Putney Town Rowing Club

90 Years : 29 January 1922 – 29 January 2012

Sunday 29 January 2012.

12:00 midday onwards Duke’s Head Pub, Putney

All welcome

Duke’s Head

Putney Town Rowing Club was born on 29 January 1922 and until 1986 rowed out of the basement of the Duke’s Head pub in Putney.

Saturday 21st January, 6.30pm - less than 30 spaces remaining!

The Quiz will be the usual great mix of picture, music and question rounds! With prizes for each round and an overall Champion Team prize!

Quiz kicks off promptly at 7pm. Table service during the quiz means there is no need for you to miss questions whilst you go for a drink.

The traditional Burns Supper (Meat & Vegetarian options for only £5 with free poetry!) will be in the interval.

Quiz

Team sizes of up to 6 people and don’t worry despite using Burns night as an excuse for having the quiz it’s general knowledge not a Burns or Scottish quiz with questions for everyone!

£2.50 per person to enter.

If you wish to attend can you please email your team name and members to duncan.emery@btinternet.com and if you don’t have a team just email us anyway and we can sort you out with one.

IMPORTANT: Email team details ASAP to guarantee table!

(For the last few years we’ve been overbooked well before the event with 100+ people in attendance and have not been able to accommodate everyone so get in early to avoid disappointment!)

Important news on the ramp

We recently received great news about funding for the ramp but it came with a catch - it needs to be built by the end of March 2012!

The total build cost for the ramp is £315,000, and once we have collected and banked the grants, promises and loans from members and tax on donations, we will have around £206,000 in the bank.

We are in the process of borrowing £100,000 (mix of commercial and soft loans from members) – the maximum the Club can afford to pay back without affecting day to day running.

Donations urgently needed now!

We need to raise the final £9000 which is 3% of the total amount before building can start. We’re so close, yet without this final funding the building cannot begin and the grants will lapse and we will lose the only opportunity we have to make this project a reality.

If you have generously offered a soft loan or promised a donation, please urgently contact Geoff Adams or James Davey to make final arrangements. If you have yet to donate, please consider even a small sum – every £ counts at this stage.

This year saw members from across PTRC’s men’s squads descend upon The Blue Anchor in Hammersmith. This riverside location provided the back drop for a fantastic festive shindig. The Blue Anchor has played host to PTRC parties in the past and were well prepared for the level of boisterous behaviour that ensued!

With the civilised(?!) three course meal out of the way, attention soon turned to the variety of small gifts given to each of the guests on arrival, these ranged from a gyroscope to help improve wrist strength (useful for strengthening that feathering arm!) to modelling balloons which were subsequently moulded into many different shapes – all of which were very…imaginative…

A further highlight of the evening was a rendition of ‘we all row in a yellow submarine’ a tribute to a recent, unfortunate incident involving an Empacher 8+, a cruiser causing a HUGE amount of wake and some very soggy rowers! Happily, all involved were unharmed aside from being a bit wet and cold! The song was expertly led by men’s captain John Hickling on acoustic guitar however I’m sorry to report that the singing was anything but expert! Stick to rowing lads!

Many of the party goers continued the fun in Citizen Smith in Putney where the festive cheer continued to flow amid some interesting dance moves (I use the word ‘dance’ loosely).

Apart from the odd sore head the next day and a few lost personal belongings, the night was a storming success and has put all of us very much in the festive spirit. Next up it’s the PTRC girls turn to paint the town a festive shade of red on Friday followed by the PTRC presidents’ cheese and wine party happening on Saturday 10th December open to all PTRC members and their friends and families. Merry Christmas from us all at PTRC.

Words by Nick.

It’s Christmaaaas! And no better way to celebrate than with the Annual Putney Town Christmas Party, being held at the club this Saturday 10th Dec.

The party will include the President’s Glogg, Food and Wine, celebration, fun club races, singing, and more…

Timetable of events

12:30: Registration in the bar for the fun club (”pudding”) races with scratch crews
13:00: Races begin..!
14:00: Xmas Party - including Wine, Food, Games etc til late

A guest ale and a selection of fine wines will be available, all friends and family welcome.

Volunteers are required for the bar, food, setting up and coxing.

Please let Larry or James D know if you can help.

Putney Town Xmas Party 2011 Flyer

The Town was out in force at the recent Teddington Head. A total of 18 crews raced across the 2 divisions, including some doubling up, and came away with pots in W.IM3 2X, MAS D 1X and MAS A NOV 1X.

Particular congratulations to our mens novice squad, who learnt to row at the Club in May of this year and performed admirably in their first race, competing in both divisions.

Official photos and some taken by club member Peter Rossi.

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Open Day for all experienced rowers and coxes – both male and female - interested in joining Putney Town for the 2011-12 season

Saturday September 10th 2011 at 11am

Are you looking for a rowing club in London and have previous rowing or coxing experience?

As the ‘friendliest Club on the Tideway’, Putney Town welcomes experienced coxes, oarsmen and oarswomen to an Open Day on Saturday, September 10th, at 11am.

The day is an opportunity for you to see Putney Town’s facilities, to meet our rowers and coaches and to learn about the Club’s history and activities. The Open Day is also an opportunity for us to get a feel for your level and ambition so that were you to join the Club, we can match you with the appropriate squad.

We will meet at 11am in the main hall of the boathouse (upstairs) and based on numbers you may be going on the water.

If you will be attending, please register your interest by sending an email to Ben menscaptain@putneytownrc.co.uk (for men) and Elizabeth womenscaptain@putneytownrc.co.uk (for women).

Please bring kit for water or indoor training, a water bottle and wellies (you can borrow wellies at the Club if you don’t have any at hand).

To learn about our squads, please visit the Squad sections on our website.

Any questions in the meantime, please contact Elizabeth McLoughlin, Women’s Captain or Ben Burston, Men’s Captain.

With less than half a week to go to the PTRC Summer Party and the forecast looking sunny and warm - the Bouncy Castle is booked, the Giant Twister and Giant Jenga too, the food is being prepared and it’s going to be great.

The timetable for the day is as follows: -

• 12:30 – Boat Naming Ceremony, including a newly received hwt Empacher 8+ for the men’s squad
• 14:00 – Gourmet BBQ
• 16:00 – Twister Competition

The Bouncy castle and games are of course available all day. We will also have an indoor and outdoor bar with seating, a guest ale, Pimms and other drinks. There will be sport shown on the TV, and our new bar will be open until late. Friends and family are of course welcome.

As ever, PTRC events are only possible because of members helping - we are still looking for more volunteers to help out behind the bar and on the BBQ. Please get in touch with Larry if you can offer to help for an hour: bar@putneytownrc.co.uk.

We look forward to seeing you there.

After the recent successful men’s Learn to Row course, we are pleased to announce a women’s beginners course is starting soon and there will be two open days held on the following dates: -

• September 4th 2011 at 5pm
• September 6th 2011 at 7.30pm.

The Open Days will give you a chance to have a look around the club, take part in the Ergo Challenge and meet previous graduates of the course.

More information on the Open Days and the women’s beginners rowing course is available on the learn to row page.

The Putney Town Women stormed through to a win in the WIM2 8+ category at the Wallingford Regatta, May 1, 2011.

In windy conditions at Dorney Lake, coxed by Chris Carlson, the 8+ settled into a steady and effective rhythm. With a very strong second half of the race the winning time came to 07:49:97 minutes. Eight seconds before Vesta in second place and Molesey in third place.