Category Archives: Newsletter

Quirky Rowing Websites – Chiara Ferarra’s “Rowing Daily”

TweetChiara has started the first Rowing Daily community newspaper.  Community newspapers aren’t new, but the opportunity to use the internet to source your material and put it into a sharable format comes with a service called Paper Li. Each day … Continue reading

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Rowing E-Magazines – get more rowing news

TweetYou have your list of rowing websites to frequent, but what about rowing magazines? That’s right, online. If you have environmental concerns or simply like the accessibility and never-lose-ability of keeping your magazines safely on the web, you no longer … Continue reading

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Chris Jones reviews Harry Mahon’s Rowing Technique DVD

TweetIn 1993, Cambridge won the Boat Race, ending a run of Oxford victories that, aside from a single Light Blue win in 1986, had continued since 1976. The next year, Cambridge followed up by producing what many people consider to … Continue reading

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Fund Raising Tips and Ideas for your Club

TweetGet a range of innovative ways to raise funds for your organisation that doesn’t include direct marketing or a sales force. Why not increase your impact and raise large amounts of funding for your rowing club using the tried and … Continue reading

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Interview with David Low, Open Water Sculler

David is a world-class sailor; I asked him what are the things that rowers and scullers can learn from sailing and other sports. Continue reading

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Rowperfect Newsletter – August 2008

It includes a special offer on Dreher sculls for orders received by 18 August and some brand new demo equipment for you to try out. Continue reading

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Newsletter June 2008

Lots of new things to tell you about – proof that our ‘radio silence’ just concealed frantic paddling below the water –a cygnet turning into a fine swan! Continue reading

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Newsletter April 2008

We announce the winners of the “Look after your Cox ” competition. The entries were fabulous. Have a read of some of the wilder suggestions – we are sure they are all true!

And although we were disappointed that Cambridge lost the Boat Race, they did it using a Coxmate SCT with four speakers for amplification in their boat. Continue reading

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Interview with Charles Barksdale, Coach, Texas Rowing Center

I was recently in Austin, Texas, and approached the local club to borrow a single. During my visit I was introduced to Charles Barksdale the energetic coach who has helped to build a very successful and inclusive local rowing community. Continue reading

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Rowperfect Newsletter January 2008

Tweet The Rowperfect newsletter is being emailed to our mail list.  Join the list here Dear Rowperfect community Welcome to another year of training, competition and improving your rowing, sculling and coaching skills!  We spent Christmas working very hard because … Continue reading

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