Training Camps 2008/09
A few days after Trial Eights, the squad headed to Holland for the first of our two training camps. Hosted again by T.S.R. Vidar, the club of former coach Jan Willem Visser, OULRC was given access to a deserted 2km stretch of water and Vidar’s excellent fleet of boats. This camp was extremely productive, with the squad making significant improvements in both technique and fitness as well as giving us the opportunity to do some seat racing.
After a break for Christmas & New Year, the squad reconvened for a second training camp held at the brand new Avizaqcua Training Centre in Avis, Portugal. Training in eights for the week, the entire squad made large improvements and despite the fact that the centre had not been completely finished in time for our arrival, the camp was extremely successful. During the camp OULRC raced against four Portuguese Club eights in a local regatta where the ‘A’ boat came first and the ‘B’ boat came third over a 4km course.
The OULRC squad looks to be in very good shape returning from our training camps and we look forward to finalising the crews over the next few weeks and continuing our preparations for the Henley Boat Races.
Posted at 11:32 on 03/02/2009