Saturday, September 30, 2017

8th LTR on the 30th



We had another nice day with the novices. Coach O'Brien is grateful for the assistance of some varsity members in getting the novices to feel comfortable.

Some more pics:




I hope to see many at Thursday night's pre-season meeting.

Friday, September 22, 2017

Seventh LTR session on the 23rd


Our seventh Learn To Row session was held on Saturday September 23rd with quite a turnout. We were able to launch and row an 8+ and a 4+,  thanks to help from some varsity members: in the 4+ was Clare stroke, Delaney 2 and  Nicole bow, together with Ashley, a St Greg's 8th grader in the three seat. With help from Clare,  Enzo (Bobby's brother and also an 8th grader from St Greg's) served as cox.




In the 8+ for the first part of the session, we had Nina coxing, Charlie in stroke and Bobby in bow.  The middle six were novices Jo Marie 2, Nolan 3, TJ (Thomas) 4, Mia 5, Ray 6,  and Austin 7 . For the second half of the water time Nicolas was switched into bow and Ricardo into 7.




The session was kicked off with technique review on land on erg's and then we did review of sweep rowing technique on dock, and then got on the water.  




Coach O'Brien was very pleased with everyone's enthusiasm and noted our novices are picking up rowing very quickly.


Again thanks to all the parents who stayed and to John Laing for the pictures. Keep 'em coming!

Saturday, September 9, 2017

LTR on the 9th



The session today was headed by Coach O'Brien and saw newcomers Eliza, Ashley and Nolan join Austin, Thomas, and Nicholas. Charlie and Noah from last year filled out the eight rowers. Nina again was in the cox seat. The weather was just about ideal and some productive time was spent in Badger. 



One exciting (?!?) thing happened as the floating dock became separated from the piling. Luckily, Granby coaches Torsten, Gino, and a bunch of their rowers helped re-secure the dock. 





We'll look forward to next week on the 16th when Coach O'Brien will again head the session from 10:00-12:00.



Thanks to Ashley's dad for the pictures.

Friday, September 1, 2017

LTR on the 2nd scrubbed due to weather

We'll hope for better conditions next week!