Dorney Lake Rowing

The Dorney Lake Schools Rowing programme has been running for several years introducing hundreds of young people to the sport of rowing. Sessions are offered to local schools and can range from curriculum PE lessons, GCSE PE, after school club or rewards day.  

Dorney Boat Club  

Dorney Boat Club is open to any young person that wants to row but may not be attending with a school as well as being a pathway for those introduced to it through a school session or the Eton Dorney Rowing Courses. 

Activities 

Learn to row sessions for curriculum PE.
Progression and skills development with after school clubs planning to race.
Fundraisers – Reindeer Row – linked with Santa Fun Run for Alzheimer’s Dementia Support. 
Development of leadership and transferable skills through team building.
Annual club regatta and BBQ. 
First steps into racing.
A place of stability and refuge for young people experience trauma.
Reward days.

Impact

“What you do is make the gym sessions hard but fun” - A parent. 

"My day at Dorney Lake was incredible. I had so much fun doing all of those fun activities especially after practising with the rowing machine like we did at DPA, but we also did it in an actual boat.” Ditton Park - M

“We did some rowing on the machines and went rowing with coaches, Hannah and Sophie, they were great. My favourite part of the day was going rowing and working as a team with new people. I also enjoyed the part where we all had to row together.” J 

Pupil Involvement

Average 150 students per week (during the Summer Term).