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Cygnet Weekly Update
12th June 2017
Dear Cygnets
I'm extremely happy to report a Cygnet win at Barnes and Mortlake regatta on Saturday with Gareth, Sam, Scott, Ian and Robin winning the Nov4+ category and de-novicing in the process. Congratulations to all of them, it's been a while coming and is a fair reward for the effort they have put in on and off the water. Tim's focus on race pieces and especially starts has paid dividends and the crew looks like a bona fide racing outfit with skill and aggression to win races and regattas. For the record they beat Parrs Priory in the semi final and LVS Ascott in the final, both by more than two lengths. The celebrations went on long after the race and booted beer sales back at the club (and neurofen on Sunday). Thirsty work it is winning regattas.
A mention should be made of our other entrants who also did themselves justice. Marj Bjarne, Cris, Niall and Vasil were second out of 3 in their semi final, easily beating Eastbourne College and losing by less than a length to Ascott. This crew has improved so much over the summer as a result of the commitment they've put in and time spent on the water together and we hope they will denovice before the season in out.
And BDF made the final of IM3 1x in his first race in this category and gave the winner a close tough race and I'm confident of more pots for Dave over the summer.
Next up is Richmond Regatta on the 24th June.
So back to the day job, this week:
Tuesday: Core and weights (unsupervised) 7pm
Wednesday: Richmond Crews training outing
Thursday: Novice outing at 7pm - please complete you availability so we can fix the crew
Squad ergo at 7pm, work to be confirmed
Saturday: Main squad, focus on prep for Richmond Regatta
Meet at 7:05, 7:30 on the water
Novices meet at 9:00, 9:30 OTW
Novices please note you will be coached by Tim on Saturday. Tim has rule that if you are late then you do 100 pressups. If you are late a second time then the rest of the crew do 100 pressups, late a third time and the crew take their revenge!
Sunday Main squad, focus on prep for Richmond Regatta
Meet at 7:05, 7:30 on the water
Finally it's really a great job for the captain to report wins to the rest of the club. There was no luck involved in the crew winning, it was a result of commitment and consistency under Tim's coaching. That's the key to success, so let's carry on working hard and winning pots.
Have a good week,
Jez
Cygnet Weekly Update
12th June 2017
Dear Cygnets
I'm extremely happy to report a Cygnet win at Barnes and Mortlake regatta on Saturday with Gareth, Sam, Scott, Ian and Robin winning the Nov4+ category and de-novicing in the process. Congratulations to all of them, it's been a while coming and is a fair reward for the effort they have put in on and off the water. Tim's focus on race pieces and especially starts has paid dividends and the crew looks like a bona fide racing outfit with skill and aggression to win races and regattas. For the record they beat Parrs Priory in the semi final and LVS Ascott in the final, both by more than two lengths. The celebrations went on long after the race and booted beer sales back at the club (and neurofen on Sunday). Thirsty work it is winning regattas.
A mention should be made of our other entrants who also did themselves justice. Marj Bjarne, Cris, Niall and Vasil were second out of 3 in their semi final, easily beating Eastbourne College and losing by less than a length to Ascott. This crew has improved so much over the summer as a result of the commitment they've put in and time spent on the water together and we hope they will denovice before the season in out.
And BDF made the final of IM3 1x in his first race in this category and gave the winner a close tough race and I'm confident of more pots for Dave over the summer.
Next up is Richmond Regatta on the 24th June.
So back to the day job, this week:
Tuesday: Core and weights (unsupervised) 7pm
Wednesday: Richmond Crews training outing
Thursday: Novice outing at 7pm - please complete you availability so we can fix the crew
Squad ergo at 7pm, work to be confirmed
Saturday: Main squad, focus on prep for Richmond Regatta
Meet at 7:05, 7:30 on the water
Novices meet at 9:00, 9:30 OTW
Novices please note you will be coached by Tim on Saturday. Tim has rule that if you are late then you do 100 pressups. If you are late a second time then the rest of the crew do 100 pressups, late a third time and the crew take their revenge!
Sunday Main squad, focus on prep for Richmond Regatta
Meet at 7:05, 7:30 on the water
Finally it's really a great job for the captain to report wins to the rest of the club. There was no luck involved in the crew winning, it was a result of commitment and consistency under Tim's coaching. That's the key to success, so let's carry on working hard and winning pots.
Have a good week,
Jez
Cygnet Weekly Update
6th June 2017
All,
Firstly congratulations to Tim on the birth of baby Josephine on Friday, mum and baby are doing well and Tim seems pretty much ok on very little sleep.
It was a great weekend of race training on Saturday and Sunday with the two race crews for Barnes and Mortlake honing their starts amongst other race drills. The river was quiet enough for a series of side by side starts with honours pretty even between the two crews. They are racing in the same event on Saturday so bragging rights are certainly going to be fought hard over. The new novices had their first post LTR outings and there are clear signs of developing skills and increasing control over the 8. Racing starts for you guys next.
So this Saturday is Barnes and Mortlake "International" Regatta, the last of the summer regattas on our local stretch of river. It is based out of Mortlake Anglian and Alpha club just up river of Chiswick Bridge (for anyone who doesn't already know). We have two Novice 4+ racing (Sam, Scott, Ian, Robin, and Bjarne, Cris, Niall and Vasil) and Dave in IM3 single sculls. Do come down to MAA to watch. I'll let you know the race times once the draw is out.
Bjarne's crew is still looking for a cox for the day, so if you can help out please let me and Cristobal know.
So this week....
Wednesday:
Race training outings for race crews at 7pm focusing on starts, starts and more starts.Thursday:
Squad ergos 6 x 500m with 2 min restNovice outing, meet at 7pm OTW by 7:15 at the latest. Make sure your availability is bang up to date and put the crew listing out tomorrow.
Saturday:
Barnes and Mortlake RegattaFor those not racing, squad outings meet at 7:05, OTW at 7:30
Novice Squad, Meet at 9, on the water at 9:30, crew listing will be put out on ThursdaySunday:
7:05 meet at the club, 7:30 on the water
The focus will be preparing for Richmond Regatta (24th June) and giving the prospective crews more race and start training.That's all for now, have a good week, see you at the club soon,
Jez
