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My name is Laura Wheeler, from Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire. My aim is to gain selection for the Great Britain senior rowing squad. Following a long break from competitive rowing I got back into training in the summer of 2009 at Trent Rowing Club. With it being such a small club I made the move to Nottingham Rowing Club in order to progress further. I train as part of the High Performance squad at NRC and coached by Dez Atkins. We train during normal working hours so in order to join the programme I had to reduce my working hours. The squad is made up of like minded athletes and there's nothing like a bit of competition to drive you on.


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Monday 5 September 2011

Official Start to the 2012 Season

Yes I have been training for the last few weeks but we officially started the new season today.  We have moved to our new boat bay now based on the River just down from the main club.  Whilst the rest of the squad were on there break a few of us along with some other club members have been involved in getting the facility up and running for our return.  It is a great facility but there is still a lot to sort and organise.  

This season we will spend the winter training from our new bay on the river and will return to the lake for the summer.  For most of us the prospect of training on the river and our new facility's is an exciting one we are all sad to be leaving the lake after all these years, but till the summer its bye bye lake.

Its back to the grindstone for the next season and training started quite pleasant with a nice technical session.  Boom second session 30 minute ergo thanks Dez.  Well I suppose we may as well start as we mean to go on.  Train hard, Race hard!!!

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