The club’s new training season officially starts this coming Sunday. Please read this post to find out what is happening. As you will have seen from previous posts, the committee and a bunch of volunteers have been working hard to make this coming season a good one for the club in every sense.
We will launch the season plans as part of the AGM this Saturday. Be there for more info. Straight after the AGM, there will be the first coaches meeting for the season to discuss the plans from the coaches’ perspective generally, and to go through the details for the first few weeks.
There will be a few changes from what we’ve been doing up to now, and the new routine should shake you out of winter’s torpor and maybe even a few bad habits.
As of this Sunday, weekly training will be: Continue reading “New Season – Training changes as of Sunday 27 July”
Training cancelled due to extreme heat: Tuesday 14 January – Friday 17 January 2014
With the expected heatwave this week and the prospect of daily maximums exceeding 40 degrees, Victoria’s Chief Health Officer has issued a Heat Warning.
Full details can be found at http://docs.health.vic.gov.au/docs/doc/Heat-Health-Alert-Monday-13-to-Friday-17-January-2014
In these extreme conditions, the following training will not be permitted on Tuesday – Friday this week:
- on-water training after 10am
- all off-water training at the clubhouse or outdoors
In the interests of personal safety, I look forward to everyone’s cooperation.
For health information on heat stress or heat related injury, click through to http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Heat_stress_and_heat-related_illness
Derek Begg
Head of Rowing
2013-2014 Season
Coxing Workshop – This Sunday – 15 December 10:00am-11:30am
This Sunday we will be holding a coxing masterclass from 10:00am – 11:30am, to be conducted by the club’s experienced and very successful cox Bec Lionnet.
The masterclass is specifically aimed at those with little or no coxing experience (no matter how much rowing experience!) and will cover the following areas:
- General call in the boat and what they mean
- Basic RV rules and general rules on the river
- On water practical experience
If you’re interested in participating in the workshop please email me at [email protected] straight away to secure your place!
We will also need rowers to make up crews for the practical part of the course (though there can be some seat swapping) and would like to have an experienced rower will be in stroke seat of each boat. Volunteers please also let me know – you may yet be volunteered…
This will be a great opportunity to start building up our coxing skills across the club. For any rower who has coxed, you’ll know that it actually helps your rowing as well.
All club members would want to see this workshop strongly supported, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Derek Begg
Head of Rowing
13-14 Season
Level 1 Coaching Course – Sunday 23 June 2013 POSTPONED
UPDATE: Due to low enrolments this course has been put over to a date in July TBC.
Derek
Rowing Victoria is conducting a Level 1 coaching course this coming Sunday, to be held at a Boathouse Drive club (TBC). The course starts at 10am and will go until approx 4pm. Course fees are $220.
The level 1 coaching accreditation is the starting level for all rowing coaches. The club encourages anyone from RRC who’s keen to do some coaching to do this course.
If you want to do it, then you need to organise yourself ASAP:
- register for the course via Rowing Victoria’s website http://www.home.rowingvictoria.asn.au/index.php/development/coaching/coaching-courses
- drop me an email to let me know you are enrolling (email me via [email protected])
Derek Begg
Head of Rowing