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Coastal Rowing with Guin Batten

Guin Batten is a legend in womens rowing – she has worked so hard to get to the top of the flat water sport and is now actively working to expand into Coastal Rowing making it an Olympic sport. Sponsors First a big thank you to our sponsors – if you can click on ONE […]

Rower Academy with Luke Walton

Luke Walton is a US Olympian, alumnus of the Cambridge Boat Race and founder of Rower Academy who specialises in helping athletes get recruited to US Universities for rowing. https://roweracademy.com/ Sponsors First a big thank you to our sponsors – if you can click on ONE of these it will help us stay online. https://www.rowing.chat/sponsors/ […]

Caring for your boats during Covid19 Lockdown

Mike Davenport runs through his top tips for boat maintenance based on his blog on MaxRigging Sponsors First a big thank you to our sponsors – if you can click on ONE of these it will help us stay online. https://www.rowing.chat/sponsors/ Shirts from William Mahoney for athletic men https://www.williammahoney.us/pages/rowing-chat-1 RowingChat Listener survey https://rowing.chat/listener-survey/ Timestamps to […]

John Nunn – 1968 Olympic medalist

John Nunn is a living legend – a US Rowing sculler who took bronze in 1968 at the Mexico City games where many struggled in the high altitude. He tells us some of his best rowing stories. Every Games has its dramas but John came face to face with burnout during his Olympic final. **Sponsors** […]

Mark Davies, Chair British Rowing

Mark is nearly two years into his job as Chair and gives a frank interview covering the challenges facing the sport domestically and internationally. RowingChat sponsors make this show possible https://rowing.chat/sponsors/ William Mahoney – dress shirts for athletic men https://rowing.chat/sponsor/william-mahoney/  Please complete our Listener Survey https://rowing.chat/sponsor/listener-survey/ Timestamps to the show 03:15 Background in rowing 09:08 […]

Listener Survey

Hey there – we are running a survey about YOU, our lovely RowingChat listeners. Would you grab a cup or glass of your favorite beverage and give us your time to answer the survey questions? Seriously you can relax knowing that you have contributed back to us – think of it as a ‘return favor’ […]

Australia Womens Rowing Centenary

This year is 100 years of women rowing for Australia and my guest Margot Foster is one of their alumni. She explains how Rowing Australia is marking this historic birthday. Timestamps to the Episode 03:00 Background and history in Rowing 05:00 100 Years of Women rowing for Australia and the Interstate Rowing Regatta 09:00 The […]

Mike Davenport on Rigging

Mike Davenport from MaxRigging talks how to learn boat rigging and the tools you need. Mike wrote THE book on rowing rigging – The Nuts And Bolts Guide to Rigging. Get it on his website www.maxrigging.com Timestamps to the show 03:40 Background in rowing 05:15 Duct Tape versus WD40 08:00 New = Fast and Old […]

James Coote Rowing New Zealand

James coaches the New Zealand womens lightweight double scull and the heavyweight double scull, Both won gold at last year’s World Rowing Championships and are hot prospects for gold at the Tokyo Olympics. Sponsors Pryygl Rowing Camps ideal preparation for the FISA World Masters Regatta https://pryglrowing.com/rowingchat Faster Masters Rowing new 12 week training programs for […]

Sarah Winckless

Sarah Winckless is a multiple Olympian for British Rowing and a leading umpire (referee) and advocate for women’s rowing. She’s just been appointed the umpire for the 2020 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Thanks to all our sponsors who make this show possible. https://rowing.chat/sponsors/ Prygl Rowing Camps – https://rowing.chat/sponsor/prygl-rowing-camps/ Rowing Tales Book – https://rowing.chat/sponsor/rowing-tales-books/ Timestamps […]