Bowls Section Leads With A Draw
The bowls section held the draw for their internal competitions last week for the first time via zoom.
WARWICK BOAT CLUB’S OLIVIA JOYCE WINS SILVER IN ROWING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Olivia Joyce, who took up rowing at Warwick Boat Club only five years ago, has won a silver medal the World Indoor Rowing Championships – without leaving her living room.
The 31-year-old won her medal with a personal best time of 1 minute 40.9 seconds in the women’s lightweight (30 -39 age category) final in the four-day championships in which 935 rowers competed from 63 countries.
Our winners at the 2020 WALTA awards
Congratulations to our WBC winners:
Lucia Cassidy- Junior player of the year
Martin Durrant- Senior player of the year (pictured)
Sam Wesley- runner up Adult player of the year
Clark family win first winter lockdown quiz
Twenty-seven teams, involving some sixty WBC members, participated in the 21 February quiz. It was won by Don Clark and his family, by some distance
First West Midlands IPlay30 club
Warwick Boat Club has partnered with Bright Ideas for Tennis (https://www.brightideasfortennis.org/iplay30.php) to help local disadvantaged youngsters participate in tennis. Students from Evergreen School in Warwick (was Round Oak school) attended the first session on Wednesday 14th October with great results, as you can see.
F1 Driver visits WBC
Formula 1 driver Esteban Ocon visited Warwick Boat Club last Tuesday, 4 August, as he geared up for last weekend’s Grand Prix at Silverstone.
The Frenchman, who drives for Renault, was accompanied by his physio Dan for a game of tennis at the club as part of his preparation for the British race.
The next Learn-to-Row dates announced
Visit http://www.warwickboatclub.co.uk/rowing-new-members/ for the dates and further information on how to book onto the course.