Rowing season 2015-16

Last Sunday the administration side of rowing commenced at RRC.
The season launch included the following information:

  1. Squad and general rowing organisation for 2015/2016 season – Presented by Tim Evans Men’s Squad Coach
  2. Training plan overview/thresholds/prescription – Presented by Geraldine Goss
  3. New boat booking and rowing sign up procedure – Presented by Catherine Hardie

SQUAD ROWING APPROACH[wpfilebase tag=file path=’Squad approach 2015-16.docx’ /]
Tim Evans produced a discussion paper and presented at the Strategic Planning Day. Upon review it was passed and presented at the season opening coaches meeting. The coaches supported the change in organisation.
There is also a draft of FAQs [wpfilebase tag=file path=’Frequently asked questions from Rowing Approach.doc’ tpl=download-button /]
If you have questions please consult your coach.
The training plan overview is attached here
[wpfilebase tag=file path=’RRC Training Program Overview 2015.pdf’ /]
The weekly training prescriptions will be posted up on the training blog link same as last season. http://rrctraining.wordpress.com/ SUBSCRIBE to this blog and you will receive the weekly training prescription to your email. If you are in a competitive stream, you must subscribe to the weekly training blog.
Squad Training days for 2015:- (note these times are on the water)
Monday                      6am (coached)
Tuesday                      6am (uncoached)
Wednesday                 6 am (coached)
Thursday                     6:30pm (coached)
Sunday (senior women) 8:00am (coached)
Sunday                        10am (coached)
Ensure you are up to date with the boat booking process by checking out Sports Notice Board. This year we will be using this new online tool to manage boat bookings and squad session sign ups (instead of sportsplanner).
Most of you will have received an invite to join the Richmond Rowing Club sports noticeboard via email yesterday.  If you did not receive this invite, please register yourself via this link:
http://www.mysnb.com.au?reg447ax33213cr130
Once you set up a login you are now able to book boats out via the “club resources” section.
Your coaches will add you into relevant teams and set up the training sessions shortly. All you will need to do is RSVP to attend each session. You should start to have access to this over the next week.
There is also a mobile version of the site which you can access once you’ve set up your login (www.mysnb.com.au) which will allow you to book boats and rsvp for training sessions via your mobile phone
Be sure to plan early for regattas – a simplified list of important dates for the competitive stream can be found here[wpfilebase tag=file path=’RRC Competitive stream calendar.pdf’ tpl=download-button /]
A general calendar is still in preparation with lots of social events to add now the regatta calendar is finalised but here is the draft for people to start saving the dates.[wpfilebase tag=file path=’RRC club calendar 2015-16.pdf’ /]
Hopefully all the information you should need for the upcoming season should be here and will be displayed on the noticeboard at the club for your reference.
Prepared by: Head of Rowing

New Season – Training changes as of Sunday 27 July

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”