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Welcome to the City of Swansea Rowing Club
This Website is intended for people of all ages who are interested in Rowing and fitness training in the Swansea Area and further afield (as you will see).
The Club is a small (but perfectly formed) group of people living around Swansea and further afield from Falmouth to Loughbourogh
The Club was formed in 1994, to make use of the newly barraged River Tawe. The Barrage on the Tawe gave Swansea over night the second Longest and most consistently rowable piece of water in Wales. After discussions with the local council the Club was sited at the now demolished Morfa Stadium on the edge of the Llansamlet Enterprise zone. We are now located at Swansea Yacht And Sub-Aqua Club in Swansea Marina. It is easily accessible from the M4 and Good rail links to Swansea make the City Club suitable for commuters and Locals alike.
Although the Club is small we have some good equipment purchased with Junior Development in mind. Our funds were applied for and provided by the Foundation for Sport and the Arts and a Local Sports Development Grant form The Sports Council for Wales.
We have a good programme of training with specific Novice and Junior Training sessions weekly and Senior and Welsh Squad training sessions by arrangement.
We have had some success in the past at Squad level with two of our Senior Women competing at the Interregional’s, Women's Henley and topping it off by Representing Wales at the Home International/Five Nations Championships in Ghent and Nottingham. We have recently has success whilst collaborating with veterans around Wales and far and wide, competing at vet Henley, National vets and FISA Masters (Hamburg 2004 and Strathclyde 2005) . We had a good haul of Gold Medals at the last two. (yes that’s me on the left with the hair!!!) Check out the Race reviews for historical reports of the races (it needs to be relived regularly! Ed.)
The Club is entering a new era. With major changes to be made with the management and rowing structure in the Club. We are planning to provide the Club with new facilities in the Swansea Area – negotiation are currently taking place at two locations on the river. This will hopefully provide West Wales with the base they sorely need and our thanks go to the Welsh Amateur Rowing Association for considering us in their plans and giving us a way forward.
