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Natalie’s love for both rowing and coaching started as a junior at her local rowing club, and whilst at university she was a driving force in establishing Chichester University RC.  After leaving university, she was Club Captain and Head Coach at Worthing RC before being recruited by Headington School, Oxford.

Whilst at Headington, Natalie coached across all year groups, in a programme that is steeped in a history of producing national and international medal-winners.  Her crews won medals at the National Schools’ Regatta, and several athletes that she had started off on their rowing journey were in the victorious JW8+ at Henley Royal Regatta in 2021. 

Natalie’s role at Headington evolved over time, with growing responsibility for the day-to-day running of the club, as well as the welfare of the students from J14-18.  At SWPS, she is putting this experience to fantastic use to steer the Boat Club alongside the Head Coach, and performs a huge number of unseen but crucial tasks in order to maintain the smooth running of all rowing operations.  As the Lead Coach for J15s, Natalie’s SWPS crews have already been on the national podium, and she is a vital component in the continued forward progress of the club!

Jonno’s coaching career has spanned the last sixteen years, and has involved working in some of the country’s top school rowing programmes.  The Lady Eleanor Holles School, Latymer Upper School and London Oratory had significant successes during his tenures, with his crews regularly winning national medals.  Over 25 athletes that Jonno has coached at some point during their school careers have gone on to gain international representation in the sport, and countless others have a passion for rowing engrained for life thanks to his boundless enthusiasm for the sport, and love for conveying this to young people.  Jonno has worked as Equipment Manager/Boatman alongside his coaching since 2009, and has a wealth of experience, setting him up well to maintain and organise a large fleet of top-level racing boats.  From 2018-2021 he was the England Equipment Manager, a role that supported the team’s performances at the Home International Regatta each year.  As the Lead Coach for J14s, Jonno inspires the youngest rowers of our club in their first year as full rowing members.

Iona rowed throughout her time at school in Aberdeen, gaining early successes as a part of the first Aberdeen Schools’ Rowing Association (ASRA) crew to win a gold medal at the National Schools’ Regatta.  Winning in such a demanding and competitive sport ignited the competitive flame, and Iona has never looked back!  Whilst at school, she won medals at National Schools’ Regatta and the British Rowing Junior Championships, as well as gaining selection for the GB J16 Team, and Scottish Junior Team at the Home International Regatta.  Continuing her rowing at university, Iona was selected for Great Britain at two World Rowing U23 Championships in the Women’s Eight, winning a silver medal in Austria in 2013 – a career highlight.  She has won Henley Women’s Regatta twice, and rowed in the final of the Remenham Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta.

As a coach, Iona has previously worked at ASRA, Surrey University, Whitgift School and Molesey Boat Club, most notably supporting their junior athletes to medals at National Schools’ Regatta, the British Rowing Junior Championships, and numerous athletes to selection for the Great Britain and Scottish teams.

Molly rowed from the age of eleven at Marlow Rowing Club, and whilst a junior, became a five-times National Champion, Henley Women’s Regatta winner, rowed in two Henley Royal Regatta finals, and was selected in the GB team for the 2015 World Rowing Junior Championships – winning a Silver Medal in the Women’s Quad.  Since leaving school, Molly has represented Molesey Boat Club, and in 2019 became U23 World Champion, winning the Gold Medal in the Women’s Quad which you can see here.  She continues to trial for the GB Senior Team, with the dream of one day competing at the Olympic Games, and hopes to use her knowledge and personal experience of junior women’s rowing to nurture similarly successful and passionate rowers at SWPS.

Emmie is a SWPS alumna, and rowed as a committed part of the club during her J14-18 years.  She had tremendous success in her J16 season, rowing to British Rowing Junior Championship Gold and Silver medals in WJ16 2x and WJ18 4x.  She raced each year at National Schools’ Regatta, and progressed through rounds at Henley Women’s Regatta.  In her final year at school, she was a key part of the SWPS 1^st Quad at Henley Royal Regatta.  A keen animal-lover, Emmie is taking a gap-year rowing in the high-performance programme at Molesey Boat Club ahead of starting her degree in Veterinary Sciences.  Coaching the younger rowers at SWPS, she is able to give the pupils an insight into the exciting journey they can look forward to as members of our club!

Jennie began rowing whilst at university, as a talent transfer athlete from England Rugby, where she captained England A.  She quickly progressed as part of GB Rowing’s World Class Start Programme, and trained at Molesey Boat Club prior to being selected for the National Team.  Jennie rowed in the GB Women’s Eight during the 2009 World Cup season, during which she realised that her passion for the sport lay in helping others.  She coached in top school rowing programmes both in the UK and abroad, before serving as Head of Rowing at SWPS from 2013-17.  During this time, she coached national medal-winning crews, including the school’s first ever Championship Gold Medal at the National Schools’ Regatta, in the Girls’ Pair.  Jennie was responsible for the massive increase of popularity of rowing at the school, and oversaw the planning and building of our wonderful boathouse which opened in 2016.  Jennie combines coaching the younger year groups with teaching GCSE and A Level PE, and uses her background as a Sports Science graduate to support both rowers and those pursuing academic qualifications in sport at SWPS.