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12 Coxswain The Coxswain is the most important member of any four or eight crew. Coxswains must be short or slim in stature, calm under pressure, outgoing, positive in attitude, confident, a real team player and be willing to learn new skills. Not only is she responsible for the very basics of organising a crew at training or competitions, but also launching and landing a boat. The Cox is in charge of keeping a crew focused and motivated during training and competitions implementing agreed race plans being responsible for the on water safety of their crew implementing the coaches training instructions and acting as an on water coach. Queen Margaret College rowing uniform The majority of regattas are Club competitions QMC races for Star Boating Club. For all other regattas girls compete for Queen Margaret College. The annual approx. cost for rowing does not include uniform. 1. Star Boating Club Rowing Unitard - Blue andWhite Horizontal stripes (approx. $130) 2. QMC Unitard – available from NZ Uniforms shop (approx. $160) 3. QMCWhite PE Sports Shirt 4. QMC Navy Blue PE Shorts 5. QMC Sports Hoody 6. QMC Sports Bag 7. White 2XU Nylon cap –direct from 2XU website or sports stores (approx. $22) The QMC Rowing Kit will be available from the QMC Uniform shop. The Star Boating Club unitard and optional t-shirt can be purchased from the club through a special order which you will be advised of. All athletes are expected to take pride in wearing clubs or College colours when racing and will therefore take measures to ensure they are cleaned and repaired when necessary or replaced if seriously damaged. 12 They learn to recognise rower’s faults within the boat and help to correct them they learn to manage and lead their crew through communication and they learn to respect and gain the respect of their crew. On top of all of this they must also learn to scull because some good coxes only last a season before they are unable to squeeze into the coxes seat and want to progress into a crew as a rower. If your daughter says “I want to be a coxswain” then please encourage her to do so. She can become one of the greatest assets to the programme and like any rower can go on to achieve great things. Coxswains also get more racing than anyone else!