Alicia Sanctuary, a novice rower in the University of Kent Rowing Club, offers a student perspective of the intercollege rowing competition which took place on Wednesday 27 January.
It’s that time of year again! Intercollege competitions are in full swing and open for anyone to get involved. The rowing relay races took place with great success. Both rowers and complete novices attended, all participated and gave their all. The attendees were split into colleges; Rutherford, Eliot, Keynes and Darwin. Female participants rowed on the ergo machine for 150m, males for 200m. Different participants for each college competed until only one college remained undefeated, the champions of this competition were Rutherford.
Alex McKinney, Chairman of the Rowing club, spoke about what the event meant for the society and more widely for Kent Sport. Alex commented on the club as being open to “anyone who isn’t a member of the club and thinking about trying it out”, great for all those who are interested in rowing for the upcoming year, or those who want to give it a go without the committing the sport competitively. Intercollege competitions offer an opportunity for the rowers to engage in friendly competition with one another and to invite others to see what the sport entails.
Rowing is a time consuming and physically demanding sport. Rowers at the University of Kent club are dedicated to early outings and rigorous training plans in preparation for races. The Senior Men’s boat will be racing at Henley Regatta this year, the whole crew are making full use of the ergo machines and weight lifting area at Kent Sport in preparation for the international event.
The next Intercollege Rowing meet is on the 17th of February, 2pm-3:30pm. So if you like what you read and want to a have a taster of rowing or just work up a sweat, come down to Kent Sport for the next relay race and they won’t disappoint you.
For more information about the University’s rowing club, follow UKCRowing on Twitter or Facebook. The committee members are very friendly and will answer any questions you may have. Alternatively, feel free to contact Alex McKinney at am829@kent.ac.uk