Novice Squad

Most people tend to move into our Novice Squad to further gain skills and knowledge, after completing our Learn to Row course.

Training for our Novice Squad is based around the fundamentals of the sport, alongside incremental growth. We work on rowing technique acquisition, on the water and on land, as well as building fitness levels in strength and endurance.

We like to work towards building confidence for any appropriate racing opportunities but it’s not all about performance; we want to share the benefit of adding rowing and being part of the rowing community into your life for your physical and psychological health.

A typical week for our Novice Squad is one weekday evening and a session each day of the weekend. We like to be out on the water as much as possible, but if we can’t then we are on rowing machines (ergs) and doing body conditioning.

Once you’ve reached a certain level of understanding and ability, we then will encourage you to join in with some of the Senior or Masters Squad training sessions until you and the coaches feel you are ready to move completely. However, you are always welcome to stay with our Novice Squad or join our Recreational Squad if you aren’t able to commit to the Senior Squad training.