Putney Town Rowing Club

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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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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