Author: Mike SullivanMike Sullivan Date: Jan 28, 2010 19:14
> Hi Rebecca,
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> Some of the "graduates" of our courses have moved to the senior and
> veteran racing squads, some stick to recreational rowing and are
> enthusiastic tourers. But the turnover is depressingly high. They
> all seem to enjoy the courses - almost all of them continue to the end
> - but then they seem to find other things to do with their free time.
> Hence the need for an "improvers" course, as a way to keep them coming
> down.
This has been the experience here as well. Several years ago, however, I
tried to
do more for individual scullers to keep them coming down, but what I
learned
is it just delayed the inevitable.
Can't hold their hands every day.
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