COME FORWARD - November 2019

World Championships Results. INAS Global Games. The Australian Boat Race

The NSW Union of Rowers Committee for 2019-2020: President: Tony Brown, Treasurer: Anne Craig, Hon Sec: Kim Rudder, Elite Vice President: Terry Maher, Vice Presidents: Phillip Titterton, Eric Carter, Brian Guthrie, Committee Members: Keith Jameson OAM, Barry Moynahan OAM, Barbara Ramjan, , Philip Sharp, Deanna Fekete, Louis Petrin, John Childs, John Johnson, Krystin Munro, Neil Holmes.

The NSW Union of Rowers wishes to extend condolences to the family of Hazel Kratz who died on the 27th October – she was an active rower up to age 84, and was married to our “Master of the Year 2014” Harold Kratz The link below to NSW gives more information. http://www.rowingnsw.asn.au/news/vale-hazel-kratz/ Also the NSW Union of Rowers wishes to extend condolences to the family of Ian Krix of Lake Macquarie Rowing Club who died on the 24th October. The link below to Rowing NSW gives more information. http://www.rowingnsw.asn.au/news/vale-ian-krix-lake-macquarie-rowing-club/

World Championships Results. Here are the results of NSW representatives who won Medals in the World Rowing Championships that were held in Austria. Full results and videos of each race can be found at this link to the World Rowing web site. http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2019-world-rowing-championships/schedule-results

Lightweight Men’s Single Scull Bronze Sean Murphy Mosman Rowing Club Men’s Bronze Sam Hardy Sydney Rowing Club Joshua Hicks Sydney Rowing Club PR1 Men’s Single Scull Bronze Erik Horrie Sydney Rowing Club Women’s Silver Leah Saunders Sydney Rowing Club Georgina Rowe UTS Rowing Club

Whilst the Women’s (Gold) and the Women’s Coxless Pair (Silver) did not feature any NSW women, it is well worth watching these races , and congratulations go to the Four (, , , ) and the Pair ( and Annabelle McIntyre)This link takes you to the Row 2k web site ranking Eric Horrie as the world #1 ranked Para rower for the second year running. The following is copied from the web site: https://www.row2k.com/features/2698/The-Ranking-- Pararowers-1-to-5/

METHODOLOGY Athlete must have medalled in a Paralympic event at the most recent World/Paralympic Regatta to be eligible. · Points are scored for medalling at an Paralympic or Senior World Championship Regatta · 5 points for gold, 3 points for silver, 2 points for bronze · Scoring regattas go back to include the two most recent Paralympics (London 2012 and Rio 2016) and the World Championships in between (2013-2019) · Each regatta has a multiplier value. 3x for most recent Paralympics, 2x for the Paralympics prior to that, 1x for Paralympic class event at World Championship, 0.5x for non-Paralympic class event at World Championship · Tie breaker is head to head total number of medals by priority: Paralympic gold > silver > bronze, World championship gold > silver > bronze, World Cup gold > silver > bronze. The tie breaker includes all medals won in athletes career. And the following is also copied from that web site…

#1 Erik Horrie - AUSTRALIA Age - 39 Last Year - #1 2019 World Championships - Bronze in PR1 M1x 2018 World Championships - Gold in PR1 M1x 2017 World Championships - Gold in PR1 M1x 2016 Paralympics - Silver in ASM1x 2015 World Championships - Gold in ASM1x 2014 World Championships - Gold in ASM1x 2013 World Championships - Gold in ASM1x 2012 Paralympics - Silver in ASM1x

#1 Erik Horrie of Australia Here, following on from Eric Horrie’s achievements, is an extensive coverage of a different aspect of Para Rowing. NSW Rowers in the Australian Team for the INAS Global Games The INAS Global Games is the largest sporting event for elite athletes with an intellectual impairment. In Brisbane 2019, over 1000 elite athletes competed across nine sports. The NSW members of the team: Bronte Marshall Balmain Rowing Club Julia Story Drummoyne Rowing Club Ruby Sutherland Balmain Rowing Club Eleanor Taylor PLC Sydney/Balmain Rowing Club Stephanie Walker Drummoyne Rowing Club Lauren Webber Balmain Rowing Club William Clifton Drummoyne Rowing Club Nikolai Olding Balmain Rowing Club

Were joined by

Mac Russell University of Queensland Rowing Club Precilla Russell (Cox) University of Queensland Rowing Club Aaron Skinner Warnambool/Drummoyne Rowing Club

Head Coach: Mike Russell University of Queensland Rowing Club Assistant Coaches: Barbara Ramjan Balmain Rowing Club Kathleen Hextel Drummoyne Rowing Club

There were two days of On-water competition followed by two days of Indoor rowing competition.

The following link to Rowing Central lists all of the team’s results for both On-water competition and Indoor rowing competition http://www.rowingnsw.asn.au/news/the-australian-rowing-team-2019-inas-global-game/

The following is quoted from the Rowing Australia facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RowingAustralia/posts/10158096929427922

Overall the indoor rowers won five medals. In the Women's 2000m Australia won Gold (Bronte Marshall), Silver (Lauren Webber) and Bronze (Stephanie Walker) Medals. In the Men's 2000m Australia (Mac Russell) won Silver. In the Women's 500m Julia Story won Gold for Australia. There were also 7 World Records broken at the Global Games. 6 in the PR3 II (Intellectual Impairment) and 1 in the PR3 VI (Visual Impairment) categories. The Australians who set new WR's are: Julia Story in the Women's 500m (PR3 II) Ruby Sutherland in the Women's 500m (PR3 VI) Eleanor Taylor in the Women's 500m and Women's 1000m Here is a selection of photographs (Kim Rudder) from the on-water competition. The first photo is Lauren Webber (Gold), Ruby Sutherland (Bronze) in the 1000m Single Scull. Lauren was one of our 2019 recipients of a NSW Union of Rowers youth Development Scholarship. Lauren won this event by just over 30 seconds and Ruby being just edged out by the Italian girl for second. Ruby holds the world record in her Indoor Rowing event as listed above.

In the second photo, from left to right are Aaron Skinner, Nikolai Olding, Mac Russell, William Clifton and the Worley twins from Team USA, the medalists in the 1000m Double Sculls

In the third photo, from left to right are Stephanie Walker and Eleanor Taylor (Silver) and Bronte Marshall and Julia Storey (Gold), in the 1000m . Eleanor and Julia are world record holders in their Indoor Rowing events as listed above

The Balmain rowers were coached by Barbara Ramjan and Anne Craig. The Drummoyne rowers were principally coached by Kathleen Hextel. Anne Craig has written a piece, which gives a great insight into the training that the athletes undertook in preparation for the INAS Global Games: Training for the Games began back in May and continued in earnest until the Games in October. As with training all athletes, there was a build up both on and off the water throughout that time. Our rowers trained on the water 4 days a week and all joined gyms/had personal trainers where they worked for another two days a week. I believe DRC rowers had a similar training schedule. Three camps were held prior to the Games – June in Sydney, August in Coomera and pre Games in Coomera. The team bonded well and encouraged one another at those camps. Once the crews were finalised we were able to train in those crews. This gave more purpose to their training – working together. They were very keen and showed up promptly for all sessions.

The only difference between coaching able bodied rowers and rowers with Intellectual Disability (ID) is that it may take longer for the ID rower to master new skills or understand how to do some of the drills. Our rowers found some of the routine technical drills hard to master and at that point it was time to try something else or simplify the drill. A good change made by a rower to their technique in one session, for example, to push with the legs first then bring in the arms, or rock from the hips, might be forgotten by the next session. Repetition and reminders were key, but one had to be careful of information overload in any one session. This achieved nothing and often confused the rower. When I volunteered in an ID primary school classroom once a week, I saw the teacher give the same lesson week in week out – patience is required and then results are achieved. All rowers improved their technical skill during the training - to varying degrees. However there came a point when we felt that no further change would happen before the Games and that it was best to concentrate more fully on fitness levels. All rowers improved their rowing and general fitness significantly, and a number of personal bests were achieved in the indoor competition It is correct to say that the mental and emotional impact was significant. The mental drain we see at any training session – there comes a point in a session where further instruction achieves nothing and may even confuse the athlete more. Each rower learns differently so the instruction needs to suit each rower’s level of understanding and learning paths. As we got closer to the Games the emotional impact became more evident. They were very keen to do well, they knew they were racing not only for themselves, but also their crews and Australia. A big call for any rower. Lots of support and encouragement from the coaches became very important, and where we felt it necessary we threw in a “relaxed” fitness/rowing session i.e. no pressure, just keeping the muscles in tune and having fun. Even during training they supported and encouraged one another, it was journey together. They trained hard and rowed brilliantly. They became a close group, excited by, and proud of what their hard work had achieved – with every good reason. Their coaches are very proud of them too! Anne Craig I was privileged to be a visitor to four of the Balmain squad’s training sessions. Unfortunately bad weather limited this to one on-the-water session. Here are my key observations. *The coach support for the athletes was positive, patient, firm but sympathetic to their needs. *Parent support was ever-present, but remote, allowing the athletes independence to develop confidence in their abilities. *The athletes were focused, interested, and they trained very hard whilst supporting each other and having fun. As mentioned above, the two camps at Coomera (the competition venue) were invaluable. This gave our crews a massive “home ground advantage” since it enabled our crews to develop familiarity with the venue. Thus the uncertainty of a new and unfamiliar situation was largely overcome. The overseas competitors were really only becoming comfortable with the venue during the second day of competition. To put our medal tally into perspective, there were competitors from Belgium, Italy, Korea, The USA and Australia. The competition was generally not strong. And the international teams were relatively small in numbers. A close look at the results will reveal a lot of very large margins. This reflects the high technical and fitness levels of the Australian team. The technical level was exemplified by Will Clifton who won his 1000m Single Scull heat with a margin of 1m 25s. Fitness levels exemplified by Lauren Webber and Mac Russell who won their 1000m Single Scull heats by 53 s and 34 s respectively. Lauren won her final by 30 seconds and Mac won his final by 20 seconds to Will. The prevalence of large margins also reflects the attitude and determination of the athletes: Crews who were not satisfied with winning, but performing to the best of their ability. What was also very evident, was the mental and emotional strain involved in achieving outcomes that able bodied athletes would take for granted, such as preparation for the next race, getting to the start, into the correct lane and then performing. Observing the USA team, and in particular the Worley twins, two very fit men struggling with an unfamiliar situation, simply completing a race was reward enough. They were exhausted after every race and needed a lot of recovery time, but when they won a medal, they became quite excited, but the inevitable let-down occurred after the medal presentation. By contrast, with all of the team winning medals and the support and reinforcement that they generated as a team, the Australian team was constantly buoyed throughout the regatta. This will hold the team in good stead if the opportunity comes for them to travel overseas into unfamiliar environments.

The Australian Boat Race

It was Melbourne’s turn to host this annual event between Sydney University and Melbourne University. Sydney University had victories in both Men’s and Women’s races, by convincing margins. Here is a screen shot from the Women’s race, taken from a pause in the video. Both of the videos are excellent viewing. Fabulous racing, fabulous coxing, great videos, great results (for SUBC) Women’s Race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqkgOBjTai0&feature=youtu.be Men’s Race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HyH832w9V8

Scholarship Club The 2019 – 2020 Youth Development Scholarship Club is open and Members and Friends are encouraged to participate. Please check out the flyer and order form below: Membership Over the course of the last 12 months we have found that at least a quarter of all the email addresses we have on file are faulty in one way or another, such as being inactive due to members having new email addresses. It is quite difficult and costly to contact members by snail mail. At the end of this Newsletter there is the Membership flyer with which you can renew your membership and/or update your details. Thus, if you are reading this newsletter on the Web Site and you think the details we hold for you are out of date, could you please contact the Union and update your contact details. A good indication that your details are out of date would be if you are not receiving issues of Come Forward by email.

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