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Pre-season boost camp

By Kate • Jul 20th, 2010 • Category: Features

From Baz Moffat, Point to Fitness and TRC member I will be organising a pre-season fitness boost camp at Thames for athletes keen to get a head start before squad training starts. The sessions will be designed to boost your endurance and strength to get you prepared for getting back in a boat.  Sessions will [...]



Moving on…

By Kate • Jul 14th, 2010 • Category: Lead story

Want to join Thames?  We train novices, experienced oarsmen and women, vets and juniors… so, everyone.



Vote! Vote! Vote!

By Kate • Jul 8th, 2010 • Category: Features

It’s almost time for the annual Captain’s Meeting. Very exciting I hear you gasp. Well then, you’ll want to know it’s on the 28th July at 8.30pm. This is your opportunity to express your opinions or to offer yourself for election onto the COMMITTEE! That’s right, once a year, you (if you are in fact [...]



Thames Cup campaign over

By Kate • Jul 4th, 2010 • Category: Lead story

After high hopes for a 150th anniversary year win in the Thames Cup for Thames, the campaign finished on Saturday in a very tight, very fast race with 1829.  It was always going to be the toughest race for the 8 and so it proved as they stayed just half a length apart down the [...]



Richmond Regatta 2010

By Kate • Jun 28th, 2010 • Category: regattas

At Richmond regatta the Masters D 8+ walked away with victory over Putney Town by 3 lengths.



HRR 150th anniversary rowpast

By Kate • Jun 28th, 2010 • Category: Features, general

At Henley this year, to recognise our 150th anniversary, there will be a rowpast of two Thames crews during the tea interval on Saturday 3rd July… the stately procession will include some notable oarsmen and women of last couple of decades. In case you’re interested who they are (I’m not sure they are in the [...]



T -2

By Kate • Jun 28th, 2010 • Category: Lead story


Marlow

By Kate • Jun 21st, 2010 • Category: regattas

The men’s squad had another promising regatta at Marlow this weekend.  After the usual last minute crew adjustments, the results show good progress. Will Pressley, club captain, challenges the crews faced with qualification for HRR this week, “Some big performances required on Friday but all the boats are capable of progressing through the qualifiers so [...]



Henley Royal Regatta 2010

By Kate • Jun 21st, 2010 • Category: regattas

Qualifying crews and timetable available now.



HWR 2010: 2 great wins and a big final

By Kate • Jun 21st, 2010 • Category: Lead story

Another women’s Henley regatta is over and this year Thames has come away with two very well deserved wins. The first was in the intermediate club 8+ with Cox, Hannah Burke, and then from bow: Vicky Samson, Joanne Harris, Charley Phillips, Rebecca Campbell, Helena Green, Sophie Slaney, Jane Lupson, Emily Kippax.  A hard-fought final saw [...]