The first GB assessment for the 2013 season was due to take place on 24/25th November, consisting of a 2k erg test on the Saturday and a 5km water trial on the Sunday. Due to the poor weather forecast, GB rowing took the decision to cancel the water trial, whilst still asking ...
A Senior 4- and an IM1 4x travelled down to London to race the annual Fours Head of the River Race, a processional head race over the boat race course from Chiswick to Putney. Fresh from their success at the Diamond Jubilee, the four of Lindsay, Fiona, Laura and Catherine were looking to win their ...
The group travelled down to Dorney Lake, host of the Olympic rowing to race at the Diamond Jubilee regatta last weekend. This was a unique showcase event celebrating the success of teamGB at the Olympics and a chance for crews to race against some of the very best, with all triallists ...
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Pippa Whittaker travelled out to Kazan in Russia to race in a double with Karen Bennett at the beginning of September to compete at the World University Championships. This event is seen as a chance to prove yourself on the World stage against some tough opposition. Only 4 crews were entered from ...
The NRC girls representing England at the Home International Regatta 2012 After their performances at the British Championships, 6 of the group were invited to race as part of the ...
The quad taking some time out to pose in front of Gloriana The intrepid troops travelled down to Henley again for the qualifying races for Henley Royal Regatta. With only internation eights, quads and singles available for the women in this regatta, competition is always ...
Amidst fears that the regatta might be cancelled, with rumours making it up the M1 that the river was now flowing over the fields, and there was a hurricane on the way, the squad travelled down to Henley last weekend, where they were greated to a river well within its banks, if ...
A very damp and cold winning quad! A small group travelled down to Dorney Lake to race at the annual Met Regatta hosted by London Rowing Club. This was our first chance to race some of the bigger clubs from down south on a multilane course and show them what we're made of! ...
Our sessions with yoga sport science specialist Heidi Unwin have improved with the warmer weather - despite some odd looks from people walking by! In other news: Fiona has made a welcome return to the water after a period of illness and is making good progress. Yasmin is also ...
The squad have been busy winning races this month. First race up was Leicester Regatta, where Pippa raced with Jonny Walton whilst Nikki paired up with Craig Turner from Loughborough, racing in elite mixed doubles. The two doubles both progressed without too much trouble to the final where they ...
Five athletes travelled down to Caversham for the GB under 23, World University and European trials. Unfortunately a rib injury prevented Yasmin from being able to compete at these trials, although she will hopefully be able to prove her speed at a later date when she is better. Results from the racing ...
The squad spent the beginning of April on camp in sunny (?!?) Nottingham. Promising weather the week before camp turned into freezing cold and windy conditions. For a change of scenery we travelled to Rudyard Lake in North Staffordshire for a couple of days away from Holme Pierrepont. Despite being ...
It's been a while since we last blogged, and we have had a busy March. After our pennant win at the eight's head, our focus turned to 2k erg tests. Pippa, Laura, Fi, Yasmin and Nikki all travelled down to the national training base in Caversham to complete their 2k tests which are required for ...
Photo from bigblade-photos.com The women’s eight made the journey down to the tideway in London to race at the annual Women’s Head of the River race, a 7.5km race from Mortlake to Putney. The women have won a pennant at this race since the clubs inception in 2006. The 2012 crew ...
After freezing conditions prevented February trials from going ahead, the squad turned their focus to training in an 8 in preparation for the Womens' Eights Head of the River Race. This is a 7.5km race on the championship course on the Tideway, from Mortlake to Putney raced on 3rd March. 300 ...
The triallists are required to submit a 5k ergo below set cut-off points before being able to compete at the February assessment, so the whole squad got together on the 28th January to complete the 5k. This was quite a big event, with the senior men, intermediate men and the womens' ...
Whilst other clubs were abroad in sunny climates for their training camps, Pippa was invited to the under 23 land based training camp in Cardiff, whilst Yasmin and Lindsay both went away for some ‘altitude training’ on the ski slopes. The rest of the squad stayed in Nottingham for their training ...
