Senior Squad Coaching Team

Coaching is led by Kiwi coach, Anna Budd DeLong, an ex-high level athlete - part of the NZ U21 team in 2011-2012 - with 11 years’ coaching experience.

Before moving to the UK from New Zealand to coach the Tideway Scullers Senior Squad, Anna’s career highlights included being Head Women’s Coach at Waikato Rowing Club, coaching the New Zealand U19 Reserve Women’s Single and Reserve Men’s Pair to compete at the Worlds in Paris in 2023, being the New Zealand U21 Women’s Sweep Coach in 2022, and New Zealand Women’s World University Coach in 2021.

Additional senior squad coaching support is club coach Luca Nicolaou, who previously coached at St Paul’s School & London Rowing Club and was former head coach at Barnes Bridge Ladies.