OUWLRC will be running a Development Squad in Trinity term 2010. A meeting for all interested rowers and coxes will be held on Wednesday 5 May at 7 pm in Merton College, Harrison Room. Please come along!

Development Squad will train and compete alongside our current squad at some excellent regattas, with the aim to get some 6 lane racing experience and get some race experience in side by side situations. This program is intended for rowers potentially considering trailing for the 2011 Lightweight Women's Boat Race, to improve their rowing skills and experience training with a university squad; it will provide a great introduction to rowing for Oxford.

The program will be run out of our boat house in Wallingford, based at the OUBC Fleming Boat House. Getting to Wallingford is easy, in the past Development Squad rowers have used the frequent bus service between Oxford and Wallingford.

The Lightweight Women's Boat Race has a 59.0kg limit, however you don’t need to be any particular weight to join Development Squad; at this stage your bodyweight and erg scores aren’t important. What we are looking for is drive, commitment and potential. Several of the rowers from recent years' triumphant Boat Race crews began in the summer Development Squad!

We understand that some of you will have a lot on with Summer Eights also in Trinity, so we aim to be as flexible as possible with your college training schedules so that you can enjoy both Summer Eights and the Development Squad program.