2010 TSS ROWING HANDBOOK - The Southport School

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A RECENT HISTORY OF ROWING Over the years, TSS Rowing has produced up to 10 Australian National Team members. TSS is a development stepping stone for those rowers, as it is for other sports, wishing to continue in the sport after school. With the development of a new Boatshed in the planning, this will be a great opportunity to have the best school program in the state and even country. Currently, we have equipment that is second to none, and we are in one of the most unique locations in the country. TSS Rowing is one of only a very small number of schools in Australia and the only school in Queensland that is fortunate enough to have our school and boatshed on the same property, on the river, with the scenic back drop of the Surfers Paradise skyline. The Centenary of TSS Rowing in 2007 marked a huge milestone for our sporting organisation. TSS has produced top results since 1907 when the Head of the River was raced on the Brisbane River, which at that time were raced in fours. It wasn’t until 1955 that VIII’s were introduced as the 1st Opens crew. Rowing has a proud history at TSS with 26 victories over the past 100 years. Our first Head of the River victory was in 1908 and our latest being the season, in 2006. TSS can boast that we have great coaching staff on board, included in our line‐up of coaches we have five Australian representatives, three Olympic Games medals, and eight World Championship medals. A combination of TSS as a school, its location on the Gold Coast and more importantly on the Nerang River, our facilities and equipment, and our coaching staff, the boys at TSS are very fortunate they have what is needed to assist them to not only achieve success with their rowing, but in many other areas of life. Iain Smith Director of Rowing 21
WHY “HEAD OF THE RIVER”? Instead, the 'Head' is meant in the sense of 'at the head of a procession on the river'. Because England's rivers are narrow and sinuous, crews, two or more abreast, presented problems, particularly in Oxford and Cambridge. Collisions and 'bumps' were inevitable! Even today, coxswains on the River Cam are required to shout "permission to overtake, Sir" when approaching another crew from the rear during training. However the universities came up with a solution for their races. At the firing of the cannon they started crews off in a long row, each a regulated distance apart. The idea was to row fast and 'bump' the crew ahead. These boats would then swap positions for the next race. Eventually the fastest boat would reach the front of the queue and be declared the "Head of the River". Today, these races are held over four days twice a year in the Lent and Trinity terms. The largest Head of the River race is held on the River Thames between Mortlake and Putney, the same course as the Oxford and Cambridge boat race, but in reverse. Four hundred and twenty Eights compete in this annual event but the aim is not to bump a crew but cover the course in the fastest time. Crews are started at five second intervals but with so many boats competing collisions are inevitable. “When we gather for the happiest week in all the year, it is the brotherhood of rowing, the comradeship of the oar that we recall, when eight men who have trained until they have become a single drive, a single trust of forward flashing wrists, face suddenly the crisis towards which that selfless toil has led them, and know that every link in all that pulsing chain of flesh and blood rings true. For us, there are no centuries or duck’s eggs, no goals or gallery kicks, no individual distinctions where the crew are all in all . The rattle of the riggers of the finish, the music of the tide, beneath her body as she shot between the strokes, the grim yet heartening sound of splendid and unbroken strength when all eight blades crashed in together – these are the things that on one who has heard and felt them will ever forget. Some delirium. Some tremens. Some kaleidoscope.” Sir Theodore Cook 22
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Page 3 and 4: WELCOME FROM THE HEADMASTER Rowers,
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Page 7 and 8: CONTACTS AND WEBSITE DETAILS: TSS S
Page 9 and 10: PRE‐SEASON TRAINING & CAMP INFORM
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Page 15 and 16: 3.0 Coaches • All coaches are ask
Page 17 and 18: PARTICIPATING GPS SCHOOLS Anglican
Page 19 and 20: DIRECTIONS TO COOMERA From Brisbane
Page 21: JUNIOR HEAD OF THE RIVER On 27 th F
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Page 27 and 28: 3.0 MAINTENANCE All damage and brea
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Page 33 and 34: 10.4 SECOND HALF OF DRIVE Once half
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Page 41 and 42: 13.0 ROWING STRETCHES Downward Dog
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