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Join me in the coxswains seat for an intense 480m sprint at the 2024 Bendigo Grade and Masters Sprint Regatta! Listen in as the Hawthorn Rowing Clubs Female Masters coxed quad (FMX4+) takes on this short, sharp course. The action starts at 3:40 on the video as we move into Read more…
This is a ripper! We had a tough battle against Yarra Yarra and Mercantile. The Mercantile Crew were an A grade (meaning late 20-year-olds…) and we had a big handicap in our favour the start. The game was to hold the charge off while keeping Yarra Yarra at bay. We Read more…
Join me live from the “cockpit” for this MM8+ race (MM8+ is Masters 8’s, and the + is the coxswain), we raced 2 Melbourne Rowing Club Crews in a tight battle with one of them. The recording is on from pushing off the staging, but if you want to shortcut, Read more…
Welcome to one of my recordings of the Hawthorn Rowing Clubs Female Masters Quads, first and final at the 2024 Barwon Regatta. There’s a few takeaways from this recording; firstly these guys were a good crew, and we won this comfortably, so it made keeping the crew motivated and racing Read more…
We are fortunate to have been given access to the live recording from the 2016 Nationals (SG4X+) crew. In this tape we hear the coxswain, Julia Crute, take her crew through the second semi final, achieving a respectable 4th place to gain a spot in the A Finals of the Read more…
In the world of sports, things don’t always go according to plan. It is in these moments of unpredictability that the true beauty of sports emerges. The ups, the downs, the challenges, and the sacrifices all contribute to making success even sweeter. In this blog post, we will recount a Read more…