http://www.francescajus-burke.com en-gb francescajus-burke.com 2011-6-2T00:00:00Z francescajus-burke.com http://www.francescajus-burke.com/page4.htm#92592 Another sunny day in London and another edgy sports shoot today with Francesca a winner of 3 World Championship medals at Junior and U23 in rowing. And fingers crossed Francesca will be competing in 2012.The shoot was done at low tide in Putney with a 3 light set up 1 flash with full power on each side and a 3rd flash next to me again at full power and on top a bright London sun. Aperature of 1520 and fast shutter got a dark backdrop while Francesca stands out.Images will be edited soon with 12 images to be uploaded to my webpage. Till then just a little teaser to get an idea of the shots that you can expect to see.B httpmostphotography.blogspot.com201104rowingshoot.htmlW httpwww.mostphotography.com 2011-4-25 09:18:36 http://www.francescajus-burke.com/page4.htm#90998 Just watched myself well a glimpse of myself on BBCs Bang Goes The Thoery. Very exciting stuff I took part in a days filming a few weeks ago where the team rowed the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race course to demonstrate what a calorie is. If you missed it catch it on iPlayer I come on around the 20 minute mark httpwww.bbc.co.ukiplayersearchqbang20goes20the20theory 2011-4-4 20:15:20 http://www.francescajus-burke.com/page4.htm#90077 Following on from my decision a couple of weeks ago to pull out of GB Trials this season I found out a couple of hours ago that I have a Labrum Tear in my hip socket. Im now awaiting a date for a Consultation with a Hip Surgeon and carrying on my rehab until then. All focus on 20112012 2011-3-21 14:59:52 http://www.francescajus-burke.com/page4.htm#90125 Normal 0 false false false ENGB XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostylepriority99 msostyleqformatyes msostyle... 2011-3-18 22:00:09 http://www.francescajus-burke.com/page4.htm#90076 Yesterday I went to visit two young adults taking part in the Future Jobs Fund programme at a Primary School in North Cheam Surrey who both exemplified what FJF is all about one possibly more so than the other and its his story I wanted to share with you. After shadowing their Early Bird Session at St Chatherines Primary school we sat down talking in Starbucks over a latte tea and hot chocolate and he told me about his life before FJF Before I started working I was a bum Sleeping when my mum left for work and sleeping when she came home. Now Im up at 6.30am every morning and have tea with her before she leaves for work. Its a different life for me. Working as a coach in sport was what hed always wanted to do what hed studied at college for and so far hes loved the people learning the whole experience as he said Work has picked me up and created a new life for me. So hed be heartbroken if at the end of the 6 month programme he didnt get a job with Premier Spor... 2011-3-17 14:44:45 http://www.francescajus-burke.com/page4.htm#88974 Normal 0 false false false ENGB XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostylepriority99 msostyleqformatyes msostyle... 2011-3-9 12:56:49 http://www.francescajus-burke.com/page4.htm#88756 Ive just got back from my first ever school visit at James Hornsby High School in Laindon Essex a school massively excited by the upcoming Olympics Games. I went in to do some motivational inspirational talks with Show and Tells and a QampA session.The talks were with year 6 students from a local Primary schools whose aspirations I was challenged to raise leading into their SATs various year 7 classes for a brief 10 minute short burst inspirational motivational chat and a select group of disengaged year 11 students who needed some positive guidance in preparation for their GCSEs.It was very intense and very challenging but a great experience and I really hope I made a difference. 2011-3-2 18:31:41 http://www.francescajus-burke.com/page4.htm#88755 Today I was at the University of Kent in Canterbury doing a followup with the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust for the session last year.There were a select group of about 30 aspiring athletes as well as their parents and coaches. The sessions were based around Being In The Mental Zone To Perform delivered by Anna Hemmings 6time World Champion in Kayaking and Sports Massage stressing the importance of looking after your body through selfmassage in order to keep your body in shape by. We also did a small group mentoring session where we set development goals for the future.It was a huge amount of fun always is when athletes get together 2011-2-25 18:15:34 http://www.francescajus-burke.com/page4.htm#87644 Normal 0 false false false ENGB XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostylepriority99 msostyleqformatyes msostyle... 2011-2-15 18:54:57 http://www.francescajus-burke.com/page4.htm#82667 Today was so much fun I was teaching some complete beginners how to row the Presenters of the programme Bang Goes The Theory which was an experience They we really normal and down to earth despite being presenters and absolute geniuses httpwww.bbc.co.ukbangtheteamI did a bit of work in front of the camera then we did some dry land and water work with them and then onto the real thing. Hopefully we put them through their pacesCant really say any more it was great fun and Im looking forward to watching the programme in its entirety. Apparently it will be on air around the time of the Boat Race. 2011-2-8 16:03:39 http://www.francescajus-burke.com/page4.htm#82297 Normal 0 false false false ENGB XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostylepriority99 msostyleqformatyes msostyle... 2010-11-22 20:31:23 http://www.francescajus-burke.com/page4.htm#82296 Normal 0 false false false ENGB XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostylepriority99 msostyleqformatyes msostyle... 2010-10-27 20:24:02 http://www.francescajus-burke.com/page4.htm#82300 Normal 0 false false false ENGB XNONE XNONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostylepriority99 msostyleqformatyes msostyle... 2010-7-10 20:58:05 http://www.francescajus-burke.com/page4.htm#82295 Hi I thought Id send you over another little update on how Im doing...So the weekend before last I got my first win of the season at Henley Womens Regatta in the Elite Single Scull. Whilst didnt row exactly as I wanted because Henley is a very bouncy course thanks to all the yachts narrow boats etc I raced well and won nearly every race by 3 or 4 lengths of a boat My semi was the hardest race which I won by a length. I have a couple of pics up in my gallery of my trophy and win if youre interested.This weekend just gone I was at an international regatta in Amsterdam. I came 4th in the B final so 10th overall out of 21. Karsten 2 x Olympic Champion and 5 x World Champion won Knapkova World Championship Silver medallist and 2009 World Cup winner came 2nd and Levina World Cup Silver medallist two weeks ago came 3rd which just shows the calibre of racing at the event Am pretty happy with how I raced although was in second position to the 1000m marker in the B Final having gone out hard to ... 2010-6-29 20:17:26 http://www.francescajus-burke.com/page4.htm#82294 I thought Id give you guys an update on what Im up to at the moment seeing as its been nearly two months since I left the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust.So in terms of rowing April Trials didnt quite work out as a result of not having spent enough time in the boat but things have moved on leaps and bounds since then. Im training with the Seniors and Development group in Caversham Reading on Wednesday which Im really enjoying. Means an early start but the training environment is great and I enjoy having the opportunity to race against the Seniors.I wasnt getting enough coaching so I signed on the help of another coach at the club. He was really keen to take me on as a project and spoke to all the Senior coaches to find out what they thought I needed to work on etc and came back to me with an action plan for what technical and core changes I needed to make. Hes a really good coach. Ive already made some big changes which quite a few coaches have reflected on positively which us goodMy ri... 2010-5-20 20:16:02