{"id":4348,"date":"2020-11-04T10:02:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T23:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/?post_type=article&p=4348"},"modified":"2020-11-04T10:02:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T23:02:03","slug":"robson-house-rowing","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/shore-boarding-news\/article\/robson-house-rowing\/","title":{"rendered":"Robson House Rowing"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday 31st<\/sup> October, 2020 at 6.00am, I walked around the boarding house to check the roll as I was on duty and had to be at the boatshed at 7.00am to coach the Year 7\/8 new rowers with the Deputy Headmaster Mr Morrison and Patrick Bloore, an old boy.\u00a0 As you all would remember it was raining in Sydney and rather cold, so I had a quick breakfast, cup of tea and walked to the car park.\u00a0 On the way I noticed Mr Ticehurst\u2019s office light on, we had a brief chat about sport and so then headed to the car; this was all before 6.45am.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At 7.30am, myself and the other coaches were on the water heading to Hen and Chicken Bay, with 6 crews and 3 speed boats and the clouds opened up.\u00a0 As you would imagine, there are raincoats, hats, megaphones, two reserve rowers, no umbrellas and it is pelting down and this is all before 9.30am.<\/p>\n

You may ask yourself what am I doing? Well, I am coaching a sport that I have enjoyed for over 30 years.\u00a0 In fact, Mr Morrison and I have a total of over 60 years\u2019 experience so it is not surprising that this is a fair reason why Shore do well at rowing.\u00a0 In fact, within the Shore boatshed there are many staff who coach.\u00a0 Mr Jennings is the only teacher coaching in the GPS 1st<\/sup> Eight (who has been involved with boarding) and Mr Koster coaching the 2nd<\/sup> Eight as well and the list goes on.\u00a0 There are so many teachers involved with sport each Saturday at Shore and it is a different way of connecting with teenagers.\u00a0 It is so nice to walk through the school and boys who you have had no contact with yell \u201chello Sir\u201d!<\/p>\n

In the boarding side, Kim took over from me on duty, walked around the house and checked in on the boys, making sure they were happy with a smile on their face (even though some sport was cancelled).\u00a0 When I arrived to the boarding house and the rain continued it was my turn to take over, watching the rugby union grand final and then the test, whilst the boys enjoyed the gym, the rugby, pizzas and relaxation.<\/p>\n

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Hungry rowers<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Not Shore crews on Saturday.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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