[CUCBC Contacts] Fwd: CULRC Development Squad

[George Blessley]

> As you may know, the CULRC runs a short programme at the end of the Easter
> Term to help identify and train rowers that have the potential to row in the
> next year's blue boat. This covers a wide range of rowers, typically
> weighing less than 80-85 kilos with the ability to pull a sub 7 minute 2k
> and a willingness to improve their rowing. The development squad trains from
> the Monday after May week for 4 weeks, aiming to row, and win, at Kingston
> and Molesey regattas at the end of the 3rd and 4th weeks.
>
> We plan to row 6 sessions per week, combined with a couple of ergs and
> circuit and weight training sessions, to give a good all round introduction
> to how our club trains and what to expect from trialling.  We will also be
> providing information on nutrition, core training, stretching, and a summer
> programme of training to ensure that we can hit the ground running in
> October for our 2010 campaign.
>
> The majority of this year's blue boat started rowing with CULRC in a summer
> dev squad, and we have all improved by huge strides since joining the club.
> All 16 of our rowers from our trial 8's race this year will be in their
> college first boats for this mays, in some cases having originally come from
> lent third boats. The CULRC has a programme that works, and we want you join
> us to build on this year's successes.
>
> We will be holding a meeting in Goldie on Sunday the 10th of May at 5pm for
> all those interested in our Development group, and in trialling for a seat
> in next year's blue boat. Dependant on interest, we may hold a selection
> ergo for dev squad on the following wednesday, as we will unfortunately only
> be able to accomodate 24 rowers. If you are interested in dev squad can you
> please fill in the online form in this link [
> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cnJnejlCTFNLZXM1d2pIMVlsS3hOcXc6MA]
> - particularly we need to know availability for the dev squad period so that
> we can plan to make the best of your time with us - we will need commitment
> for all 4 weeks, or alternatively if you cannot do that because of HRR or
> similar, then for the first 3 weeks or the last 3.


George Blessley and Alistair Chappelle
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