Orlagh Windle & Mai Drury
2024/25 Captains
owindle1@sheffield.ac.uk
mdrury2@sheffield.ac.uk
The senior women’s squad at SURC has experienced some major achievements and developments over the recent years, such as qualifications at Henley Women’s Regatta, and making major finals at BUCS Regatta. Our aims for this year will be to keep up, and hopefully improve, our successes from the previous seasons whilst ensuring our squad functions as a cohesive unit with a strong bond.
Although our squad certainly has a focus on performance and competition, many of our girls also row more recreationally in their spare time for the social aspect of the sport. We value these rowers just as much as those focused on competing, and we definitely would love to encourage this side of rowing alongside the performance-based side.
A great aspect of joining the SURC senior women is the friendly, welcoming and inclusive community that we have formed, and will continue to foster in the seasons to come.
This year we would love to welcome more senior women into our squad, whether recreationally or competitively, and create a really strong team to continue and improve upon our great results from past seasons in head season, and in regatta season at the more prestigious races.
If you have any questions about joining the senior women’s squad, or about how we train, please feel free to contact either one of us!
Callum Bell & Isaac Murray
2024/25 Captains
The Senior Men’s squad has had a successful last few years. Having gained top ten finishes at BUCS head and BUCS regatta in a range of categories, the squad aims to build on these results throughout the 2024/25 season. Combining returning seniors, newly joining rowers, and a strong novice intake, we aim to develop talent at SURC, whilst ensuring a fun, inclusive environment is fostered within the club.
During this coming season, we aim to drive performance with a carefully planned training schedule and racing calendar. We want to maximise our rowers potential and achieve top results at both local races such as White Rose Head, and larger national races such as BUCS regatta and Henley.
Our main aims for the year are:
- Top 10 result at BUCS head
- Major finals at BUCS regatta
- Henley qualification
We have both performance and recreational rowers within the squad, and each member's needs and aims will be catered for. We want to help everyone get what they want out of the sport and the Senior Men’s squad offers an inclusive and friendly atmosphere where people can achieve their aims, whether they are rowing for fun, fitness, or competition.
If you are at all interested in joining the Senior Men’s Squad, please contact us as we would love to have you!
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NOVICE PROGRAMME
Men's Captains: Leo Creighton & Nate Reason
Women's Coordinators: TBC
lcreigton1@sheffield.ac.uk
nreason1@sheffield.ac.uk
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​​The successful SURC novice program consists of up to 20 men and 20 women, completely new to rowing. Selection takes place at the beginning of the year, via trials based around core, strength and initial rowing machine tests. Captains will be looking for traits such as adaptability, resilience and determination to learn when trialling, with preference towards those who appear ready to take on the unique technical and physical challenges that rowing presents. This programme is ideally suited to those who want to push their limits, and will get out of it what they put in.
Once selected, the squads will immediately be introduced to the fundamentals of rowing on the water, with training focussing on the technical aspects of the sport. Supplementing this, the squad will be immersed into SURC with club-wide land training such as strength and conditioning, ergs and mobility/core. It is important for the squad to reach the base level of fitness required for the sport early on, with up to 8 sessions a week, on and off the water. This training also creates strong bonds as a squad very early on.
Novices are taught mainly sweep rowing throughout the year, with an integration of learning to learn scull with. Once the squad has a grasp of the technical basics, a training camp in October will create even stronger bonds within the squad, and allow them to make leaps in the there technique. Their first race shortly follows this, introducing them to the excitement of competitive racing early on. After an exciting season they will slowly start to be integrated in to the senior squad allowing for easy progression to future years rowing.
To anyone old or new to Sheffield who think this may be for them, we look forward to meeting you!
Coxing is a vital role involving much more than steering and coordination within the boat, and a crew's cox is integral to their success.
SURC are continuously recruiting experienced and novice coxes, with the opportunity to race at national races including Henley, HoRR and smaller local races.
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You can also be involved in all club activities including land training and socials.
For more information, contact us via email (rowing@sheffield.ac.uk), Instagram or Facebook.
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