Psychology Seminar

Wednesday 15th February...details here.

Changes in Welsh Rowing

Please see this message from Steven Osborne, Chair of Welsh Rowing.

Home International Regatta 2012

The Selection Policy in now online in "International".

Board Minutes

The minutes for recent meetings are now available in the secure area.  Passwords available from webmaster@welshrowing.com.

Recent Level 2 Coaching Passes - Borth RC, WSRA

On Saturday 3 December two of Borth Rowing Club's senior rowers were assessed by British Rowing's Dave Thompson and achieved a Level 2 Certificate in coaching rowing in coastal waters.

Pip Nicholas and Martyn Davies had worked hard all summer with the help of a few of Borth Rowing Club's rowers, who acted as guinea pigs for their fledgling coaching sessions. Through their hard work and dedication they achieved the British Rowing Level 2 Coaching certificate and are now fully qualified coaches. This brings the number of qualified coaches at the club up to four. The addition of Pip and Martyn to the coaching staff is a major development in the growth of the club.

All of the club's members realise how much effort Pip and Martyn put in to achieve this and wish them success in their coaching careers.

Pictured are Martyn Davies at Cox, with rowers Rachel Mills, Kirsten Ferguson-Boucher, Kath Keirle and Pip Nicholas. In the Bow is Dave Thompson the assessor.

New Chair of Welsh Rowing

Letter from the new Chair of Welsh Rowing, Steven Osborne is here.

Welsh Rowing Newsletter

Now available here.

Passing of a friend of Welsh Rowing

It is with great sadness that Monmouth RC announces the passing of club president and Welsh Rowing vice-president Alec Woods last Sunday, in a room overlooking his beloved Wye Valley, where he came to live in the 1970s.

His 35-year association with the club and Welsh rowing saw him fill many roles in MRC, including as captain and chairman. Without his support in so many ways, the club would not be in the healthy, thriving condition it enjoys today.

Alec, who was 89, wasn't one to talk about his achievements, but as a soldier in World War II, he fought at the battle of Arnhem, and after being captured, spent nine months in a German prisoner of war camp, escaping three times. He went on to parachute jump with the Arnhem vets into his late 70s.

After the war, Alec enjoyed a long career in the oil industry, serving in Persia and Singapore before settling in the Wye Valley in Llandogo, and luckily for rowing, joining his local club. For those with long memories, a legendary night at the club in 1979 saw Alec uncork copious bottles of champagne to celebrate the club's West of England Challenge Vase win at Bristol Regatta, and there were many other memorable nights along the way. As well as rowing and coaching, Alec was unceasing in his support for Welsh rowing, thinking nothing of towing fully laden trailers half way across Europe and to Ireland and Scotland. He was an integral part of the Wales Commonwealth Games team in 1986 and was involved in many Home Countries Internationals.

Some 10 years ago, Alec moved to live opposite the clubhouse, and it was fitting, that at the time of his passing, the Monmouth RC eight carrying his name was out on the water on the most beautiful of mornings. His funeral is on Friday, October 14, at 12 noon beside the Monmouth Regatta course at Dixton Church, where he will be buried. His family have requested that Monmouth Rc organise a row past of an eight in his honour at the time.

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