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Cygnet Weekly News
8th April 2016
I hope everyone had a enjoyable and relaxing Easter and those who went afloat stayed afloat in the windy conditions. Lovely morning on Friday for the sculling pod who went up to the Pink House and beyond. Well done to the Oxford women and grudging not a bad effort to the Cambridge Men.
So the Head Season is over, Easter off and we are quickly into the regatta season. Let's keep the momentum we have going and get good club representation at the local regattas in April, May, June and some pewterware, points and de novicing. The good news is that regatta races down require hours of marshalling and are over and done in 4-6 minutes. Racing starts and side by side racing is a great adrenalin rush. But to win pots you going to have to race a heat, semi final and final. So on land we'll be focus on shorter sharper erg sessions, on the water we'll be working on racing starts and short high rate pieces to get up to sprint speed.
To plan which regattas we want to enter and find out who wants to race we will have a squad meeting after the erg session on Thursday 7th April.
Here's a list of some of the local regattas and some more distant ones that we generally compete in:
Sun 24th April Hammersmith Regatta
Sat 30th April Chiswick Regatta
Sat 14th May Putney Town Regatta
Sat 28th May Twickenham Regatta
Sat/Sun 4/5th June Met @ Dorney
Sat 11th June Barnes & Mortlake International
Sat 18th Marlow @ Dorney
Sat 25th Richmond Regatta
Thursday 29th June - Saturday 2nd July Henley Royals
Fri/Sat 8/9th July Henley Masters
Sat/Sun 23/24th July St Neots
Sat 30th July Henley Town and Visitors
Sat/Sun 20/21 August City of Oxford
We will prioritise our regatta entry at the squad meeting.
This week:
Tuesday Erg: 30 mins feet out R20
Thursday Squad Erg 4 x 1 k @ r 26, 28, 30, 32, 4 mins rest
Weekend: Please get your availability up to date please, it looks pretty sparse at the moment.
Further Ahead:
Sculling Camp 15-17th April. First chance to master the dark arts of single sculling. Also we want to get people out of 8s and into smaller boats - 2-, 2x and getting experience of steering. It is important to increase the pool of signed off steers to maximise the outings we get on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Sculling camp gives people an opportunity to bow steer in quieter conditions.
And everybody should read up on the Tideway Code in preparation for taking the steering test!!!
Have a good week, I'm not around this weekend but will catch up with everyone at the Squad Meeting
Jez
Cygnet Weekly News
5th April 2016
A new experience of rowing in a 4 for some of our novices at the weekend and in pleasant weather too. All good experience being in a more sensitive boat and getting ready for the upcoming regattas.
This Week
Tuesday Erg: 30 min pyramid (3 x 4 mins @20, 3@22, 2@24, 1@26)
Thursday Squad Erg 7 pm 8 x 500 m rates 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 30, 28, 28, 2mins rest
Squad meeting and food after the erg. Time to talk about the regatta season and which regattas to prioritise and plan the training regime. If you can't make it please let me know what your intentions are for racing over the summer.
Weekend:
Saturday and Sunday outings - please update the spreadsheet, we are still thin on the ground for outings, you should all be fully recovered from Head of the River by now. I'd like to carry on rowing in 4s so it would be good to have at least 2 fours out both days.
Sculling Camp 15-17th April
A fantastic response from Barnes Bridge so far, but we could do with a few more Cygnets especially those who have not sculled before. Sculling Camp is the best place to take your first strokes in a single and master the basic skills. We will organise sculling pods on the Tideway (when the conditions are right) to build the skills but you need to get the basics in safe surroundings first. Sign up on the Doodle poll http://doodle.com/poll/zh79ttquym47w4tn
It's a great social event and the Cygnet bungalow is a treasure. What not to like!!!
Have a good week
See you Thursday
Jez
Cygnet Weekly News
5th April 2016
A new experience of rowing in a 4 for some of our novices at the weekend and in pleasant weather too. All good experience being in a more sensitive boat and getting ready for the upcoming regattas.
This Week
Tuesday Erg: 30 min pyramid (3 x 4 mins @20, 3@22, 2@24, 1@26)
Thursday Squad Erg 7 pm 8 x 500 m rates 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 30, 28, 28, 2mins rest
Squad meeting and food after the erg. Time to talk about the regatta season and which regattas to prioritise and plan the training regime. If you can't make it please let me know what your intentions are for racing over the summer.
Weekend:
Saturday and Sunday outings - please update the spreadsheet, we are still thin on the ground for outings, you should all be fully recovered from Head of the River by now. I'd like to carry on rowing in 4s so it would be good to have at least 2 fours out both days.
Sculling Camp 15-17th April
A fantastic response from Barnes Bridge so far, but we could do with a few more Cygnets especially those who have not sculled before. Sculling Camp is the best place to take your first strokes in a single and master the basic skills. We will organise sculling pods on the Tideway (when the conditions are right) to build the skills but you need to get the basics in safe surroundings first. Sign up on the Doodle poll http://doodle.com/poll/zh79ttquym47w4tn
It's a great social event and the Cygnet bungalow is a treasure. What not to like!!!
Have a good week
See you Thursday
Jez
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