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Deneb Captain's Log VIII
10th September 2018
Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen.
I hope you all had a fantastic Weekend.
Club day!
Great Saturday, Fun side by side rowing, BBL Boat naming, BBQ, Drinks, Raffle - the complete programme. Congratulations to the Winners 4+ (Sian, Ian, Mustafa,Bec M, Jackie D) and 4x (Clemmy, Cara , Corinna, Charlotte) Well done! Claps, claps, claps!Many Thanks to all of you who made it possible, attendees and volunteers (Marshals, Spectators,Raffles Sponsors, Photographs... ) ; especially Carly for organising and Hannah for the nice design of the wining pots.
My favourite event of the day was the Cake Competition ; all of them were delicious , all of them deserved an award many thanks to all participants but the winner was..... Jackie Darling's Key Lime Pie (yummy).
This Weekend we have our Sculling Camp, please let Niall know if you are attending by filling in this form to let him know for how longFood
And talking about food...Thursday Social is still on, let's see if we can get this moving. Please let me know ASAP if you want to show your skills cooking this Thursday after Outing/Training/Loading the trailer for S Camp . Don't be shy ; if no one step up, please feel free to have one pint at the club bar and head to the pub afterwards ;)As general information,Thursday from 20.30 after outings/training in the club bar, volunteers from both clubs sign up to cook at least once. Nothing lavish, just some post outing fuel, no more than £3 per head, so don't be shy and let me know if you are keen to show your skills any Thursday. If you want you can also cook in pairs ;).
Rowing this week: CYG Training according to plan...
Ergs
Tuesday / 2x20' @ R22 3min rest approx. 2k+12s
Thursday /3 x 6' @ R24 3 min rest 5k pace
Tuesday we are having the new LTR in the shed too, so please share the space, let 6 Ergs Free/the ones closer to the door
Outings plan/ Sculling Camp plan will follow....
And that is for the moment. Have a nice Monday and a better week,
Cris
Dates for you diary:
- Weekend 15th-16th September: Sculling Camp
- 6th of October: Pairs Head / Rhein Marathon
- Saturday 10th November Cygnet Henley Lunch
Deneb Captain's Log VII
7th September 2018
Good Evening Cygnets!
I hope everyone had a good weekend.
On Friday we had our End of Season dinner. Thank you to all the attendees, I hope you all had a great night (I did) and special thanks to Rupert for organising. It was a great evening with a 300 Club draw included (Thank you Guy and congratulations to the winners); it finished as usual with some extra drinks in the club bar.
Congratulations to Henrik S. - GP Jeffries Cup for Rower of the Year and Rupert B. - Wally Wheldal Cup for sportsmanship and endeavour, for their awards.
Saturday and Sunday we had our 1st sessions of the Season coached by Chihiro Calvin. Important points to remember from the last squad meeting (we will go through this again):
- Green Sessions have priority
- 2 ergs scores at the end of the week to get priority in boats
- 2nd Session on Sunday is to catch up, if you missed one of the green ones ;)
- Deadline to update availability Thursday noon / 12.pm
If you have a question, please ask me or hold it until next coached session.
Also as mentioned in previous emails. I love beer and history....and as Paul R. (Cygnet Historian) very kindly enlightened me....
"... Cygnet being Cygnet, no sooner had they agreed to form a club than the committee produced three sets of rules, including all sorts of fines and penalties if the rules were broken:
- Sixpence (two and a half pence)for failing to turn up for a practice outing
- A sliding scale from three pence to one shilling (five pence) for using a boat for longer than the allotted time depending on the type of boat
- Using a boat without permission - sixpence
- The most serious crime all, failing to turn up for a regatta - one shilling"Just to put these numbers in perspective, the annual subscription was 28 shillings, which would be about £1.40 "
Same will be applied this year for the active squad but adding 2 more little sins of being late and not rigging boats after race. Obviously instead of sixpence it will be £2, the price of a small beer. The amount collected will be invested in a Cygnet event (Drinks, BBQ, Pub crawls, Training camp?)
This WEEK:
Training according plan (please attached, it will be soon in FitClub.me)
Tuesday / 5k @ r26 Lets start having benchmark to work with.
Conditioning and stretching.Thurs / 3 x 10' @20 (5k+3s) 5 min rest /
Saturday: 7.30 Latest OTW short sharp Outing since direct afterwards we are having Club day as per Carly's and Rupert's email./ availability by Thursday noon please.
Sunday 7.30 OTW Outings / availability by Thursday noon please.
Also... Pairs Head , so find your partner and let me know latest by this Thursday 6th of September if you are keen, so we can allocate boats. Please update your BR cards . In case we have more crews than boats,. Selection will apply base on training and capabilities.
LTR to starts Sunday 9th of September , Please please Spread the Word share with friends family, neighbours, spam your working colleagues.
And that is for the moment....more to come little by little...Have a nice Monday eve, sleep well and have a better week
Cris
Dates for you diary:
- Saturday 8th September: Club day
- Weekend 15th-16th September: Sculling Camp
- 6th of October: Pairs Head / Rhein Marathon
Deneb Captain's Log VI
29th August 2018
Dear Cygnets,
I hope everyone had a great long weekend.
A little information: Tradesman, (I guess everyone is aware about their eviction situation); They will be using our garden Thursday evening then the ergs 8-8.30. There will only be about 5 if then so we can share if anyone is erging late.
Let's talk about us...;)
So....little by little we start to prepare the Head 2018/2019 season.
This week:
This Thursday SQUAD MEETING/ 19.30 Club Bar
Saturday Outings will follow after Thursday.
Coming Soon... Pairs Head, so find your partner and let me know latest by next Tuesday 4th of September if you are keen, so we can allocate boats.
LTR to start 9th of September. Spread the Word share with friends family, neighbours...
BOAT CHECK : We will start this weekend...(more information to follow)
Please check dates for your diary. Have a nice day and a better rest of the week
Cris
Dates for your diary:
Friday 31st August: End of Season Dinner at Ye White Hart. Deadline to order food is 29th August
Saturday 8th September: Club Day
Weekend 15th-16th September: Autumn Sculling Camp
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