Putney Town Rowing Club

Winners - Hammersmith Regatta 1970

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.

The various different squads will be holding their season kick-off meetings in the coming few days, to discuss the coming season, aims and ambition and to postpone doing an ergo for one more evening.

The meeting is for all those returning from the summer break, and we welcome all experienced rowers who are choosing a London based rowing club to attend or are considering trying out another club.  We have active groups for all levels of rowing (including an active veteran men’s group) so you are sure to find one group suits your level.

Meetings are as follows:

• Men – both senior men and intermediate men: 8pm Tuesday 14th September
• Senior Women: 8pm Wednesday 15th September (7:15 for existing club members)
• Intermediate Women: 8pm Monday 20th September
• Veteran Men: Sunday 19th September at 12:30pm

Enquiries should be directed to

• menscaptain@putneytownrc.co.uk
• womenscaptain@putneytownrc.co.uk
• veteranmen@putneytownrc.co.uk

Note that this is aimed at those who already row. For details of our Learn to Row courses, please see the notice about open days.

PTRC Wyfolds Challenge Cup Crew 2010

This year, a three boat contingent prepared for qualifiers at HRR in the Wyfolds and Thames Challenge Cups. The weeks leading up to early July were busy with the usual trialling, crew re-organisation, crew debilitation and (most importantly) much banter. But it was all worth it. Our Thames VIII crew pre-qualified, a first for PTRC, shortly followed by composite double that didn’t have to qualify, and then the Wyfolds IV- delivered a strong performance to match their form in the multi-lanes and qualified from a huge field. This then gave us the best part of a week paddling the course in the evening sunshine before the regatta started.

The draw was less kind. Wednesday of HRR first brought up the Wyfolds IV- against Muckross, a seeded bunch from Ireland. After some competitive steering off the island Muckross, took an early lead; one from which PTRC would not recover.

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The PTRC Men’s Senior Squad is holding their beginning of the season squad meeting on Tuesday, 14 September at 8pm in the club bar.

We welcome all experienced rowers who are considering trying out another club or choosing a London based rowing club to attend. We will discuss our goals for the coming season which includes building upon the successes of last season such as our results in The Eights Head of the River.

Any email enquiries should be directed to the men’s vice captain Matt Bartoldus at menscaptain@putneytownrc.co.uk

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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The Putney Town women had a very successful day at Poplar Regatta, May 16, 2010. The racing crew was winning the Greenwich Challenge Cup, WIM2 8+ and the WIM3 8+ category. These wins build on a season of consistent training and a very enjoyable training camp in perfect conditions in Brive la Gaillard, Bordeaux, France, April 2010.

Putney Town winners of the Greenwich Challenge Cup, WIM2 8+ at Poplar Regatta, May 2010. From left: Sofia Nilsson, Amelia Smith, Louise Bartlett, Tuyet Wu (cox), Hayley Cripps, Julie Lewis, Elizabeth McLoughlin, Kelly Thomas and Kate de Bruyn.

The Putney Town men and women’s squads this year visited beautiful Brive la Gaillard in Bordeaux, France for its annual training camp in perfect rowing conditions. The venue and training facilities proved a success. The camp was conditioning both squads for the competitive season with races in regattas such as Wallingford, Metropolitan, Marlow and Reading. The men’s squad is looking to qualify again this year for the Thames Cup 8 at Royal Henley and the women focus on success at Henley Women’s Regatta and the National Championships.

Putney Town Men and Women on Training Camp 2010

Training Camp 2010, Brive la Gaillard

Putney Town entered two crews in the Head of the River Race 2010 and both had great performance with one in the top one hundred and the other crew less than four seconds behind!

Congratulations to both crews – either equalling or bettering the best club performance in recent years.

HORR 2010 - Crew #180 finished 92nd

HORR 2010 - Crew #340 finished 107th

The first race of 2010 (that wasn’t cancelled due to poor weather) took place at the weekend, and we had good representation, and some notable success.

Well done to the girls – retaining the IM3 pennant for the 3rd year.

Pennant Winners - Women's IM3

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In late December, Putney Town spent a weekend training on the river Avon in Bath as guests of University of Bristol Boat Club. The cold weather didn’t dampen the spirits of the training group and lots of good work was done on the fantastic water, culminating in a piece with UBBC.