Soulmas Abbasi Azad
Selma is a rower and coach from Iran now based in USA. She’s a multiple Asian medalist, experienced Junior coach (former national Iran rowing team Junior Head Coach). Soulmas uses Selma as a nickname. She is mentored by Paul Thompson (Rowing Australia). 01:00 A sporty childhood with her Father who was a wrestler. She competed […]
Hannah Broadland – San Diego Crew Classic
Hannah is the marketing media and volunteer co-ordinator for the first summer regatta of the year. Want easy live streams like this? Instant broadcasts to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn. Faster Masters uses StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/5694205242376192 n
Sybil Terres Gilmar
Sybil is a rowing novelist, her book “Rowing Home” is about a Jewish family facing the rise of Nazi Germany and reviewing the appeal of Zionism. Rowing Home by Sybil Terres Gilmar – buy your copy. https://amzn.to/3I6dDtG Timestamps 01:00 Introduction and background in rowing. Sybil started rowing aged 69 and she’s now in her 80s. […]
Mahe Drysdale on athlete unions
Mahe is leading The Athletes Co-operative who are bringing an employment case against High Performance Sport New Zealand. He discusses the issues around giving athletes a voice in elite sport. Show notes Our goals are to balance the power out. We want input to athlete welfare and to be respected and valued. When you see […]
Liz Winter
Could masters rowing use a developmental model analogous to the Norwegian Youth Sports Development model? i.e. Make it fun first, developmentally oriented, and give equal respect to peoples’ varied, developmentally informed performance choices as their bodies and life needs change. Timestamps 01:00 Introduction Oxford University Womens Boat Club 02:00 Norwegian Youth Sports Development covers biological, […]
Merijn Soeters – rowing photographer
Meet Dutch rowing photographer Merijn Soeters who has a new book out – The Big Picture. Timestamps 01:20 I started rowing as a student at Skøll Amsterdam. I have hard work talent but not training talent. Once when I was bored at a regatta I was given a camera and afterwards, people asked to buy […]