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Cygnet update 26th October
26th October 2015
Fun on and off the river at the weekend.On Saturday we held our annual lunch in the hallowed surroundings of Leander RC in Henley. Many generations of Cygnets present including Ronnie Lambe who joined the club in 1947, plus guests from BBL RC our guest speaker Robert Treharne Jones (The Voice of Rowing) and Tichel from Ruder Gessellschaft Benrath.
Katie M organised an all star crew packed full of ex captains to go out with Tichel on the Tideway at a very civilised hour in lovely autumn sunshine. Before that our GFAR grads were out again exploring previously unknown stretches of the river beyond Hammersmith Bridge and then rowing all 8 from Harrods back to the club and getting 300 or so strokes in in the process. Thanks to Robin (especially), Tom, Cris and Iain G for helping out with the outing.
This Week:
Tuesday 7:15 Circuits with Maxi at Cavendish School, Edensor Road. Make up for last week by putting double the effort in.
Thursday:Squad Erg: 50 min tower, 5 x 4' r20, 3' r22, 2' r24, 1'r26 (in one go) to build up an appetite for Captn's Chicken Curry afterwards...
Saturday:Senior outings at 8, focus on the Vet 4s Head Crews (4x Charlie, Cris, Tom & Rob, 4- Bart, Gav, Jez, Ian)
Other outing TBSGFAR squad outing at 10 (get the spreadsheet updated to get a seat in the boat!) (will be looking for willing helpers to boat sit/cox...)
Sunday:More 4s Head Training outing times TBS
GFAR squad outing at 10 (will be looking for willing helpers to boat sit/cox...)Crews and outing times will be confirmed by Friday noon.
Ahead:
Saturday 7th Nov 4s Head at 12:45- come and watch some seriously good crews battle in out and see how many GB rowers you can spot
Sunday 8th Nov - Vets 4s Head at 13:45 - 2 Cygnet crews to come and cheer
Saturday 5th December - Scullers Head. We will look to organise sculling pods a suitable non peak times at the weekends in the run up to the event to get some serious race training against each other.
That's all for now, have a good week, see you for the killer erg on Thursday.
Jez
Cygnet update 20th October
20th October 2015
Afternoon all,Last weekend saw the graduation of the Get Fit and Row students. They had more water outings on Saturday and Sunday with the excitement of rowing on choppy water. Thanks for all those who have helped in all the sessions, on land and on the water. We now have a group very keen to carry on their rowing careers at Cygnet and we've invited them all to join the club. For the time being we will still need experienced rowers in the outings as well as coxes. The plan is to keep their outings late morning on Saturdays and Sunday to get a quieter river and make it easier for boat sitters to do their own outings first.This weekend with the Henley Lunch I think we will be short handed on Saturday but we will need helpers for Sunday.
This week:
Tuesday Circuits I've just heard Maxi is ill so can't run circuits tonight. Suggest an extra erg and weights as a substitute. Sorry.
Thursday 7:15 Squad Erg 15 min steady state warm up. Then 5 x 1000m @ r26 with 1 minute light pressure in between. There should be some of our new recruits attending, please give them any assistance they need. Matt is cooking afterwards.
Weekend:
Please update the spreadsheet and I've get crews out by Thursday. We should be out training for Vet 4s Head (see below).
Henley Lunch @ Leander - Cris has sent an email about organising taxis, please reply asap if you want to take advantage.Sunday: I'll need a couple of boat sitters for an 11am outing for the new guys
Vet Fours Head Sunday 8th Nov: We have 7 people committed to racing. We need one more and we can race two boats (a 4- and 4x). Don't be shy, it's better to be in it than watching and it's all valuable race experience. Entries close in a couple of days so now's the time to come forward.
Scullers Head 5th December
Let me know if you plan to enter. We will get sculling pods organised to get you hardened for the race.That's all for nowCygnet update 13th October
13th October 2015
The competitive action at the weekend was Pairs Head where we had 3 crews competing. We all love Pairs Head because a) it's run by Barnes Bridge Ladies, b) it's only to Hammersmith c) it's in October not December through March. This year they made us row further and a stiff headwind made it a longer race, but it was enjoyable on a fine autumn day. Results Dave and Nick (MasB 2-) 15:38.5 162 overall and 3rd in catergory, Alfonso/Jez 17:04, 374 overall, 12th in category, Cris/Charlie 17:18.1 393 overall, 7th in category.Thanks to all who helped with parking, boating, marshaling, eating cakes & hot dogs and drink in the bar afterwards.
Of no less significance Saturday and Sunday saw the first water outings for the GFAR guys. 5 separate 8s got out on the water and before long the coaches had them rowing all 8. They was no shortage of promises and enthusiasm, very positive after the outings, all keen to get out and do more. Thanks for all those who took a turn at boat sitting. There will be more of that to come over the next few weeks till they become self sufficient. The GFAR officially ends after next weekend and we will be inviting them to join the club. Once the course is over it will be down to Cygnets to organise them and get them on the river with coaches and coxes etc.
This week:
Tuesday 7:15 Circuits with Maxi at Cavendish School
Thursday 7 Squad Erg ( erg TBC)
Weekend:
Fours Head is only 3 1/2 weeks away (7/8th Nov) and is the priority. I've had a few replies from those wanting to race, any more people interested let me know asap so we can plan outings and crews.Please fill in the spreadsheet for availability please.
All those interested in Scullers Head and outings in sculling pods put that on the sheet two so we can fix up the best time for them.GFAR on the water again, if we need more volunteers I'll put out another appeal,Further Ahead
24th Nov Henley Leander Lunch5th December - Scullers Head
That's all folksHave a good weekJez
