The End of the Island Rowing Podcast

After three days of yelling on the bank at BUCS, you'll have to excuse Fergus' voice... This week Fergus is joined by Ais Green, Captain at Mortlake and Tom Copeland, Women's Coach at Cantabrigian RC. We discuss body positivity in rowing, weighing athletes, creating a culture of success that doesn't revolve around winning and some differences between men's and women's...

BUCS Regatta is just around the corner...and we've got the perfect show to preview it.  Fergus and Will are joined by John Laurenson( Bath Uni), Tara Grimsley-Moore(Edinburgh Uni) and Alex Darby(@uni.rowing) to run through some of the events at this year's regatta. We're joined by Mr BUCS himself, James Lee, to run through what he is looking forward about #BUCSRegatta2021. This epis...

We're joined by John Fife, Head Coach of St. Joseph's Prep, the newly crowned National Champions in the Varsity Eight at the US Youth Nationals. How quick are St. Joe's? Are they coming to Henley? How does junior rowing in America work? All those questions answered here! This week, we've replaced the quiz with Tom's Euro Corner, think 'Match of the Day' but on a...

We're joined by Pete Wells from Swift to run through all the ins and outs of coastal rowing. Tom also sat down with  Coastal Rowing World Champion, Eduardo Ruiz to learn more about this kind of rowing. This episode is sponsored by Swift racing. Head over to http://swiftracing.com/ to learn more. Whilst online, Gareth and Pete would like to direct everyone to support the rowers of Beirut follo...

Lots to discuss so lets get into it...We wrap up NSR with an interview from LEH Head Coach, Smithy and we're joined on the recording by Shiplake coach, Dan Safdari who oversaw two golds from the Shiplake girls. We also look ahead to this weekend's Siemens Boat Boat Race of The North. Fergus sits down with current DUBC President, Jake Lane and former NUBC President, Kat Bulmer. The four o...

Do not adjust your sound. This is real. The National Schools' Regatta is here and boy are we ready for it. As previews drop left right and centre on juniorrowingnews.com , we take a look at some of the hotly contested racing here at The End of The Island. We deep dive into both Championship Eights categories and the two Championship Quad events. The four of us pick out some of the other excit...

Fergus and Tom are joined by Dan Spring, better known by his Twitter handle Fatsculler and Australian Olympian and Henley Steward, Sarah Cook. We briefly reflect on the Regatta of Death/Opportunity that was the FOQR and we have a quick fire preview of all 16 events at the 2nd World Cup Regatta. Two minutes of insight per  event means this is the perfect place to brush up on who's hot and who&...

There is a rowing world outside of the Thames Valley and we're determined to highlight some of the UK's top performing clubs! We sat down with Simon White of Star Club; Dr Aaron Jackson of Agecroft and The Broken Oars Podcast; Maisie Aspinall & Matthew Hughson of Aberdeen Schools' Rowing Association as well as Alex Poole from Walton to chat about what drives success at their clu...

On May 4th, Star Wars Day......We're back! This week, Fergus, Tom, Ed and Will kick off a bumper season spanning 17 episodes into the middle of August. We've got an interview with Helen Glover, discuss some of the racing there has been whilst we were off air and look ahead to what we're looking forward to over the next few weeks and months. This episode is sponsored by Team Concepts...

For the season finale of The End of The Island, the guys are back together. Fergus, Will, Ed and Tom look back on the light blue sweep of the 2021 Gemini Boat Races. We talk pyrotechnics, coxing and some quite frankly brilliant racing. Tom sits down with recently retired Kiwi, Zoe McBride. The multiple World Champion  discusses her decision to step away from the sport and her time in the New Zeala...

Fergus and Tom look ahead to this weekend's Oxford and Cambridge Boat Races. We welcome, Sarah Winckless, Daphne Martschenko and Zoe De Toledo to preview, reminisce and talk all things light and dark blue. This episode is sponsored by Playerlayer. PlayerLayer create sports clothing that is built to last. PlayerLayer products are simple and functional, no fast fashion, using Eco Friendly mater...

Fergus and Will are joined by a star-studded line up to look back at one of the domestic pillars of the racing calendar that has fallen for the second year in a row. We're joined by the Head Coach at Lady Eleanor Holles, Antony "Smithy" Smith plus  2x Gold Medalist and Headingtonian, Alice Van Onselen. We've also got short Interviews with Henley Stewart, Richard Phelps, Head Co...

Fergus and Tom once again assemble a top lineup for a coaching roundtable. We welcome Wade Hall-Craggs, Charlotte Taylor and Dave Currie to pick their brain about the coaching world. We talk everything from creating leaders, the transition from school to university and why they continue to coach day in, day out. This episode is sponsored by Swift racing. Head over to http://swiftracing.com/ to lea...

The day after #InternationalWomensDay, Fergus welcomes Baz Moffat, co-founder of The Well HQ and Kat Copeland, 2012 Olympic Champion and coach at Headington and Leander. This week sees World Rowing Commentator join for her third appearance, this time as a co-host. We talk through the challenges that women face in sport from training around menstrual cycles, the impact of the contraceptive pill, fe...

This week we welcome Gareth Gruenbaum and Pete Wells from Swift Racing. Fergus, Ed and Tom run through the world indoor champs before taking a deep dive into the world of boat building. We discuss the evolution of racing shell, how important are reverse wings and Ed talks golf balls...He's also put together this week's quiz. This episode is sponsored by Swift racing. Head over to http://...

Fergus and Ed discuss all things World Rowing Indoor Champs. They're joined by Liz Soutter, Sport Manager at World Rowing, Meg Knight from Trentham Rowing club, racing in the U19 2k and 500m and also Alex Dunne, who oversees operations for Concept 2 UK. We run through this year's event, Meg's race day strategies and discuss the ruise and dominance of Concept 2. This episode is spons...

Fergus and Will discuss BUCS, Uni Rowing and HRR in the latest episode from The End of The Island. They're joined by Helen Kirkpatrick, Captain at Imperial College, John Laurenson, Chair of Bath University Boat Club and Alex Darby who can more often be found on instagram as uni.rowing. We run through BUCS over the years, talk this year's rescheduled HRR and look at an alternative racing...

Fergus and Tom are joined by an epic lineup for this week's episode. Conlin McCabe, Sofia Meakin and Simon Van Dorp come and discuss all things erg records and olympics at The End of The Island. We run through setting WRs, an Olympics without fans and everything in between. We also hear their favourite locations to row and some of the highlights from their racing careers including Simon and C...

Fergus and Tom are joined by some of the stalwarts of Fulham Reach Boat Boat. We welcome Steve O'Connor, veteran of the podcast and CEO of FRBC. Two time World Champ and Prisons Manager for "Boats Not Bars" Imogen Walsh and John McAvoy, who spent 10 years behind bars for armed robbery and is now the only Nike sponsored ironman triathlete having set multiple erg records whilst on the...

This week, we're joined by Matt Anthis, the sports medicine partner of JRN. Matt is the Director of The Rowing Physio alongside his work as Head Physiotherapist at Newington College, AUS. He is also studying for his masters at the University of Melbourne.  Matt shares some of this top advice for athletes of all ages, specific areas to target with stretches and mobility. We run through how to...

Fergus, Ed and Tom welcome Will to Season 3. This week's interview is with Performance Director at Headington School, Ryan Demaine. Tom and Ryan talk about how Headington have adapted to this year's challenges, the balance between academics/sport and some of Ryan's favourite coaching memories. We also discuss the importance of squad morale, how to remove the taboo of recreational ro...

Happy New Year! Welcome back to The End of The Island! For the season debut, Fergus, Ed and Tom are joined by three time Olympic Gold Medalist, Andy Triggs-Hodge. We talk Race the Thames, the British Racing Calendar and how rowing can be more fun...Ed's back with the first quiz of the year and we take a trip down memory lane of Andy's favourite races. This episode is sponsored by Fulham...

It's the 2020 Finale, and what a year it's been... Fergus, Ed, Will and Tom sit down for some armchair chats about where the sport is at. We toss around some harsh truths, bold opinions and everything in between about the sport we all love. Ed has produced this week's quiz. Thank you to everyone who's listened this year. We're incredibly grateful for all your support and w...

Fergus and Will welcome back British & World Rowing Commentator, Camilla Hadland and are joined by James Lee, Mr BUCS & Managing Director of Rock the Boat. We take look back at the weekend's record breaking action at BRIC Online and look ahead to the World Indoor Champs in February. James brings us up to speed on BUCS Head and Camilla shares some of her favourite BUCS memories. Will h...

Fergus and and Ed are joined by Henry Fieldman and Stewart Innes to talk through their latest venture, The Athlete Mindset. The importance of resilience is talked about which links with this week's interview.  Steven Dowd talks through his life story and explains all about February's EnduRow challenge. Henry and Stewart give their totally unbiased opinions on the international scene and...