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S3E10 - Rock City Rowing Builds Community in Arkansas
Rock City Rowing members will tell you that Arkansas is sorely underrated. Located on a beautiful stretch of water in Little Rock, RCR is home to one of just two boathouses in the entire state offering programs for masters and juniors. RCR Head Coach Ted Riedeburg and three masters rowers tell us about bringing rowing back to Little Rock after a long hiatus, and how rowing changed their lives.
GUESTS
Ted Riedeburg, Head Coach
Leslie Cain, novice masters rower
Anne McCormick, masters rower
Julia Watkins, masters rower
TIME STAMPS
00:00 Introduction
01:45 Rapid Fire Q&A
03:58 Rowing Week on a scale of 1-10
04:50 Get to know Ted, Julia, Anne, Leslie
12:13 Rowing in Little Rock is beautiful and underrated
14:00 RCR is one of just two clubs in Arkansas offering juniors and masters
16:24 Developing a club by educating the community about rowing
18:20 Who’s rowing at RCR and what makes it special?
20:35 Leslie, a novice, gives her pitch about why people should row
25:00 Anne’s hard worked paid off at Nationals 2021; and the club looks ahead to racing in 2022
32:21 RCR has big ideas for a potential new multi-purpose boathouse to help connect with the community
38:13 RCR seeks to host more juniors events on the Little Maumel River
To see photos of Rock City Rowing, along with links to the people, clubs, and events mentioned in this episode, check out the show notes on our website.
This episode was made possible in part by our Patrons and Concept2.
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Rock City Rowing members will tell you that Arkansas is sorely underrated. Located on a beautiful stretch of water in Little Rock, RCR is home to one of just two boathouses in the entire state offering programs for masters and juniors. RCR Head Coach Ted Riedeburg and three masters rowers tell us about bringing rowing back to Little Rock after a long hiatus, and how rowing changed their lives.
GUESTS
Ted Riedeburg, Head Coach
Leslie Cain, novice masters rower
Anne McCormick, masters rower
Julia Watkins, masters rower
TIME STAMPS
00:00 Introduction
01:45 Rapid Fire Q&A
03:58 Rowing Week on a scale of 1-10
04:50 Get to know Ted, Julia, Anne, Leslie
12:13 Rowing in Little Rock is beautiful and underrated
14:00 RCR is one of just two clubs in Arkansas offering juniors and masters
16:24 Developing a club by educating the community about rowing
18:20 Who’s rowing at RCR and what makes it special?
20:35 Leslie, a novice, gives her pitch about why people should row
25:00 Anne’s hard worked paid off at Nationals 2021; and the club looks ahead to racing in 2022
32:21 RCR has big ideas for a potential new multi-purpose boathouse to help connect with the community
38:13 RCR seeks to host more juniors events on the Little Maumel River
To see photos of Rock City Rowing, along with links to the people, clubs, and events mentioned in this episode, check out the show notes on our website.
This episode was made possible in part by our Patrons and Concept2.
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