The novice squads are divided between men and women, as these are the groups in which you will race in both the head (winter) and regatta (spring/summer) seasons.

Both squads circulate training information, important files, and other announcements via their respective Yahoo! groups:

TRC_Novice_Men and TRC_Novice_Women.

If you are a member of a Thames novice squad and are not a member of the Yahoo! group, please contact your coach or email to request membership:

Novice men: TRC_Novice_Men-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Novice women: TRC_Novice_Women-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Membership to the group will require approval, so please make sure you include your name (if not obvious by your email address) and a brief note to the moderator as to why you would like to join. 

A tentative schedule of races for the novice men and women is:

26 January    Quintin Eights Head    Both
16 February    Burway Head    Both
17 February    Hammersmith Women and Juniors Head    Women
01 March    Women's Eights Head of the River Race    Women
02 March    Hammersmith Head    Men
08 March    Kingston Head    Both
15 March    Men's Eights Head of the River Race    Men
       
Regatta Season - Dates pending/from 2007       
28 April    Hammersmith Regatta    Both
05 May    Chiswick Regatta    Both
06 May    Wallingford Regatta    Both
12 May    Borne @ Chiswick Regatta    Both
19 May    Putney Town Regatta    Both
26 May    Twickenham Regatta    Both
2-3 June    Metropolitan Regatta    Both (pending ability)
14-15 June    Reading Amateur    Both
16 June    Barnes & Mortlake Regatta    Both
20-22 June    Henley Women's Regatta    Women (pending ability)
30 June    Richmond Regatta    Both
2-6 July    Henley Royal Regatta    Men (pending ability)
14 July    Kingston Regatta    Both
18-20 July    National Championships    Women (pending ability)
19 July    Molesey Regatta    Both
28 July    Staines Regatta    Both
04 August    Henley Town & Visitor's Regatta    Both
11-12 August    Peterborough Summer    Both