Hi Nigel, Julia and Laura,

Congratulations on your selection in to the New Zealand Rowing system. 

Competing on the international arena is exciting and challenging.  You will learn a lot about yourself and find ways to improve in your sport. 

I have a few pieces of advice.

·         Practice excellence daily, we are what we do repeatedly.   

·         Its not meant to be easy, training will be grueling, just get used to it

·         Your races will be won or lost by the quality of your preparation before hand. Don’t go in hoping to do well, go in knowing you are going to.

·         Forget about the outcome and focus on the only thing that matters – making a boat go fast.

·         Lastly a quote from Sir Ed, ‘It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves”

Good Luck, I look forward to hearing of your continued success

Rob Waddell