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 In a bid to engage those pupils not attracted by traditional sports, the Tone School Sports Partnership, has purchased with BIG Lottery funding, 20 Concept2 indoor rowing machines. These will be used by all of the middle and secondary schools.
 It is planned that the rowers will be used in the following settings
• Curriculum PE – to diversify the range of opportunities.
• Extra-curricular clubs – before & after schools as well as lunchtimes
• Inter form / house competitions
• Inter schools / partnership competitions
• Concept2 Schools Indoor Rowing League
• Team races
The benefits of the new monitor software is that pupils can
• Wireless Racing. Up to 8 machines can be linked. While they are racing they can see where they stand in the race, how far they are in front and behind their adversaries.
 • Venue Racing. Up to 20 machines can be linked together through a lap top PC and projected onto a big screen. The latest software has 3D images of the rowers as the complete the race. This really adds another dimension to the whole event and can create quite a spectacle. Races can be individual, pairs, quads or eights with the boat moving at the teams average speed.
 • On line racing. The software will be available for pupils / schools to race online. This could be within the partnership, Somerset, across the UK or even overseas.
Click here to download a copy of our basic users guide 
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