John O' Gaunt Rowing Club is a community rowing club based at Skerton (Lancaster) serving Lancaster, Morecambe, Preston and the South of Cumbria.

The Lancaster Schools' Rowing Association provides rowing opportunities for young people. Both clubs are affiliated to "British Rowing", the sport's governing body in the UK.

Membership is £240 per year for Adults and £120 per year for Juniors.

Main Club Sessions:

The following sessions outline the main focus of club sessions; these are not exclusive sessions but give an indication of which groups have priority on equipment on these sessions.

User Groups:

Please read through the following to see the different sections that both clubs run:

Adult Learn to Row

Flexible, fun, and more varied rowing programmes for adult rowers is the vision behind ‘Learn to Row’.

The 2012 Lancaster Learn to Row programme starts 17/07/2012 (£60 for a course).

Key Club Documents:

• Senior Joining Pack
• Club Rules
• Constitution

Adult Rowing

"Adult Rowing" covers a wide range of different groups within the club but mainly refers to the younger group of adults (including students) that race at events.

Adult Sessions:

Key Club Documents:

• Senior Joining Pack
• Club Rules
• Constitution

Experienced Junior Rowing

Juniors under the age of 18 race under the banner of the Lancaster Schools' Rowing Association.

Junior membership is £120 per annum.

Experienced Junior Club Sessions:

Key Club Documents:

• Junior Joining Pack
• Club Rules
• Constitution

Junior Beginner Rowing

We cater for ages 11-18 and anyone interested in joining is welcome, with and especially without any rowing experience. If you are interested then please come down to a normal session (Sunday morning 9.30am) and say hello – we will show you round, tell you what you can expect from us, and what you can get out of rowing at the club.

For the water sessions, the club has four training boats with detachable stabilisers for beginners, and as proficiency progresses, there are singles as well as crew boats in which to train and race. Safety boats are on the water to provide safety cover along the river. If sessions can not be run on the water because of inclement water conditions then indoor sessions can be held in club's gym.

Junior membership is £120 per annum.

Junior Beginner Club Sessions:

Key Club Documents:

• Junior Joining Pack
• Club Rules
• Constitution

Recreational Rowing

This group tends to be adults that are in excess of their thirties; they tend to have raced when they were younger but now row for exercise. Although this group mainly rows on Saturday and Sunday mornings from 8:30; they quite often come down to the club to row at quiter times also. This group may also include people who never raced and who have come up through the learners route and just want to potter on the river.

Recreational Club Sessions:

Key Club Documents:

• Senior Joining Pack
• Club Rules
• Constitution

Master Rowing

Master is the new term used for older members that row in the club.

If you are new to rowing then you would tend to fit into the Explore Rowing group rather than slotting immediately into this group.

Masters Club Sessions:

Key Club Documents:

• Senior Joining Pack
• Club Rules
• Constitution