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by sarah — last modified 2011-08-05 19:57

City of Swansea Junior Section

Training Update 5/8/11

Training WILL take place at 8am and 10.30 am Saturday 6th August

Please let me know if you are available for Gloucester and Ross Junior Regattas on 27th and 28th August Respectively I need to put entries in on Monday 8th.

There will be no training week of 8th-13th August inclusive but resumes again normal times from Wednesday 17th August

Sarah

Well…………..

Junior rowing took off in a big way in October at City of Swansea Rowing Club with 15 Juniors out on the water in a combination of boats and an age range of 11yrs to 17yrs we had quite a mixed bunch but all enjoyed the experience

This is the first time in the clubs history that we have had the need to separate Junior from adult rowing and the session was a resounding success.

My thanks to Julia Jay, our resident Henley Steward Coach, and Rochell Campbel, one of the juniors mums, for helping with the sessions. It would not have been possible without you guys.

We have added to the Saturday morning sessions with a week night land training session on a Thursday. This is intended to develop the juniors flexibility and strength using indoor rowing machines and a body weight fitness sessions.

There is also a water session on a wednesday night aimed primarily at the older group (Yr 11 and above) who are looking at welsh trials and higher level competition.

We also have sessions running in schools in the Swansea Valley area please see our section on School Rowing Clubs.

Keep up the training guys.

Update

October 2009 - Evesham Head

Sarah H took some of the older members of the junior section to Evesham HOR the other day. The object of the trip was to get a good idea of how quick we were moving and what sort of distance we needed to makeup to get on racing terms with the opposition from around the contry.

This plan back fired a little when we brought home a gold in the W18 2-, Silver in the W17 2x and Bronze in the W17 1x. Rhys and Jo did very well in a probably the toughest catagory of the day J16 2x, coming last but with a time that was in the mix with the opposition.

We were all a little non-plused by these results but are not resting on our laurels - Pangbourne is going to be tough!

Spring Bank Holiday - Monmouth Regatta

Swansea’s first Junior Win

Once again we had hoards of juniors at Monmouth Regatta on spring bank holiday weekend. The junior boys rowed a J13 4x+ and did remarkably well making an improvement from Evesham. Comment has to be made abouth Ieuan and Louis who wear their heart on their sleve every time they race. They put up a fantastic fight against the Griffiths twins from Hereford/Monmouth with a lot of needle dating back from the ergo champs when Ieuan unexpectedly beat them. I have to say though that I am convinced they capsized and got back in before the end as they were soaked :) Sarah and Trys were out racing again on the saturday and had drawn Exeter who had put them out at evesham in the semi final. As you can see from the picture they were dominant and took out two good exeter crews to win the WJ16 2x short course.Once again, well done Hywell for coxing the J154x+ in a very animated and agressive way a bit more of this is what we want - a very satisfying result all round. Watch out Llandaff Regatta!

May 2nd - Evesham Regatta

11 of our Juniors between the ages of 12 and 18 yrs went to Evesham regatta, we had some success in the WJ16 2x with two of the girls getting to the semi finals - well done Trys and Sarah. The experience of the first race of the seasson is a big one and most managed the pressure well. Worthy of a mention is Cath the steers man in the WJ182x who only learned to steer three weeks ago giving it her best shot under loads of pressure, and also the J14 4x+ coming face to face with a 'BIG' crew from Canford School! they managed really well and made no mistakes - well done Hywell for coxing his first race. the squad are looking forward to Monmouth where we are hoping to get some more of the younger Juniors racing.