Putney Town Rowing Club

All matches shown on a MASSIVE screen in the Bar

Saturday 4th February

14:30 France - Italy
17:00 Scotland - England 

Saturday, 11h February

16:00 Italy - England
20:00 France - Ireland

Saturday, 17h March

(Head of the River – Race starts 11:00)
12:30 Italy - Scotland
14:45 Wales - France
17:00 England - Ireland 

Bar open for every game - Family and Friends welcome!

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!)

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

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.

At Putney Town of course! Watch as Isis and Goldie go head to head and set the stage for the main event. Then watch The Blue Boats battle it out for the pride and the glory of being crowned Xchanging Boat Race Champions 2011.

Based near the finish line of the boat race course, with a riverside bar open to the general public, and seating and marquee if the weather turns for the worst, we’re well placed to watch the race. And unlike the riverside in Putney and Hammersmith, you can actually move!

When the race is over and the victors decided, the awards and customary cox dunking will take place opposite the club at Mortlake, Anglian and Alpha club.

The Boat Race, is at 5pm on 26th March 2011and runs from Putney to Chiswick Bridge. The course is 4 1/4 miles / 6,779m long and has seen 80 wins for Cambridge, and 75 for Oxford with Cambridge winning last year. Can Oxford pull one back for the dark blues? Join us at Putney Town HQ to find out…

Charge your classes… Attention! Go!

See you at the club.

Saturday 29th January, 6.30pm

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.
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On Saturday 19th February, the inaugural President’s Dinner for Veteran’s will be held from 6pm until late.

There will be a curry from the Munal in Sheen, guest beers on the bar and a disco run by a club DJ (who will have hopefully updated their record collection since the 70s).

If you are interested in attending, please contact Ron Eggleton or John Comer (the President) so that they have an idea of numbers:

• Ron - tubpair@blueyonder.co.uk
• John - john.comer@hotmail.co.uk

In addition there are plans for a raffle so if you have any unwanted booze, gifts or other contraband you would like to donate please pass it on to John, Ron or any of the committee.

It’s the season to be merry, and Putney Town will be doing this with gusto this Saturday 11th December 2010!

The party will include the President’s Cheese & 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..! Followed by glogg/mulled wine and a buffet lunch (£5).
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, setting up and coxing.

Please let Larry, Lucy or Duncan know if you can help.