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2004 - 2005 Manifestos

Alex Lee - Women's Captain

I am a post-graduate historian with twelve years of rowing experience. Having started coxing at school, I have trained and raced with successful boats at all levels, including the Ladies 1st May VIII 2001/2/3 and the CUW Lightweight VIII 2002, and winning events in over twenty five regattas. I am also an ARA qualified coach and umpire. I have previously held boat club leadership positions serving as Junior Vice-Captain at Worcester Rowing Club in 1999 and, most importantly, as Women's Captain at First and Third in 2002-3. It is the combination of rowing experience and that of my previous captaincy that I intend to build on to bring stability, success and continuity to women's rowing at First and Third.

THE PLAN

The ultimate objective of the Ladies' Boat Club must be to produce winning boats. The question is how this should be done. With only a limited amount of time to train on the Cam between races and given the technical and physiological obstructions provided by vacation time, the answer lies in a highly structured and well-organised training and coaching plan for the year. Each time a crew goes on the water, it needs to fulfil a direct role in producing a winning crew for that term and for the whole year. Thus, each outing must lead athletes to a higher level of fitness and technical ability .Time cannot and will not be wasted. I believe that this can be achieved in the following way:

OVERALL

Devoted to rowing, I have been heavily involved in this sport for the last 12 years, and as such have acquired ample experience of rowing in general as well as its peculiarities on the Cam. As a cox and an ex-captain, I am well acquainted with the need for clear leadership within a co-operative framework, as well as the details of Cambridge boat club management. I have already served a year as captain, and having thought about what went wrong and what went well, I have the inside knowledge of exactly what this job involves. My previous captaincy was in places traumatic and I am determined to make next year a year of stability and strength for women's rowing at First and Third. I am very encouraged by this year's improvements on the Ladies side of the club and it will be my objective to solidify this progress in the form of 3 terms of good committed rowing which will set us up for the future.

Proposed: Catherine Aiken

Seconded: Alla Doubrovina


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