The rowing world championships start today, Sunday 23rd August, in Poznan. Thames is represented by Ali Knowles in the GB women’s 8. We wish the Great Britain crews the best of luck.
The official website is here.
Thames Rowing Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Al Heathcote as the Head Coach of Men’s rowing and Simon Fieldhouse as Head Coach of Women’s rowing.
Lenny Kennedy will be in the women’s GB 8 racing at the under-23 world champs in the Czech Republic 23-26 July. Currently off at a final training camp in Caversham, I’d just like to say Go Thames.
Good luck and race hard Lenny.
Full crew list: Vicky Bryant, Jacqui Round, Monica Relph, Vicky Thornley, Michelle Vezie , [...]
Press release: 31/3/2009
Thames Rowing Club today announces the departure of Head Coach Lubomir Kisiov.
Will Pressley, Club Captain, said, “We are very grateful to Lubo for his efforts over the past two years. He led the club to Gold-medal success at the 2008 National Championships and helped establish a tremendous commitment and work-ethic amongst the squads. [...]
An epic, but hugely successful weekend last weekend for both the boys and girls at Dorney and Henley respectively.
Always good to see Thames kit being worn with pride.
Thames Rowing Club celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2010. Part of our celebrations will involve a redevelopment plan for our boathouse, and options for that work will be on display at the annual dinner tonight.
Some good racing at the weekend and great to see Thames picking up 4 pennants. Congratulations therefore go to the winners:
Ratcliff/Mallinson W.S1.2x
Theodorou/Kennedy W.S3.2x
Doyle/Park W.VetB.2x
Rayner/Darling W.Vet D/F/G.2x
The other notable mention goes to the Wise/Kordi S3.2- who finished an admirable 3rd. Great start – training hard for the 4’s head now.
Will
The first round of GB trials is at the end of October and starts with a 2k ergo test. Those taking part must achieve certain times in order to progress to the sculling part the next day which is a 5k time trial.
The ergo test scores are:
Hwt Men 6.10
Hwt Women 7.05
Lwt Men 6.33
Lwt Women 7.28
(U23 [...]
The coaching list at the moment looks something like this:
Lubo Kisiov, Merv Lee, Bumble, Clive Whitford, Dave Thomson, Adam Neilson, Sheena Cassidy, Johno, Tim, Sylva Ohnutova, Alistair, Annie Christiansen, Andrew, Chris Maxfield, Sarah Leys, Will King, Silver, Matt.
