The Coxswain's Journey - In the sport of rowing!

Join The Coxswain's Journey and RowMann Repairs for an exclusive PREVIEW of the highly anticipated 2024 "Gemini Boat Race". Dive deep into the iconic rivalry between Oxford and Cambridge Universities as we discuss all the thrilling details. Don't miss out on this special event - tune in and be part of the excitement!

I had some great guests along with my Co-Host, John Perry from Hawthorn Rowing club, I was also joined by Rob Manning from RowMann Repairs and an extra special appearance from the UK! Alistair Taylor from Cambridge University Boat Club.

To be honest, I had no idea just the magnitude of this rowing race! Yes its been around since gods dog was a pup, but i had no appreciation for the sheer support and passion behind it. Crowds of up to 300,000 people are expected to line the banks of the Thames this Saturday as the two universities, Cambridge and Oxford, go toe to toe for 6.8km though some of the toughest rowing waterway's on the planet! These athletes are the real deal!

The BIG one! The 2024 Head of the Schoolgirls Regatta was held last weekend on the magnificent Barwon River in Geelong. Months of hard work, sweat, and tears and it all comes down to a few short races over a few days in March! This is what it is all about!

The conditions for the regatta could not have been better, and the racing was fierce, with some great results and brilliant outcomes for all the athletes and their families. No doubt a lot of fun was had by all, and hopefully those not finishing year 12 this year will be back to do it all again next year (in a few short months' actually).

As usual, Alan Crute, from Rowing Regatta Form Guides and Chat, along with our own "Rowing Tragic" Binky Kfouri will give us the run down on all the racing over the weekend!

Whilst this is the penultimate regatta for most there is still a few athletes heading off to Sydney for the Australian Rowing Championships at the Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith over the next week, good luck to you guys! To those whose season has wrapped up, enjoy the break, you've deserved it!

Tune into the audio from our first LIVE Facebook show, presented by RowMann Repairs and The Coxswains Journey, on the eve of the 2024 Head of the Schoolgirls Regatta.

Our panel, including Binky Kfouri, Rowing Tragic, and Alan Crute from Rowing Regatta Form Guides and Chat, will cover off all the things you need to know about this years event.

We have some great guests including rowing mum (and rower) Kylie Tavasci from Sale Rowing Club, Rob Manning, from RowMann Repairs and the esteemed former Mayor of Geelong, Stephane Asher; she ads a great insight into the regions view of this amazing event!

What a big weekend of rowing at Lake Wendouree in Ballarat for the 2024 Rowing Victoria State Championships. Beautiful weather on day 1 got things off to a great start!

Tune in to hear Alan from Rowing Regatta Form Guides and Chat and Binky Kfouri, our very own "Rowing Tragic" give us the Goss on the racing from the weekend!

Not to mention, some possibly concerning news re the Barwon River only 11 days out from racing for the 2024 Head of the Schoolgirls Regatta.

Also, be sure to tune in on Thursday the 14th March when The Coxswains Journey and RowMann Repairs proudly present our fist Facebook LIVE show featuring not only our talented and knowledgeable panel, but some very special guests! It will be a ripper! so tune in!

Join me live from the "cockpit" for this MM8+ race (MM8+ is Masters 8's, and the + is the coxswain), we raced 2 Melbourne Rowing Club Crews in a tight battle with one of them.

The recording is on from pushing off the staging, but if you want to shortcut, we move to the start at 16.30, the race start is 18.10, and race finish is at 22.15. So tune in to hear the action from the Coxswains seat.

Great to listen to as you doze off at night ;-)

The exposure that Alan has given Head of the Lake has made me tune in, this really is an impressive event! Its like combining Head of the river (boys) with Head of the school girls. The excitement that Ballarat brings to a regatta is amazing! Thanks Alan for introducing so many of us to this! Yes I know, its been going for 112 years, so I am a bit of a goose for not realising how big this really is!

By the way, big news coming! Alan, Binky and I will be hosting an amazing live HoSG preview on Thursday night prior to the racing (14th March), so save the date! grab a glass of wine and tune in! More information to come.

So enjoy tonight's Regatta Review of the 2024 Nagambie Regatta including, of course, all the action from the "Nagambie Gold " races where the Female open pair took home 30k in cold hard cash! Also worth noting how far above these elite athletes are is the time differences between them and the "club crews" (the best amateur crews the clubs can muster). I'm looking forward to seeing the future of this event, it really has potential!

When a visionary and sport collide we often see great change in the winds! I feel we are on the precipice of that happening right now; vision, passion and motivation have all come together.

In this "Casual Convo" I am fortunate enough to be joined by the Honorable Mr Patrick McNamara AM to discuss the Nagambie Gold events at this weekends Nagambie Regatta.

This event injects unprecedented prize money into the sport of rowing like has never been seen before globally!

The concept is brilliant and because of this vision we will get to see not only some of Australia's best rowers, but the words best rowers! There are plenty of World Championship and Olympic medals amongst the cohort!

4 events, 50k up for grabs! This is serious coin on the table!

Great work Nagambie Rowing Club for embracing this initiative! The sky is the limit! I feel "Liv rowing" is coming ;-)

A big weekend in rowing both on the Barwon in Geelong; where the Junior and Intermediate girls had a hit out at the RV Firbank Regatta; but also in NSW at the Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith for the NSW State Championships.

Alan from Rowing Regatta Form Guides and Chat and I are thrilled to be joined by a special guest tonight; A true "Rowing Tragic"; Binky Kfouri who brings not only an insiders view of rowing as a previous rower herself but very much involved for many years as a parent of two rowers. I hope to have many more episodes gleaning her wisdom!

So be sure to tune in, yes its a bit of a lengthy episode as we had a lot to cover off!

In this exciting "Casual Convo" we have a great chat with Mario Laing rfom Lake Eildon Rowing Club, the newest Rowing Club in the country! What an exciting journey he has been on as he embraced his amazing location and encompassed his love for rowing into that space.

Tune in to hear Mario's story, his motivation, and how it all came about. We don't often get the chance to talk to people who are as passionate about their rowing and sport as Mario.

As I say at the end of the episode, if only more people in the world were like Mario and made things happen! Great Job Mario.