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What's Included
Cambridge Rowing Taster Experience:
- Enjoy a rowing experience at the City of Cambridge Rowing Club
- Introduction to the club and boats
- Half an hour session on the clubs rowing machines (ergs), working on timing and technique
- Practice the techniques in an 'eight boat' by the bank
- Learn how to sit the boat (keep it stable) and how to follow the cox's calls
- Collect your blades from the boathouse and head out to the river
- Enjoy a full hour of rowing on the River Cam
- Allow approx 3-3.5 hours for this experience
Youth Learn to Row Course:
Day One
- Take part in the Rowing Experience (details above)
Additional Sessions
- 3 x two hour water sessions on the river to master your rowing skills
- 1 x one hour indoor group erg session to improve on applying power
- 1 x one hour indoor rowing tank session to work on the technique
- Sessions end with a daily group de-brief
- These sessions can be booked any time within 6 months of the initial experience day
What Can I Expect
Calling all teens - these junior rowing experiences in Cambridge are just for you! We are offering vouchers for half-day tasters and youth rowing courses over several sessions, for anyone aged 13 to 18 years who is keen to learn how to row.
Experiences are all run out of the club's boathouse on the shores of the River Cam in Cambridge. The facilities are really good, with a well-equipped gym, changing rooms, classrooms, relaxing areas and a large indoor storage area filled with various boats.
Headed up by Omar, the idea of these youth courses is to give youngsters a way to get into the sport of rowing. For many of the kids attending it's their first time rowing any sort of boat, so it's a real thrill to get out on the waters of the lovely River Cam.
Those banks of erg machines in the clubhouse gym are put to good use as the teen rowers will learn how to use their arms and legs to hone that smooth rowing stroke, before heading out in a classic ‘eight' boat on the river.
The kids will be learning how to ‘sweep' row, which means they each have one blade and use both hands, so there are eight rowers per boat. They need to stay in time to make sure the boat goes in a straight line in the water - and that's where the coxswain comes in. Sitting in the stern of the boat facing forward, they will be keeping the kids in line!
Well-organised, with a great learning atmosphere that puts confidence in the kids, it's a great introduction to the sport, with many teens joining clubs at University or locally after doing a junior rowing course in Cambridge.
When Is It Available
Cambridge Rowing Taster Experience
- Selected weekday and weekend dates throughout the year
- Sessions generally start at 10:00 finishing around 13:15
Learn to Row Course
- Additional sessions can be booked on operating days within 6 months of the initial experience day
Location
- City of Cambridge Rowing Club, Cambridge
Suitable For
- Suitable for those aged between 13 and 18 years
- Weight restrictions: minimum 38kg, maximum 120kg
- Height restrictions: minimum 5ft
- Participants must be able to swim at least 20 metres in clothing (precaution only - not expecting anyone to fall into the river!)
Spectators
- Not suitable for spectators due to the nature of this activity
