Putney Town Rowing Club

Emma and Larry returning to dock in Key West

A cause for much celebration and the breaking out of an entirely new category for articles on the PTRC website for weddings and babies!

Most recently Larry and Emma were married in Key West, Florida USA. Full marks go for the Key Lime Pie with PTRC blades atop (see photo below)!

A few months ago Anthony Cake, better known to most as simply “Cakey”, was married to Gillian. The wedding was in St Andrews, Scotland and was another splendid demonstration of Putney Town colours! Cakey writes:-

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Women's Lightweight Coxless Four bring home some medals

Putney Town women’s squad have brought some impressively shiny National Championships medals back to Mortlake after clinching bronze in the lightweight coxless four.

The crew started as a bit fun on training camp in Hazewinkle, Belgium, when coaches Tom Evens and Paul Keane decided to race the smaller four girls from the women’s first VIII (the skinnies) against the slightly bigger crew members (the heavies).

In a triumph against the odds, the skinnies took a win after finding an early rhythm. Thus the lightweight coxless four was born, both stroked and steered by Emma Wells, backed up by Hazel Tyldesley, Laragh Walton and Suzie Fairley.

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IM3 4+ Prizegiving at Kingston Regatta 2009

Putney Town was in action at Kingston Regatta this weekend. The club was well represented both on the water and on the banks with the PTRC ‘choir’ doing their best to drown out the competition.

We had singles, doubles, fours, quads, and eights from both men’s and women’s squads with two lots of rowing novices getting their first taste of racing at a regatta after joining the beginners rowing course earlier in the year.

The men had an eight in the finals and managed a win in IM3 coxed fours, after three rounds of racing. Ian, rowing at bow, writes: -

We were down half a length or so for most of the race until we approached the enclosure and with the roar of both clubs supporters ringing in our ears, we dug deep, wound it up and managed to inch inch inch up on Twickenham to win by 3ft! Epic race!

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This weekend the women from our latest beginners rowing course completed their final session and despite the occasional washout from a Thames cruiser and a few new blisters, all are eager to continue on with rowing.

Women's Beginners Course 2009

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Whilst the Olympians were battling it out at Henley Royal Regatta this weekend, back at home it was the London Youth games.

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For the third year in a row, PTRC Mens squad qualified an 8 for the Thames Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. Unfortunately, another tough draw meant that the crew lost to eventual semi-finalists London RC ‘A’ in the first round. We are particularly proud of the achievement this year given the crew is IM3 with only 9 points and three of the crew are graduates of the PTRC beginners courses.