Women

Putney Town Rowing Club is running one of the largest Women’s Squads on the Tideway. More than 40 women are weekly participating in coached training sessions. The 2010 season, the squad has picked up wins at Quintin Head, Poplar regatta and Putney Town regatta. Three boats entered the Women’s Eights Head of the River Race finishing 46th, 76th and 250th. We are welcoming new members to the squad and July/August/September is usually a great time to join. If you are looking for a friendly yet competitive rowing club, please contact Sofia Nilsson, Women’s Captain at womenscaptain@putneytownrc.co.uk.

Senior Women’s Squad

Winners of WIM3 8+ in the Quintin Head of the River Race, January 2010.

The Senior Women’s squad at Putney Town Rowing Club is a friendly group of about 20 women. 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, our head coach the season 2009/10, we have this season won the WIM3 8+ in Quintin Head and the WIM2 8+ and WIM3 8+ at Poplar regatta. The squad had two boats racing in the Women’s Eights Head of the River, finishing 46th and 76th. During the season, we race and train in all boat types and look forward to entering an eight and lightweight coxless four in Women’s Henley and the National Championships this season.

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.

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. This year our camp took place in the beautiful settings and excellent conditions of Brive la Gaillarde in Bordeaux, France.

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 Sofia Nilsson, Women’s Captain 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, Kosta Kolimechkov and Gary Lovejoy. 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.

2010 the squad has picked up a win at the Putney Town regatta in the WNov4+ category and a 250th position in the Women’s Eight Head of the River Race. 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 Sofia Nilsson, Women’s Captain at womenscaptain@putneytownrc.co.uk. We look forward to hearing from you.