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Meet our Team: Thais Umbelino
Thais joined TopRow in 2019 because she wanted a flexible job that would fit in around her studying. Now that Thais has graduated from university she has more time and wanted to take the opportunity to get more involved in TopRow Putney. Thais Learnt to row in Brazil...
Meet the TopRow rowers: Kerrin
Meet the TopRow rowers. Today we have a testimonial from Kerrin, a graduate from our January Learn to Row group in Melbourne! Read below to learn about her experience coming out of Lockdown and trying rowing for the very first time. (On the photo, Kerrin sat far right...
Brock Sampson: ‘Rowing is more than a sport’
In the series 'Rowing for All', this time we speak to Brock Sampson. This American came into contact with the Netherlands about ten years ago and eventually settled here for love. In Nijmegen he set up the Rowing Without Limits project. With this he wants to make...
Meet our Team: Melanie Perkins
Having learnt to row with a laid back university club in York (UK), I didn’t know what I was getting into when I later joined my local club in London with a 6 day a week training program. I was soon hooked. With the club spirit and vision of winning shiny pots, rowing...
Meet our Team: Marcus Rossi
My rowing experience began when I was 15. A few of my friends chose rowing as their school summer sport the previous year and suggested that I join them at their pre-season gym sessions. The next thing I knew I was rowing in the eights on the Yarra! It was a little...
Meet our Team: Ainsley Raggatt
I began rowing at my school at St Catherine’s in year 8. I originally started rowing just to prove to my older sister that I was better than her. But like most people, I was addicted to the sport within the first few weeks. After leaving school, I took a year away...
X marks the spot: in search for the treasury
Today we call with… the quaestor of the NKIR! Julien Ruhl has been a member of the organization since 2018 and is responsible for the finance and sponsorships. I am curious, what are your responsibilities as ‘quaestor’?In the Roman Empire, a quaestor was a public...
Meet our Team: Harriet Lowe
If you've ever rowed with us in London, you've probably met (or at least emailed) Harriet. She joined our team in 2018 when our London Putney location first opened. It started as a summer coaching job after she graduated from university and before a winter working as...
Precious entertainment in the Sports Halls
From the NKIR organization to participants or rowing partners, in this blog series we take a look behind the scenes. How is the NKIR prepared? What does the NKIR look like through their eyes? This week we talked to one of the participants of the NKIR. On...
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