Dave learnt to row at Cambridge '99 and with them went Head of the Cam, won a J18 bronze and a lightweight eights bronze at the National championships. On moving into the area in 1977 he joined WRC. Over the years he has won gold medals at Gent regatta, the National Championships and got to two Henley semi-finals. He represented England twice in 1983 (coxed four) and 1990 (eight) and has never been in a losing Hyne Cup crew. He also won S1 pairs at the Pairs Head with the current President and says they were unlucky not to win the Head outright.

He is also a member of the Thames Valley Skiff Club as nowadays it the only way he gets to see his wife and daughter!

Having previously built boats with Carl Douglas Dave has worked at Janousek Racing since 1983.

Ken has been a member of Walton rowing club since 1972 and he is an experienced BR coach (Bronze level & UKCC level 3), having coached at the junior and adult level for over 20 years. He has retired from business and is currently coaching as a part time professional at St Georges College and at Walton Rowing Club.  Ken is also a member of the Thames Valley Skiff and Punting Club.

Ken also works for BR as an accredited rowing coach educator and coach assessor for the “UKCC level 2 and level 3” courses and he will be seen at many clubs across the Thames region with his clip board and pen.

Neil started rowing with Cambridge University and went on to a successful rowing and sculling career as a lightweight winning many events including the 2002 Commonwealth gold medal in quad sculls. More recently he has coached junior crews to wins at the Schools Head and National Schools and selection for GB teams. He still finds time for training and has been World Masters Champion in coxless fours three times.

I started rowing, coxing and sculling here a long time ago with my brothers, guided by our father.

I have been Captain and Bar Steward before and also I am one of the organisers of Walton Small Boats Head

Graham Pointer is our Treasurer. He started his sporting life as a cricketer but eventually realised the error of his ways.

If you have any large sums of money you don't know what to with I'm sure we can find a use for them and Graham is the person to talk to.

Len has been active at the Club for twenty years now since his sons started rowing here.

Since we have demolished his bar he has a bit of time on his hands which he fills doing odd jobs fixing boats and things.

A large bar will be an important part of our new building.

I have been involved with Walton Rowing Club since my eldest son started rowing as a junior in 1991. The club taught both my sons to scull and row, with the eldest taking his sport to the top level, representing Great Britain every year from 1992 till 2004 when he retired. As the club helped my children in return I have done a variety of jobs at the club and have been the Welfare Officer for some years. If any juniors or vulnerable adults have any problems they should contact me and I will see how best we can sort out the problems. Please contact me in person or via e-mail with any problems which will be treated confidentially.
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Mr De Cata learned to row in a Roman galley at Walton RC, in which he progressed to captain, and rowed successfully at many ancient regattas. Sadly no photographic evidence of Nick's successes has survived. 2,000 years later he is no longer captain but still chief whipper, forcing tired and exhausted galley slaves onto the ergo for another 5km.

I joined Walton in 1973, and while Captain from 1976 – 78 built up the junior section, at a time when junior rowing was something that happened at public schools. As a member of the ARA Junior Rowing Committee, I was instrumental in setting up the ARA Proficiency Awards, which formed the basis for what is now the Wet Start programme. I was England Team Manager from 1977 to 1981, Selector from 1982 to 1991, and then Club President from 1995 to 1998. I still enjoys coaching junior scullers, preferably from a single, concentrating on watermanship and boat skills.

A formidable sculler in Victorian times, Mr Jordan is now a keen veteran participant in the WRC triathlons. He has put in some miraculous performances, finishing off a cup of tea while the other athletes start, and then smugly tucking into a pint when the second athlete arrives at the finish line. He is chairman of the new clubhouse fundraising committee, and has to find £400,000.

Under close questioning at a recent committee meeting, he explained his plans to execute a heavily leveraged derivatives trade on LIFFE with the club's tea money. Mr Jordan is also a qualified coach, and prefers the little-used coaching technique of waiting until just before a race before making technical suggestions.