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Looe :: Junior Rowing Leaders Award

Looe :: Junior Rowing Leaders Award

A group of juniors at Looe rowing club have been fortunate enough to receive funding from Cornwall Sports Partnership to complete the junior rowing leaders award (JRLA). Ten students completed the part one award, requiring them to demonstrate knowledge of the indoor rowing structure in schools, competitions, technique and equipment. They also had to plan and deliver a session within the school rowing club. Eight of these students then went on to complete part two of the award which involves the running of an event.

A total of five teams from the senior section of Looe rowing club entered the JRLAs indoor competition held at Looe school on 21st April. Three machines were linked to a big screen and each team member had to complete either a 2 min, 3 min or 4 min row and a team relay. The JRLAs took charge of all aspects of the event, which was fun and competitive. The young rowers had the chance to get their own back on junior coaches as James, Rhiannon, Fraser, Mike and Kerry all competed in the event.  The winning team, the Slow snakes was made up of James Chudleigh, Joe Rothwell and Simon. Club chairman James said ‘I’ve never won a indoor rowing competition before’ and was very pleased with his pink water bottle and skipping rope prize.

The JRLAs will now log in to the step into sport passport, onto which they can log any hours spent volunteering with the club.

The JRLA team:

MC – Fred Alsop. Admin and scoring – Amelia Bridges and Lucy Rawe,

I.T set up – Damaris Butters, Prizes – Alex Hicks, Warm up – Zach

Thomas, Advertising – Spencer Delf. Ergo coaches – Zach, Spencer, Alex and Will Courtis.

Rhiannon Halliday

HSCT scholarship coach, Cornwall

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Apr 26, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Dylan Jane wins a Volunteer Award

Dylan Jane wins a Volunteer Award

Building on the success at this year’s Cornwall Sports Awards, fixed seat rowers from Cornwall were recognised as sporting volunteers. Each year, British Rowing asks clubs around the country are asked to nominate members who have put in considerable time and effort within the sport. Winners from the West region in both the adult and junior section this year came from rowing clubs in Cornwall.

Dylan Jane, of was nominated by his own club, Penryn, who are affiliated to both the Cornish Pilot Gig Association, and the Cornwall Rowing Association. Dylans efforts were recognised for developing the club website, and also for the development of a website for the Cornish Rowing Association. A keen rower himself for a number of years, Dylan was presented the junior award by HSCT coach Rhiannon Halliday during the CRA annual presentation evening. This was not Dylan’s only award  of the evening as he also picked up the under 16 championship for pair of paddles.

Report from Rihannon Halliday

Mar 16, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Cornwall County :: Indoor Rowing Championships

Cornwall County :: Indoor Rowing Championships

A total of 172 pupils from 10 different secondary schools competed in the Cornwall county indoor rowing championships on January 27th, held at Newquay Tretherras. 10 machines were linked and racing was projected on a big screen so the large crowd could cheer on their school.

The two Newquay schools took the top 3 honours in the year 7 girls 2 minute race with Whitmore and Pender from Tretherras finishing first and second, and Tamblin of Treviglas in third. Bowers of Mullion school and Searle of Richard Lander shared first place in the boys equivalent, scoring a massive 99% of the gold medal target with 507 metres. Randall of Mounts Bay shared third place with Shakespeare of Fowey school. Looe gig club rower and Bodmin college student Emily Kneale repeated her success in the partnership event winning the year 8 girls race with 101% of gold medal target. Emily Todd, from Saltash school, who are a new school to indoor rowing came in second, and Pender-Carter of Mounts Bay finished third. Pellow took Penryns first honour winning the year 8 boys 3 minute race, with Cully of Tretherras second, and Wordon of Mullion third. The year 9 girls 4 minute race saw another high score of 99% performance, this time from Jessica Newson of Poltair school, Tretherras pupil Richardson came in second, with Jess Powell of Penrice finishing third. The year nine boys race saw a fairly close finish with Looe gig rower and school pupil Adam Haler finishing in first place, 8 metres ahead of Molloy of Richard Lander. Another gig rower, this time for Cadgwith gig club – Mullion school pupil Tommy Phillips rowed 1076 metres to come in third. The year ten girls race saw Fowey community school take first and second place with talented gig rower Fiona Norman scoring 99.8%, a mere 2 metres from the gold medal target to win the 5 minute sprint. Close friend Elen Thomas finished 54 metres behind in second. Looe gig rower Lucy Rawe finished in third place with saltash pupils coming in fourth and fifth. Looe school won their second event of the day, showing the depth of talent in the school, with gig rower Luke Chapman pulling 96% to win the year 10 boys race. Fellow gig rower  and team mate Zach Thomas came in just behind in second. Leech of Tretherras finished in third.  The year 11 event saw both winners score over 100%, a mean feat at this age as the target really is high. Bonar of Bolitho score 101% to win the girls event with school mate Grant-Jones finishing second and Green of Richard Lander third. Harry Preston, part of the current under 16 gig rowing county championship winning crew but in a good performance in the boys race to win with 101%, beating Gribble from Mounts Bay into second. Williams of Richard Lander came in third.

Throughout the day, volunteers ran a relay event requiring a team of 5 to row 1000 metres. Mounts bay came out on top of the boys event, with Tretherras in second, and Saltash in third. Fowey girls proved their talent, winning the female relay, with Tretherras again runners up, and Looe in third.

The day ran smoothly, with thanks to British rowing staff, competition managers and volunteers. The next indoor rowing event is on 3rd of March, this time the REGIONAL competition, held at Marjons in Plymouth. The Plymouth schools championships ran successfully yesterday, ran by community rowing coach, Kev Sellar.

Feb 08, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Poltair SSP :: Indoor Rowing Competition

Poltair SSP :: Indoor Rowing Competition

With most gigs out of the water over the winter, many clubs will be enduring hours of training on the rowing machine and in the gym. While most rowers believe the ergo to be a form of torture, indoor rowing in schools is growing in popularity in schools throughout Cornwall – with a club established in many schools throughout the county. To support this, a competition framework is in place to allow pupils to compete against one another over the winter months. Each pupil rows for a set time according to their year group. For example, year 7s row for 2 minutes, year 8s for 3 minutes, and so on. Once in year 12 and 13 – the race is a 2000m row with the best time winning. Each age group has a ‘gold medal target’ set, from which a percentage can be devised in order to compare performance against any rower in the country!

Many rowing clubs have created links with schools, and set up a school club, in order to enhance their junior rowing sections. These include Newquay, Cape Cornwall, Penrice (Charlestown gig club), Fowey, Looe, Saltash (Caradon) and Poltair (Castle Dore).

The first set of competitions are ‘school sports partnership (SSP)’, involving all schools linked to their own SSP. The Poltair SSP competition was held in early December, with entries from Fowey, Roseland, Poltair, Penrice, Bodmin, Tretherras, Treviglas and St.Austell college. The competition saw some excellent performances – especially from gig rowers currently competing on the junior gig circuit.

Fowey gig club were represented by sisters Maria and Fiona Norman. Maria rowed to 10th place in the year 7 girls category, while Fiona took the top spot in the year 10/11 girls category rowing 1268m in 5 minutes which gave a percentage of 99%. Michael Shakespeare, who rows in the under 14 and 16 crews also took top spot in the year 8 male race. Tom Douglas, Tom Vincent and Mark Denton who are all members of the under 16 junior crew rowed to 12th, 14th and 10th place respectively in the year 10/11 race. Junior rowers from Charlestown gig club also rowed well in the event. Under 14 rowers Sam Perry and Jack Durston battled it out in the year 8 boys race to finish 4th and 6th. Sisters Leah and Hannah Rowe finished 13th and 6th in their races. More siblings, Joe and Lauren Bailey also competed, finishing 4th and 14th in their races.

A good number of Tretherras and Treviglas pupils also row for Newquay rowing club. Bodmin community college pupil Emily Kneale, who won the year 8 girls race is a member of Looe rowing club, and was part of the third placed crew in the 2009 under 14 championships. Emily gained the best result of the day, with 100% of the gold medal target for her age. Promising young rower Jemima Hitchings of Roseland rowed to 4th place in the year 10/11 girls race achieving 93% of gold medal target.

It is fantastic to see so many young gig rowers producing good results in school competitions. Indoor rowing is a great way to form strong club school links, and become aware of potential new junior rowing members. A report from the Callington SSP event will follow soon!

Rhiannon Halliday

Jan 08, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
British Rowing :: Tutors Wanted

British Rowing :: Tutors Wanted

British Rowing are currently PMH_7594_Emaillooking for potential candidates to train as tutors of our ‘Safeguarding and Protecting Children’ workshop. Tutors of this workshop are required in the Cornwall/Devon area to meet the needs of the region in terms of running SPC workshops for clubs, and as part of the region’s Level 2 coaching courses.  We are looking for people within the rowing community who ideally have professional experience of dealing with Safeguarding matters, for example through teaching, police or social services, with good presentation skills, and the availability to run approximately four workshops per year.

Successful applicants will be provided with training to deliver British Rowing’s SPC workshop in late January, and thereafter will be able to claim an hourly fee and travel expenses for all workshop delivery.

If you are interested in finding out further details, please contact Tom Pattichis via the contact details below;

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Tom Pattichis

British Rowing
Coaching and Development Team Leader – West Region
Room Lower East 18, Seale-Hayne Campus, University of Plymouth, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6NQ
01626333020
07818576145
tom.pattichis@britishrowing.org

Nov 26, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Coverack Gig Club's :: Junior Presentation Evening

Coverack Gig Club’s :: Junior Presentation Evening

Coverack Gig Club’s first junior presentation evening was held at the White Hart, St. Keverne last Friday 13th November, where a large gathering of juniors, family, friends and club members attended.

Coverack Pilot Gig Club Juniors

Medals were awarded to all junior members by Mr Michael Williams CPGA Umpire and President of Trelawney Rowing Club.

The gathering were informed about the great success of Coverack’s very young junior squad and it’s achievements during the year, rounding off a very good season with a first at Devoran.

A succulent buffet was provided by family, juniors and friends, followed by a raffle and disco.

Nov 23, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Junior Rowing :: Message from Rhiannon

Junior Rowing :: Message from Rhiannon

Dear Gig Rowers,

I am currently working for British Rowing (formally the ARA) and part of my post is to complete a masters degree in sports development at Marjons university.

I am basing my 20,000 word dissertation on the issues surrounding the transition from junior to senior rowing.

Part of my preliminary research is to ask all clubs in the CPGA the following:

· In your club, is there is a drop off of rowers at the age of 16 once they have to leave the junior section?

· If so, could you give an indication of numbers?

The more clubs that reply to this initial question – the better evidence base I will have for the next phase.

For the majority of my research I am hoping to use a sample size of 10 gig clubs. If you and your club would be willing to help me by answering questionnaires, helping me talk to current and former members and maybe being interviewed, please could you indicate this in your reply. This would be a great opportunity to represent the views of your club!

This is a great opportunity to air any personal opinions as well as representing the views of your club. This will also build on informal questioning already undertaken by Mike white (junior rep for the CPGA). I am hoping this study will help shape the future of junior rowing within the CPGA, highlight any areas for improvement and suggest developments for the future.

Thank you for your time I hope to hear from you soon.

Email: Rhiannon Halliday <rhiannon.halliday@britishrowing.org>

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Nov 15, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post

Sport Unlimited :: Funding Available

As you may be aware, Cornwall County Sports Partnership has recently launched a funding programme called ‘Sport Unlimited’, aimed at recruiting more young people into sport, particularly in the 16-19 age bracket. British Rowing, in partnership with the CPGA, CRA and the UKSRL are planning on putting together a joint application for some funding through this programme. This funding will be used to deliver a project targeting pupils aged 16-19 primarily from Truro and Cornwall Colleges.

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We are currently looking for clubs interested in being involved in this project, which will start in April 2010. Each club selected to be included in the application will be linked to a selected post 16 college (either Truro, St Austell, Camborne, Saltash, Duchy, Newquay or Falmouth Marine school).

Each club involved will be required to run a ten week structured ‘Learn to Row’ programme for pupils from the college. The programme must be a structured beginners course, specifically for those pupils (i.e. not just ‘turn up on Sunday and join in with the beginners’) and should be run in a time slot appropriate for the college (which from previous experience is likely to be directly after college, e.g. 4.30-6.30, or a Wednesday afternoon). Generally courses will be one session per week for ten weeks. The programme will be monitored so clubs will need to keep sessions registers, and records of all the pupils who take part. If the application is successful each of these clubs will receive between £1000-£1500 worth of funding which will be used towards the running costs of the course. This will include safety equipment such as lifejackets, training Level 2 coaches, and an hourly fee should clubs wish to pay coaches for their time to run the ten week course (n.b. if clubs can get volunteers to do this for free then the funding can be used in other ways if required). Clubs involved will also be provided with guidance and support for setting up and running ‘Learn To Row’ courses, and will be given support with any additional funding applications they would like to put in for additional equipment to run the courses, (e.g. for boats and blades).

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Clubs will also be provided with support to work towards the ‘Clubmark’ junior club accreditation if they don’t already hold this. This is an excellent opportunity for clubs to form a partnership with a local college, increase membership, and obtain funding. If you are interested in being involved please can I ask you to respond by Friday 13th November at the latest. Thanks. I look forward to hearing from you.

Tom Pattichis
01626333020 07818576145
tom.pattichis@britishrowing.org

Nov 01, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Fixed seat rowing camp

Fixed seat rowing camp

PMH_7614_EmailOctober 10th and 11th saw the third annual fixed seat rowing camp held at Stithians Reservoir in Cornwall. The camp was run by scholarship coach Rhiannon Halliday, whose post is funded by the Henley Stewards Charitable trust. The weekend benefitted from funding from the west regional rowing council, which contributed to costs such as venue and equipment hire and coaching.

A total of 24 juniors attended from clubs around the county. This included young rowers from Flushing and Mylor, Fowey, Padstow, Roseland, Rock, Coverack, Calstock, Saltash and Mounts Bay rowing clubs. Level 2 fixed seat coaches ran sessions over the two days to improve technique and skill development.

The sun shone on the first day to provide the perfect environment for the rowers who enjoyed sessions in various boats. Gigs were kindly lent from Coverack and Cadgwith gig clubs, in which coaches Martin Mullin and Chris Hitchings concentrated on the finish and recovery phase of the rowing stroke. Dave Jane took a session using Penryn rowing club’s flashboat and skiff, following the same theme which gave the rowers an opportunity to develop skill in less stable boats, which could then be transferred into the bigger gigs. The juniors also had the opportunity to step out of their comfort zones and try their hand at rowing with a sliding seat in kingfisher training boats, borrowed from South West Lakes Trust and Greenbank rowing club.

PMH_7594_EmailThe second day saw the chance to put any newly acquired skills to the test when teams were formed and the rowers raced in the two gigs in a fun competition. The whole weekend was supported by ‘FalmouthPhotos.com’, who took stills and captured video from the launch of the juniors rowing in the gigs, skiff and flashboat. A recording system was also mounted on the stern of one of the gigs which was able to capture the rowers from a different perspective. The film was then played back on the second afternoon, where the group were able to analyse their own rowing, with coaches commenting on technique. This was a new experience for most and found to be an incredibly useful coaching tool. The group also benefitted from some coaching on indoor rowing machines, and finished with a group 2000m relay race.

The weekend was rounded off with a presentation of prizes, which went to the winning gig racing crew, ergo relay team and also a special prize to Bauke Burma of Flushing and Mylor, who won a bag of rowing goodies for having the best attitude of the weekend.

A big thank you to all involved including Coverack, Cadgwith, Caradon, Penryn and Greenbank rowing clubs and South West Lakes Trust for lending equipment and also to Paul of Falmouth photos for the video analysis which was, for many the highlight of the weekend.

Oct 20, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Great Result for Junior Gig Rowers

Great Result for Junior Gig Rowers

A team of Cornish Junior Gig Rowers attend the ‘National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships’ this week and achieved some great results against over 1800 other competitors:

Looe Gig Club
Luke chapman – 8th (year 9 boy)
Zac Thomas – 37th (year 9 boy)
Alex hicks – 59 – (year 9 boy)
Lucy Rawe – 19th (year 9 girls)
Damaris butters – 36th (year 9 girl)

Charlestown Gig Club
Hannah Rowe – 32nd (year 10 girl)
Joe Bailey – 124th (year 10 boy)

Fowey Fowey Gig Club
Fiona Thomas – 4th (year 9 girl)
Tom Douglas – 118th (year 10 boy)
Tom Vincent – 135 (year 10 boy)

Falmouth Gig Club
Amy Hunt  -  27th

Flushing & Mylor PGC
Bethan Owens – joint 15th
Rosie Owens – 13th!

Rosie from Flushing & Mylor said “It was all very exciting and she is chuffed as they got a free t-shirt each!”

Well done guys … great result !

Thank you Danny & Rhiannon for sending in this report.

First photo is with triple olympic (rower) silver medallist, Kath Grainger
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A bit of the action
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Mar 19, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

Henley Stewards Scheme :: For Junior Gig Rowers

Report form ARA website.

Saturday 7th March saw the second junior rowing day on the Fowey river for the three clubs involved in the Henley Stewards scheme. Gig clubs from Charlestown, Fowey and Looe have been allocated the assistance of scholarship coach, Rhiannon Halliday, to develop their junior sections. Links to the local secondary schools have been created, and have led to the development of indoor rowing clubs. Pupils attending the indoor clubs were invited to have a taste of rowing on the water, alongside existing rowers from the gig clubs at a junior rowing day led by Rhiannon.

A total of 22 young rowers attended, six of whom had never tried the sport before. Coaches from the clubs ran sessions on the water in fixed seat boats, working on the juniors’ technique. Rhiannon introduced some of the more experienced rowers to the concept of rowing ‘oarmatch’ in Charlestown’s skiff.

Over lunch, local boat builder and long standing member of Fowey Gig Club, Maurice Hunkin, allowed the group to watch him work on the building of Charlestown’s newest racing gig ‘Defender’, answering any questions fired at him. After lunch it was back on the water for another technique session before the crews were mixed up for some fun racing as the rain began to fall. Members of Charlestown Gig Club videoed the session, which will be re visited during the indoor sessions to analyse technique. A big thank you must go to Maurice Hunkin and volunteers from the three clubs for their help throughout the day.

Many of the juniors who attended the rowing day are amongst the 45 pupils set to venture up to London for the National Indoor Rowing Championships on the 17th March. Approximately 15 young rowers from each of clubs Rhiannon runs along with Fowey, Charlestown and Looe gig clubs will be attending the major event.

The trip has been made possible with help from the WRRC, Cornwall Sports Partnership and London Youth Rowing allowing the rowers a chance to represent their schools, and fly the flag for Cornwall at this national event. Watch this space for results!

Mar 14, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post