Coaching and training

At Sons we recognise that rowing needs to exist alongside work and a social life, so our training is structured to enable your career and your rowing aspirations to co-exist. With Masters categories starting at a youthful 27, most of our members are Masters, and that’s reflected in our training and competition. What we try to do is let members get the most from the training time they have, and support those who want to really put in a big training effort – for one event, or a number of seasons.

Our Head Coach, is Peter Haining MBE, Olympian and three times World Lightweight Sculling Champion in the single scull. Peter coaches both in person, and remotely using Zoom. Water sessions are usually at 8am on Saturday and Sunday. Crews also go out on weekdays mornings, and, evenings in the lighter months. Ergs and a weights plan are delivered each week, which can be completed in your own preferred location

The club always has crews in the whole sweep of winter head races – mostly in the Masters categories. In the summer regatta season, many will enjoy competing in local regattas, Henley Masters and the British Masters Championships at Nottingham. The most competitive and committed with aim for Open Category racing, including Henley Women’s Regatta and Henley Royal Regatta.

If you have rowed before get in touch and let’s talk about how you could fit in. If you haven’t rowed before, we usually run a learn to row course in the summer, and many members have entered the sport through this gateway.  

Full membership is £540 a year, or £60 a month. And there’s a reduced rate for students and Under 23s at £270 a year.