The Kings Cup at Henley Royal Regatta
Chris Hartley is the brains behind the resurrection of the Kings Cup – a race last run in 1919 at the Henley Royal Peace Regatta. Noticing the upcoming centenary he started a three year and multi mile journey to revive the event. Chris talks to us about the concept, how he added two new countries […]
Paul Thompson, Head Coach China
Paul Thompson is head coach for the Chinese Rowing Federation. He talks about the challenges of coaching through a translator; getting visas to train in Europe, coaching catches and a relaxed recovery. Learning to coach in a foreign language – Paul uses rock over, relax, legs first, power as his first words in Chinese! I […]
Faster Masters Rowing – sponsor for June
New this month is a training advisory service for masters athletes – Faster Masters Rowing by Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe. Designed for masters who train alone, or who are at clubs where coaching is not provided, this program allows self-directed learning oriented towards masters who want to improve their skills for fitness or competition; […]
Meghan O’Leary
Meghan is a US Rowing athlete in the W2x and she wrote a stinging blog post about the lack of media coverage for the US national selection trials. Why Elite Rowing Will Never Be Popular in US which got a lot of commentary, particularly when she compared the amount of media coverage US Rowing got to […]
Annie Vernon author of Mind Games Book
Annie Vernon rowed for Great Britain at two Olympic games and had a rapid ascent through the womens sculling crews to the top boat. Now retired, she has written a book about the mental skills of elite athletes – Mind Games. We discuss nature, nurture and training the mind and the techniques which have propelled […]
Noel Donaldson
Noel Donaldson is the coach behind both the Kiwi Pair and Australia’s Oarsome Foursome – arguably their most successful crew over recent olympiads. He has more recently coached the Kiwi Pair and the NZ mens eight. We discuss how he worked with Eric Murray and Hamish Bond who were already successful by building flexibility into […]