On Monday 2nd August, DRC was pleased to welcome members of Ipswich Greyfriars Roundtable for a rowing taster session.
Plenty of club members were on hand and things kicked off with an ergo demonstration from Michael Streat. Once everyone had mastered the basic posture on that, the tablers progressed to trying the same thing with blades on the jetty... and then it was onto the water!
To make sure that everyone got an experience of the real thing, we put out a variety of boats: viruses, mondegos and fine doubles with experienced rowers in the bows to give coaching tips, steer and keep the balance.
(pictured left: Tim offers quiet instruction from the shore)
Just to show that we can be sociable too, we all tipped into the Cherry Tree for drinks and food as well.
It was a real pleasure to have the tablers at the club. I hope they also enjoyed their evening and will come back again for another go!
