Rowing Booklet 2021 Real athletes row, the rest just play games 2 Queen Margaret College | Rowing Booklet Contents Kia Ora Welcome 1 QMC Rowing Structure 2 Rowing Director, Coaching Staff, 2 Parent committee, Contact information 2 Star Boating Club 4 Values and QMC rowing 5 "Learn to Row" 6 6 week programme 6 Training programme 7 July Holiday Training 7 Training Camps and Regattas 8 Physical well-being 9 QMC Rowing uniform 10 Coxswains 11 Crew selection 12 Goal setting 13 QMC Rowing Team Goals 13 Regatta qualification 14 North Island Champs, North Island 14 Secondary School Champs Programme, 14 Real athletes Maddi Cup, Success 15 Parental guide 16 row, the rest Estimated cost 20 just play games Fundraising 21 V5 June 2021 Racing at Maadi Cup - Twizel 3 Print V5 June 2021 4 Queen Margaret College | Rowing Booklet Kai Ora Welcome For those returning to the sport, you knowalready of the fun, enjoyment and camaraderie that exists in rowing. To our new rowers and their parents, we welcome you. You are about to experience a quality sporting opportunity unique to rowing. You will be participating in the most demanding and rewarding of team sports. QMC Rowing is a sport within the Colleges sports structure. We operate in conjunction with the Star Boating Club to which each girl is a financial member. The College rowing programme is carried out by a dedicated team of staff, coaches and parents. The QMC Rowing Management Team is committed to encouraging, training and coaching motivated and enthusiastic young women whose personality and physical characteristics are suited to competing in rowing to a high standard. This booklet will provide extensive information on the structure, logistics and framework of QMC Rowing. We look forward to your continued involvement and support of QMC Rowing. Nadine Stembridge, Sport Director 1 Maadi Cup – Under 15 Octipull 1 QMC Rowing Structure Rowing Director Matt brings a wealth of experience and knowledge into this position. His calm Matt Kavanagh is the QMC Rowing Director. demeanor, approachability and ability to Matt is currently the Head of Mathematics communicate effectively with students and at QMC. Matt will be present at all major adults will impact positively on all aspects regattas and training camps and will oversee the of the coming season. following throughout the season: • QMC Rowing Style Coaching Staff • Priority boats entered into regattas Allen Ward, Kea Maritz, David Griffiths and • Selection of crews Matt Kavanagh will all contribute to the • QMC Rowing Calendar coaching of the QMC crews. There will be a team coaching approach this season where all • Training schedules coaches will assist with all age groups, although • Parent/Rower meetings this may change as we progress through the • Boat allocation season. Novices will be coached by current 2 Queen Margaret College | Rowing Booklet year 13 students. Gavin Cross will continue to Parent committee support the squad with injury prevention and maintenance and strength and conditioning A Parent’s Committee will be established programmes. at the start of the season to help with the logistical side of the sport. The committee will help to organise the parental help Other Staff for regattas and camps, transport, We will be introducing other coaches to the accommodation and with meal preparations. rowing programme this season including: The committee will meet once a month or • a strength and conditioning coach before every major regatta to ensure that all is organised. If you would like to be a • a physiotherapist member of the parent committee please • a pilates/yoga instructor email the sports office [email protected] • general fitness/circuit trainer All and any help is greatly appreciated. Contact information Name Crews Email Mobile [email protected]. Matt Kavanagh Rowing Director 0226741293 nz Allen Ward Coach [email protected] 0275216206 Kea Maritz Coach [email protected] 02108273042 David Griffiths Coach [email protected] Bianca Martin Novice Coach [email protected] 021465552 Isabel Knight Novice Coach [email protected] 02102362162 Treena Martin Parent Manager [email protected] 021978444 Nadine Stembridge QMC Sport [email protected] 0272316434 3 Star Boating Club Queen Margaret College has been affiliated with Star Boating Club since 1990. Star Boating Club was established in 1866 and is the second oldest rowing club in New Zealand. Star provides the infrastructure for QMC to offer rowing as a sport. EMPER ULGENS S REF The club provides extra boats for training and racing when needed, storage of QMC boats, club rooms, access via Frank Kitts lagoon to Wellington Harbour and land based training facilities and equipment. Wellington College, Wellington East Girls College, Wellington Girls More information can be found on the College, Wellington High School, Rongotai Star Boating Club website http://www. College and Scots College are also affiliated starboatingclub.com. with Star. The competition rowing programme within As with all financial members, QMC rowers must New Zealand is predominantly club based abide by the Governance Policies and Health and with only a small number of college regattas. Safety Program set down by Star Boating Club. Therefore as a QMC Rower your daughter will be All QMC rowers must join Star Boating Club. primarily racing and representing Star Boating Club and will therefore require both a Star unitard and an Queen Margaret College unitard. 4 Queen Margaret College | Rowing Booklet Star Boating Club Unitard Values and QMC rowing To strive for success It is important that all rowers have a desire to succeed. Rowing is not offered as a social sport so all rowers need to be prepared to push themselves beyond their comfort zone every time they train and compete. While not all will be successful at a national level, we encourage all rowers to strive to be the best they can. To enjoy all aspects of QMC Rowing We encourage ‘fun, fitness and friendship’. It is hoped rowing at QMC will be enjoyed by all involved; students, parents, coaches, staff and supporters. There are a number of sporting opportunities at QMC and for rowing to be successful students must make it their top priority. To be all inclusive Rowing will only be a success at QMC if ‘a team’ approach is adopted. There are teams within teams throughout the framework of rowing. The main ‘teams’ consist of the rowers (regardless of crew selection), the parents, the coaches and the school. Members need to be supportive of others within their own ‘team’, and in other ‘teams’ for all other objectives to be reached. To be ambassadors of QMC Rowing is very much in the public eye. All rowers, parents and coaches will conduct themselves in a manner that is appropriate to the occasion at all times. Star Boating Club Unitard 5 "Learn to Row" 6 week programme rowing is suitable for your daughter. We do require the girls to attend all trainings each At the beginning of every season QMC week with the exception of pre- arranged offers a “Learn to Row" programme absences. This is a team sport and when girls for those interested in joining the miss trainings it means the teams can not rowing squad. train properly. "Learn to Row" gives students the chance Rowing is a big commitment for the girls and to get a feel for rowing before making a full parents and other family members. Parents are commitment, and allows the coaches to needed to attend camps and regattas and both determine whether rowing is suitable for students and their parents are expected to be your daughter. This year the "Learn to Row" involved in fundraising. programme will commence in Week 2 of Term 3 and will run for 6 weeks. Depending on the number of students The programme will offer three training interested in joining the rowing squad trials may sessions per week and girls are expected to need to be held during this period at all levels attend at least two of those sessions each and age groups if necessary. week, although we strongly advise attending all three sessions if they are able to. Days and times for the trainings will be advised once we have the numbers of those girls interested in the programme. QMC girls in Year 9, 10 and 11 are eligible to join the learn to row programme and in turn the rowing squad after a selection process at the end of learn to row programme. We are limited by Star Boating Club with the number of rowers we can take each season. The cost of the "Learn to Row" program is $200 per student, this will be charged to your daughters account. At the completion of the programme the girls must decide whether they wish to continue with rowing and the coaches will then consider their suitability and run trials if they deem this necessary. Once the selection is final and agreed the girls will become members of Star Boating Club and are then registered with Rowing New Zealand. Please have a look at the training schedule, the training camps and regattas on the following pages to assist with your decision on whether 6 Queen Margaret College | Rowing Booklet Training programme The majority of our training takes The training schedule will be sequential place at or from Star Boating Club and will build as the season develops with on Taranaki Street Wharf, with the goal of peaking to perform at major some sessions at the QMC gym. regattas and then subsequently recover. The coaches will ensure all rowers receive Do not underestimate the amount of time feedback throughout the season on how required especially in January, February and they are tracking. March. The intention is to have a maximum of six trainings a week during this time and use only 1 day over a weekend – not both.