Learn to Row
Thank you for your interest in learning to row with Quintin Boat Club!
📌 All courses are 10 or 12 sessions | 5 or 6 weeks | 90mins per session
📌 Cost £330 / £395
📌 For total beginners
📌 Min age 18+
Our Spring courses for Learn to Row are as follows.
10 sessions, from 23 February, Mon -12.30 to 2pm & Weds – 1pm to 2.30pm – £330
10 sessions, from 24 February, Tues & Thurs – 12noon to 1:30pm – £330
12 sessions, from 2 March, Mon & Wed – 7 to 8:30am – £395
12 sessions, from 3 March, Tues & Thurs – 7 to 8:30am – £395
Please use this form to register your interest in one of our courses.
Or email us at learntorow@quintinboatclub.org
Learn to Row Information
Objectives
This course will prepare you to scull safely and confidently in a crew and is structured to allow you to join the Quintin Boat Club smoothly upon its successful completion.
The course will focus rigorously on proper sculling technique and will include a mix of on-the-water and land training sessions to achieve this aim. All participants will build a solid foundation on which they can progress toward becoming a confident recreational rower or toward earning a spot in one of our club’s racing crews.
Our goal is to get you on the water as soon as safely possible! Participants will scull on our beautiful stretch of the Thames in quads (four people to a boat, two blades/oars each).
Coaches
Ken Creighton is a British Rowing qualified coach and started rowing as a junior in Seattle in 1986. Ken was the Captain of both his junior and University team where he won numerous championships. Ken now focuses on coaching and racing on the Thames Tideway and beyond.
Jackie Eastwood has been on the water since 1992 as a competitor taking part in Internationals, Commonwealth, World Cups and was in the qualifying squad for the Olympics. She now coaches novices to competition level and racing crews.
Elliott Kemp is a British Rowing qualified coach with a ten-year rowing career that included GB team selection, national championships, and the Boat Race. Elliott has spent the last three years coaching. Working with Learn to Row, junior, and masters athletes, he enjoys making rowing accessible, supportive, and enjoyable for everyone.
Simon Hunt brings head coaching experience from numerous clubs. Simon has coached Masters at three different clubs on the Tideway. While coaching, Simon is also an active racer, competing in his single, eights and all boat classes in between.
Cost
The L2R course costs £330 (10 sessions) or £395 (12 sessions) per person (approx £33 per 90 minute coached session). This payment is due 1 week before at the start of the course. Please pay into the Quintin Boat Club bank account (30-92-01 00055969) with reference LTR/YOURSURNAME.
Next Steps
After reading this document thoroughly, please contact Learntorow@quintinboatclub.org as soon as possible to confirm your place.
If you have any questions about the content of this document or questions not addressed within, please feel very welcome to reach out. We will be happy to answer any questions and also confirm if you have been successful confirming a space in the course.
Email us at learntorow@quintinboatclub.org