Tag: Henley Royal Regatta

  • Peter Hardcastle – Triple Olympian – Head Rowing Coach at Imperial College

    Peter Hardcastle – Triple Olympian – Head Rowing Coach at Imperial College

    Peter (Pete) Hardcastle, is well known in Australian and World Rowing. Pete represented Australia at the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympic Games in different boat classes. After the olympics, Pete moved to the UK in 2008.  where he coached at Dulwich College, Emanuel School and London Rowing Club, and coached the men’s four at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in 2014.  In 2017, Pete joined Imperial College as the Head of Rowing and in his first season at Imperial, he coached the crew that won the Prince Albert Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta.  

    Pete is an amazing athlete, and still continues to amaze mere mortals, with his Ironman Triathlon exploits, and marathon running. In this episode, Pete and I explore what got him into rowing, and how he progressed to the U23 World Championships and then the Elite team under 4-years. We talk about personal motivation, and challenging others to explore what is possible. We review what is really going on with some of the rapid crews we are watching today, and he shares his tips on how to get yourself ready to race as well as preparing your race mindset.

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  • How to ensure rowing remains relevant with John Boultbee AM – Faster Podcast

    In my first conversation with John, he left us on a ‘cliffhanger’ with what rowing needs to do to stay relevant. In this follow up conversation, John shares his thoughts on what rowing needs to do to stay relevant and thrive, vs. survive.

    John Boultbee AM, is well known in Australian as a lawyer and leading Australian sport administrator, particularly in relation to rowing and football. In 1990, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for services to rowing as an administrator. Between 1989 and 1995, John was Secretary General of the International Rowing Federation (FISA). John was a board member of the International Rowing Federation, Rowing Australia and Steward of the Henley Royal Regatta.

    • What John would do now to ensure rowing stays relevant
    • How the exclusion of lightweight rowing is hurting the sport
    • Why changing the format is not the answer to attract more people to rowing 
    • What rowing can learn from other sports
    • What led to the Australian Olympic team’s success in 2000
    • Vision of the National Sports Tribunal
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  • Faster Podcast – Conversation with John Boultbee AM

    Faster Podcast – Conversation with John Boultbee AM

    Former FISA Secretary General, Director of Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and CEO of the Australian Sports Tribunal shares his thoughts on what rowing needs to do to stay relevant.

    Mr John Boultbee AM is a lawyer and leading sport administrator with over 20 years’ experience as a judge of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

    He has previously served as the first Secretary General of FISA; Director of the Australian Institute of Sport; Head of National Teams, Football Federation Australia; and High Performance Director, Volleyball Australia. He received a Member of the Order of Australia for services to rowing as an administrator.

    In part 1 of our 2 part interview, John shares his passion for rowing, as well as his perspective, on what rowing needs to do to stay relevant and exciting now and in the future.

    • What FISA needs to do to make rowing relevant and exciting for the current and future generations.
    • How rowing figures in future Olympic Games.
    • Why we don’t need create novel new events and why we need to capture the excitement of traditional rowing through well televised and an improved spectacle for the majority of people watching rowing.
    • How better access through second screens and streaming, will help rowing to stay relevant.
    • What we can learn from Henley Royal Regatta’s approach.
    • The importance of live data and animation.
    • The excitement of Coastal Rowing and the role Coastal Rowing has to play in the future of our sport.
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