On the hottest weekend so far this year, more than a dozen young people a came down to the Lea RC to take up the challenge of rowing on the water for the first time.
The participants were aged between 13 and 17. They had all had rowed on machines in the past, making up a good part of Barnet’s indoor rowing squad for the London Youth Games.
The on water session lasted three hours. During this time, all the learners had the chance to try rowing on a sliding ergo, a tub 2x and a tub 4x+.
All the participants had a great time and said they learned a lot from the day.
Many of them are now thinking of taking rowing further and were very interesting in the details of the LYR summer courses.
Much thanks must go to the TSG officers that gave up their time to help coach and organise the day.
Dan Cooper, Lea RC Head Coach