Top 5 reasons to get a portable rowing pontoon

Portable rowing pontoons (also known as docks or temporary bridges) are one of many ways to get rowers onto the water. They act as platforms to launch off of and return to from the water. It only makes sense then that rowing clubs invest in pontoons to get the most

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Rowing Club Roles #2: Secondary roles for larger clubs

As a rowing club grows there’s more work to be done, and more need to delegate so as not to over-work committee members. The following 6 roles are examples of good practice. Not all may be required however, and multiple roles may be taken by the same person: Vice President(s)

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End Of The Year Fundraising For Your Rowing Club

Together with our friends at Rowperfect UK, we explore different ways for you to raise funds for your rowing club throughout the year. Want more great ideas? Check out our e-book: Fundraising Hints and Tips for your Rowing Club. At the end of the year everyone comes off work and

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10 Ways To Put On A Good Club Meeting

What do you think of when club meetings come to mind? Boredom? Waste of time? No energy? Time to spruce up those meetings and get everyone involved! If your meetings aren\’t engaging then maybe you\’ve missed a few steps in the process. Here’s what we\’ve found makes meetings far more

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How to track your athlete’s progress

Coaches strive to develop their athletes to be better in every aspect of their chosen sport. The difficulty is tracking exactly how an athlete has improved so their training can be balanced, sustained and adjusted. Test measurements are one way to appraise progress but daily self-measurement by the athlete can

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Boathouse Architecture: The Fontana Boathouse

The Fontana Boathouse: a tribute to architect Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright is a acclaimed architect who passed away on April 9th in 1959. His designs however have lived on. Finishing construction and opening in 2007, the Buffalo, NY Fontana Boathouse was built from a design started in 1905.

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How to measure the success of a Rowing Coach

Mike Davenport explores many interesting rowing topics on his blog: Coaching Sports Today. As we read through his blog we found that he uses the metaphor of a vehicle dashboard to describe the things we should check about the performance of coaches. “Similar to the dashboard in your car a coaching-dashboard has

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How to transform yourself from rower into coach

We’ve been following some online rowing conversations recently about masters rowers moving into support roles in the rowing community. That got us thinking, how could a rowing athlete become a skilled coach? We took a look at what it takes to be a rowing coach and the first steps needed

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