Women

Putney Town Rowing Club is running one of the largest Women’s Squads on the Tideway. More than 40 women are participating weekly in coached training sessions. The squad has over the last two years become increasingly competitive, building its success on the breadth and depth of the overall squad. As a result we were one of only two Clubs with two eights qualifying at Women’s Henley Regatta 2009.

Senior Women’s Squad

Dawn at Winter Training Camp

The Senior Women’s squad at Putney Town Rowing Club is growing from strength to strength. We are a friendly group of about 20 women and our mix includes experienced rowers from key UK universities, regional clubs as well as home grown successes from our ongoing beginners’ courses.

Supported by Dr. Tom Evens, Chris Carlson and Ali Boileau as our coaches for the season 2009/10, we are moving forward following a very successful 2008/09 season where wins included a Head pennant, multi-lane wins, progression to the semifinals at Women’s Henley Regatta and a bronze medal at the National Championships for our lightweight coxless four.

We welcome all women with previous sweep and sculling experience and an ambition to row competitively. The women’s squad has a good range of equipment for both lightweight / heavyweight women and following the success of the Club, it yearly makes new investments in equipment.

Whilst we race predominantly in crew boats, we also value the fitness and technical benefits of training and racing in small boats, whether singles, pairs or doubles.

Our training structure follows a set monthly programme comprising of a mix of land and water based training. This includes erg pieces, circuits, weights, cross-training and double water sessions on Saturday and Sunday mornings. We use a range of tools to monitor and select athletes for crews, such as erg tests, video footage, seat racing and monitoring ongoing physiological improvements.

The women’s squad holds an annual overseas training camp in April, which always proves very popular. December 2009 we spent a cold and crisp training weekend on the flat-water Avon river in Bath, which was a nice change from the sometimes difficult winter conditions on the Tideway

We are always keen to talk to novice or experienced coxes if you fancy the glory of winning without the exertions of physical training!

For further information, please email Dani Charles and Sofia Nilsson, our Women’s Vice Captains at womenscaptain@putneytownrc.co.uk. We look forward to hearing from you.

Intermediate Women’s Squad

Our Intermediate Women’s Squad at Putney Town Rowing Club is a group of about 20 women rowing together on a Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon, coached by Cledwyn Ellison and Kosta Kolimechkov. The group is formed by those wanting to train competitively, but who perhaps have limitations based on time commitments, or other interests and women developing from our beginners courses.

The training structure is similar to that of the Women’s Senior Squad but with more emphasis on technical improvement during the water sessions and slightly less emphasis on the fitness training.

We welcome new rowers to our Intermediate group on a regular basis.

For further information, please email Dani Charles and Sofia Nilsson, our Women’s Vice Captains at womenscaptain@putneytownrc.co.uk. We look forward to hearing from you.