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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 CampDeneb Captain's Log V
22nd August 2018
Dear Cygnets,
I hope everyone had a great weekend.
Oxford City Regatta: When Sunday afternoon you go to the bar from another club asking if they have seen your jumper and everybody knows your name and your club (as in Cheers). It was a successful weekend.
....A few, few hours before....on Saturday. We had an 8+ , a Nov 4+ , a Sen 4+ and 4x racing and we joined the lunch 8+ sprints for fun. The 8+ almost sunk a few seconds (maybe I am exaggerating) after we put it on the water, but we fixed it with tape (we need to improve this rigging skills 😉), unfortunately the opposition was stronger , but a good row though. Our Nov4+ unluckily broke the rudder after a few strokes (sight), our 4x was again 'lucky' with the draw (Band I) and faced City of Bristol (yep they were in Henley this year) and despite we went on the lead because they almost crashed into the bank, no chance...their comeback was surreal (have you seen the pic from all of us with wtf faces? ), but but but.... We had a POT to report our Sen 4+ (Sam, Scott, Ian, Robin , Anna) rowed beautifully in their category and won (claps, claps, claps) Well done Boys!!!
Sunday, after a great Party the night before 😉, we had a Nov8+ , 1x , Nov 4+ and 4x racing. Good rhythm and race from the Nov8+ , 1x after leading for 1L lost the advantage due to bad steering couldn't imitate the comeback from City of Bristol, it was nice to have the 8+ Putney Town cheering for CYG though, Nov 4+ had a good race , and 4x with an extra guest from City of Oxford , lost against the winners of the event. All in all a fantastic weekend with more stories to tell in the bar, btw keep in mind that I love beer and history (more to this soon).
Many Thanks, Many Thanks to all of you for the great weekend, the drivers (Scott and Tom), coxes (Anna, Beri ), Scott for sorting the rudder.... Sorry if I am forgetting someone....
Now that the regatta season is over, we take a little breath to just enjoy the pleasure of rowing ... and start little by little to prepare the Head 2018/2019 season. Coming Soon... Pairs Head , so find your partner and let me know 😉 ......
Next: SQUAD MEETING Thursday of 30 August/ Presenting the New Coach and Plan for 2018/2019 (Start 1st of Sept)
LTR to start 9th of September , Spread the Word
BOAT CHECK : In the next days we are going to review the fleet to have everything ready for the Winter Season.
Outings This Week:
Tuesday: Show and Row .... If you are available come down, there is always some training you can do will try to allocate everyone in a boat.
Let's try to be a little earlier since we need to...
1. Empty the trailer
2. Rig boatsErg of the week: we take it easy now for a little bit but if you want to do sth. Erg 20min @ rate 20
Thursday: will follow ....
....and more to come little by little
Have a nice Tuesday and a better week
Cris
PS: Please everyone update availability in FITCLUB.me don't forget to add side you prefer to row Bow/ Stroke.
Dates for your diary:
Friday 31st August: End Season Dinner (White hart ) https://doodle.com/poll/
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Weekend 15th-16th September: Sculling Camp. Please complete this form if you want to come
