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Selection Information

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INDIA TEAM-1

INDIA TEAM MEMBERS

Mr Chandrakant Shirole was the Hony. Vice President of the Rowing Federation of India, the Past President of the Maharastra Rowing Association and a FISA Umpire. 

RFI Newsletter Jan to June 2019

Final Positions

Final Results

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Team Announcement

Winners

Team Announcement & Press Release

Form for 2017 Transfer

There will be an Umpiring Seminar and Examination at Kollam, Kerala conducted along with the 37th Junior Rowing Championships 2016 .
Those who are interested to attend the seminar & take the examination are informed to download the �RFI Rules of Racing� from the RFI website � www.indiarowing.com and start preparing for the same.

Minimum Eligibility Criteria, amongst others are: -
1. Basic Knowledge of English. (reading and writing)
2. Knowledge of Hindi (additional advantage)
3. A decent Educational Qualification. (minimum of 12th pass or equivalent from a recognized Board)
4. Must not be an active Rower from any Association
5. Must have a clean track record and not been suspended by RFI in the past on any count
6. Should have taken interest in Rowing, in the recent past.
7. Must sign the �Form of Commitment� of the RFI before sitting for the exam.
8. On passing the test, candidate must be willing to officiate in RFI Regattas, as and when called and nominated.
9. Each Association can sponsor FOUR candidates from their state for the exam.
10. Age of Candidate must not be above 50 years, on date of exam.
11. BOARDING AND LODGING WILL BE ON ACCOUNT OF THE CANDIDATE . Kerala Rowing Association will offer Assistance for those who require same
12. Candidates must have taken part in at least one RFI recognized regatta .

Registration forms must be accompanied by a cheque / dd in favor of �Rowing Federation of India� � payable in Chennai for Rs. 1000.00 towards exam fee.
After verification, exam fee will be returned to �non-selected� candidates,

Please also note that RFI Reserves the Right to reject proposal of any candidate without assigning any reason what so ever, in the best interest of the Sport and the Federation.
�Registration Form� attached
Relevant dates: -
1. Last date of receipt of completed Application forms � 20th October, 2016
2. Last date of announcement of approved / selected candidates from RFI � 01st November 2016
3. To ascertain if you are selected please see RFI Website for information under �rowing news�.
4. Date of arrival at Kollam Kerala � Monday 28th November
5. Date of Contact Class in kollam� Tuesday 29th November 1000hrs � 1700 hrs
6. Date of Written Exam in kollam� Wednesday 30th November
7. Date of Practical�s in Kollam � Thursday, 1st December 2016 (only those who clear written� s will be called for practical�s)
In all matters concerning the exam and the results, the decision of the Examination Committee appointed by the RFI is final.
Thanking you & Warm Regards,
For Rowing Federation of India


Girish J Phadnis
Secretary-General
Encl: - Registration Form

20th to 25th September, 2014

India Junior Team is in Taiwan to participate in the 2014 20th Asian Junior Rowing Championships at the Dongshang River Regatta Course, Yi-Lan, Taiwan starting 01st September with Finals on the 07th September, 2014

The Final Crew is from many associations, who have come together to train in the High Performance Training Center in the Hussain Sagar Lake at Hyderabad

We wish the Junior the very best to do well in the races

INDIA Junior Team participating in the Junior Men's Coxless pairs. [JM2-]

Dear Friends An Umpires Clinic (04th June '14)& Exam followed by Practicals (05th June'14)will be held in Kolkata during the Nationals. Detailed Bulletin and Application form attached. Download Application form. Enter details. Send Scan as pdf attachment to RFI Office in Chennai by email. Courier the filled in form along with DD/Cheque to Chennai by deadline Warm Regards, M.V.Sriram Secretary-General Rowing Federation of India [IND] Old No 7, New No 15, Sriram Colony Alwarpet, Chennai - 600018 - INDIA +91 98400 89429 www.indiarowing.com http://twitter.com/talisman23 https://www.facebook.com/IndiaRowing?ref=hl

An Umpires Clinic (04th June '14)& Exam followed by Practicals (05th June'14)will be held in Kolkata during the Nationals.

Announcement

All Award Winners Invited to the CWG-2010 · Arjuna · Dhyanchand · Dronacharya · Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratana · Olympic Medalists · Asian Games Gold Medalists · Commonwealth Gold Medalists Accredition Form Attached. Please download, fill it up and forward it to Mr. Harishsharma at harishsharma45@hotmail.com Regards, Sriram MV

Coaches Wanted by SAI

Here are the Final Results. INDIA won a rich haul of 3 GOLDS, 3 SILVERS and 4 BRONZES, a total of 10 Medals in these Championships.
Please read attached winner list with photographs.
Congratulations to the winners from the Rowing family of India

Results of 7.11.2009
Finals tomorrow

Team list with pictures

Team Details

Detailed bulletin attached

21.08.09 A ten day FISA Level 1 & 2 "Coaching Course" will be conducted in Kolkata in the 2nd week of December 2009 {exact dates are being worked out - keep watching this space for final dates} This is first call for prospective candidates / participants for the course. Please get in touch with your respective Association for detailed admission procedure and qualification criteria

Satish Joshi Nominated for Arjuna Award - 2009

21st June, 2009

Results of the World Cup - II - Munich - 2009

In the Light Weight Womens Quadruple Sculls [LW4X] the Indian girls Meena Madhuri Toppo, Thara Kurian, Tababi Devi and Chaoba Devi have won a Bronze Medal in a time of 7:13.15. This is the first time India is winning a MEDAL at the World Cup. The average age of the crew is 19 years and they have a huge potential in store to make more podium finishes for INDIA.

Arjuna awardee Bajrang Lal Takhar managed to enter the Final C of this championships and has finished with a timing of 7:51.63 in the single sculls [M1X].

In the Light Weight Double Sculls [LM2X] Manjeet Singh and Devender Kumar Khandwal finished on top in the Final D in a time of 6:45.79 ahead of competition from Slovakia and Hong Kong.

In the Mens Coxless Fours [M4-] the Indian quartet of Dharmesh Sangwan, Jenil Krishnan, Inderpal Siwatch and Gurdarshan Singh clocked 6:49.08 and finished second in the Final C ahead of the Russian Four.

M.V.Sriram
Sec-General
RFI

The last date for registration of transfer of rowers from one association to another ends on 30th April 2009

The National Rowing Coaching Camp to prepare Indian rowers for participation in the 16th Asian Games 2010, China, was inaugurated by Shri Vikas Raj, IAS, VC & MD of Sports Authority of A.P, on 5th Mar 2009 at 10:30 am, in the presence of Col CP Singh Deo (Retd), President of the Rowing Federation of India. 51 Rowers reported for the camp on 2nd & 4th Mar 2009, at the A.P.Rowing Academy, Hussain Sagar Lake, Hyderabad. The camp will be conducted under the overall supervision of Shri Ismail Baig, National Coach & Dronacharya Awardee in Rowing, and a team of Assistant coaches. The campers have been drawn from Asian Games & Asian Championship medalists and Gold & Silver medalists at 2008 & 2009 National Rowing Championships for Men & Women. The camp consists of 2 Arjuna Awardees, 3 Olympians, 5 Asian Games silver medalists and Asian Championships Gold medalists including several Silver & Bronze medalists in Asian Championships. 37 Men & 14 Women Rowers reported for the camp. The best rowers in the country have been assembled in the Hyderabad camp. Shri Vikas Raj, IAS, VC & MD, SAAP, was introduced to all the rowers by President of RFI. Addressing the rowers, VC & MD, SAAP, encouraged the rowers to train hard and bring laurels for the country. He later flagged off the boats lined up on the waters of the Hussainsagar Lake, and declared the National coaching camp open. The RFI has drawn up a 2 year plan, which is a part of the Long Term Development Programme of the Federation which aims for higher performance. This plan, submitted to the Sports Authority of India has the support of the Government of India The focus of the plan is the preparation of the Indian Rowing Team for a superior medal winning performance at the next Asian Games. The selected team of Men, Women, Junior Men & Women, will also take part in training cum exposure in Europe and Asia as a part of the preparations. A similar coaching camp has been assembled at Pune under the arrangements of Corps of Engineers Rowing Association (CERA), for second rung rowers, which will act as a feeder for the main camp at Hyderabad, based on performance. M.V.Sriram Secretary-General

11/11/2008 Shing Mun River in Shatin, Hong Kong China. India topped the medals table at the 14th Asian Junior Championships held on the Shing Mun River in, Shatin, Hong Kong, over the weekend. The team finished with a tally of two gold, one silver and one bronze from the eight events. They were followed by China and Korea with two gold medals each. The Indian women made a particularly strong showing taking gold in the coxless pair and silver in the quad. China meanwhile dominated the men’s and women’s double sculls. Host country Hong Kong excelled in front of a large home crowd, winning medals in every event to finish with the largest overall medal tally of one gold, four silvers and three bronze medals. Water conditions on the salt water Shing Mun River, which had been fine with a light tail wind during the preliminary rounds, became progressively rougher during the Finals due to the influence of a strong northeast monsoon. Races on the last day were rowed under quite challenging conditions, but most of the junior crews coped extremely well. Organisers breathed a sigh of relief in completing all of the events according to schedule, as an hour after the regatta finished the river became unrowable. One of the most exciting races came in the Final of the men’s single sculls with athletes from Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea challenging each other. Yevgeniy Vassilyev of Kazakhstan took an early lead, followed by Yushi Naito of Japan. After the halfway point however, Tang Chiu Mang of Hong Kong moved ahead of Naito and began to mount a challenge on the leader. At the same time, Kim Byeong Jin of Korea moved up to challenge the tiring Japanese athlete. In the final stretch, Vassilyev just held off the challenge from Tang finishing in 6:55.07 ahead of Tang’s 6:55.36. Further back Japan’s Naito finished just ahead of Korea to take bronze in 7:04.99. Races were held over 2000m and events included the men’s single, double, four and eight and the women’s single, double, pair and quad. Fifteen federations entered with over 100 athletes racing. Speaking at the Asian Rowing Federation Congress, held during the Championships, ARF President Mr. Wei Di (CHN) noted the increasingly high level of performance displayed at the Asian junior level and the growing number of entries as a result of efforts made to promote and develop the sport in the region. The Congress awarded the 2009 Asian Senior and Junior Championships to the city of Yi Lan in Chinese Taipei. The event is planned for November with Hong Kong hosting the East Asian Games in December. Mr. Wei Di also informed the Congress that adaptive rowing events will be offered at the first Asian Paralympic Games. These will be held in Guangdong, China immediately following the 2010 Asian Games. Delegates from the city of Chung-Ju, South Korea informed members of their intention to bid for the 2013 World Rowing Championships. Copy thanks to Chris Perry, FISA development consultant for Asia.

In the 14th Asian Junior Rowing Championships that concluded in Hong Kong on the 9th November 2008 Indian Junior Women and Men won a Gold each. It is notable that we have won two GOLD, one SILVER and one BRONZE medal at Junior Asian Level in the “JUNIORS”. Our Junior Men’s Coxless Fours [JM4-] comprising of Prasanth Nair(Kerala),Harinath Reddy(Andhra Pradesh),Sanjay Kholiya(Andhra Pradesh),Munesh Kumar(Maharastra) won the GOLD and in the Junior Women’s Coxless Pairs [JW2-] the duo comprising of Pratima Puhana Orissa) & Pramila Prava Minz(Orissa) also won the GOLD In the Junior Women’s Quadruple Sculls [JW4X] the quartet of Priya Devi(Manipur),Chaoba Devi(Manipur),Thara Kurian(Kerala),Dittymol Varghese(Kerala)won the ‘SILVER’and in the Junior Men’s Double Sculls [JM2X] the duo of Anuj Kumar Singh(Andhra Pradesh)Yasin Khan(Maharastra)won the‘BRONZE’ Our hearty congratulations to the Winners who made history in Hong Kong M.V.Sriram Secretary-General

Bajrang Lal Takhar placed 21st in the Mens Single Sculls in a time of 7:07.73 [total Olympic qualifiers - 33] Manjit Singh and Devender Kumar Khandwal placed 18th in the Light Weight Mens Double Sculls in a time of 6:44.48 [total Olympic qualifiers - 20] M.V.Sriram Sec-General

Government of India has doubled pension paid under the Meritorious Sportsmen Scheme from 1.7.2008 All those currently drawing pension under the above scheme please forward details of your "wins" and "current pension amount" immediately to RFI Secretariate for submitting new application to Government of India, to help you draw enhanced pension Scheme of Pension: - [1] Gold Medal at the World Cup / World Championships / Asian games existing Rs.4000pm - New Rs. 8000pm [2]Silver / Bronze Medal at the World Cup / World Championships existing Rs. 3500pm - new Rs. 7000pm [3] Gold at the Asian / Commonwealth Games existing Rs. 3500pm - new Rs. 7000pm [4] Silver / Bronze at the Asian / Commonwealth Games existing Rs. 3000pm - new Rs. 6000pm M.V.Sriram Secretary-General

Bajrang Lal Takhar has been awarded the Arjuna Award 2007 from Rowing He gets the award for his consistent good performance in Sculling at the Asian Level where he has won a Silver at the Doha Asian Games in 2006, a gold at the Asian championships at Chung Ju - south Korea in 2006 and a gold at the South Asian Games in Colombo also in 2006 The Arjuna Award comprises Rs.3,00,000, a statute of the warrior Arjuna and a scroll of honour in recognition of outstanding achievements at international level and for showing qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and sense of discipline. A maximum of 15 sports persons are generally given this honour in a year in India. Hearty Congratulations from all in the India Rowing family

Mr. Chacko Kandathil, International FISA Umpire, has been nominated as a Member of the Umpiring Commission of the“Asian Rowing Federation” [ARF] from the ‘Rowing Federation of India’ [RFI] M.V.Sriram Secretary-General

Thu, Jul 10 05:18 PM New Delhi, July 10 (PTI) Pension of medal winners in international competitions such as Olympic and Asian Games has been doubled with effect from July 1, the Sports Ministry announced today. The decision was made by the General Committee, the apex body for managing the "Sports Fund for Pension to meritorious sportspersons", which met there under the chairmanship of Sports Minister M S Gill. "The Government has made 100 per cent increase in the pension of meritorious sportspersons," said a press statement issued by the Ministry. "The enhanced rates of pension will be applicable to both existing meritorious sportspersons drawing pension as well as sportspersons eligible in future. The new rates will be effective from July 1, 2008," it added. As per the revised rates of pension the medalists at the Olympic Games will get Rs 10,000 in place of Rs 5000 and gold medalists at the World Cup/World Championships in Olympic and Asian Games disciplines will draw Rs 8000 instead of Rs 4000 per month. Silver and bronze medallists at the World Cup/World Championships, Olympic and Asian Games disciplines and the gold winners of the Asian/Commonwealth Games will get Rs.7000 in place of Rs 3500. It would be Rs 6000 for silver and bronze medalists of the Asian/Commonwealth Games. Para-Olympic Games medal winners will also be benefitted getting Rs 5000, Rs 4000 and Rs 3000 per month. PTI.