Trafford Head is a 3200m processional race held on the Bridgewater Canal every February.
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Trafford Rowing Club-Men’s Rowing
Men’s Rowing
The men’s squad is open to all who wish to join, whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced oarsman Trafford Rowing Club welcomes you to the squad. A range of fitness and experience levels are catered for with many members progressing from the Row Start course other have come from University or have simply moved to the area.
The senior men aim to compete at national level and each year they compete at major events such as the, Fours and Eights Head of the River, as well as numerous regional regattas and head races throughout the season
If you are interested in joining the men’s Squad or would like to know more about the squad, please contact the captain at [email protected].
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Trafford Rowing Club-Women’s Rowing
Women’s Rowing
The women’s squad is open to all who wish to join, whether you are an experienced oarswoman or just returning from time off rowing, Trafford Rowing welcomes you to the squad.
A range of fitness and experience levels are catered for with some members progressing from our Rowstart Programme or come back from University. If you are a University rower and home for the Summer, our Summer Regatta programme has been utilised by many students and has many returning each Summer.
The Women’s Squad is regularly coached by UKCC Level 2 coaches.
The senior women aims are to compete at a national level and each year they compete at major events such as Fours and Eights Head of the River. We also compete in local Heads and Regattas throughout the year, at which we are very competitive.
If you are interested in joining the Women’s Squad or would like to know more about the squad, please contact the captain at [email protected].
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Trafford Rowing Club-Masters
Masters
Masters Rowing (formerly known as Veterans Rowing) is now open to anyone aged 27 years and older. This allows you to compete against people of the same age as you in age banded categories ranging from 27 to over 80.
At Trafford we currently have members covering most of these age ranges and are always looking for new members whether you may be relatively new to the sport, returning after time off or you are an experienced rower.
As with the rest of the club we train and compete the year round and enter local head races and regattas. There are also opportunities to enter the national masters events: Vesta Masters Head of the River, National Masters Regatta and Henley Masters.
If you are interested in joining the Masters Squad or would like to know more about the squad, please contact the captain at
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Trafford Rowing Club-Coaching
Coaching
Trafford Rowing Club is the ideal club to be both a coach and an athlete receiving coaching!
The towpath enables coaching by bike or on foot ensuring a close proximity of coach to participant. This is reflected by the fact that club coaches Ken Ball and Derek Chandler were awarded British Rowing Volunteer of the Year 2011 for the Northwest, recognising their dedication.
Should the canal freeze four coaches are trained powerboat drivers, allowing coaching from a launch at other local stretches of water.
Coaching of athletes
Our coaching team is a mixture of qualified volunteers and professional paid coaches employed with support from British rowing.
With over 200 years of coaching experience between them, our strong and enthusiastic coaching team provides a impressive quantity of coaching at every ability level allowing us to deliver:
Juniors – Coached every session; High coach to participant ratio.
Beginners – Coached every session, frequently 1:1
Development group – Coached every session
Seniors – Coached at least once a week
Masters – Coached at least once a fortnight
The Trafford philosophy is to coach the “whole” of rowing not just on water technique. Coaching, seminars and our regular training plan develop our athletes in the following key areas:
British Rowing Technique
Indoor Rowing skills
Physical fitness
Core stability
Flexibility and stretching
Coxes of all ability are coached to a high level.
Coach development
The club is committed to supporting it’s coaches and helping them to develop to their full ability. The majority of our coaches hold the British Rowing Level 2 coaching qualification; coaches working towards this qualification are fully supported. Coaches are encouraged to move between squads to improve their ability. Support and development activities include:
Coach mentoring by senior coaches.
Regular coaching forums to share best practice.
British Rowing course fees subsidised by the club.
Attendance at relevant training courses for safety (capsize drills) and child protection.
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Trafford Rowing Club-Coxing
Coxing
Most people who join the club, do so to row or scull. However coxes are some of the most important people in the club! The cox is always in charge of a boat and a crew. The cox steers the boat using a rudder, and shouts instructions at those who are rowing! A good cox can have a big effect on the way their crew rows.
Maybe you’re not a cox but you’d like to be part of a team, to coach and encourage, and enjoy being on the water on a sunny morning! If you don’t fancy rowing or sculling yourself, but would like to give orders and look after expensive racing boats – coxing may be for you! Come and join us – it’s not hard and we’ll teach you how to do it.
Are you an experienced cox? Trafford RC has a wide range of crews from competition-hungry to recreational, including senior men and women, veteran, juniors and novices.
A coxing guide is available here.
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Trafford Rowing Club-Training Plan
All racing crews are provided with training plans throughout the year with the emphasis on getting fit over the winter months in preparation for the summer regattas. Training sessions generally consists of long-distance rowing (low heart rate, both on and off the water), strength training (heavyweights), and circuits (fitness training). Athletes are also expected to take a number of tests throughout the year to demonstrate improvements in strength and fitness.
The training plans are developed by the Head Coach in conjunction with Lydia Birch from British Rowing. The club also has a number of British Rowing coaches, qualified to UKCC Level 2 standard, to provide technical coaching to crews on the water.
The men’s and women’s squads consist of senior squad and a development squads depending on experience, commitment, and availability.
All potential new members, including experienced oarsmen, coxes or coaches, should read the Membership Enquiries, then email the Captain for more information if required. At present, anyone new to the sport and wanting to learn how to row at Trafford RC must register on one of our RowStart courses via our website.
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Trafford Rowing Club-Membership costs
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Membership rates for 2013-2014 effective from 1st July 2013 are as follows:
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1st July 2014 to 30th June 2015 |
Discount if pay by 1st August 2014 |
| Ordinary | £210 | £20 |
| Junior 1 | £50 annual membership + £30 per calendar month | £0 |
| Full Time Student 5 | £100 | £0 |
| Coxing | £15 | n/a |
| Country | £50 | n/a |
| Life | n/a | n/a |
| Annual Racking 2 | £55 | n/a |
| RowStart & new Joiners 3 | Pro-rata | |
| 1 Members under 18 years old will generally be expected to be members of the Junior Squad and therefore managed by the Junior Coach. However, it may be deemed beneficial for some members who fall in the upper range of the junior classification to join the senior/recreational squads. Where this is the case, they will be subject to the terms and conditions of Senior Membership. These cases will generally be by exception. |
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| 2 Licensing of private boats is the responsibility of the owner. All private boats MUST be insured. | ||
| 3 A pro-rata amount based on the number of full months from the end of Row Start / start date to the end of June.. | ||
| 4 A further family discount is available for families – please see the Treasurer for details | ||
| 5 A fee of £50 (without elibility for discount) is payable for student rowing in the summer only | ||
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Trafford Rowing Club-Training Times
Training Times
Training times are a guide and actual rowing times will vary based on conditions, availability and racing requirements. The times below reflect when the club is open to members.
Winter Training times:
Monday
18:30 – Masters club ergo’s
Tuesday
9:30 – 11:00 Recreational rowers
18:30 – Ladies club ergo’s
Wednesday
Circuits all members
Thursday
9:30 – 11:00 Recreational rowers
Senior men club ergo’s
Friday
Club closed
Saturday
8am – 9:45am
10am – 11:45
Sunday
8am – 9:45am
10am – 11:45
9:45 – 11:30 Recreational
11:30 – 1PM Row Start
Summer Training times:
Monday
18:30 – 20:00 Water based training
Tuesday
9:30 – 11:00 Recreational rowers
18:30 – 20:00 Water based training
18:30 – 20:00 Row start
Wednesday
8:30 – 20:00 Water based training
Thursday
9:30 – 11:00 Recreational rowers
18:30 – 20:00 Water based training
Friday
club closed
Saturday
8am – 9:45am
10am – 11:45
Sunday
8am – 9:45am
10am – 11:45
9:45 – 11:30 Recreational
Junior training times will change weekly
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Trafford Rowing Club-Learn to Row
Learn to Row
“RowStart” is Trafford RC’s programme for introducing beginners to the sport of rowing.
The RowStart Course is currently being revised and further details will be published shortly.
If you would like to receive more information and join the waiting list please see our Membership Enquiries page or send an email. Adults over 18 to [email protected], Juniors under 18 [email protected]
If you have already signed up for a RowStart course, please read the documents below before attending.