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Sean Wolf - aka RowingWolf interviews Clark Dean winner of the Junior World Rowing Championships single sculls in 2018 for USA.

SHOW NOTES:

HOST LINK:

https://PiercePress.com (looking for alt. education book projects)

http://goodinklings.com (Laura Williams, podcast tech support)

Club News Form:

Welcome to the Episode #5 of the Ready, Row! USA podcast. We are part of the international RowingChat network. You can subscribe there to receive notifications of upcoming shows, send in news tips, and join our community.

On Jan. 26, CRI is hosting the annual "Grace, Grit & Glory, A Celebration of Women Rowers 2019" featuring a special award for filmmaker & Olympian Mary Mazzio. Come & meet Arshay Cooper, author of SugaWater, soon to be a documentary by Mazzio. Also this weekend, Sports Psychology lecture at 4 pm Sunday, Jan. 27.

Community Rowing

https://communityrowing.org

Boston, MA

617-779-8267

Ellen Minzner

Rio Salado Rowing Club in Tempe, AZ are holding rowing camps from February through March for scullers & sweep rowers with guest coaches. Full listings on Regatta Central.

Rio Salado Rowing Club

http://www.rowrio.org

Tempe, AZ

802-578-2541

Peter Figgins

Sarasota County Rowing Club hosts the Sarasota Invitational Regatta at Nathan Benderson Park on February 22-24. Masters compete on Sunday. Vespoli, Resolute, and Hudson can supply you with state-of-the-art boat rentals. Come thaw out in Florida! Rowing club phone 203-858-6806.

Sarasota County Rowing Club

https://www.sarasotacountyrowingclub.com

Sarasota, FL

203-858-6806

Julie Brown

Central NY Sweep Rowing Meetup is planning 2019 events. Contact Scott Laffer, 315-569-6228, [email protected]

CNY Sweep Rowing Meetup

http://rowcny.com

Liverpool, NY

315-569-6228

Scott Laffer

At the Catch: The First Annual Rowing Symposium for Masters Women, in Northampton, MA on March 23.

Bend the Blade

https://www.bendtheblade.com

Northampton MA

413-923-2923

Reba Knickerbocker

The Swan Creek Rowing Club is named for the Swan Creek, a leading tributary flowing through Lambertville, New Jersey, to the Delaware River. Our club was founded in 1992 by individuals interested in promoting rowing in the area. Members are from diverse backgrounds and vary from novice rowers to those who have maintained a lifelong interest in rowing. While many gained their experience in college we also have a good amount who showed up for Learn to Row and stayed. We share a common bond in our love of the river.

Swan Creek Rowing Club

http://www.swancreekrowing.com/

Lambertville, New Jersey

215-872-5611

Trish Riley

Join Breast Cancer Survivors in the Washington DC area for a Learn to Row weekend, May 24-26, 2019. Since 2005, WeCanRow DC has been introducing women recovering from breast cancer treatment to a new way to exercise and a new community of support and encouragement. Open to women in all stages of recovery.

WeCanRow DC

https://www.wecanrowdc.org

Washington, DC

571-217-1545

Doris Parker

USRowing has job postings.

United States Rowing Association

http://www.usrowing.org/

Princeton, NJ

609-851-0709

Contact Traci

Hammerfest Indoor Race: Have a love-hate relationship with the erg? Looking to set a 2k time for spring season? Just looking to get some hardware? Regardless of your reason, get ready to drop the hammer and kick it into overdrive with 500s, 1000s, and 2000s. There's also going to be fun stuff such as coxswain races, relays, and a quick Learn to Erg (to get your spouse/parents/friends to sweat a bit as well).

Belmont Rowing Center

https://www.belmontrowingcenter.org/

Belmont NC

704-989-1678

Kate Hebdon

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Ready, Row! USA - Show Notes

Gadgets & Gear with Ellen Minzner - Para Rowing & More

Watch link: https://youtu.be/Hb9C63pd6Sk

HOST: Charlotte Pierce, Publisher at Pierce Press. I'm also a masters sculler of about 6 years, and a member of Community Rowing in Boston.

CONTRIBUTOR: Ellen Minzner, Olympic Para Team coach and Director of Inclusion & Advocacy at Community Rowing in Boston.

Welcome to the fourth episode of Ready, Row! USA, a production of the RowingChat international podcast network. Our primary topic today is one that’s near and dear to my heart - GADGETS & GEAR! Last week we previewed some exciting new tech for connected athletes and today, we’re continuing the discussion with our regular contributor Ellen Minzner

Ellen began rowing as a lightweight at Villanova, rowed on the US Lightweight team from 1991-96, coached for several years at high school, college, and national camps. She’s currently Head Coach for the US Para Rowing Team.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM ELLEN:

Just returned from San Diego Olympic Training Center for the first Para rowing camp of the year. Exciting to see all the new faces and teams forming. (Ellen)

NEWS FLASH: CRI is in negotiations with US Rowing to become a designated US Paralympic training center. Hopefully we’ll have official word on that to be out later this month. https://USRowing.org

Ellen attended the Power10 Dinner last night in NYC, honoring Martin Cross and his outstanding career as an oarsman, announcer, and all-around enthusiast of exciting races. Fun hearing his selection of the “Top 10” races of the year - not all the marquee races you’d expect! (Ellen) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_...

Not so much a gadget as an idea that we’ve been working on, especially for the PR2 category. We’re finding that para rowers can safely negotiate a standard Olympic hull, which opens up a lot of possibilities and expands the para athletic experience. Resolute Adaptive has been a big supporter of this idea. https://www.facebook.com/ResoluteAdap...

Bob Berry of Remote Coxswain has developed a rudder device that allows visually impaired single scullers to row regular boats. Watch this video (https://goo.gl/evomYu) of a blind sculler docking while the coaches steer him in remotely. Ellen noted that the remote coxswain could apply more broadly to all para rowing, not just visually impaired. http://remotecoxswain.com/

Lots to think about, so many gadgets to improve people's athletic experiences, so many exciting tech developments!

We’ll be wrapping up the current Gadgets & Gear series on Jan. 25 when we hope to bring in engineer Andy Crumpholt from the busy workshop at Community Rowing in Boston, Massachusetts.

Ready, Row! USA is part of the international RowingChat network. You can subscribe there to receive notifications of upcoming shows, send in news tips, and join our community.

LINKS:

HOST https://piercepress.com/

GUEST: https://www.communityrowing.org/inclu...

PODCAST WEBSITE: http://rowing.chat/ready-row-USA

THIS WEEK’S ROWING CLUB NEWS

Put your rowing club on the map and boost attendance for events by sending in your club news with this form: https://goo.gl/forms/C8P0XZ8wLdQWlf0K3

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Central NY Sweep Rowing Meetup continues. Contact Scott Laffer, 315-569-6228, [email protected]

On Jan. 26, CRI hosts "Grace, Grit & Glory, A Celebration of Women Rowers 2019" featuring a special award for filmmaker & Olympian Mary Mazzio. RSVP at CommunityRowing.org

Rio Salado Rowing Club in Tempe, AZ are holding rowing camps from February through March for scullers & sweep rowers with guest coaches. Full listings on Regatta Central.

Sarasota County Rowing Club hosts the Sarasota Invitational Regatta at Nathan Benderson Park on February 22-24. Masters compete on Sunday. Vespoli, Resolute, and Hudson can supply you with state-of-the-art boat rentals. Come thaw out in Florida! Rowing club phone 203-858-6806.

Chris Chase runs the Saratoga Rowing Association - most famous for its Head of the Fish Regatta.

Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction and background in rowing

05:00 Matt Hopkins uses plastic boats to teach 4-6 year olds

09:00 Upskilling yourself as a coach includes running a conference for junior rowing coaches

12:00 The Volunteer coach model doesn't work for big clubs.

16:00 Money and Fund raising - a sponsored rowathon which feeds the equipment budget and 2 regattas which feed the coaching budget

21:00 Training the Coaches. Rowing is a lifelong sport if you can scull a single.

29:00 US Rowing surveyed their members and coaching is #1 concern

30:00 Seniors coach the learn to rows in the summer. Pre-elites teach with passion.

32:00 Make rowing more relevant as a sport with added excitement.

42:00 Regatta organisation - start with a time trial. Don't race in a chevron - use numbered lanes

47:00 Making money drives decisions

51:00 Making regatta trophies - Tim Frost started in 1986 with embalmed fish heads, hand painted.

GUEST: Colette Lucas-Conwell, a coxswain on the US Men's National Team & member of the Oakland A's front office. Colette spoke on the "Connected Athlete" panel at this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

HOST: Charlotte Pierce, masters sculler at CommunityRowing.org and publisher at PiercePress.com.

Ready, Row! USA is part of the RowingChat network and the 4,500-member Masters Rowing International group on Facebook. You are invited to subscribe for notices of upcoming shows, and please, send in news tips, and listen to our many other shows in the network wherever you get your podcasts.

GUEST'S LINKS:

asensei - https://www.asensei.com/

Mixfit - https://gomixfit.com/

QUS Sport - https://www.qus-sports.com/?lang=en

Tesla Suit - https://teslasuit.io/

OTHER LINKS:

remote coaching coachseye.com/

erg app ergdata.com

phone bracket concept2.com

watches & cameras garmin.com

footwear (& boats!) vespoli.com

electronics rowhero.com

hydration camelbak.com

seats neaves.com

remote coaching nksports.com

Ready, Row! USA is part of the RowingChat network and the 4,500-member Masters Rowing International group on Facebook. You can subscribe to receive notification of upcoming shows or send in news tips, and listen to our many other shows in the network wherever you get your podcasts.

Douglas Lumsden is the founder and owner of Space Saver Rowing Systems - experts in boathouse storage and space optimisation. Known for their world-famous oar hanging racks. www.ssrs.net.au

Timestamps

0:00 About you and your background in rowing

03:00 What gave you the idea for Space Saver Rowing? Why is boathouse storage such a key issue today?

05:00 Your first product you developed was the oar rack  What was challenging / easy / why was this product needed?

12:00 Space Saver has affiliates around the world including RowAmerica

15:00 The latest product is a telescopic frame for single scull racking

18:00 Boat racking storage with a variable mount to allow adjustments and variations to be made after installation

22:00 The Design Process

24:00 Storing rowing electronics in a box for Youth and Student Rowing Clubs

29:00 Dragon Boating clubs are multi-sport and need electric hoists for boat racking - can also be used for coaching boats

35:00 Boating Docks and Pontoons

40:00 What's on the horizon next? The Harvard and Weld Boathouse redevelopment using Space Saver Racking.

Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe discuss: How to make winter erging fun. Using the ergometer as a technique tool as preparation for going back on the water. Tip #1 create an inspiring environment. 

Goal setting for winter

Shifting your Christmas pounds

January Inspiration - Caryn Davies' article on Tom Terhar in Row360 Magazine.

Ready, Row! USA - Show Notes for 12/17/2018

For this episode, we have the honor of hosting Arshay Cooper (2:07) of Row New York and Mark Wilson (12:20) of the All American Rowing Camp for a recap of the recent US Rowing convention in San Diego, where they both presented.

* Arshay Cooper covers the dynamic new Inclusion/Diversity (4:50) track at USR and the impact & innovations of the USR I&D (7:00) programs he's involved with, like Row New York and his Waterside Chats, where he mentors managers of inclusive programs (26:00). At the end, he talks about an exciting collaboration with director and Olympian Mary Mazzio for a documentary of "Suga Water." (26:21) Arshay invoked a rowing metaphor when receiving the Anita DeFranz Award in 2017: "It's okay to look back as long as you keep moving forward." (15:44)

* Mark Wilson brings us a message from US Rowing's new CEO Patrick McNerney (13:00) and news from Coastal Rowing Initiative (14:33), the Indoor Rowing National Championships (14:21), and a new organization called the Rowing Industry Trade Association (RITA) which seeks to involve manufacturers and vendors in developing the sport of rowing and supporting current USR initiatives.

LINKS & AFFILIATIONS:

http://www.arshaycooper.com ([email protected])

https://allamericanrowingcamp.com ([email protected])

https://accudock.com (Mark)

https://rownewyork.org (Arshay)

https://piercepress.com (Charlotte)

https://communityrowing.org (Charlotte)

https://USRowing.org (Mark, Arshay)

https://coastalrowingusa.com (Mark)

https://www.facebook.com/Grace.Grit.G... (Ellen Minzner)

https://www.50eggs.com (Mary Mazzio, filmmaker)

Timestamps to the show

0:00 Introductions and background in rowing

2:00 The semi final at the World Championships 2018

5:00 I come from a family of rowers going back to my grandfather

9:00 My transition to rowing - I took a month off and realised I needed to do sport

12:00 My father is my coach “I hate it when I fail in something”

18:00 My first World Cup race in 2018

23:00 Was my early success just luck?

27:00 The world cup final - stroke by stroke

31:00 My strongest asset is my motivation - when something isn’t working

33:00 My favourite drills - I really enjoy doing high intensity 2ks

35:00  Ambition is to be the German Champion

42:00 Watching races on video

Ready, Row! USA - Show Notes

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Ready, Row! USA. Today we have the honor of hosting: Mark Wilson, Ellen Minzner and Charlotte Pierce.

Mark Wilson, Co-Director, with Jim Dietz, of the All American Rowing Camp in DeLand, FL and a speaker for the upcoming USRowing Convention Masters Track, and someone who totally enjoys messing about in boats! Ellen Minzner, Community Rowing/Boston, Director of Outreach and US National Team Para \Coach, and all-round awesome person!

(3:12) US ROWING CONVENTION PREVIEW (Mark Wilson)

Preview of Dec. 2018 USR convention; How USR is evolving to meet needs of all rowers (women, youth, para, younger (time 7:12) & older masters); personnel developments; exciting sessions to attend at convention. Para & women’s perspective from Ellen.

(11:55) COASTAL ROWING (Mark Wilson)

Brief intro of the sport and the growth in North America; how it differs from flat water racing and recreational sculling. Intro to the equipment, manufacturers like Swift, Filippi (though bigger, coastal boats are half the cost of racing shells). Where can you find opportunities and programs. Perspective on coastal rowing from para & women’s perspective by Ellen (15:20).

(18:55) WOMEN’S & PARA (Ellen Minzner)

Trends, news, program developments. Increases in inclusion events are a big plus, recently USOC has equaled the medal bonuses for the Olympic and Paralympic athletes (previously paralympians received one-fifth the medal bonus); Grace, Grit and Glory event, Jan 26 at Community Rowing in Boston. parity in Paralympic medal payments; preview of Grace, Grit & Glory (21:17); manufacturers of para equipment; women’s lightweight developments.

Ellen Minzner: Email is [email protected], Facebook pages are Row Inclusive and Grace, Grit and Glory, Twitter is @EllenMinzner. Community Rowing is my home rowing club on the Charles River in Boston. (full links below)

Mark Wilson: Email is [email protected]; Visit the AARC website or look for us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook (links below). AARC Camps and Clinics start late December in Florida, run throughout the year - ask at your local club or visit one of our international locations like Croatia in 2019!

Charlotte: Ready, Row! USA is part of the RowingChat network. You can get email notification of upcoming shows by joining our mailing list via the address in the description, and listen to our many other shows in the network wherever you get your podcasts.

UPCOMING: In upcoming shows, we’ll be presenting a recap of developments out of the US Rowing convention in San Diego; and talking to the engineers in the busy workshop at Community Rowing in Boston, Massachusetts, getting some news on equipment and boat repairs.

LINKS:

Mark:

http://www.allamericanrowingcamp.com #messingaroundinboats

http://www.USRowing.org

https://www.facebook.com/All-American...

https://twitter.com/allrowcamp

https://www.instagram.com/allamerican...

Coastal Rowing: http://www.worldrowing.com/coastal/

Ellen:

http://facebook.com/Grace.Grit.Glory

https://www.communityrowing.org #rowingforall

https://www.facebook.com/rowinclusive/

https://twitter.com/USParalympics

https://twitter.com/EllenMinzner

https://www.instagram.com/criboston

https://www.rowperfect.co.uk/remote-s...

https://www.barehillrowing.com/hotq (Head of the Quinobequin - youth rowing regatta)

Charlotte:

https://piercepress.com

https://facebook.com/piercepress

https://twitter.com/PiercePress

https://www.instagram.com/piercepress

Recorded: Dec. 3, 2018

Timestamps in parentheses (3:12) give approximate start times for the topics.

Cover photo for Ready, Row! USA by Ella Buitrago of CommunityRowing.org