Rowing Handbook 2013 - The Friends' School

Introduction
Season 2012-2013
Welcome to rowing.
In this booklet we pass on information to help smooth the initiation of rowers and their families into the sport.
Rowing is renowned for its enjoyment, fun and camaraderie but it also requires quite a deal of dedication by the athlete
and his/her family.
Rowers are expected to attend all training sessions and be available for all school regattas (referred to later). Unlike
other sports, a single person missing from a rowing training session can mean all crew members miss out on a row.
Once the commitment to row has been made, rowers commit to their coach and their squad and should not absent
themselves from training or regattas without prior notice or explanation.
JUNIOR ROWING: Under 13 – 15
Junior rowing is conducted from mid-October at the conclusion of the SATIS Athletics carnivals and runs through until
the State Schools Rowing Championships.
The rowing calendar for the coming season is included at the back of this handbook.
A break from rowing during the summer holidays is usual practice, with the Friends’ Sheds closed for approximately
four weeks during the SATIS Rowing Moratorium.
Junior crews row in single sculls, double sculls and quad sculls. Junior crews, for medical, ergonomic and operational
reasons, do not row in sweep oared boats. There are no events for junior crews in sweep boats.
SENIOR ROWING: Under 16 and open
Senior rowing programs may begin some training prior to the completion of the SATIS athletics. All rowing training
however must be secondary to any current Term 3 sports. Friends’ Rowing promotes the involvement of athletes in
other sport, particularly athletics for cross training purposes.
A break during the summer holidays is arranged through negotiation with coaches, with an enforced break during the
SATIS moratorium.
Senior rowers experience sweep rowing and continue to develop their sculling skills. Rowing conducted in the junior
boat classes expands to include the coxed fours and the fast and exciting eights. Training sessions for Seniors is much
more intensive. Four to five on water sessions together with out of boat training such as running, exercises, ergometer
work, pilates, weights and some other cross training such as mountain runs and bike riding. It seems runs from the
Springs to the Summit of Mt. Wellington has featured on the training programs of our Senior crews in recent years.
Communicating with Parents
Newsletters via email
These will be our chief means of communication and will be sent to rowers and parents via the School data base system.
Make sure you read the bulletins and newsletters as they contain information that is important regarding all aspects of
the club’s activities.
Boat Club Web Page
The Boat Club web page can be found on the Friends’ home page: www.friends.tas.edu.au (Under the ‘environment’
drop down tab, select ‘Boat Club’)
Recently we have posted copies of the Friends’ Rowing Policy documents (dealing with crew selection, boat and
equipment allocation and replacement, Regattas etc) on the website. We recommend that you make yourself familiar
with these documents.
Friends Rowing is developing its own Google Website, through which all student members of the rowing community
are able to view and add information, photos, videos etc. The site is designed to be developed by the students and
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