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Sculling Club will start on Friday 26th
February. This first session will be for existing scullers
only. New recruits will be welcome on 5th March. Sessions
are held every Friday during term time, at Avon County Rowing Club
in Saltford from 3.30pm to 5.15pm. There will be a capsize drill
and swim test on Sunday 28th February. Please phone (0117 9867934)
or preferably
email me for more details or to book a place. |
 Wellsway School and Avon County Rowing Club are
linked via
Project Oarsome as part of the National Junior
Rowing Programme. The project links up two schools with a local 'Go-row' accredited rowing club, provides equipment and has a
structured progression of coaching. The other school involved with
the club is Oldfield School, Bath.
The
two schools have a special session each week after school on
Friday afternoons (Spring half-term to Autumn half-term). New
recruits are welcome to start during the first two weeks after
Spring half term or the first two weeks of the Summer term. Watch
the Ammonite for details. The club also has a
general junior beginners session on Sunday mornings at 11.15am –
this is available to all and runs all year around.
Everyone learns to 'scull' (paddle with two
oars each) to start with and then may move to rowing (one oar
each) as they get older. The club has lots of beginner sculling
boats (called viruses, banana boats or lemons depending on who you
ask!) which are great for splashing around, getting stuck in the
bank or giving someone a free ride. Oh yes; and learning to scull
in!
The club races all over the country (and
abroad) all year around! Summer races are called regattas and
winter races are called Head of the river races (or head races).
Regatta’s are organised on the same basis as a tennis tournament –
you race against someone and if you win you progress to the next
round. Head races are timed processional long distance races and
can be up to 4 miles long.
Some of the places the club has raced at
recently are: Stratford–upon-Avon, Nottingham, London, Worcester,
Swindon, Bristol, Llandaff (Wales) and Strathclyde (Scotland).
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Wycliffe Big Head of the River
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The
club goes to all kinds of competitions from National level right
down to events for beginners. Current club members have
represented Great Britain at the World Junior Championships (in
Athens, Greece) and the Coup de la Jeuness (European Championships
in Portugal).
If you would like more information, why not
browse the
club's website or contact the
Junior Co-ordinator, Penny Senior on telephone number 0117 986 7934 or
email us.
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