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Mark is nearly two years into his job as Chair and gives a frank interview covering the challenges facing the sport domestically and internationally. RowingChat sponsors make this show possible https://rowing.chat/sponsors/ William Mahoney - dress shirts for athletic men Please complete our Listener Survey https://rowing.chat/sponsor/listener-survey/ Timestamps to the show 03:15 Background in rowing 09:08 Funding presents challenging changes for sport. It costs more to run a sport than you get from membership fees 10:30 Rising costs from governance and safeguarding. 11:55 Mark's vision for British Rowing - a stable financial position. After London 2012 British Rowing had over £9m in reserves and this is now less than £3m. Priority is to balance the budget. 15:40 there are 33,000 members white a 10,000 annual churn. but 700,000 people in UK use an ergo each month. 21:40 British Rowing Charitable Foundation launched November 2019 24:15 Friends of British Rowing link on website https://www.britishrowing.