James and Meyrick raced at Nottingham in the double scull. This is their report.
A disappointing race at Nottingham this past weekend, finishing 4th in our heat. A time of 7:37.66 behind crews from Calpe RC (Gibraltar), Clydesdale ARC, York City RC.
Our attention will now turn to singles and work in our pair.
They also sent over some photos including the one at the top of the page of Pablo, the Dart Totnes mascot!
Thanks to Gill Shaw for her advice on how to measure up a boat for a boat bag.
We thought we'd share it online for anyone else needing to know!
As an idea, you may want to give people some tips on how to measure their boat. We found the easiest way was to take (masking tape) a tape measure to the boat and then calculate and note the 16" intervals to take the circumferences with a dressmaking measure. And for the other measurements we put masking tape across the boat with a mark in pencil for the point we used to measure the cockpit.
Here are the measuring charts you will need to complete if we don't have your boat 'pattern' on file (note inches not centimeters) with the measurements for a conventinal rigger 1x boat or for a wing rigger 1x boat (the chart is different for measuring). For doubles and pair measurement charts go to the boat bags page
We have introduced a new section in the shop "Specials" where we list special offers and end of season discounts.
These are new products.
Our ex-demonstation products are sold in a separate category "Ex Demonstration Stock". These have been used by clubs and individuals to trial the product.
Rowperfect UK is supporting two junior boys from Dart Totnes Amateur Rowing Club . They have high ambition to race for Great Britain and we are loaning them some Drehers to use in their training and racing.
Meyrick Tooley and James Lovering, are both 16 years old and have trained and raced together for three years now. Here's how they describe their rowing background:
Our coach is Will Hawkyard from Dart Totnes Amateur Rowing Club, and we train regularly on the River Dart in Totnes, Devon. We have been racing for the past three years in a double scull, and have recently started racing in a coxless pair. This year we won a bronze medal at the Junior Inter Regional Championships, and last year we won a silver medal at the National Rowing Championships. Over the last 2-3 years we have been unbeaten in the South West rowing region, and narrowly missed gold medals at a couple of regattas further afield such as Gloucester sprint regatta.
Here is their first update since receiving the Drehers .
We have only been in our pair a few times as our boat has been taken away to Henley veterans’ regatta by some veterans at the club. However the Dreher blades are amazing, we tried some side by side racing with another pair at the club and the blades are a lot smoother than our clubs concept2 "big blades", we are both really excited about racing with them in the near future!
Yes we are doing Nat Champs, but in the j16 double as the boat has been away so we haven’t had any solid training in the pair leading up to this weekend.
As you may know we raced in the double at Marlow regatta, we had a solid race finishing 3rd. We finished in a time of 7:06.57, only about 5 seconds behind the winners who recorded a time of 7:01.46, and about 2 seconds from 2nd placed Nottingham, who finished in 7:04.10.
The following weekend we competed in the GB / FRANCE selection trials. In our double we were seeded in the slowest heat as we did not participate in the Nat Schools, however in this heat we finished 2nd in a time of 5:14.1, earning us 6th position overall.
As the boat has been absent from the club, we have been training mainly in crew boats, as soon as the Nat Champs are over and done with we plan to move into the pair and singles until November. In the next update I will include a few pictures of the pair in action!
We have 8 second hand rowperfect rowing simulators for sale.
4 have interfaces (3 DOS and 1 RPW)
Previous owner is a school who bought half new and half from the ARA. One was serviced by Rowperfect UK in Dec 2007.
UPDATE: august only four remaining
If you are the owner of the Session Management (SEAN) software for rowperfect for windows (RPW) there is an update available.
News just in from Chicago, Michael Dreher has won a prestigious design award for his work on the new Aero sculls
Dreher Aero Sculls won the International Plastics Design Competition (Recreation and Leisure Classification ) held at McCormick Place Convention Center,in Chicago on June 24,2009 for its innovative design for the aerodynamic profile of the Aero oar shaft and blade that results in less air resistance, which is maximized when the oar is out of the water and the oar and boat velocities are both in the same direction. All the winners.
Other notable entries in that classification included an entry from France: Salomon "Ghost” freerider alpine ski-boot collar, which is one of the first commercial uses worldwide of DuPont ™ Hytrel® RS (renewable-sourced) thermoplastic elastomer and from Canada: Bombardier Recreational Products' Jet Ski-Ergo Pack. [This products' suspension system allow the rider to have a more comfortable ride when terrorizing rowers!]
Michael Dreher, former elite sculler, who twice made the A Finals at the World Rowing Championships and who is a two time Pan Am medal winner designed the Aero sculls. Since the Aero's debut, the sculls have been successfully raced in the US and Europe. For more information on the sculls, see Dreher Sculls Page
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Junior sculler, Felix Bach, has won the German national junior rowing championships in his single scull using Dreher aero sculls.
He rows for Potsdamer Ruder-Gesellschaft e.V .
I met Tim and his coach, Claes Frans outside the boat tents at HRR. He had just won his first round race in the Diamonds against Walton of Leicester RC.
I ask Claes about their history together. "We started working together in 1998 at our club, Koninklijke Roeivereniging Brugge (KRB). It isn't a big club with about 80 competitors and and a lot of recreational rowers. I was coaching a lot of young boys together and Tim was one of the best and we started to go into the national team and there were 3 together worlds in Linz in a quad scull and we got 6th.
The year after I spent more time with Tim and we got selected for the Junior Worlds in 1x and won bronze in Plovdiv.
Do you worry about being smaller than other single scullers? I was generally a little smaller than the rest from when I was a junior and its the same now. I made a choice to row as a heavyweight so I don't have to complain about it.
I studied in Ghent and I continue to live there and in the winter I go back to Brugge to train on the canal because that is very good. I stopped rowing after the juniors because I was studying but after a two year break in 2002 I did a double for U23 and we came 6th. We carried on in that combination and in 2003 we missed qualification for the Athens Olympics when we came 13th [the cut-off for pre-qualification was 12th]. This was a disappointment.
In 2004 I changed to the single scull and it just worked. After the first world cup I was 7th and I realised that maybe I could go to the Olynmpics.
What did you mean "it just worked"? I was just fast I knew I was fast as a junior single but the senior is different I didn't know what to expect but competing with the rest of the field and came 7th I knew if I worked a bit harder I knew I would be a bit closer. The extra work was with my physio comprising back and abdominal strength to improve my positions [posture] and long endurance work as well. The core stability was a problem after 2004 when I got a back injusry. But it really increased my speed.
Claes, what did you learn as a coach from working with the Physio? The physio spent a lot of time with us at camps and races and I know him well. He told me things I should look after and look out for and also in the weight training for correct posture. At that time I wasn't a full time professional coach so in 2006 I became professional.
When did you become a full time athlete, Tim? Since 2004 I went pro I had a contract and I finished my studies during 2005. The full time athlete's life in the beginning you have so much free time and so you have to be careful not to go crazy. But the pressure is much higher because you have to earn your money. There are four other professionals in Belgium: the mens 2x and womens 1x Anikke. Tim was the first to get a pro contract and the year later the double and Annik this year.
I think in modern rowing you have to be professional - you can study half time but full time work and high level rowing is impossible.
Claes, what improvments would you like to see in Belgian rowing? The changes the rowing federation should make is to look earlier to the younger rowers. We should want everyone to row in the same way. When the boys come into the national team there are some different styles and four different styles in one boat. If we could start and begin them in the same way it would make our life easier as coaches. Also we need to have the perfect rowing technique from age 14 and after that time the physical condition can be trained later.
I would also like moire support as they move from a good junior to transition to U23 it is difficult because nobody was looking after the group and and it was being done in the free time of the coaches who also had to look after the pro rowers. Now it is more strictly followed. We could look for more professional coaches - the money for that can't come from the clubs - unlike the big ones in Britian, we can't afford it. I am the only pro coach after the head coach. The government should spend money on that.
Tim, Claes do you have any advice for young athletes? Tim: enjoy the rowing, improve your technique and listen to the coach. First enjoy the rowing especially when youare young. Claes: If you enjoy it then you need a lot of training so you don't forget you need to work hard - more than 2-3 times a week. You have to do it when the conditions are bad like rain or windy. It is hard work to get to a high level.
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A classic hot Henley started today.
I am graced with a press badge and so will be in the press stand watching the racing and looking out for good rowing and close racing.
Henley Town looked magnificent and festive.
Here are Manchester University BC winning their race with Dreher Apex Sweeps.
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