Are you curious about rowing, but not sure where to start? Do you want to take up a new sport that's good for both body and mind? Our Learn To Row courses are the perfect place to begin. Whether you're looking to try rowing for the first time or get back into a boat, our expert coaches will guide you through the basics of rowing and help you build (or rebuild) your skills.

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To check out our upcoming courses, head to British Rowing's Go Row portal and search "TW11 9QY".

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We are a friendly club which gives opportunities to all at whatever level of training or experience you have. ​

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Learn to Row Taster and Improver Courses

Come and try out rowing on one of our summer holiday taster courses. After completing our week long summer holiday IMPROVER course taking part on 5 mornings each week throughout the summer holidays you will have acquired the skills to decide if you would like to join us and become part of our friendly and inclusive squad.

Our courses are aimed at those with no previous rowing experience with separate courses for those who want to improve their technique and can scull to a good standard. Our taster courses cover all the basics of rowing, including:-

• Introduction to the Boathouse

• Introduction to the rowing stroke on the indoor rowing machine or "ergo"

• Introduction to the equipment used - parts of the boat and oars

• How to get into and out of the boat

• Water safety / confidence drills / capsize drill

• Building rowing strokes in the boat on the water

• Rowing in time together as a whole crew

By the end of the week you should be able to take part in our end of course regatta.

Our Improver course is a week long course taking place on all 5 mornings. The ratio of participants to coaches is small to enable improvement. The course aims to develop your core strength and basic skills and improve your ability to scull be learning advanced drills. The course will be tailored to the requirements of the participants.

Our taster and improver courses are open to those aged 11-18 years old. All participants must be able to swim a minimum of 50m competently. To join the Improver course you must have been sculling regularly for at least 6 months.

Subject to space we will offer a place in our junior section to anyone completing our taster/improver courses.

All of our coaches are CRB checked and British Rowing qualified.

The course fee is £300 for Taster and £350 for Improver. This includes a non refundable £50 deposit.​

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Junior Learn to Row

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Adults

We have 2 upcoming courses for adults:-

• a 10 week taster course starting 11th April (1 session per week, on Friday), and

• a 5 week taster course starting 23rd April (2 sessions per week, on Sunday + Wednesday).

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In both courses participants will be helped along the way by other experienced club members so that you get a feel for the sport and can then decide if you would like to join us to progress further. At the end of the course you will be offered a follow on improver course before we ask you to decide whether you want to join the club and be part of the developer group.

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Note: you must be able to swim 50m in light PE clothing.

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Starting 11th April

​We invite you to try out sculling on our taster course. Our Friday morning Taster course runs alongside sessions for existing club members so you will be able to meet people and find out if you would like to join the Club.

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Starting 23rd April

Come and join our Taster course which runs on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings; ie. the course is 2 sessions a week so that you can improve more quickly.