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Personal Statement
Whilst I came late to rowing in my life , it has taken my passion . I am at Oxford Brooke’s studying currently real estate at a graduate level , going in my final. Realising that I need to make a decision to either step into the beginning of my career in real estate or use the opportunity to broaden my rowing experience abroad.
Let me introduce myself so you can see what I stand for, my values and my drive . I started at a local rowing club at the coast in the Uk as a youngster of 16-17 years old. My father is an ex-Leander rower, who competed at high level and he encouraged me to get into it. I used to play hockey at county level and enjoyed team work, but around 16 years started losing interest. At home, my parents encouraged us doing a sport, and I took up rowing. I realised that I have the posture and height for that sport. However, coastal rowing is different than on the river, more volatile and sometimes very eventful, as you can imagine. I rowed with young and old, whenever there was a crew. But lymington town loses a lot of youngsters who go to boarding schools and I was at a day school. The result was I could not always have a crew to row with , so I did a lot of skulling. I went to a neighbouring club to get a crew as I did feel it was a bit lonely on my own. I thoroughly enjoy making the boat move with a team.
When I left high school , I joined the prestigious Oxford Brooke’s rowing program under management of Henry Spratt. it is a big squad And you have to fight for your place. In my first year, Covid hit us and effectively we went home. We trained with online errging versus each other etc , but did not really get rowing competitive experience. In my second year , I got my chance. Got places in the boat and managed to get into the crew for the Ladies Cup Challenge at Henley in 2022. That was an experience where we raced inthe semi finals and one of our team collapsed. Something out of control, but you learn to accept failure, learn from it and work to improve. You have to back your team . There is no room for Egos in a boat. OXFORD Brooke’s program is hard on people; if you do not pull your weight with training, if you let your team down with absence at training, you lose your place in the boat. With our coach Henry, we often do not know who makes it in the A , B or C Teams , shortly before the actual races. I learned to accept that and continue to try to improve my technique and my performance .
I understand that rowing in the USA , is a different league. Your rowing techniques are different . My sister is currently rowing for Duke and she rowed in the varsity eight at NCAA. It inspired me to look for an opportunity to learn more and broaden my rowing horizon. I am only young and to get this opportunity to experience this , would be amazing. So I am looking to do a business certificate or foundation course to broaden my horizons in terms of academics whilst joining a winning team like Cal .
