We had the first two novice taster sessions over the weekend - they were fully subscribed and great fun was had by all! With ten novices & five seniors there were plenty of hands on the boat. Many hands make light work and all that....!
The sessions kicked off with a talk from either one of our women's coaches Matt/Abbie, or a senior rower explaining the different parts of the rowing stroke, and the separation of movements. After a quick demo it was the novice's turn to show us what they've got! Once the basics were established we all mucked in to get our lovely 'Lily' boat out of the boat house - no easy task given that she sits four racks up!

Once Lily was safely out and in the water we went through the basic calls/commands that our cox Alannah was likely to use in the outing, and then got some of the novices in on stroke side whilst we held down the riggers, so that they could practice taking a stroke. Once everyone had had a go at this it was time to push off. Each batch of novices got to row to Jesus lock and back - assisted by having seniors in stroke, 2 & bow. On both days everyone did extremely well & we even had them taking a few strokes in sixes!!!! 

After the outing, everyone mucked in to give Lily a thorough sponge down, rinse and dry before heading upstairs to enjoy some well deserved schnaaaaacks! The keen beans then headed to our favourite pub across the water - the Fort St George! They really should sponsor us....

As well as our water tasters we are also running some FUN ERGs in the evenings at College. These sessions spend some time going over the separation, some steady state rowing with feedback from our seniors, and finish with a fast paced, action packed ERG relay - QERG's style!

We have a busy fortnight ahead with a further SEVEN taster sessions scheduled, as well as more fun ERG's. If you've attended one already, feel free to sign up to more, and if you're totally new to this - fill out our interest form so that we can send you all the details you need to know!

• Are you a novice looking to row with SECBC this term?
• Do you already row, but want to improve your technique?
• Are you a regular gym goer looking for new inspiration?

​Check out SECBC’s ERG tutorial video to get our top tips on rowing technique!