Women's Squad News
12 Jul - HENLEY VETS
Congratualtions to Jo, Hayley and last min sub Bridge for there success at the weekend in coxless fours at Henley Vets. Joan Heath in her single was also victorious in a settling of scores with the lady who beat her last year in Vienna!
Joan and Anita also made it through to the finals where they were scuppered by tall people!
Well done ladies the club is proud.
12 Jul - Call to arms
This year the weed in the rowing lake is just refusing to go away and refusing to stop growing! As such we are again asking for people to help weed the rowing lake. It is currently being cut so it needs gathering onto the bank again. All help is greatly appreciated as we have 9 days until we host a regatta and less weed also makes training easier! I have sent round an email with a rota on it asking for people to fill in the gaps. Anyone not seen to be helping will be chased and then potentially barred from entering our August regatta.
The club is run by volunteers for us all so every little helps!
14 Jun - Masters success at Nat Champs
A BIG well done to Jo, Hayley, Anita and Joan for the success at Nat Champs at the weekend - bringing home the silverwear and some goldwear!
Despite the torrential rain Joan and Anita won silver in the Vet D doubles, Jo and Bruce won silver in the mixed doubles and then Jo and Hayley won silver in the Vet B 8+ and then gold in the VetC/D 8+.
CONGRATUALTIONS TO ALL
11 Jun - Special mention!
A special mention to Joan who was omitted from the press report! She won in her single on both days and had to race 3 times in 75 mins! As our oldest and wisest competitor WELL DONE! I should also mention that she gave up her handicap to race ladies younger than herself on both days - something that I wouldnt be caught doing as I need all the help I can get!09 Jun - SUMMER BBQ
19th June 2010
From 4pm till the last person leaves and locks up!!
Games
Good food
Live music possibly
£4 per ticket £12 for a family of 4
07 Jun - THANK YOU and WELL DONE
The womens squad certainly represented this weekend at our home regatta. I must say a BIG thank you to all who weeded, bakes cakes, cleaned, stung toilet roll together, swept the boathouse, served tea and coffee, served behind the bar, commentated, acted as a runner, collected numbers, picked up rubbish, helped out on the stakeboats or any other jobs you got collered into. We run the regatta for our rowers but also wouldnt be able to do it without all of you! Your help is very much appreciated.
Also WELL DONE to everyone who competed! We had lots of success over the weekend. The novice women got into the finals both days, as did the intermediate squad. On the Sunday we dominated in the fours with both novice boats in the final, the IM3 4+ winning and the IM2 4+ winning, the IM3 8+ getting into the final. We also had a win both days in the masters B/C womens 4+. Joan won in her single over the 1000m beating off the younger competition!
I really hope I havent missed anything out - feel free to beat me about the head if I have!
As always onwards and upwards I say! Next regatta comming up is Ironbridge on the 26th and 27th July. Time to get the tents out and get camping, or stay in a B&B down the road for comfort!
01 Jun - CONGRATULATIONS
The womens squad represented PCRC at the weekend at Doncaster Regatta! We came away with two wins and the ladies quad of Caire, Bridge, Nikki and Sarah made the final of the womens IM3 4x!
Ella lost her novice status and has since been thrown into the rowing lake - winning the womens IM3 4+ in a tight final with Hull university. Well done to Ericha, Megan and Annabell who helped her along! It was a co-ordination off also as Hull had matching kit (including visors) but they didnt have matching socks and therefore lost the battle!
Jo, Hayley, Bridge and Sarah also won the Masters 4+ event!
Well done to all - heres looking forward to another succesful weekend at our home regatta this week!
26 May - PCRC Regatta
Its that time of year again ladies when the green monster invades the rowing lake and we all spend hours raking it out before the regatta! After or before training this week can we ALL spend some time raking the weed out of the lake - many hands make light work as they say! The rakes can be found in the 8's bay at the club or bring your own if you prefer! I also suggest insect repellant, long trousers and wellies!
There are other jobs which need doing and we have orgnised a working party for this so if you are free on Sunday 30th June from 11am onwards then why not pop down and join in the manual labour - it is very much appreciated!
Also cakes need baking, toilet rolls need stringing together and people need to volunteer for bar shifts and tea and coffee making shifts: if we all pitch in it makes this run much smoother.
If you need any tips on what cakes to bake then just get in touch and I will rack my brain to think of something that is easy to make and easy to eat.
All of your help is much appreciated by the committee. If you dont sign up I will have to nag and im sure people dont want this to happen!
El x
20 Apr - Sun brought success for PCRC ladies!
CONGRATULATIONS to Ericha and Ella aka Psycho double who lost their novice status at the weekend at Leicester Regatta! Currently the que to throw them in the river is getting longer by the day so get in quickly!
Jo and Hayley continued their run of success with a win in the coxless four. Jo is now beating her previous seasons best of wins - fingers crossed it continues so she can beat Barks and Essex at the end of season ball.
Joan was also victorious at the weekend with a win in the mixed double with Tim.
Also noted in dispatches are the womens novice quad who were racing at IM3 and only lost by half a canvas in the final! The womens novice four had a good row but unfortunately lost to a very good Burton Leader crew - valuable experience was gained by all.
The first regatta of the season is now over - onwards and upwards. The next local regattas occuring are: Bedford 15th May, Milton Keynes 22nd May and Doncaster on 29th May.
15 Apr - Bumper Entry at Bedford
Last weekend saw the sunshine as well as a bumper Peterborough entry at Bedford head. Comments on the day from the marshalls included 'have all the lights gone off in peterborough' and 'is the rowing lake dry'. A total of 18 boats were put onto the trailer and most raced more than once! Success for the womens squad came from Jo and Hayleys coxless four with Liz and Sally from Leicester. We also had two IM3 4+ crews entered, a Nv 2x, Nv 4x, IM1 4+, Elite 1x, IM3 1x, Joan in her single (Masters ?) and Joan and Anitas double and a double from Hayley and Sarah along with a pair from Hayley and Jo. As you can tell it was a busy day! Congratulations to all who took part.
This weekend (18th April) we have got the first regatta of the year! Entered at Leicester this weekend are: IM3 4+, NV 2x, Nv 4+, Masters C 4-. Good Luck to all!
30 Mar - Focus on the Summer
Bedford head is fast approaching on Sunday 11th April - this is the last head race of the season before we begin to focus on summer regattas.
A sheet is up in the changing rooms detailing boat sharing - feel free to comment if you are happy or unhappy. We all need to work aroud each other as this season we have a record number of womens fours. This also puts pressure on womens blades - you may need to use mens with clams on for the occassional outing. Im currently putting together an application for funding to obtain some more (fingers crossed).
Below is a note on trainig which i have stolen from the mens squad - its very sensible advice to follow:
23 Mar - Lincoln head
CONGRATULATIONS to all who had success at Lincoln this weekend - despite the rain a strong PCRC ladies contingent attended and put in strong performances. A ladies mixed 8 with Lincoln won the open 8's event, whilst the elite mixed 4 with Leicester also won.
Joan and Anita won their doubles event, whilst the novice quad put in a strong performance-particularly as they were a scratch crew!
Many PCRC crews found the reeds that day - especially myself in the double (sorry Ericha) - but valuable experience was gained for all.
17 Mar - WHORR
WELL DONE to everybody who took part in the WHORR this weekend - we had fantastic weather and conditions! A great row was had by all and the ladies IM3 crew finished 155th with a time of 21mins23seconds whilst Jo and Hayley in a composite crew finished 79th with a time of 20mins 40 seconds.
It was the culmination of a hard winters training so congratulations to all involved - coaches, coxes, rowers and spectators! A special thank you from the IM3 crew must go to 'Martha' aka Matthew Barrows for his substituting into the boat at short notice on multiple occassions!
Lets build upon this success and have an equally fantastic regatta season!
17 Mar - Bedford head
Bedford head is on Sunday 11th April - all crews wishing to participate MUST have their completed entries in the box by Sunday 28th March on the form must be the boat the crew wish to use and the division they want to enter! More information will be given this evening at the squad meeting.
08 Mar - 5 days to go!
The womens head of the river is this Saturday and the culmination of 30 weeks of training for the Ladies IM3 crew (I worked this out this morning)!
Peterborough City also has a second boat entering with Jo, Hayley and Sarah teaming up with amongst others Leicester and Rob Roy. I would like to take this opportunity to say Good Luck girls and in the words of Steve Taylor go and beast it!
Apparently Pain is just weakness leaving your body!
Also remember the womens squad meeting on Wednesday 17th March at 8pm (Guinness will be allowed)
16 Feb - This weekend
All the British Universities Head Race is taking part on the River Nene this weekend. As such you MUST be the club side of town bridge by 9.30am on Saturday and 9am on Sunday. There is always the rowing lake to train on!09 Feb - News update
The Winter season is now well and truly under way –
Peterborough head was last weekend where we had some novice ladies competing for the first time (well one being Tracey – well done!).
Our success of the event was Jo and Hayley in a coxless 4 with Liz and Sally from Leicester – congratulations ladies!
The ladies IM3 8+ is well on its way to achieving the goal of competing in the womens head of the river on March 13th.
Head races that are coming up are Norwich on Saturday 27th Feb, Trent on Sunday 28th Feb and then Lincoln on Saturday 20th March. I hope to see lots of boats entered for Lincoln!
Social news:
We have the Games night this Saturday Feb 13th – come and see Ella and Ericha win the Mr and Mrs Competition!
The 100 club are running Mexican night on Saturday 27th Feb.We are also trialling pub night on Friday 19th Feb- come and try my pub quiz (bribery is accepted in exchange for answers!).
09 Feb - Squad meeting
Ladies Squad Meeting: Wednesday 17th March at 8pm.
All to attend if possible due to the importance of the agenda items being discussed!
Regatta season, Individual aims and objectives for the summer season, Coaching, Training, AOB.
Fingers crossed to see you all then!
25 Jan - First head of the year!
Success was bountiful for the ladies squad at Boston head this weekend with a novice coxed quad of Claire, Bridge, Nicky and Sarah cruising to victory followed by the IM3 8+ bagging their first win together (Sally, Hannah, Charlotte, Jess, Ella, Megan, Ericha and Annabell).
Lets see if we can all move forward from this successful weekend and be victorious at our home head race on Saturday 6th Feb. Volunteers as always are required for this event as are cake bakers! Any help is greatly recieved on the day - especially marshalling and litter picking! If you are not racing and have the time to spare then please get in touch.
30 Nov - Weekend Success
Congratualtions to the Ladies IM3 4+ (Sally, Megan, Ella and Ericha coxed by Annabell)for their win at Loughborough head at the weekend - the invention of a second finish 1km before the real one really helped push them on to victory :) I promise Annabell one day i will stop going on about it! The previous week they managed a second place at Star head.
Well done to Jo Canton on her VetC/E 2 x success with help from Lincoln rowing club.
Also congratuations to Ericha on her first coxing pot with the mens Vet C crew. The mens IM2 4+ also tasted success this weekend so a good time was had by both squads.
Ladies day on the river which was scheduled for Saturday 12th December is now cancelled due it being on the same day as Walton small boats head which lots of people are attending. I will reschedule for the new year as soon as possible.
A quick reminder that the club christmas party is fancy dress (i will be a christmas tree) this year and will be held on the 19th December so get your baubles out and i hope to see you there.
09 Nov - Ladies day on the river!
Hello all,
Just wanted to extend a big thank you to all who turned out on saturday morning at 9am for training on the river. It was great to have so many boats about and to gain experience of head racing.
The next date is Saturday 12th December at 9am. Hope to see you all then.
27 Oct - CONGRATULATIONS
On behalf of the ladies squad i would like to extend a gigantic CONGRATUALTIONS to Jo and Hayley for becomming the first PCRC ladies crew to win the pairs head of the river!
And also for your sucess at Huntingdon head last weekend.
27 Oct - Next local head race
All,
The next local head race we are intending on attending is Cambridge winter on Saturday 21st November. So far i know of one IM3 4+ crew attending - lets see if we can get more!
Also PLEASE all remember our first ladies day on the river is Saturday 7th November at 9am. I have a raft of coaches at the ready to marshall and set appropriate handicaps. There will be breakfast and cake afterwards for all at the boathouse.
16 Oct - Circuit training
Has begun!
6.30pm on Tuesdays.
16 Oct - Squad training
The date has been set for all of us to get together and train on the river as a squad.
Saturday 7th November at 9am.
16 Oct - Good Luck
To Jo and Hayley at the pairs head this weekend!!!
09 Oct - Womens squad 2009
Hello all,
Following on from a successful meeting on Wednesday night i thought i would publish the important need to know information:
Gym sessions: Monday night at 6pm is weights and ergo with Steve Taylor, Tuesday night at 6.30pm is circuit training (tbc), Wednesday night is on the water time, Thursday night at 6pm is weights and ergo night again and then on Saturday morning at 7.30am there is a core stability session.
Once a month we will be training together on the river as a squad - the first date for this is to follow asap.
Upcomming head races: Saturday 18th October is Cambridge Autumn (8's and 4's only) - entries NEED to be done this saturday if you are interested, The ladies IM3 4+ is going so come and join us. Saturday 24th October is Huntingdon head (no 8's but all over boats) - longest local head race this side of christmas at 4km - come along and join the mens squad who will be using this head race to train for the 4's head of the river.
Can we all PLEASE remember LIGHTS on the boats now that it is getting dark - even if you dont think its dark when you set out it will be by the time you finish! This is a health and safety issue and needs adhearing to!
Hope to see you all on the water or in the gym soon! Or on Saturday night at the end of season ball - buy your raffle tickets from me!
09 Oct - Local Head Races 2009/2010
Cambridge Autumn 17th October
Huntingdon 24th October
Cambridge Winter 21st November
Star (small boats) 22nd November
Soar (Loughborough) 28th November
Newark (small boats) 13th December
Dont forget PCRC club head race on New Years Day!
Cambridge head2head 23rd January
Northampton 30th January
Peterborough 6th February
Bedford or Nottingham 14th February
Norwich 27th February
Womens HRR (London) 8th March
Newark 14th March
Lincoln 27th March