This term has been a positive one with PBs being achieved and medals being won and we're less than half way through the academic year! Not only has there been lots of competitive success, these past few months have bonded us as a club and socially we've done so much too. Here's our round-up reflecting … Continue reading Semester 1 Round-Up

As Summer Regattas come to an end and Autumn Heads and indoor championships begin, erging in the mornings soon will take over from our 6.30am water sessions. In preparation for indoor championships: Welsh Indoors on 23rd November and BRIC on 7th December, we are focusing on both long distance and high intensity ergs to get … Continue reading How we keep up with rowing training in Winter

Each year the University of Gloucestershire Rowing Club run the Learn to Row sessions for 5 weeks, teaching our Freshers how to row on and off the water before they pay the full membership. Before our Learn to Row scheme started, we had a large amount of interest at the Freshers Fayre and held our … Continue reading Learn to Row

As the term ends, our Novice club members' first years of rowing have come to a close. Meg Price, one of our Freshers from 2018, wrote a piece for her course, talking about her experiences picking up a new sport from scratch. There’s that voice of insecurity inside all of us. We’ve all experienced it: … Continue reading Freshers Experience: Rowing at University

Racing in HWR this year were some of the best female crews from around the world and in the mix of international talent came our Club Captain, Jade Colton. Jade, rowing with three others from Worcester University Rowing Club, qualified for the first round of Henley Women's Regatta in the Aspirational Quadruple sculls category. On … Continue reading UOG and UOW join forces for Henley Womens Regatta

For the first time since 2011, UOG Rowing entered in to BUCS Regatta in Nottingham. Our members practiced in singles over the term time and came back to Gloucester in the Easter holidays, so our coach, Matt Phillips, could train them up. After focused training, we entered 4 rowers to each race in a 1x. … Continue reading BUCS Regatta 2019

Michelle Barden talks about the changes she’s made to make her lifestyle more sustainable, why they’re important and how they allow her to save money as a student at the same time. What lifestyle changes have you made to be more green? Recycling: “I’ve stepped up my recycling, even just bits of paper that used to … Continue reading What our rowing member does to reduce her carbon footprint

2019 has been a very successful year for rowing at the University of Gloucestershire so far, but nothing screams success more than our very first Varsity win against Worcester. After months of tough training, abstinence from alcohol and boat racing for crew selections, our woman's 4x, men's 2x and woman's 2x entered the water and battled … Continue reading A win for Gloucester in Varsity