Coaches
At HSS we are very lucky to have a big pool of experienced coaches at all our sites. The below coaches are currently with us on a regular basis.
John Broadhurst
Tom Collins
Amelia Wright
Paul Redgewell
D.O.B 30th August 1980
In 1988 when I was 8years old, my father dragged me down to Evesham Rowing Club, as his crew was in desperate need of a cox. Ever since then I have been heavily involved with rowing. In between coxing at Evesham RC, my main sports were swimming, triathlons, and cross country running. I reached County and National level in swimming for Evesham and Coventry. In 1996 I had a knee injury from skiing, and therefore my competitive swimming was over. In 1994 I decided to hang up my life Jacket and have a go at rowing. Ever since then until 2006, I have been training hard, competing for Evesham RC, Warwick RC, Worcester RC, and West Midlands, racing mainly in quads and eights.
I have won races at various regattas, qualified for Henley Royal Regatta 6 times as a junior and senior, racing in quads and fours. Reaching a National final, trialling for GB under 23’s, and finishing 12th at the eights head of the river race for Worcester, out of over 500 crews.
I became a coach when I passed my course in 1996, and have been a volunteer coach at Evesham RC from 1996 to 2007. I was one of three coaches who ran the Evesham Rowing Club Junior Girls section, from J13 to J18. We had some great successes with 6 girls rowing for GB, and 2 receiving International medals. In 2006 and took a job for the formerly known Amateur Rowing Association, as a Community Sports coach for rowing in Oxford. I was based at 3 clubs in Oxford. They were, Falcon, Oxford Adaptive, and Hinksey Sculling School. In this time I was also a satellite coach for British Rowing World Class Start.
In 2008 my funding for community sports coach ran out, and I was all set to leave coaching in Oxford, until Tom Collins offered me a coaching position at Hinksey Sculling School. I must have been doing something right, as I am still here, and really enjoying my time working at Hinksey and alongside other coaches, and with some great juniors. I may be here for a long time...
Tim Messent
D.O.B. 26th June 1987
Tim is no stranger to Junior Rowing. He started rowing at the Evesham Rowing Club at 12 years of age through a pilot of the Project Oarsome scheme funded by the Amateur Rowing Association, Henley Stewards and Sport England. This enabled children to row when otherwise the opportunity would not have been available at their schools.
The project changed Tim, who is dyslexic, completely. He went from someone who could hardly kick a football to someone who enjoyed going training six times a week.
Tim’s sculling quickly developed under the watchful eye of his rowing coach Keith Rafter and strength conditioning coach Dave Perry. During his Junior Rowing career Tim “totted up” a grand total of 6 National Medals and countless wins at Head of the River and Regatta races. One of these medals was won competing with fellow Hinksey Sculling School coach and Evesham Rowing Club member Andrew Walker at the National Rowing Championships 2000 in the Junior 14 Double Scull.
Once qualifying as an Instructor at Evesham Rowing Club Tim coached the Project Oarsome Programme that had done so much for him. He then took on the task of coaching the Junior 14 Girls Squad and had success at local and regional level. Tim was a guest coach and then invited to coach on the ARA Junior 16 Sculling Camp three years running.
To complement his sculling coaching Tim took his British Weightlifting Association Instructors Award and started to coach Strength Conditioning.
But rowing took a back seat when Tim started his professional training at Birmingham School of Acting on their three year Acting degree course. Since graduating Tim has worked as the Lead Male Vocalist in the SG Production of “In the Mood” a 1940’s tribute show, two seasons at the Sands Centre, Carlisle in their pantomimes Jack and the Beanstalk and Dick Whittington and the Pirate Adventure. Closer to home Tim has performed in Rent the Musical and is currently leading workshops in schools around the West Midlands.
Tim joined Hinksey Sculling School as a coach in October 2008 and is thoroughly enjoying his work and looking forward to the future.
Caroline Greves
D.O.B. 25th June 1986
I started sculling at HSS at the age of 11 and was involved in their very first competitive appearance at Pangbourne Junior Sculls. After moving schools I began rowing for Headington competing in many National events until deciding to take a break from rowing at the age of 16.
During my final year of university I returned to rowing with King’s College London and later competed for University of London at BUSA and Womens’ Henley. I also began coaching with Lady Eleanor Holles School and Tideway Scullers School. Whilst working at LEH I helped qualify a girls J16 4- for the Great Britain vs. France J16 match and subsequently coached the four at this event.
In September I moved back to Oxford and began rowing at Wallingford RC and coaching at HSS.
Andrew Walker
I grew up in the Vale of Evesham, studying at Blackminster and Prince Henry’s High School and became a committed member of Evesham Rowing Club. At 16 I took the decision to move to Henley-on-Thames to study for A levels at Henley College while training as a GB junior international rower at Leander Club. I am now studying Computing and Sports Coaching at Oxford Brookes University.
Rowing experience
1999-2001
Gold, J13,14,15 British Indoor Rowing Championships, Birmingham
2002
Gold, Championship 2x, National Schools Regatta (with Alex Gregory)
Gold, 2x, Coupe de la Jeunesse, Portugal (with Zac Purchase)
2003
5th, 4x-, World Junior Rowing Championships, Athens
2004
Winner, Fawley Challenge Cup, Henley Royal Regatta
6th (B final) 4x-, World Junior Rowing Championships, Banyoles
Gold, J18 hwt, British Indoor Rowing Championships, Birmingham
2007
Gold, Novice eights, BUSA Head (Oxford Brookes)
Gold, S2 eights Marlow International Regatta (Oxford Brookes)
Coaching Experience
I have benefited from being coached by, and learning from some of the best in coaching junior sculling and senior rowing, including Kieth Rafter, Mark Earnshaw, Neil Staite, Richard Hamilton, Pete Sheppard, Brian Armstrong, Mark Banks, Jez Moore, Chris Collerton, Peter Haining and Richard Spratley. In addition, I have been trained in weight training, flexibility and strength conditioning by Dave Perry, widely acknowledged as a leader in this field.
My coaching experience includes:
2003-7
Junior novice, development and performance athletes, Evesham RC
2004
ARA instructors’ award, led by Charlie Wiggin, Henley College
2006-7
Assistant coach to Novice squad, Oxford Brookes University
2006
Novice senior sculling coach, Evesham RC
2007
Coach, Falcon RC
Ed Myatt
I am a gap year student, going on to read history in September 2010. I gained my UKCC level 2 Rowing Coaching qualification. I have been coaching for HSS since then. I had previously sculled at the club for five years as an athlete.