Director & Coach
Peter Cookson:
Peter has been involved in the sport of rowing since 1971. His racing background includes a six-year stint as a member of the Canadian team. Peter competed successfully in both sweep and sculling events and was a Canadian champion in various events Following his rowing career, Peter became involved in coaching and has coached successfully at all levels. He has numerous university and club championships to his credit. As well, he has been an integral member of the coaching staff of the Canadian and Zimbabwe rowing teams and has coached crews to international medals at World Championships.
Peter now resides in Johannesburg, and is exploring the opportunity for a new school in the Republic of South Africa. He is a British ARA certified Silver-Award coach, a member of Sport UK and a Level 3 coach in the Canadian system.
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Director & Coach
Russell Stynes :
Russell has been involved in water sport since 1999. His racing background includes a 3 year stint as a member of the Great Britain Dragon Boating Racing Team.
Russell has competed in Sculling for Upper Thames UK, Dragon Boating GB and White water Kayaking UK.
Russell became involved in coaching and has coached successfully at all levels. He has been an integral member of the coaching staff of the GB Ladies Dragon Boat Racing team for 2 years and has coached 12 individuals to international medals at World Championships.
Russell now resides in England in Warwickshire a few miles away from Stratford-upon-Avon and is Senior Womens coach at The University of Warwick in Coventry City.
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Coach
Andy Peach :
Andy Peach has been involved with rowing for some 34 years now. He first started way back in 1972 at Maidenhead rowing Club where he fell in some 12 times on my very first introduction to sculling. From that auspicious start he was bitten by the rowing bug that so many people talk about and went onto greater things.
In 1976 he represented Great Britain at the World Junior Championships in Austria. 1977-78 saw him breaking into the GB sculling squad, coached by the legendary Mike Spracklen and Doug Melvin. In 1979-1980 he swapped from sculling to sweep oar and joined the GB heavy weight rowing squad, gaining selection for the eight. Sadly a serious knee injury put paid to my competing at the Moscow Olympics, where the eight managed a fantastic silver medal.
Having recovered from surgery Andy did manage to salvage something from the season and represented England at the
Home Countries winning the coxless pairs event. Between 1981-1986 he rowed for Leander where in 1984 they lost the final of the Thames Cup at HRR, but again went onto to represent England. In 1985 they won the Ladies Challenge Plate in a record time, also in a time substantially faster time than the Grand Challenge Cup (that’s life).
An Impresive 8 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze medals won at the Nat Champs topped of a most enjoyable competitive rowing career.
Andy's coaching experience has been as senior rowing master at Reading Bluecoat School for some 7 years before becoming self employed and starting his own business. Having moved to the north of England Andy began coaching at John ‘O’Gaunt rowing club. At present Andy is head coach at Lancaster University. He has also undertaken the coaching of other sports, RFU prelim and intermediate rugby coach, an ASA swimming teacher and a BWLA weightlifting teacher.
The photo of to the right is Andy and his son (Vet C 1x) and son (J12 1x) winners at the world renowned Lancaster City regatta.
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The instructors for CRC Sculling Camps have varied backgrounds offering our participants the best instruction available from many different parts of the world. All of our coaches have had experience at the international level and are some of the finest coaches available. We will continue in the future to get the best possible coaches for each one of our camps so that each participant will be able to receive the best and most current instruction available. CRC Sculling Camps strives to maintain an international flavour to the coaching staff so that we can enjoy the best of rowing and sculling thought from around the world.
Following is a list of some of the coaches that have participated at previous camps. You can be assured that at each camp we offer, there will be an equivalent level of expertise.
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Peter Somerwill:
Peter is the current Head Coach at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada. For many years, Peter was the club captain of St. Catharines Rowing Club, leading it back to being one of the top clubs in Canada. Peter's rowing career culminated in a gold medal at the FISA Rowing World Championships in the lightweight 8 in 1993.
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Joe Dowd:
Joe is the former Head Coach at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada. The Brock University crew has been one of the most successful university and club programmes in the country, regularly capturing national and provincial titles. Joe’s understanding of the sculling stroke is second to none and his eloquent and thorough explanation of the stroke offers our participants a very comprehensive understanding that they can then work on during the sessions.
Joe has coaches sweep and sculling for many years. Many of the Brock athletes go on to be members of the Canadian squad in no small part due to the excellent background they have received while at Brock. Joe has been a coach for the Canadian squad and regularly keeps his coaching methods updated by assisting at national team training camps and attending international coaching conferences.
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Martin McElroy:
Martin has been coaching for many years culminating in the success of the Great Britain Gold Medal eight at the Sydney Games. Martin is an advisor to the Cambridge University programme and regularly assists the crew in their build up to the annual Boat Race with Oxford University. Martin also assists with the Great Britain women’s programme, currently working with the GB women’s quadruple sculls boat.
Martin is an excellent communicator and his knowledge on racing strategy is unparalleled.
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Al Morrow:
One of Canada’s most successful coaches, Al has had Olympic medalists at the last three Olympics. Al has been the Women’s Coach for the Canadian National Team for over 12 years and has also been one recognized as one of the top coaches in the world. Marnie McBean and Kathleen Heddle have been some of the successful people to come out of his programme.
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Michelle Darvill:
Michelle is a 4 time world champion in sculling events and has the distinction of being one of the few people in the world who has managed to medal at the world’s in all lightweight sculling events – the single, double and quad. Now turning to coaching, her understanding of what it takes is obviously superb.
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Laurie Featherstone:
Laurie is the coach of women’s freshman at the University of Louisville. She has been coaching for a number of years and also has sculled and rowed at the international level.
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Paul Reedy:
Paul is the Head Coach at London RC in London, England. London RC is one of the top clubs in the UK with crews showing regular success at Henley Royal. An Australian, he has represented his country at the international level. He is also a registered physiotherapist.
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Debbie Flood:
current member of the GB squad in the double sculls event.
Andrew Bellerby:
Former Canadian sculling champion and Head Coach at Don RC, Canada.
Pat Salbany:
Former GB Squad sculling champion.
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