Juniors at Gloucester Head 2016

Well done everyone who competed at Gloucester today… some racing 1750m and some 5000m and some potential course records. Jack, Seb and Robbie did well in their almost J18 4x-. Georgia won WIM3 4+ with the senior ladies in the morning division and raced with Hannah in the  WIm 3 8+ in the afternoon. Hannah […]

Braving Henley In The Fog 

Fifteen rowers from the Friday Morning Squad recently spent two days rowing down the Thames from the Oxford University women’s boathouse at Wallingford to Henley (40km, 8 locks), where we spent the night, then on to Eton (another 32km, 6 locks), while one of our three boats carried on down to

Junior Squad Report – October 2016

After a busy summer and a short September break the juniors began training again on September 20th. We have welcomed in a group of new juniors who had attended Stu’s Junior Learn to Row courses in the summer. They are settling in well and already improving the skills they learned in the summer. Tuesday and […]

Junior Squad Report – September 2016

The junior squad has had a very busy summer attending all but one of the WEARA regattas. Several of our juniors represented the Western Region at the Junior Inter Regional Regatta held at Nottingham in April. In May a small group of seven juniors went to Dorney for the Ball Cup South and all returned […]

Exeter Winter Head Race 2016

Exeter Winter Head Race Saturday 30th January 2016 The day of the Exeter Head race dawned a slightly drizzly but classically cold winter’s day. There was a good turn out for the two divisions, with the local schools, Universities, and Rowing Clubs turning up to race. Conditions were

Totnes Autumn head Race 2015

On the 20th December 2015 many of the juniors and women’s squad, plus Ben Crichard headed off to Totnes to compete in the head race that had to be postponed a few weeks ago due to bad weather. Weather conditions were not great today either, particularly for Division 3, but

Juniors success at South Coast Championships at Wimbleball 2015

The South Coast Championships were held at Wimbleball lake on the 12/13th of September. It was a wet and windy weekend, making conditions difficult. On the Sunday, Exeter Rowing Club junior squad were invited to enter seven events, following on from their great performance over the

National Schools Regatta 2015

The National Schools Regatta is the most competitive regatta in the junior calendar. Phoebe Campbell and Lula Bowyer both raced in the WJ15 1x event, although Lula is actually in the WJ14 age group. There were forty five entries and all the girls took part in a time trial to determine who would take part […]

Exeter a success at Junior National Championships 2015

Junior rowers Poppy, Phoebe and Lula gave an outstanding performance at this years British Junior National Championships held at Strathclyde Country Park outside Glasgow. This competition is for the top juniors in the country and I’m delighted to say that Exeter has