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The most important part of the GCMR training programme? Some might say it's technique. Others would argue it's fitness, teamwork or preparation for the next regatta. At Gold Coast Master Rowers, we know there's another essential component: coffee at Cafe on South Bay! Weekend rows are followed by catching up, sharing stories and occasionally sharing a muffin or cake with a single candle to celebrate a birthday. And for our retired rowers? Who says coffee has to wait until the weekend?

We check the wind before our messages, secretly celebrate the occasional cancelled row, blame the boat and have definitely raced another crew who had no idea they were racing. 😂 It’s time to come clean. Confessions of a Masters Rower reveals the habits, excuses and little secrets that every rower will recognise… even if they won’t admit to them.

There’s a new member at GCMR, sleek, attractive, in excellent physical condition and already extremely popular. Meet our shiny new boat as we put it through the all-important GCMR member profile. Likes: flat water, clean catches and being admired. Dislikes: crabs, collisions and rowers blaming their equipment.

What happens when a rower is told they can’t row? First comes optimism, then FOMO, followed closely by some creative interpretation of the doctor’s orders! With a few GCMR members currently sidelined by injuries and operations – just as a shiny new boat arrives at the club – we take a lighthearted look at life on the wrong side of the lake.