• Paul Turner is current head coach and has led the performance
arm of the rowing club. He showcased his coaching skills on
a national platform alongside Sir Steve Redgrave on ITV4’s
documentary ‘Redgraves Raw Recruits’, a programme that
captured the rowing development of 40 men from Liverpool on
their path to Henley Royal qualification. He has coached some
of the most successful athletes in the club’s history. He won the
clubs first international race at Ghent Regatta in 2007 and was a
semi-finalist in the Wyfold Challenge Cup.
• Maddie Archer has been a member of the club for just 18
months but came top 10 at the first GB trials, which led to GB
training camp selection in Sierra Nevada. She won the club
double, alongside Lucy Iball at the Open British championships
in 2018 and won gold at Home Countries with the Welsh squad.
• Gareth Syphas won the U23 British Indoor Championships
with Grosvenor and represented Grosvenor at GB trials. He
credits learning to row at Grosvenor and Paul Turner’s training
programme for his continued success at Oxford Brookes
University, where he won the Temple Challenge Cup and then
made the final of the Ladies Plate in 2018.
• Tanith Allwood is current club captain; she won the Lester
Trophy at Henley Women’s Regatta in 2014 and represented
England at the Home International Regatta that same year.
• Phil Hill has been a member for 30 years and was part of
the most successful Thames Challenge Cup in Grosvenor’s
history; he has coached and held various committee positions
throughout his time at the club.
Grosvenor continue their celebrations in October with a Ball at
Chester Cathedral and are fortunate to have Kings Chester alumni,
World Champion, Victorious Cambridge blue and double Olympic
Champion Tom James MBE, as guest speaker.
It is still possible to join Grosvenor for these celebrations, please
email info@grosvenor-rowingclub.org.uk if you are interested in
learning to row, joining a squad or simply sharing in our social
events. New members are always welcome to help us shape the next
150 years...
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