In our 150th year we are holding reunion dinners for those who have been members of Thames. They are being run by decade and the first one is happening this month and they will continue through 2010.
Dates:
20th September – for members from 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s
22nd November – 1980s and 1990s
4th December – ANNUAL DINNER [...]
The 2009 Annual Prize draw, held on on 13th December, was won by Graham Redman!
The February draw, held on 15th February was won by Hugh Corroon.
The January draw, held on 15th February was won by David Whittaker.
The December draw, held on 13th December was won by Jonathan Mason.
The November draw, held on 15th November, was [...]
Come and enjoy breakfast/lunch at the club on Saturdays – from 11.30am onwards. It’ll be a bit community-spirited in that you’ll need to wash your plate afterwards, but for a meagre £3.50 you can enjoy breakfast by the river.
And, if you’re coming down then we’d love to hear your thoughts about the plans for redeveloping [...]
Today, I’m launching a test members’ area for the unofficial site – link on the navigation bar at the top. The password to the page is the usual. You need to register to use the site, then you can upload photos or video, start your own blog, go into a Thames chatroom etc. Want to [...]
A chance to win some money and to support fundraising efforts for our fast approaching 150th anniversary in 2010.
This weekend is the first round of GB trials in Boston, Lincolnshire. TRC are sending 3 athletes: Leonora Kennedy, Deborah Mallinson, Helen Ratcliff and Harriet Townsend. The two-day trial includes a 2k erg test and 5k sculling time-trial. All the information is available on the ARA website, and this weekend’s information is [...]
by Simon Newton.
“Let’s aim for 3.20” he said, casually dropping it into the conversation. “Are you mad…? Well if we’re going to do it let’s try and beat the record again.”
And so began our now annual quest for greatness. Last year this rag-tag composite eight achieved the rowing equivalent of Doris the donkey winning the [...]
The Beijing Olympic Games kick off at 8.08pm on the 8th day of the 8th month in the year 2008. In keeping with a tradition of Thames rowers at the Olympics there will be three representatives in British boats this year: Ali Knowles, Beth Rodford and Elise Laverick.
Nick’s final post…from Al.
UPDATE: The men’s 8 took silver in an Olympic final where the Canadian men dominated from the start and GB men’s race turned out to be against the USA for silver as the Americans really stepped up for the final.
Thames rower Nick Heathcote is writing a blog for the BBC, as he [...]
Lots of Thames crews were racing last weekend at Kingston regatta and we came away with two wins and lots of finalists. Harry Dorrance-King won in novice singles and the WS4 8+ won (beating CUWBC) as well. Congratulations!
