On Sunday 27th October, we took seven crews from across the Senior and Dev squads to Upper Thames Autumn Head in Henley. This was our first race of the head season, a great opportunity to blow out the cobwebs and lay down a marker for the rest of the season. Read more…
It is very rare that you get the opportunity to wander around the Tower of London without bumping into a million tourists, to have a personal guided tour, to drink at the guard’s pub within the tower and then to top it all to watch the ceremony of the keys. Read more…
Sunday the 25th of August saw a new batch of eager novices come down to the docks to try out some rowing. We had tank sessions, rowing machine relay races, circuits and finally onto the water for lake boats. It was a beautiful day, maybe even too hot as we Read more…
Pairs Head 2019 Our Senior women’s Co-Captains hit the Thames this Sunday for the first race of the season. Kamile Matulenaite is in the stroke seat, rowing on bow side and steering! Kamile joined us last year and steered the Women’s Henley 4- down the course, she is solid on Read more…
Amendments by Tim after his speech on the day; Please re-call that I suggested at the start that this is but one line of thought on the origins of the Curley Crew. But actually there was an old bone factory owned by Mr. Curley in Stratford. It’s ‘stock’ came from Read more…
Curlew RC Annual General Meeting – 2018/19 Thursday 29th August 2019 – Curlew Clubhouse, Greenwich Club Captain – it’s been a great season with lots of success for all the squads, from Docklands Head in the autumn to Oxford City in the summer. We welcomed 6 new boats in naming Read more…
Back by popular demand…and time for Quiz Master Jamie to emerge from the last 12 months of hibernating. Key Details: 17th October @ The Club house Start Time – 7.30pm until late Cost: £5 per person and all profits go towards the new boat fund. Any questions, drop Stuart, Ed Read more…
Ian Stevenson 1966-2019, a rower, a friend? Actually more like family. Curlew RC, like most rowing clubs, is a family. This week we said a sad farewell to Ian aka Biffa. Biffa rowed at Curlew RC and a number of other rowing clubs, settling finally at Cygnet Rowing Club. We Read more…
Sunday 8th September saw over 50 past rowers descend on the Curlew clubhouse to share old war stories and mingle with our current crop of rowers. The 2019/20 Committee would like to thank the work of our outgoing Alumni Officer Laura Binns, who with John Brunton and Paul Maloney managed Read more…
Curlew RC was treated to a fantastic evening at the Tower of London. We were also allowed to host our awards evening in the Yeoman Warders Mess, a very exclusive and fantastic venue. This year saw the 2018/19 committee invest in 4 new trophies, its a fantastic way to recognise Read more…