Five ACT rowers (Angus Moore, Amy Fowler, Lauren Burraston, Louise Kilby and David Wright) have been selected to represent Australia at Junior World Championships, in Brive-La-Gaillarde, France and the Under 23 World Championships, Racice,, Czech Republic. To assist with the expenses for these events a fundraising dinner, in support all five rowers, is being held on Friday, 26th of June, at 7:30pm, at the Top of the Cross, Southern Cross Club Woden. Tickets are $70 per person for dinner with raffles and an auction also part of the action. Please download the Flyer [1Mb pdf] and circulate it. Organise tables of 10 or 12 in club groups or bring along your friends and family for a fun night out! Please contact the athletes or Jeremy Moore on 040 134 9995 for tickets. Winter Time Trial #2 – call for entries The second WTT of 2009 is on the weekend of 20-21 June and entries close with ACTRA next weekend. Entries must be made through your club. At this stage we are assuming Lake Burley Griffin will be reopened by then. It will be a good way to get over a couple of weeks on ergs.
Archive for year: 2009
The National Capital Authority has announced today that LBG will remain closed for at least another week due to algae. The announcement can be seen here. When you are allowed back on the lake, you should note that the water temperature has dropped significantly (11.3C), even though the air temperatures have not been particularly low. RA/AIS TID NZ Tour Report released Rowing Australia has released a report on the recent tour of NZ by a Talent Id team. The ACT’s Ailie McDonald and Josh Bruce were on the tour. You can read it here [880kb pdf].
Gordon Marcks, the head rowing coach of the ACT Academy of Sport, announced the ACT Youth Cup squad today. These athletes are to represent the ACT at the Youth Cup Regatta 10-12 July at SIRC, Penrith. The squad, including reserves, is:
Women Men Christabelle Northam (ANU) Riley Owen (CLRC/ACTAS) Ailie McDonald (CLRC/ACTAS) Matt Barnier (CRC/CGS/ACTAS) Sorelle Bowman (CRC) Josh Bruce (CGS) Katelyn Mundy (CRC) Nicholas Barnier (CRC/ACTAS) Amanda Clifford (CGGS) Nicholas Conolan (Daramalan) Samantha Shaw (CRC) Tom Cotterill (Radford) Rachel Stokker (TRC) Dane Buchhorn (CRC) Melissa Greck (TRC) Daniel del Rio (CGS) Elle Bradshaw (ADFA) Nick Wadham (CGS) Imogen Cowan (CRC) Gerard Kennedy (Daramalan) Shannon Narracott (CGGS) – cox Ivan Mitchell-Beard (Daramalan) Chris Polyichanin (CRC) – coach Scott Sheridan (CGS) Simon Leonard (CRC) – coach Nick Purnell (CGS) – cox Chris Polyichanin (CRC) – coach Jason Cain (CGS) – coachThe National Capital Authority hasdeclared a total closure of Lake Burley Griffin for recreational use due to the levels of blue-green algae. You can read the the notification here. A good time for boat and shed maintenance it seems.
The latest edition of the ARN has been published by Rowing Australia here. Rowing World Cup and Championship Regattas viewed on internet Rowing Australia has negotiated a deal with WCSN for discounted subscription to view its streaming and video on demand service of sports events. Annual subscriptions can have a 33% discount, and your rowing club can receive a cash back for each member who signs up. Details can be found at the RA website, or WCSN themselves.
The provisional results of this weekends time trials are available here: Saturday; Sunday. The Saturday results are now on version 3 (20:30) for today having previously missed some competitors. The next time trial is being run on the weekend of 20-21 June. Entries through your club, and on time please.
The ACT Rowing Association announces the appointment of Jason Cain (CGS), Simon Leonard (CRC) and Chris Polyichanin (CRC) as coaches for the ACT Youth Cup squad.
The first ACT Winter Time Trial is on the weekend of 23-24 May and entries through your club close with ACTRA on the evening of Sunday, 17 May – earlier with your club. Note that this time trial:
- Forms part of the ACT Youth Cup selection process.
- Has entries closing on the weekend of the NSW Masters Rowing Championships.