Junior Squad
Junior Beginners
The Junior Beginners group is for all juniors new to sculling or who have previously only sculled in crew boats. TSS focuses on achieving competence in single sculling as the foundation for all good sculling and rowing.
The aim is for the juniors to learn how move a boat effectively using correct sequencing and blade work and to manage a single scull i.e. be able to row forwards, backwards, spin the boat in a 360 quickly and perform an emergency stop all without falling in.
Capsizing does happen so it is essential that the juniors are confident swimmers and we do provide a swim test and capsize drill in a local swimming pool. (If conditions are hazardous for new beginners in singles they will boat in crew boats and learn to manage doubles and bow steer quads. In extreme conditions and during river closures sessions will be land based on ergos and in the gym)
The group meets for 2 hour sessions on a Saturday and Sunday currently starting at noon. With regular attendance and after 12 or more water sessions the juniors are usually ready to move onto other more advanced groups.
Junior Racers
The J12-14s move onto the J13/14 Racers group where given further regular attendance three times a week they should be able to compete in the summer regattas.
Junior Developers
The Junior Development Group meets on Saturdays and Sunday afternoons. It is for J15 – J18 competent single scullers who are developing their skills, strength and boat speed prior to transferring to the Junior Women or Junior Men squads or scullers who wish to just enjoy sculling at the weekends with out the extra commitments required to join the racing squads.
Junior Women / Men
The Junior Women’s squad is one of the highest performing junior clubs in the country. In 2025, they won the JW8+ at WeHORR and the ChG4x at SHORR and NSR.
The Junior Women have had international representation at GB France, Coupe and JWC over the last few years.
Our Junior Men are an incredibly competitive squad with the results to prove it: they recently won silver medals in the 2025 Championship Quads at National Schools Regatta, took the SHORR CH4x title in 2024, and in 2021 the TSS Junior Men won the prestigious Fawley Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta.
The Junior Men train 3 or 4 evenings a week (at least 2 evenings for J15s), and both days at weekends.
In 2026, both the Junior Men and Junior Women made it to the finals at Henley Royal Regatta in the Fawley Challenge Cup and Diamond Jubilee Cup respectively.
