Alison Dutton mixed quad on dock Most clubs think they do. They have a masters program. They have a coach. They have a slot on the water on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Job done. But here's the question worth sitting with: does your club serve the competitive masters athlete who wants to race at national level and the 68-year-old who joined last spring and just wants to stay on the water for the rest of their life? Because those are not the same person, and a single train

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Readers may have noticed that AON ended their sponsorship of Rowing New Zealand in October last year. It appears that the underlying reason is that globally they have withdrawn from the Marine Pleasurecraft Insurance market. Rebecca Caroe and Natalee Taylor had insurance with AON for their 2x and were advised that the business had been transferred to AMI who would "see you right". After much discussion with brokers and the AMI team, it appears that they will not insure privat

Your rowing club is probably like many others, dependent on external sources of money to run your club each year. Whether you apply for grants or host sausage sizzles, both are time consuming and raise money only for the current season. Next year you have to do it all over again. How to get away from sausage sizzles, give-a-little, and endless grant applications. How to become a self-funding club with strong community connections. Your questions answered There is another

Consider this: ninety percent of the time, your boathouse building and equipment sits idle. Between morning and evening training sessions, during midday weekdays, and throughout slower seasons, your valuable facilities generate no income. What if you could change that? The concept of sweating your assets was famously pioneered by McDonald's in the 1970s. Ray Kroc realised that his restaurants sat largely empty during morning hours, with staff and buildings incurring costs b