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The Rule of Four

You bag your warm up and jump straight to the hard strokes. Next you conveniently forget your post-row stretch. Cutting training corners may be tempting when you are in a rush but in the long run it won’t pay. Even…

The Hazard Point

Stroking out of your comfort zone is a must to reach higher limits as an athlete and there is no better place to execute than on the race course.  Until you have tried something beyond your competence or skill, you…

WRMR23 – Tshwane South Africa

Gathered under African Skies, Athletes, Officials, Volunteers, and Support Staff from around the world, joined with the Local Organizers and workers for what has been an amazing event on Roodeplaat Dam. The experience was almost lost when a freak wind…

AGM

Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting occurred on Sunday 27th August. Here are some highlights from the meeting… The new committee elected at this AGM are: President: Sue Wright Past President: Lesley Milne Secretary: Paula Storey Treasurer: Roger Watts…

U19 report from Paris

The New Zealand under 19 rowing team travelled tot he World Junior Rowing Championships 2023 partially funded by the Legion of Rowers. The slideshow below is their report about the regatta, Paris and some fine photos.

Self-coaching drills

A coach’s eye on your blade keeps technical crabs at bay during an outing. But if you’re out alone you need a way to self-coach. As a part of your daily warm-up choose a drill that gives you clear feedback…

Boat detective work

We got an email from Michael Dorbeck asking We talked about the name on an old skiff I have hanging in my shed and you were going to ask around to see if anyone knows who the boat is named…

Row Timer app

For years, rowing events have relied on the old fashioned way of timing races: by using stop-watches, doing “maths”, and then facing several hours of waiting while the results are finalised. This is immensely frustrating! Moreover, spectators are often heard…

Scoring Burnout

When you are in the groove and the boat is in stealth mode, you dial into your mission and rise to the challenge. Whether in practice or on the race course if you are “on” thoughts of failure get no…