Friday, 8 March 2013

West Region Indoor rowing series 2013 - complete!

Monday 4th March saw the final event in the West Regional 'Go Race Indoors' series take place at UCP Marjon in Plymouth. The event saw 398 pupils descend on Marjon for the regional schools indoor rowing competition. Once again this event incorporated the Devon School Games, with results filtered to give an overall placing and also Devon only results.

UCP Marjon indoor rowing 2013
Quick look results in the table below - head to the INDOOR ROWING page for full results and gallery link


 
Male
Female
Year 12/13
2000m
Daniel Alberichi (South Devon College)
6:35.2 – 106.28%
Imogen Mackie (Exeter College)
7.36.5 – 101%
Year 7
2 min
Ben Diston (Ridgeway)
523m – 102%
Lucy Harris (Exmouth)
496m – 101%
Year 8
3 min
George Allum (Exmouth)
829m – 102%
Charlotte Blake (Kingsbridge)
774m – 103%
Year 9
4 min
Andrew Wheeler (Exmouth)
1164m – 103%
Molly Mees (Budehaven)
1058m – 103%
Year 10
5 min
Charlie White (Bideford College)
1502m – 105%
Rebecca Butchart (Plymstock)
1300m – 101.9%
Year 11
6 min
Tom Worden (Mullion)
1737m – 100.9%
Chloe White (Truro School)
1521m – 98%

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Senior Plymouth City Champs

Well the Seniors event for Years 7-13 is underway at Plymstock School this afternoon. Keep up to date with events as they happen on Twitter @RowWestRegion and look for the results being updated on the Indoor Rowing page of this blog.

Plymouth City Champs Junior Results

Its been a manic morning or rowing madness here at the Plymouth City Champs. Follow us on twitter (@RowWestRegion) with our live feed and check the Indoor Rowing page on this blog to find the results from the day.

The results from the Junior Event are available NOW!

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Indoor rowing competitions - RESULTS


The results can now be viewed for both the Cornwall School Games, and the Cornish Indoor Rowing Championships on the 'Indoor Rowing' page. Both competitions were a success - HUGE thanks to all who made the events possible!

NEXT EVENT - Plymouth City Champs - 6th Feb

Thursday, 24 January 2013

Cornish Indoor Rowing Competition - 26/1/2013

The Cornish Indoor Rowing competition is set to go ahead on Saturday, held at Newquay Sports Centre.

You can see the draw by CLICKING HERE


There are around 70 entries all together - over double the amount from last year

All information about the day can be seen by opening the link below:
Information about the day


CORNISH INDOOR ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS 
SATURDAY 26th JANUARY 2013

Rules and Regulations

The 2013 Cornish Indoor Rowing Championships is small, friendly event. However there are set rules you need to abide by.

Registration and Weigh In

Registration will open at 9am, you need to ensure you register and complete the PAR-Q form prior to competing.

If you are a lightweight you will need to weigh in between 9am and 10am. This will be done on the digital scales. If you are over the weight limits you may still compete, but in the heavyweight category.                   
Men – 75kg or under. Women 61.5kg or under

Racing

Racing will start at 10am with the junior races

There will be 8-10 concept 2 machines linked up to the computer

You may set the drag factor to what you wish, but you may not change it once racing has begun.

You may race with Ipods if you wish but be aware you need to hear the starter and it may be distracting

There will be no heats, but there may be several races for one category

Several categories may race together, but the results will be filtered

 Important Medical Recommendation

If on race day you feel unwell, have recently been suffering from a virus or are on medication, we recommend that you do not race. Indoor rowing racing requires maximal effort, the organisers take no responsibility for illness or injury caused as a consequence. If you have any doubts you should seek medical advice prior to racing.

 

Monday, 14 January 2013

Indoor rowing competition - Newquay Sports Centre 26th January 2013

 

ENTRIES CLOSE 20TH JANUARY 2013

Where can I find out more?
Click HERE for a poster with all the information you should need.
Click HERE for an application form

Where is it?
The competition is taking place at Newquay Sports Centre, Cornwall - TR7 2SL 

What time does it start?
The first race will be 10 o clock - start times will be emailed to competitors once the deadline has passed as it depends on entries.

What competitions can I enter?
There will be individual 2,000m challenges in the following categories both Male and Female  (dependent on entries)
  • 16-18 years
  • Open (18-39) LW and HW
  • 40-49 LW and HW
  • 50-59 LW and HW
  • 60+ LW and HW
There will also be a 500m 'enter on the day challenge'. Proceeds will go towards the RNLI.

There is also a fun team relay competition - 2,000m in total between 4 people

How much does it cost?
£8 per person, £4 per junior (year 11 and below), £8 per relay team. £2 per 500m entry.

Are there junior races?
Yes but as the Cornwall School Games are the day before we are not expecting a big entry, there is a race for year 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11.

Do you have to be from Cornwall to race?
No! Its names the Cornish Champs as its held in Cornwall but its open to anyone

Is it a big competition?
Entry numbers have been fairly small, its a small friendly competition suitable for all abilities.

When is the closing date?
Originally the 18th Jan, this has been extended to the 20th Jan

Contact: Rhiannon.halliday@britishrowing.org / 07818576145

PHOTOS OF LAST YEAR

 

 

Thursday, 20 December 2012

Fixed Seat workshops in the new year

Coming in 2013.... a series of informal fixed seat technique workshops.

Dates confirmed so far:
  • 7th January - Falmouth Watersports Centre
  • 15th January - St Agnes Sports Club
Venues to be confirmed in the new year for Jan - Feb workshops:
  • Saltash
  • St.Austell
  • Paignton
  • North Devon
More information including times and prices can be seen by clicking HERE

Please contact rhiannon.halliday@britishrowing.org 07818576145 to book your space