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Manager’s Report – TERM 4, WEEK 6, 2015 – TERM 4 IMPORTANT DATES Last week 14 November: Roseville Regatta A positive start to the regatta season for the Seniors, Inters 28 November: Sydney Girls’ High School Regatta and Juniors on Saturday in Penrith. It was really enjoyable seeing each crew working as a team both on and off the 28 November: Head of the Yarra (Selected Senior Crews Only) water. Together Everyone Achieves More. 5 December: Pymble Christmas Pymble had a lot of strong results right across each of our Regatta squads. As well as the neatest sets of oars at the regatta! 6 December: Palm Beach Fitness and Each crew’s results are listed later in this week’s edition of BBQ (all squads) Backsplash. It was nice to see each squad cheering so loudly and proudly for your fellow squad members. The extra support for a Pymble crew racing down the course can make such a big difference. I encourage you all, if possible, to stay and to support your fellow Pymble Rowing Team members. A special mention to the following girls; Gemma Campbell, Natasha Gordon, Lauren Guttman, Paige Jackson, Matilda Pennington, Alexandra Thompson, Phoebe Coles, Liz Ward, Kiara Woodhouse and Chelsea Cambridge. Well done on successfully completing your first ever race as part of the Pymble Rowing Team! I would like to thank all girls and coaches who helped with loading the boats onto the trailer so efficiently after the races. Many hands made for light work. A particular thank you to our coaches and to our Boatman, Henry Cranney, who drove back to the boatshed to unload boats, oars and riggers in order to enable families to head straight home after their races and to reduce the imposition of a regatta day at Penrith. This also allowed the Learn to Row squad to complete their Sunday training row unaffected and to prepare thoroughly for their first regatta this weekend. Not many schools have a Boatman. By having Henry at regattas it helps with any last minute equipment changes, retrieving and organising lane numbers and ensuring that every Pymble boat is ready to race. Supporting you daughter and her crew Thank you to those parents who assisted with barbecuing, cheering and supporting the Pymble Rowing Team on Saturday. A reminder of a few points from the Pymble Rowing Handbook for the upcoming regatta: - Focus on your child’s efforts and performance – not the result - Remember that children learn best by example - Do not apply too much pressure – it is their sport to compete in – not yours This week The entire Pymble Rowing Team will be racing this Saturday at Iron Cove in the Roseville regatta. That means the first ever regatta for our Learn to Row squad! You are all required to make your own way to and from Rowing regattas. Pick up and drop off is at our boatshed (Leichhardt Rowing Club). All girls are again required to be at the boatshed 90 minutes prior to your race, at the latest. You may leave after you have completed your races, though are encouraged to stay to support other Pymble crews. The time of races for this Saturday will be released as a notification on the Pymble App like last week. Please make sure to download the App and to ‘allow’ Rowing notifications. Once the draw is released by Rowing NSW, you will receive the notification with a link to the draw. Uniform This week, all Pymble Rowing Team members must have the Pymble Racing Zootie. I thought it was a formidable sight on Saturday seeing our whole team wearing the Pymble uniform together and with pride. The Pymble Racing Zootie must be worn by all coxswains and rowers at regattas. You can purchase this and all of the necessary Pymble Rowing uniform from the College Clothing Shop. Michael Jenkins Rowing Manager [email protected] 1st VIII before their first race ………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Coaching Director’s Report Loreto Normanhurst Regatta Last Friday, I met with the entire Pymble Rowing Team to outline the plan for the regatta. In that meeting, the girls were given a plan for their race day and I also challenged them to know what they wanted to achieve, how they were going to achieve it and also why they wanted to achieve it. I am pleased to report that every Pymble crew, no matter their level of experience, was able to get their pre-race plan executed very efficiently and effectively. All crews were on time to the start line and we had no equipment problems. The same can’t be said for every other school at the regatta. For many Pymble rowers, this was their first taste of racing. I congratulate those girls for the way in which they competed and represented the College. I also congratulate those more experienced rowers in the team who helped to encourage and support the rowers who were racing for the first time. There was a positive, supportive and encouraging atmosphere around the Pymble boating area all day. That doesn’t happen by accident. Congratulations to all the girls and coaches who helped to foster that attitude. Knowing what you want to achieve, how to achieve it and why you want to achieve it is an important theme that we will follow every regatta across the program. The goals each crew wants to achieve (the what) are usually performance-related and are factors that the crew can control. I.e. focus on the process, not necessarily the outcome alone. The how is the race plan, or strategies to achieve the goals and the why is the reasons for wanting to achieve the goals. Each individual girl and each crew will have reasons why they want to achieve their goals and these are the things that the girls should use to motivate themselves when the race gets tough. Early in the season, girls may not have a clear reason why they want to achieve their goals, but as the season progresses these reasons usually get stronger and stronger, ensuring that at the final regatta of the season, their resolve is very strong! Finally, we have told the girls that the first regatta has always been about setting a benchmark from which we now work on improving upon. If a crew finished first, then we encourage them to ensure they improve their performance for the next regatta, so they win by a greater margin. A crew that finished 10 seconds behind the leaders, will aim to narrow the margin to first place in the next regatta. Small, but very deliberate improvements over the course of the season, will ensure every Pymble crew is the best improving crew over the season and that they will give their very best performance at the final regatta of the season – the Head of the River. This takes a courageous mindset and I encourage every Pymble rower and coxswain this week to find out how they can improve their performance in the next regatta, and show determination in training this week to ensure they achieve this in the Roseville College Regatta this Saturday. Pymble Technical Philosophy We have developed a technical philosophy for how we want to row and it is, “Row the longest stroke in the strongest position, row the most accelerated stroke, give the boat time to run on the recovery and do it all together”. ………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Watching the races on the weekend, it was not a surprise that the crews that were in the lead, were doing these five things better than their opponents. Sometimes that was a Pymble crew, but in most cases, we can improve how we do these five things. Our technical focuses in the four remaining weeks of term will focus on these factors. This week will be a focus on rowing the longest stroke in the strongest position. Learn to Row learning to race! The LTR program is going along well at this stage and we have been practicing building up to the full race distance of 1km. This weekend will see the LTR girls compete for the first time for Pymble. I wish them well for their first regatta and look forward to seeing them put their training into action against the other schools! I also encourage the senior rowers who are buddies with the LTR squad to seek out their buddy this week and encourage them and wish them well. Head of the River (the book!) There is a good book that is about a crew in Melbourne preparing for the Head of the River, which is aptly titled, “Head of the River” by Pip Harry. The library has purchased a few copies and I encourage girls to read this book over the course of the season. It captures some of the emotions and the experiences that the girls are going through right now in their rowing season and is an enjoyable read. I am confident that the girls will enjoy reading it, but also will be able to relate to it which should give them confidence that the experiences they are having in rowing happen everywhere. Simon Pennington Coaching Director 2nd VIII after their first race ………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Captain of Boat’s Report With the first regatta of the season done, across the board all Pymble crews displayed our technical and fitness improvement creating a bench mark to work off for the rest of the season. Technique really shone through especially when the windy conditions rolled in, this base allowed all our crews to race the best race possible under the circumstances. Keep in mind that anyone can manage success, but it’s how we manage the disappointments and difficulties that reflect our sportsmanship and resilience.

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