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Sunday 15 April 2012 2000m upstream on the Thames The perfect warm-up to the regatta season Organised by Abingdon RC under British Rowing Rules and raced over 4 divisions Final Results Now Published Many thanks to all Clubs who entered.
We hope you enjoyed the day and look forward to welcoming you back next year. |
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With the recent aquisition of a new junior boat we are able to expand our junior section. Since we already have a number of year 8 girls on our waiting list we would like to invite more year 8 girls to join them and create a new year 8 ladies squad. Please contact the Junior Coordinator to register your interest. |
Abingdon Rowing Club recently took delivery of a new racing coxed quadruple sculling boat which is provided for the exclusive use of the junior squad. The purchase was made possible by a grant from Vale of White Horse District Council, Oxfordshire County Council and Abingdon Town Council. |  |
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Abingdon Rowing Club was established in 1958 to exploit one of the best stretches of water on the River Thames. The distance from end-to-end is some 3,800m which remains relatively free of river traffic, even during the summer months. The club continues to build on its success, investing in our facilities, equipment and coaching support to provide a training unique training environment for everyone from recreational rowers to athletes with ambition. The Club caters for members of all ages who train between 1 and 6 days per week depending upon their aims, aspirations and commitments. Each year the Club competes at regattas all over the country, with recent medal success at the National Schools Regatta, National Veteran Championships and National Rowing Championships of Great Britain. Photo by Jon Rooney | |
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 Abingdon Rowing Club is now officially Sport England Clubmark accredited. Clubmark is an accreditation scheme run by Sport England which sets the standard for all quality sports clubs in England. It stands for higher standards of safety, fairness, coaching and management so that the nation's sports club infrastructure will be safer, stronger and more successful. A club that has been awarded Clubmark has high standards of child protection and safety, quality coaching, equal opportunities and good management. This accreditation provides assurance to our partnership schools, organisations and funding bodies that we are a well run club.
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If you wish to learn how to row, then you will probably need to wait until the spring of 2012. The winter weather and stream conditions make it difficult to teach beginners, so there are no plans to hold any courses until perhaps March or April 2012. Learning on a course is the best way to learn. Rowing is a unique sport. The power, strength and endurance required are fairly obvious - and new people do develop all of these . More challenging though are the skills to get the technique right, that you only really appreciate when you have been out on the water. The basic movements can be grasped in a few weeks - perfecting those movements takes a lifetime. Being part of a team of people, learning these skills in the fresh air is a very rewarding experience.
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