Putney Town Rowing Club

UPDATE 2: Due to high demand, the learn to row open day will now be held on both the 5th and 12th September.

Please also remember to bring some training kit along for some light exercise on the rowing machine.

Another beginners rowing course will start in September for men and women. It will run concurrently on Saturday afternoons, as well as a tank session on either Tuesday or Wednesday evenings as well as circuits on Thursdays. The course lasts for six weeks and costs £100.

There will be an open day which will be held on Sunday 12th September at 1pm. Anyone who cannot make the open day on the 5th, but wants to be considered for the course should arrange to come down to the club in advance and speak to us.

Ben Melham next to... Ben Melham!

On Saturday was the club summer BBQ and boat naming, attended by many of the club. We were lucky enough to have a period of sunshine whilst a number of boats were named, and local councillors attended the ceremony. The boats named were: -

It was very nice to be able to remember Martyn at the ceremony, and members of his family were able to raise a toast to him and put his last bottle of Sloe gin to good use. The event was covered by Richmond & Twickenham times Rowers name new boats during special ceremony.

The Summer BBQ followed and was spent dodging the showers but a good time was had by all.

The summer party is nearly here and will include the boat naming ceremony, BBQ, bouncy castle, annual rounders match and much more!

Timetable of events

• 12:30 - Boat naming ceremony
• 2:00 - Gourmet BBQ (£5, including veggie option)
• 4:00 - Rounders Match

The party will also be host to a welly wanging contest. There will be an outside bar open with guests beers and various other event. Putney Town is a an all weather venue but it will of course be gloriously sunny.

Volunteers are required to help with BBQ, bar, etc. If you can help, please contact Larry or James.

It was a very successful weekend for the Putney Town women at the British Rowing Championships, July 16 – 18, 2010. The women collected bronze medals in both the women’s lightweight 4- and the women’s open 8+. Following a long journey to Strathclyde in Scotland, the women were highly motivated to perform well and finish the season on a high.

The lightweight 4- with Hazel Tyldesley (stroke), Suzie Fairley (3), Laragh Walton (2) and Silje Ross (bow) was in tough competition against Mortlake Anglian Alpha BC (winners), Marlow RC and Vesta RC. The Putney Town LWT 4- took the bronze before Vesta at a time of 7:32.97 minutes over the 2000 metres.

The Putney Town 8+, coxed by Chris Carlson, finished third with a time of 6.57.84 minutes after a composite with GB Juniors (winners) and City of Oxford RC in second place, just ahead at 6:56.90. The racing crew was Kate de Bruyn (stroke), Julie Lewis (7), Hayley Cripps (6), Louise Bartlett (5), Amelia Smith (4), Kelly Thomas (3), Elizabeth McLoughlin (2) and Sofia Nilsson (bow).

Putney Town Women's 8+ in action at British Rowing Championships 2010

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