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19 Girls also need to be aware that a late night out is not necessarily the best preparation for a hard day of rowing and they will be letting the team down if they do not make carefully considered decisions in this regard. You will find that once again your daughter when committed to rowing will self-regulate this part of her life. We see many who have an active social life but know where to draw the line. Health and well-being If you are concerned at all about your daughters mental or physical health please speak up, often parents early intuition and intervention can prevent and or minimize what could have otherwise contrive to be detrimental to your daughters long term health and well-being. Opportunities Rowing has the ability to draw the best out of your daughter and ay place her in situations where she becomes the focal point of international university coaching scouts. Over the past few years larger numbers of young New Zealand rowers have been accepted to prestigious overseas universities on rowing scholarships. There are also scholarship programmes in New Zealand. Academics In previous years the coaches have heard from the parents of girls taking part in the rowing programme that their daughter's commitment and attitude towards her school work and assignments has dramatically improved. Even our Principal has commented that QMC Rowing has some of the most academic girls in the college taking part in the sport and succeeding at both. This is testament to the high standards we expect and demand from the girls in both their training and school work. 19