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.

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.