As we count down to the 2024 race on the 30th of March I thought I would give a small history of the iconic event that is nearly 200 years old. The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, often referred to simply as “The Boat Race,” is one of the oldest Read more
The BIG one! The 2024 Head of the Schoolgirls Regatta was held last weekend on the magnificent Barwon River in Geelong. Months of hard work, sweat, and tears and it all comes down to a few short races over a few days in March! This is what it is all Read more
What a big weekend of rowing at Lake Wendouree in Ballarat for the 2024 Rowing Victoria State Championships. Beautiful weather on day 1 got things off to a great start! Tune in to hear Alan from Rowing Regatta Form Guides and Chat and Binky Kfouri, our very own “Rowing Tragic” 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
What a weekend! 3 big regattas in Victoria, the crowd favorite; Australian Henley; and in my view one of the big three for school rowing (HoY, HoSG/ HoR and the Australian Henley). Not only that, we had the 2024 RV Junior Girls State Championship Regatta and to finish it off Read more
Well this one didn’t go right to plan, Alan, Binky and myself did a fantastic Regatta Review, we covered all bases, gave some great insights from the course and of course all our other great content! That was until some clown realised he hadn’t pressed the record button! Yes, that Read more
When a visionary and sport collide we often see great change in the winds! I feel we are on the precipice of that happening right now; vision, passion and motivation have all come together. In this “Casual Convo” I am fortunate enough to be joined by the Honorable Mr Patrick 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
“A coxswain is an individual entrusted with steering the boat, providing directions to the rowers, ensuring the overall coordination and strategy, while prioritising the safety of the crew during a rowing session or race.” In todays “Casual Convo” I’m thrilled to have a special guest, fellow coxswain Jennifer Pollock from Read more