The position of Head Coach at the ACT Academy of Sport has been advertised. Applications close Wednesday, 11 February 2009.
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Many ACT athletes are travelling to Penrith this weekend to compete in the NSW Rowing Championships. Entries and results can be found on the NSW RA web site. We wish them all the best of fortune and success. ISRA Regatta – 14-15 February The ISRA Regatta is only just over a week away here in Canberra on the Yarramundi Reach course. This is a large two day regatta that usually attracts hundreds of competitors and that many more supporters. ACTRA will welcome assistance from experienced local volunteers, and invites everyone to come and see the event for themselves. Yarramundi Reach is closed to everyone other than competitors and officials for the weekend. Canberra Girls Grammar School Regatta – 21 February – Call for Entries The CGGS Regatta is just over two weeks away. Entries are due with ACTRA on the weekend of 14-15 February (during the ISRA Regatta). See your club for details. Yarramundi Reach Course Buoys A significant number of the buoys on the rowing course are going missing each week. We have been trying to educate coaches to avoid chopping them out with coach boats, and the ferry masters are also taking more care. However, it is also a significant for ACTRA to purchase new replacements, when the buoys just need to be retrieved and refitted. The course is maintained by volunteers from both Black Mountain and Canberra Rowing Clubs. If you come across any loosebuoys (on water or land), please return them to either of those club houses so they can be replaced where they belong.
Peter Williams, a parent of a Canberra Girls Grammar Rowing Club rower, has taken quite a few photos at last weekend’s regatta. The are posted on his website. He is not looking to make any money as he enjoys taking the photos but if anyone would like a copy of any of the images they can drop him a note via the webpage.
The results of todays regatta can be found here. The regatta was run in very good conditions with the temperature ranging from 18C to 34C.
The programme for tomorrow’s regatta can be found here. Special repeat note re Races 16 lane 6, 38 lane 2, 53 lane 6 and 61 lane 5, these crews have one or two adaptive rowers rowing under ACTAS programmes. The single scullers are vision impaired rowers, these and the double scullers should be given every support by our rowing community. The entry of the vision impaired single scullers has been advised previously and ACTRA was disappointed to receive a complaint about the single scullers being entered in E grade races. Both single scullers will be accompanied by guides in tinnies and are placed in outside double lanes. Clubs are advised that medals will be awarded to placings 1, 2 and 3 for the 31 January regatta. Races with 3 crews will have medals awarded for first and second only. Cocky clubs may wish to have a wheelbarrow handy.
The final draw for this Saturday’s regatta can be seenhere. ISRA Regatta – Call for Entries The Independent Schools Rowing Association Regatta is being held in Canberra on 14-15 February. Entries close on 03 February and are made through Rowing Manager. Australian Rowing Championships – Event list and Program The order of events for the ARC at Lake Barrington on 2-8 March have been published here. Rowing Australia High Performance Web Site restructured RA has announced that its HP web site area has been restructured. The aim is to provide athletes, coaches and managers with a user-friendly and logical navigation through High Performance information. You can find it here.
A report of this year’s Bridge to Bridge Race can be found here. Congratulations to all involved.
On Wednesday 28 January CGS will be conducting selection trials in singles over 1500m on the regatta course from 06:00 08:00 using lanes 5 and 6. Please ask coaches to take particular care with speedboat activity on the course during this period.
Information on this year’s Bridge to Bridge race can be found here. The race is late in the day, stil does not require entries or seat fees and will still be great fun.
The YOF starts on Wednesday and runs until Sunday. The ACT has a great team of young athletes going. The rowing is at SIRC, Penrith on Saturday and Sunday and if it is like previous events, entry is free. You can see more information at the YOF web site and the rowing program is here. But NSW Rowing Association is running the regatta and all the real information will be here. The ACT team members are: Women: Christabelle Northam, Emily Balmaks, Sorelle Bowman, Imogen Cowan, Melissa Greck, Chloe Mackenzie, Amelia Waldren, Samantha Shaw, Shannon Narracott, Daffyd Gwynn-Jones (coach), Tara Huntly (asst coach), Sarah Cook (asst team mgr). Men: Nick Barnier, Mathew Barnier, Dane Buchhorn, Dylan Conolan, Clancy Horman, Callum Mackenzie, Angus Moore, Riley Owen, Scott Sheridan, David Wright, Gordon Marcks (head coach), Bob Cook (team manager). Canberra Rowing Club Regatta – Call for Entries The CRC Regatta is being held on Saturday, 31 January. Entries must be placed through your club so that they reach ACTRA no later than 25 January. Standard ACTRA List of Events The standard list of events has been changed for the CRC and following regattas. The new list can be found here. The changes are:
- For grade D and E there are now separate school events and open events. In situations where entries are insufficient to conduct races in school and open categories the races may be combined to avoid adding to the length of regattas. This is a reorganisation of the existing pattern of entries and will not result in additional races on the programme.
- An events for MGD 2x (school and open) has been added to the list.
Independent Schools Rowing Association Regatta – 14-15 February The ISRA regatta is being held in Canberra this year. Entries close, through Rowing Manager, on 3 February via school or club regatta entry secretaries. The event list can be found here.