Captain’s Blog

Sean Murphy, coached by Matt Ungemach, today sculled a huge, brave race to win bronze in the U23 World Championships in Poznan, Poland. He did himself, Matt, and the Club proud. Sean started his rowing life in the Winter Program in 2012, and then represented Australia in the Junior M4- in the Junior World Championships. He was invited to join the National Training Centre Senior A athletes but elected to come back to Mosman so [...]

Mosman members to represent Australia in surf boat rowing Congratulations to MRC members Jordan Thurlow and Trent Rogers who, as part of a South Curl Curl SLSC crew, have won selection as Australian representatives in next year’s Trans-Tasman Surf Boat Series which, of course, will be against New Zealand.  It’s an outstanding achievement for two family men with busy jobs to beat convincingly crews many years younger than they are. Jordan Thurlow (left), Trent [...]

Congratulations to Sean Murphy, regatta news, new gear, social event, entries, wombats, videos Congratulations to Sean Murphy MRC member Sean Murphy has been selected to represent Australia in the Senior A Lightweight Quad at the 2017 World Championships in Saratosa, Florida in September.  He will relocate to the National Training Centre in Canberra in April. On Friday, I received the following note from Matthias Ungemach, our Director of Rowing. Last Saturday (11 March) we sent [...]

March Madness, Results, Senior A Trials, Winter schools program, ANZAC Day, Wombat, Video March Madness! Not US college basketball, but activity at Pearl Bay! March is a particularly busy month at Pearl Bay with the development squads and the school programs reaching the end of their season and the masters steadily increasing their training intensity with an eye on their States and Nationals in May. So, if problems such as pontoon queues, tinny washes, near [...]

Lights, Taree, Shoes, Coaching, LTR, Wombat, Video of the week Lights needed again Although it’s still mid-summer the days are of course steadily getting shorter.  This morning sunrise was at 5.57am.  On Sunday it will be at 6.00am. As you know, lights are compulsory on boats before sunrise (and after sunset). If you need to buy a pair of lights, why not contact MRC member, Dave Wear, at dwear@dwear.com.au? Taree regatta this weekend A large contingent [...]

RFF roster changed, LTR substitute coaches, Final subs reminder, Abusive Wombat, Video of the week RFF roster – important change Thank you to everyone who chipped in and served as an RFF coach in Terms 2 or 3. It took a big load off members such as Tim Sheridan who have given years of RFF service. Unfortunately, I have decided to discontinue the Rowing for Fitness Roster. The main reason is that the RFF rowers [...]