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Captain's Log 17/09
Author: Neil Pickford |
21st September 2017
Brief Notes
Big thanks to Edward and Henry for adding some proper beef to the meatwagon for Saturday's outings. Scott and Ian have big shoes to fill when they return to the crew. http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/46788/millar-henry
More thanks to Varsha and Bjarne for stepping into the coxing seat this morning.
Housekeeping
Availability by Monday night please, for weekend outing plans. http://www.fitclub.me/club/dashboard?clubId=15
Racing poll: https://goo.gl/forms/wEwTysCHJUNDVu5U2
Do fill this in so the captaincy has an idea of who wants to race (& when)
Thanks for the replies received so far.
Anyone who still owes money for Scamp, or outstanding race fees, please transfer to the usual place: 09-01-55, 71834000.
Boats notes
The Lambe is out of action until we fit new slide wedges. To be done between outings on Saturday under Iain G's supervision.
The Collier should not be used as a 4x until a new rigger part arrives; one cracked stay needs replacing.
The Rawkins can now be re-rigged as a 4x as the new riggers have arrived.
The Cox is away for a refurb after its altercation with Barnes Bridge.
The RG Benrath is out of action after a seat disintegrated at S'Camp . New seat will be on order shortly.
This week :
Monday
Ergs: 3 x 5km, 90s rest (UT2, even pace across all 3 pieces).
Seniors - target 66% of 2k erg watts.
Tuesday
Strength and conditioning
Wednesday
Ergs: 30' rate 20, AT
(Remember we share the shed on Wednesdays, so do please start on one end and work inwards instead of spreading out, so both us and BBLRC can erg "en bloc")
Thursday
Strength and conditioning
Friday
Off
Saturday
Outings usual times
Sunday
Outings usual times
Further Ahead :
Rheinmarathonrudern 7 October
Pairs Head 14 October
Cygnet Henley Lunch 28 October - see Stu/Cris emails for details
Veterans Fours Head 11 November
Fours Head 12 November
Scullers Head 2 December
Matt Byrne
Captain, Cygnet Rowing Club
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Captain's Log 10/9/17
Author: Neil Pickford |
11th September 2017
News in brief
Lots of happy S'Campers at the bungalow this weekend, despite some biblical rain and the odd thunderbolt. Congratulations to all the scullers and swimmers.
A couple of minor awards: the Adam Peaty award goes to Mark, for getting back to the bungalow before the rescue boat could get itself organised, and the Spongebob Squarepants award goes to Barry for first swimming and then getting caught out in a thunderstorm with a couple of BBLRC chaperones. Hope you've dried out now.
Lost and Found
Anyone who left kit at the bungalow; it might be back at the club in the men's changing rooms if you're lucky.
Housekeeping
Availability by Monday night please, for weekend outing plans. http://www.fitclub.me/club/dashboard?clubId=15
Anyone who still owes money for Scamp, or outstanding race fees, please transfer to the usual place: 09-01-55, 71834000.
Boats notes
The Lambe is out of action until we fit new slide wedges.
The Collier should not be used as a 4x until a new rigger part arrives; one cracked stay needs replacing.
The Rawkins can now be re-rigged as a 4x as the new riggers have arrived.
The Cox is away for a refurb after its altercation with Barnes Bridge.
The RG Benrath is out of action after a seat disintegrated at S'Camp
Racing
New poll here; sign up if you're interested in any of the pre-Christmas races. Not saying we're going to go to all (or any!) of them, but the captaincy needs to have an idea of how much racing the squad is interested in. The main focus is the fours heads on the weekend of 11/12 November as they're right outside our shutters.
We expect racers to be available for a couple of weekends before the races for training outings in the racing combinations, so filling in availability on Fitclub is an essential part of this winter planning.
Form: https://goo.gl/forms/wEwTysCHJUNDVu5U2
This week :
Monday
Ergs: 3 x 5km, 90s rest (UT2, even pace across all 3 pieces).
Seniors - target 66% of 2k erg watts.
Tuesday
Mobilisation and weights with Tim , I
Wednesday
Ergs: 16 x 500m in pairs
(Remember we share the shed on Wednesdays, so do please start on one end and work inwards instead of spreading out, so both us and BBLRC can erg "en bloc")
Thursday
Mobilisation and weights with Tim , II
(note this is not an alternative to Tuesday, but an additional session ...)
Friday
Off
Saturday
Outings usual times
Sunday
Outings usual times
Further Ahead :
Rheinmarathonrudern 7 October
Pairs Head 14 October
Cygnet Henley Lunch 28 October - see Stu/Cris emails for details
Veterans Fours Head 11 November
Fours Head 12 November
Scullers Head 2 December
Matt Byrne
Captain, Cygnet Rowing Club
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Farewell to the Mountains
Author: Matt Byrne |
28th August 2017
News in brief:
A weekend of long miles, flat water and glorious sunshine by the river, and some coxing experience gains for Vasil, Tom, and Mustafa.
Time to hit the winter season running and push those base fitness levels up.

The weekend also saw a good-bye party for erstwhile Bar Steward, Killepitsch fiend, Jagerbomb pusher and occasional Cygnet rowing sub Katie Mountain (Cygnet racing record: P1, W1) and Cygnet club member Ian Mountain (race record: P lots, W3) as they head north to Cumbria. Best wishes for the future, and we look forward to arranging future training camps in the Lake District.

Social events
Friday evening - Cygnet end of season dinner. See Cris's email for details.
Saturday afternoon - Club Day - please sign up here so the social secretaries have a good idea of numbers: https://beta.doodle.com/poll/9tndmih429ncwkng
Fun sprint racing in mixed crews with BBLRC, BBQ and Beers in the sunshine

Further ahead at the end of October is the annual Henley Lunch. See http://www.cygnet-rc.org.uk/event-henley_lunch.html for details and get signed up.

Housekeeping
No more organised weeknight outings as the nights are drawing in. Any evening scullers should take lights. We're also looking to give the seniors and development squads experience of coxing and steering, so don't be surprised to find yourself in an unfamiliar seat on the outing plans. (Don't worry too much - we won't let you out unsupervised)
We're also going to re-organise the email distribution lists this week, so you may get a few emails from the google people.

Availability
Weekends up to Christmas are now loaded into fitclub.me, so get clicking. http://www.fitclub.me/club/dashboard?clubId=15

This coming weekend availabilities by Tuesday night please.

This week :
Tuesday
Seniors - core & weights
Novices - erg 10 x 500m at 2k pace, paired up.

Wednesday
Club run 5km 7.30pm
CSBH to Latymer BH and back. First run of the season, so I'm expecting it to be in the region of 30-40 mins for me. Standard lamppost rules apply

Thursday
Seniors - erg 8km relays, teams of 4, 4 x 500m each.
Novices - erg 30' UT2 technical (or subbing into senior relay teams)

Friday
End of season dinner

Saturday
Whole Squad - Outings 7am, 10 am,
Club Day racing/beer/bbq, from 12.30pm

Sunday
Whole Squad - Outings 7am, 10am

Further Ahead:
Sculling Camp 9/10 September
Rheinmarathonrudern 7 October
Pairs Head 14 October
Cygnet Henley Lunch 28 October
Veterans Fours Head 11 November
Fours Head 12 November
Scullers Head 2 December
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