please do come along and join us for the annual, ever popular, Ronnie Rusack Flotilla of Lights event …

… we’ll be set up on the towpath, opposite the Ashley Terrace Boathouse, on Saturday 8th November 2025; and we’ll have a ‘Cake & Information Stall’, which will be ‘live’ from 4pm through to around 8pm that afternoon/evening. The Boathouse will also be ‘lit-up’ throughout the evening!

Hope to see you 🙂

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EVENT: EUCS Annual General Meeting (AGM); 2pm, Sunday 2nd November 2025

Our fourth EUCS Annual General Meeting, will take place at: 2pm, Sunday 2nd November 2025 at the Merchiston Tennis & Bowling Club, on Polwarth Terrace, EH11 1NA.

PLEASE DO come along to hear more about our activities throughout the past year, and our developing plans for the future. We’ll have our fourth ‘annual report’ to hand out; and there will be brief updates from some of the current Office-Bearers.

Following the formal business, which should only last around 30-minutes, there will be a:

  • PRESENTATION from the ‘DESIGN TEAM’
  • outlining the ‘DRAFT FEASABILITY STUDY’ for the Boathouse-site!

AND the bar will be open throughout, and up until 4pm, if you want to stay for a drink and a chat!

And if you’re interested in coming onto the EUCS Committee for 2026, then do let us know – we have several spaces to fill!

But if that doesn’t persuade you to make it in-person, then the meeting will also be available to view online, via TEAMS – see here:

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Meeting ID: 312 922 445 546 4

Passcode: CN7Wb294

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We do hope you can make it along – we promise the meeting will be interesting!