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.