Archive for year: 2011

Rowing ACT’s Administrative/Development Officer James Hammond is to be located at Sports House, 100 Maitland Street Hacket. The association is grateful for assistance from Gail of ACTSport in finding an appropriate desk for James. James shares an office with ACT Croquet on the left hand side of the corridor about a third of the way along. We thank ACT Croquet for renting this space to us.
Most of you will be aware that ACTRA has had an office at Sports House for many years with all of our various Exec Officers located there up until very recently. It has good facilities including meeting rooms, and excellent opportunities to network with other sports. The major disadvantage of Sports House is its location which is remote from the rowing community and the lake.
The Association will continue to explore locating James closer to “Rowing Central”, but Sports House is a good interim base.
James can be contacted at actra@rowingact.org.au
or on his mobile 0421404510.
We will arrange an alternative phone for James, and he will be on the job from next Wednesday.

James Hammond this morning accepted Rowing ACT’s offer of part-time employment as an Administrator and Development Officer for rowing in the ACT.
James has been coaching in the ACT at Canberra Girls Grammar, and is completing a degree in Sports Science at UC. He previously coached the Senior boys at Redlands, and was a rower at Drummoyne Rowing Club and at Shore School. James experience in these clubs and schools, and his University studies will be invaluable for the many local rowers, and contribute to the continued growth of our sport. We warmly welcome him on board.
James will commence duties with RACT on Wednesday 20th April.
Details of how to contact James will be available closer to his commencement.

David Bagnall (President)

The Winter Time Trial
dates have now been published on the Club’s calendar.

Download the “Aggregate Points Score for the 2010-12”:file_download/61

The major dragon boat regatta commences later in the week and their brand new start platform is in place off the National Library.
I understand that the platform will be removed after the regatta is over.
The starting platform is 80 metres wide so that all crews travelling through Central Basin will see it.
I dont think it has lights on it, and it provides a major hazard for crews training in darkness, and for coxless crews that train without looking around much.
So have a look and admire the starting platform.
We will have it available for major rowing regattas on Yarramundi Reach

Those ACT based Masters rowers who are attending the Australian Masters rowing Championships at Lake Barrington in June, and who wish to be considered for inclusion in the ACT crews are asked to e-mail David Bagnall (davidbagnall7@gmail.com) with details of your age this year, and whether you wish to be considered for the eight, or quad or either boat before 4 April 2011.

At the Nationals, the ROMS Review Committee provided an update on the process and direction of its review.

The Committee has received demonstrations from vendors and is currently matching the requirements of the rowing community with the available systems. It is expected that the Committee will recommend a product that will provide for on-line payment at the time of race entry and enable members of clubs to pay club fees, transport costs and other rowing-related payments on-line. The system will also make available to clubs generic website capability, saving the costs of hosting their own websites.

The system may be available to all regatta organisers, including for head and corporate regattas, and would provide the capacity for entry-fee collection as well as appropriate regatta management software.

The RA Board will make a final decision on the adoption of the ROMS review recommendation in May 2011.

David Bagnall

Welcome to the ACT 2011 Championships. We hope you enjoy the Championships, whether you are a competitor or spectator. For interstate visitors, we also hope you enjoy your stay and have time to experience Canberra and its environs.

Medals were awarded for Day 1 yesterday after the day’s events. It was too wet for presentations at the course this afternoon so day 2 medals will be handed out tonight at the Black Mountain function. . This function is to celebrate the end of the season and to recognise the efforts of the BROs and those repairing and maintaining the course. Please come if you are able. Details are as follows:

When: Sunday 20 March, 2011
Where: BMRC boatshed.
Time: 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Dress: Yes
Cost: $10 per adult, nibbles and your first drink.
BROs and BBs and those under 8 are free.

Available
“Results”:file_download/60
“Draw”:file_download/56
“Program”:file_download/57
“Events list”:file_download/53
“Boating Traffic Flows diagram”:file_download/39
“Championship competition notes”:file_download/55

Download the “Progressive Aggregate Points Score after Regatta #6”:file_download/52

Download the “BMRC Regatta 6 Results”:file_download/50