Our ALTR programme starts in the Spring, with six taster sessions spaced through the summer season and three waves of courses from April through to September. We invite you to register early for a taster session, and a course that fits your diary below. We will confirm your place on the course at the taster day.

Learn To Row, three short words that for many are life-enriching, in terms of both physical and mental well-being. Rowing utilises 85% of your muscle mass, gives you a great cardio workout, has a low injury risk and helps improve your flexibility, balance, and concentration.

We are a competitive club and as such are particularly keen to hear from people who’ve competed at a high level in other sports.  If you’re a high-achieving swimmer who fancies a more varied view than the bottom of the pool, or a former runner, footballer, rugby player, gymnast or cyclist and you fancy trying a sport that’s largely injury-free, that you could do into your 90’s, then drop us an email below – we’d love to hear from you. 

Our ALTR coaching takes place at Marlow Rowing Club, on a beautiful non-tidal stretch of the River Thames. We have a fleet of modern boats ranging from safe and stable beginner’s boats to lightweight racing shells. We coach in a group environment, but within that we aim to tailor it to your personal rate of development.

Our ALTR coaching team of 10 bring 200 years of rowing and 100 years of coaching experience. The team includes multiple former national champions who share a deep understanding of and passion for the sport.    

Our ALTR 2024 programme will run in 3 Waves, starting in April, June, and July (see below for specific dates). The course includes two 75-minute sessions per week for six weeks and is split into two Phases. Phase 1 is a 2-week, 4-session short course to allow you to assess whether this is the sport for you. Subject to you achieving a safe minimum threshold, and enjoying yourself, Phase 2 continues straight on and consists of four more weeks of two sessions per week. Fees are £120 for Phase 1 and £240 for Phase 2.  

Taster sessions : 
To give people a better sense of what the sport involves we’ll be running Taster Sessions in April, June and July  prior to commencement of  each Wave so that people who are interested in signing up for ALTR can come and look around the club, chat to some LTR mentors who will provide support to you over the course,  receive a couple of hours coaching and get a real feel for the course, the coaches, our club and the sport.

You must have attended the taster session prior to joining the course. 

Our taster sessions are on 6th and 7^th April (3-6pm) 1^st and 2^nd June 3-5pm) and 20^th and 21^st July (3-5pm).  

There is a charge of £8.   If you’re interested, you can book a place using the links below.