Rowers at the Tower
Our camera follows the Globe and Royal Docks rowers upstream on their final day of their training camp on the Thames. After a week of fabulous weather, the group decided they needed an adventure to finish off their week of training.
So they left Trafalgar Rowing Centre and pulled upstream to the Pool of London. For some of the participants, this was the first time they had rowed on the busy river.
Timing matters
Penny Cuthbert, who led the camp, said: ‘ Getting onto the water can be quite a tricky operation, at Trafalgar, one of the fastest points on the river. The wash really hits the dock when large passenger boats zoom by. You need to get your timing just right!’
The Globettes and Members of Royal Docks RC took it all in their stride and managed to both boat and return without any upsets. Their reward was some spectacular views of the city as well as a really good training session.
‘Everyone was totally exhausted from the day’s outing but we all got an awful lot out of the week in preparation for the Junior Inter-regionals in a few weeks time,’ said Penny.
Well Being Day in Lambeth!
London Youth Rowing were invited to attend a Well Being day held at Lillian Bayliss old school hub in Lambeth. Four schools brought children to the event where they had a chance to try various sports including indoor rowing and attend workshops in healthy eating, healthy living.
We challenged all the young people to row on their own first and then put them in groups to take part in the relay race.
We took along with us a couple of guys from London Youth’s Future Jobs Fund who had been trained the day before on how to coach young people on a rowing machine at one of our training sessions. They were keen to learn more about the race kit and got thoroughly involved with this noisy and exciting event. London Youth are interested in introducing indoor rowing to some of the Youth clubs in Lambeth and see the racing on the big screen as the way to get their young people active. Watch this space..