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Rowperfect at the WRC 2006 - Making of
See how well a non-rower can use a RP. He does really well!
Rowperfect at the WRC 2006 - Broadcast
Here is the BBC Broadcast
Mark Campbell has revealed the new design of the Rowperfect Rowing Simulator.
There is a drawing RP New Design
And a photo of an unpainted pre-production unit 
During the World Rowing Championships , the TV reporters borrowed a Rowperfect from us for their reporter to try out a 500m piece coached and encouraged by the world famous Dan Topolski.
And here's us filming them making the broadcast.
The lad done good.
He had never been on a RP before, never rowed or sculled. Notice how he had no trouble keeping the seat in one place? Never hit the front or back leg?
Seems Rowperfect is pretty easy to use and not just something for so-called "elite" athletes only.
Well done, Rob. (and Justus Janssen for filming it).
Rocat, a customer of Rowperfect UK has been a runner up in the JEC Innovations Composites Awards
The Programme was created in 1998, and every
year rewards the best composites innovations in terms of technical
interest, commercial potential, partners, financial impact and
originality. This year the jury, composed of 15 renowned international
experts, has decided to award 8 innovations among 24 finalists, and Rocat is a runner up in the Sports & Leisure category.
Winner A2000, a mass-produced bicycle wheel that is 100% carbon by Salomon SA (Mavic Division) (France)
Other Finalists:
- Composite hull for a rowing catamaran by Rocat Ltd (UK)
- Carbon ski pole by Nanoledge (France)
Rocat rowing catamarans are supplied with Dreher Carbon sculls. Well done to Christopher Laughton and his team!
I've been asked a couple of times recently (by my crews and others) "What can I do to make it easier to row on the other side?"
Here are some ideas to be working on:
Best drills
1 - Wriggle your fingers of inside hand as you go up the slide. Helps remind you not to hold on too tight and not to lift the blade for the catch with the inside hand (if you do you'll be late)
2 - Check inside arm is bent on recovery. If it's straight chances are you are really holding on with that hand and using it to guide the movement - it should be outside arm.
3 - Wide arm rowing (aka inside hand down the loom) do this with hand just off handle and then progress to ultra-wide with hand on fat part of loom
4 - Alternate hands holding the oar - draw power phase with outside hand and when you get to the finish tap down. Then let go with outside hand and catch handle with inside hand - feather and guide handle towards catch, feather. As you get to catch let go with inside hand and grasp with outside as you lift into the catch. Progress to just holding handle lightly with the hand not 'doing the work' and then progress back to normal rowing. You should still be able to loosen off the hand not working as a check that each hand is doing the right thing.
5 - Look out the side of the boat that you are rowing - helps the rotation.
write your session reminder on your foot post-it and every time you see it, do the drill (even if the rest of the crew isn't doing that drill). They will forgive you as you make the changes.
Best thing is all these drills can be done during steady state paddling.
Ever thought of installing an indoor rowing tank?
Durham Boat has devised a
tank that is modular and holds a lower volume of water than other designs. This
enables athletes to row higher rates without the expense of a pumped water
tank.
Their pricing is around
half to two thirds comparable tanks. We got a quote for a Putney club for an 8
man sculling and rowing tank in November 2006 and it was £75,000 including
delivery and fitting but excluding VAT.
Here is a series of photos showing an installation, fitting and final layout of an 8 man tank to Hudson River Rowing Association, USA.
http://www.ara-rowing.org/render.aspx?siteID=1&navIDs=1,394,1069,1072
Individual winners of the awards are as follows:
Senior Coach of the Year
Ray Sullivan, Furnivall Sculling Club
Junior Coach of the Year
Julie Edwards, Nottingham Rowing Club
Adaptive Coach of the Year
Dick Wilkinson, Tees Rowing Club
Coaching Team of the Year
Maidstone Invicta Rowing Club Junior Coaching Team
Young Persons Programme Coach of the Year
John Bell, Durham Amateur Rowing Club
Highly commended certificates have also been awarded to:
German 8 using Magik The Gold medal winning German Eight from last summer's World Rowing Championships used Magik Oarlocks.
Two of the athletes are at Cambridge University and used the oarlocks in the boat race. They were impressed with the effect it had on their boat performance and persuaded the crew to try and use the Magik Gates – and they won!
Thorsten Engelmann and Sebastian Schulte are currently in the CUBC squad and the Stroke man Bernd Heidicker was formerly at Cambridge.
Rowperfect UK has sets of Magik Oarlocks for Eights for you to try.
As preparation for the Eights races in early 2007 why not try something that can make your crew go faster?
We will post them to your club and you can try them for a week free - if you like them, you can buy them. If not, send them back to us (or arrange to pass them onto another crew or club nearby).
Use our contact form to take up the offer.
NOTE: you must pay by debit card to take advantage of this offer. Invoices will be issued. If you want to pass the gates to another club or crew - full contact details must be given to Rowperfect UK.
Rowperfect (UK) Ltd, Sales: Rebecca Caroe +44 (0) 7970 734 330, Service: Grant Craies +44 (0) 7970 266 180
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